Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-02-05

f. VI. L Ill hCDA L. r
TRACING ALLEGED FRAUDS.
Sensational Testimsny In the Dempsey.
KirkvvOed Case.
HOW CARRIGAN Is AMEGED TO HAVE BLED HIS AC
coxPLIcEs-"PAIHTfNG"s SIGNATURES AND SHADOW.
ING PEOPLE. !
Yesterday afternoon, after The STARS report
closed sensation was caused in the trial OF w. II
Dempsey and E. C. Kirkwood, charged with pre-
senttng false claims upon the bureau OF medicine
and surgery, Navy department. by the testimony
of Henry s Wetmore. He said he went to Kirk
wood in February, 1892 and told him he understood
ers through, obtaining money and not delivering
goods. lie mentioned voucher for s., 800 In the
name of j. r. Agnew. KirkwOod denied it at first,
but finally said he would meet him the next morn
ing. Witness saw him the next morning. Witness
told him that clerk in the fourth auditors office
gave him the Information, and that for $4,000 the
matter could be settled and hushed up. Kirkwood
met witness two days afterwards, by appointment
at the corner of l4th street and New York avenue
member of the 1rrn Of H. s. Wetmore Co. The
GO" was VIM. woodward. He described how
krSWoGd had In IN August iss given him voucher
| furnished Three or four days after KirkwOod
gave him the s, 900 witness went into Dempsey's
store with KirkwOod. Dempsey asked him, ''Who
is the party that is in the Treasury" saying, "we
want to know Some customers. however then
came in. attracted MIR. Dempsey's attention and
| witness left.
The crossexamination Of the witness by Mr..
Wilson provoked considerable laughter, and his
references to Carrigan made quite sensation.
When asked what his means of support were dur
ing the last few years he was rather non commit
tai. He said he had had considerable money de-
side the $1,000 given him by Kirkwood. 81 have
been lucky at faro bank once In a whilen he OBJ
served, when pressed for specific answer. He
had, he said, spent Two years in working up his
pension claim, which he had succeeded in getting
passed. When asked @ how he proposed to 'settle'
the matter for $4,000, as he told kirkwood, he re-
marked: II didn't know how was going to settle
1t, myself" He afterwards said he meant it would
he settled SO far as he was concerned. 81 was the
Carrigan to get the $1,000"
What did you do with the money!" asked Mr..
II gave Carrigan $1,000 and kept the balance, ,
MIR. Wilson having referred to the transaction
with Kirkwood as one of blackmail the witness
'That is your Interpretation Of it.n
What Is your Interpretation OF it?" asked Mr..
ut was all right enough" said the witness, "to
inform him."
"And put him on his guard" remarked the court.
land get his money" said Mr. Wilson.
"That was not much money" said the witness,
nOnchalently.
Not much for You, suppose" observed Mr..
| WILSON,
The witness said that Just before that he had had
5000 from his pension claim. The demands upon
ever Carrlgan got hard up said the witness, .he
came to me to go to K!rkwood and demand nol
money" =
Mr.. Wilson having again used the term black
mail, and the witness having again protested the
the court suggested the phrase, "addtion, division
and silence"
81 suppose you went to klrkwood with great re-
luctance?" said Mr.. Wilson.
81 did the second time FL admit said the wit
nessS "Dan said get $1,000 / said mo; $1,000 is
enough Dan got very indignant, and said you
can get $1,000 as well as s20H0.'"
V1,n
about the vouchers from Carrigan When asked
why he told kirkWO1d that he got 1t from a clerk
In the fourth auditors Office he answered, 81 lied
about that"
"Then you viii admit,n said Mr.. Wilson, blandly.
