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

asked "Did Dan get of ?" Witness said: ayes" i"
kirkWood asked what Carr1gan had said Witness
asked how much money MIR. Dempsey had given
| Carrigan. Witness told him $40. Kirkwood then
sald: III we could only keep him away couple Of
years, now everything would blow over.n He then
oade witness good evening and left
| on cross-exan animation the witness admitted that
% ne nad Deen indicted for making out fraudulent
vouchers and was testifyng under promise of
| immunity from prosecution. Witness thought that
ne 1s saa begun these sort OF fraudulent
as 1873, he had done work for the department, but
the bills and vouchers had been "raised."
| Ihe witness recollection was very vague as to
dates Hefnsfsted that he had followed Wetmore
prior to August, 1SS3 as on the latter date the bu
| Teau was In the new building, and when he fol-
lowed Wetmore they were In the old building. The
witness said he had seen Wetmore and Carrtgan
| together.
| FORGED SIGNATURES TO LETTERS.
| DIR. Wales was then recalled and asked whether
H. S. Wetmore Co had had any business with
| the bureau.
81 never heard Of them" said the witness
MI Wilson objected to this as having nothing to
| 90 with the charges under trial
| MI. WorthfngtOn said that the government eX-
pected to show that while ,rrigan was in New
nork on August Is, 1889, after kirkwood had given
the Two vouchers TO Wetmore, Ktrkwood got up
letter to the paymaster at New York directing him
to pay to H. S. Wetmore a Co. two bills for 2 4
and $3.50, and forged Dr. Wales signature to II:
That afterwards another letter sent to the pay
master In New York stating that these bills had
! been paid by the paymaster In Washington and
Dr. Wales signature was forged to that: that this
latter letter was written in order to up the
matter, and In point of fact the bills never were
| pah mere and no record OF these matters were
made at the department.; that Wetmore & Co. used
the vouchers which they had obtained for the pur-
pose OF gettlng money out OF kirkwood and others,
and that the So, 900 which was obtained by Dtmp,
| sey ON the 9th OF september following was the
money which they were forced to raise to meet
these demands 1t was necessary, he said, TO prove
that the Wetlnore & Co vouchers were fraudulent.
Judge Wylie said he thought that upon that
statement the testimony was admissible.
| n nv
MIR. WorthingtOn. dated August IS, 1888, and Aug
ust q, 1888 He said he had never signed the let
terS, ana his beleT was that they were forgerieS.
Judge Wylie, having looked at the signatures,
said was his opinion that they were forged.
Dr Hudson was then recalled, and testified that
M Lile bureau had never TO his knowledge, had any
dealings with Wetmore & Co. He was OF opinion
that the signatures on the two letters of August
1888, were forgeries. The letters he thought were
| In hlrkWOod'S handwriting.
Lieut. Samuel c. Lemley, Z. s. N, on duty In the
judge advocates Office, Navy department. testified
that he had conversation with Kirkwood in
March, 1884, respecting woodward Witness was
directed by the Secretary OF the Navy to investi-
propounded certain quesLionsin the presence of Dr.
! Van Reypen, and the answers were taken down by
MI Anderson The witness was about to state
! what kirkwOOd had said about Mrs woodward
| when objection was made.
"We start on Mr.: woodward" said Mr. Williams,
| the little Woodyards"
"All the chips of the old block" added Mr. Will
| son.
The district attorney said he expected to show
| the defendant KirkwOod admitted that he had
| given money to Mrs. woodward because she had
ietter telllnS her 10 go TO kirkWOOd for money.
WOMAN IN THE CASE.
"Well you cannot show that" said Judge Wylie
"When there is woman In the case you can't tell
what the money was used fOr.n
I'VE nave light TO guess at It" said Mr.. Worth
ingtOn.
Mr.. Worthington said then that he wanted to
show that KirkwOod had. when asked about this
Moodyafd affair, appeared much confused, and de-
cilned TO answer some OF them.
The court said they could not show that: man
had right TO decline TO answer impertinent aues-
tonS.
