National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-02-04
THE CASE OF DEMPSEY.

Testimony introduced by the Cow
ment Yesterdoy-A Proposition by !
the Defense Declined.
The interest in the trial Of William II.
Dempsey and Edward Q. Kirkwood,
charged with presenting false vouchers to
the navy department. increases, and the
court room was throngod yesterday. The
first witness called was Mr. John Cook, Of
the fourth auditors office. who presented
the six vouchers alleged TO BIO fraudulent,
and said that they had been passed with
the accounts OF Pay Director Washington.
Mr.. +. V. Walker testified to the man
ner in which business was transacted in
the navy pay office, and identified the
vouchers as having been presented by Mr..
Dempsey, and testified that the checks
were delivered TO him in payment.
DIR. PHILIP s. WALES
testified TO the number of clerks In the
bureau Of medicine and surgery and tho
duties performed by them while he was
chief OF IL. He examined the six vouch-
ers upon which tho indictments are based,
| denied that the articleo there mentioned
were ever ordered OF furnished, and that
he never knowingly certified to the cor
reotness Of the bill.
On cross-examination witness admitted
the commences Of his signature to tho
certificates. He was questioned as TO the
goods furnished here, aud whether or not
they had been sent to the bureau and
then to the respective hospitals through
out tho country. He said that he did
not remember ordering any goods from
Mr.. Dempsey to BIO sent abroad, aud
thought he had never done so. Mr.. Will
son here produced three orders given at
different times to Mr.. Dempsey, for goods
to be sent to New York, and the witness
admitted that his signature to them was
genuine.
DIR. Adrian Hudson, who was the as
sistant to DIR. Wales, testified that both
wero never absent from the bureau ut the
Same time. II was Witness duty to take
charge Of all articles coming TO tho bu-
reau, inspect and report upon them. lie
examined the vouchers in the six cases,
and denied that the articles were fur
nished. Mr.. Wilson said that in the in
forest Of economy Of time, and to abbrevi'
ate the trial a. much as possible, he
would admit as to four Of tho indictments
that
Mr.. DEMPSEY DID NOT FURNISH
the specific articles named in the &C
|. counts; that he did furnish on written
requisition from the surgeon general ar
< ticles to the same amount and rendered |
bill for what he did furnish at the time
Z he furnished them, and NJ the times GOV
|, cred by the bills in question; that the en-
ployes or clerks without his direction o
knowledge made out the voucher or bill
containing the names of the articles men
toned in the bills set forth in the indict
ments and gave them to him to enabl
him to collect the money actually du
him, they stating to him that this wa
necessary in order to reach an appropriu
ton. That he used the vouchers so fur
nished to him aud by means thereof pre-
cured the payment of bills Of goods fo
J, which he actually furnished goods tina
had been called for by the orders from Oh
bureau signed by the surgeon genera
and that before he signed or presente
any voucher or bill 10 was sent to or d,
J. livered to him, made out in the hanC
writing of a clerk of the department, an
approved by the surgeon general.
Mr.. Worthington said that he wishe
-, it understood that he
n, DISTINCTLY AND EMPHATIcALLY ID
in CLINED
~ to agree to any such proposition. an
It's gave notice that he should object to u
We introduction of tho testimony referred t.
N The Judge said 10 was evident thu
o. there would DO no agreement, and d
rected tho government to proceed al
II. prove its case.
nd The examination of DR.. Hudson VI
he then resumed and completed.
Mr.. Marsh B. Clark testified as to Il
delivery of goods at the bureau. and BE
jamin White, clerk in the bureau, tes
fed to the duties of Kirkwood and Ca
rigan, and that the handwriting in u
vouchers was that of Kirkwood.
The trial was then adjourned until Il
morning.