THAT you have not Always in your Lire told the
"Without any disrespect," said the witness.
turning to Mr.. Wilson, .wiil you say the same
The witness said That he had never presented the
| cause he did not think it would pc right Car
| rigan the witness said told him IL he would start
some son, business he would ''let him In" on some OF
the orders of the bureau. He had to raise some
money and borrowed 1t from the late Col W. I'll
Belts. VINO introduced him to VIM. Woodyard. his
partner The witness borrowed 81 100 from Col
Belts, and deposited it in bank In New York They
opened an office at 1719 Park Row. the internal
5ona, hotel @ In New York that is they set up
woodward before that, but afterwards learned that
he was what was called sporting or gambling
man. I'm fact" said the witness, IL had gone
myself to Alexandria with him and Col BettsS He
had heard that woodward was three-c art monte
man, bunko steerer, and that he h I'd killed sew
eral men. The business which they were to
dowas general contract bulness; but they did not
however, do any business The firm was in existence
about thirty days Their deposit in bank was
checked out In about thirty days. When they got
Ine order for IRE ext1nguishers witness asked
woodward for the money to buy some extinguIshers
closed business ~ '
"You were succeeded by Grant Ward, sup
pose" said Judge Wyle
'Yes, sir" said the witness The witness said he
nau received letter from DR.. Hudson saying his
hrm hn would nave chance to compete. This letter
witness OF having been mixed up I'm TRANSACTIONS
with the department. The witness said that he
had not, and gave him the letter to show that he
mad had no dealings with the department. Wood
said that kirkwOod had been his Office the night
before and admitted 1t all The court did not pre-
7 9Kirkwood The witness said he was the same man
who had brought suit against Admiral Porter
Mr; Worthington, upon redirect examination,
wanted the witness to tell all that Carrigan had
said TO him when he told him to go to KirkWOod:
but the court ruled this out. Counsel having said
that this voluntary statement OF the witness con
cernng Carr1gan was surprise to them the Judge
SAID: 'lt was surprising To me, because did not
expect shot from that quarter. 1 supposed Car
rlgan was better man than TO betray his frlendS'
THE SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY OF LAKE r. JONES'
When the court met this morning, Lake r.
Jones, who was employed as watchman in the
Navy department from 1876 TO June, 1884, testified
that kirkwood came to him one day, and asked
him TO go with him at IL O'Clock and watch him
when he met Mr.. Wetnore. At I2 O'Clock witness
went with Mr.. KtrkwOod. and saw Kirkwood meet
Wetmore at the corner of New York avenue and
l4th street. They went east towards 18th street
ana the witness then lost sight of him in the
crowd. ON the next occasion, a short time after
wards witness followed WetmOre, after he had left
K1rkWood, down 18th and Streets and up 14th to
house opposite the Ebbitt, where Wetmore went
up stairs. Witness informed Mr. KirkWOOd and
the Information seemed satisfactory. KirkwOod
told witness that WetmOTe had demanded money
OF him, and he wanted to know where Wetmore
went after he got the money. The witness could
not nx the Time exactly, but thought it was a
warm day.
"When did you last see Daniel Carrigan?" asked
the district attorney
"On the 10th OF June, 1884," said the witness 81
met h1m In the morning, about o'clock
ODJoctl0n being made TO this testimony Mr. Wor-
thlngton said he proposed to show that Carr1gan
was then out OF funds; that, this witness accom-
panied Carrfgan to the back door of Mr. Dempsey's
store; that witness then Went to Mr. Kirkwood to
arrange about getting Cafrtgan away; and again
met Mr Carrigan at the Baltimore aud Ohio depot
and he was In funds, and that witness bought
ticket Tor him and Carrgan left on a train
The court said he could not admit testimony as
to statements by Carrigan.
The witness said that he met Carripan At the
corner OF 3D. and streets southeast They came
down through the Capitol park and stopped at
OBrlen'S, opposite the b. and D. depot
The witness was about TO say what Carrjgan
stated there, when objection was made
81 want TO Show,' said AIR. WOrthington ~that
CarT1gan had TO get trusted for drink there
vile had plenty OF money! said Mr. COrkhilL
ha nd nf ,or,