Especially about woman" said Mr.. Williams
Dr van Reypen was then recalled and testified
tnat tnere were no records In the bureau Of medi-
cine and surgery OF dealings with Wetmore d Co
He said klrkWOod had testified that he wrote the
Two letters OF August, 1883, alleged to have been
forged:
legged forged letters and requiSition of August.
1883 The first letter. dated August IS, was 10 Pay
him that requiSition had been made to enable him
to pay bills OF c. j. Sands for $3.50, and bills of
Messrs ii. s. Wetmore & Co. for $3.50 and 1904 The
second letter TO Pay Director CaSwell informed him
that these bills had been paid in Washington. The
requlsition was for s60i. The district attorney
claimed that the bill of G. j. Sands set out in the
requlSlton was honest, and that there were
erasures showing that other things had been In
serted IN the paper.
AN EXPERTS TESTIMONY
Edward Ranch OF Munich Chunk expert in
with other papers, that he did not believe the sig
natures purpOrt1ng to be those of Dr. Wales In the
letters were In the natural handwriting of Dr.
Wales. There were evidences that some parts of
the signatures had been written over and amended
he testified to his belief that the signature 81 r.
Agnew," appearing on the Agnew Voucher was a
simulated hand and written by the same hand that
1llled out the vouchers and certificates
Upon cross-examtnatiOn Mr.. Wilson insisted upOn
having the jury inspect the letters the signatures
to which the witness said were not written in the
natural ana accustomed hand OF the person whose
signature 1t purpOrted to be.
MI Wilson claimed that the facts as 10 inconsst-
encles In the writing and to ''painting' over
lines mes IN 1 the signature did not exist
The jury was thereupon provided with a rlagni-
lying glass, and spent some time In inspecting the
disputed papers
The witness made an enlarged representation Of
the signature Oh a sheet of paper and explained to
the jury how. In his opinion, the signature had
been overrun Or "painted."
The witness was crOSS-eXamined In similar Way
as to other papers.
After the recess John W. Anderson, stenographer
that he had taken down statement
maze by hIrkwood some months ago.
THE Navy department is informed that the q. S.
s. Marion at Portsmouth, n. H., will be ready for
sea in about ten days
REsIGNED.-Mr. George A. Hilton and Mrs Mary
f. Bowman, clerks in the internal revenue bureau
resigned their positions yesterday.
THE case OF Commander Ro1erick s. NcCook.
who was recommended for lieutenant by the naval
retiring board has been sent TO the President for
approval or disapprovaL
MARINE HOSPITAL CHANGEs.-Surgeon Truman
W. Miller, OF the marine hospital service for some
years on duty at Chicago, has resigned to take ef-
Iect March 1st. This resignation promotes the |
Senior Passed Assistant Surgeon Dr. John Go Ifrey |
now In charge OF the marine hospital at New or, !
leans The vacancy caused by the promotion of |
Passed Assistant Surgeon Godfrey viii be filled by
the appointment OF DIR. Louis L. Williams OF South
carolina, who passed the examining board at its |
session last fall.
AMONG THE Presidents visitors to-day were1Sen- |
ators Sewell and Camden and Representatives |
Greenlear, Tucker. Beach, George, Raymond, Brent |
and Parker.
EXAMINATION FOR RPRoMoTIoN.-Lieutenant Com.
mander T. +. Jewell and Lieutenant George NJ.
Totten have reported to the Navy department for |
examination for promotion.
THE U. s. S. Tennessee arrived at New Orleans |
yesterday.
A BOARD OF OFFICERS, to consist of Captain James
f. Wilson, ed artillery; Captain Timothy E. VIII
cox, assistant surgeon: and 1st Lieutenant Bobert
NJ. Rodgers, I'd artillery viii assemble at Washing
ton barracks. In this city, the 7th day OF February
1885, 10 examine into and report upon the uuaifca-
tlOnS or an applicant for appointment as suDerln-
tendent OF q national cemetery.
ARMY ORDERs.-MaJor William F. Tucker, 1r.,