Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-11-13
THOUGHT IT A GREAT INJUSTICE TO LIEUrEN.
ANT ARNOLD

THOUGHT IT A GREAT Injustice TO LIECrEN
ANT ARNOLD.
General Henkle thought il great injustice Il
Lieutenant Arnold II he were to be held re
sponsible for what other persons may hav,
said. Another witness, he understood was {,
De called to show what Edelin, said to some ont
else 1t reminded him of the nursery story o
The three black crows. He thought il would bs
monstrous injustice to his client 10 admit ties
timony as to what Diggins told some one elss
when Lieutenant Arnold was not present. Tht
District, he said, had introduced the testimony
oi the officer to whom, it was claimed. Lieaten
ant Arnold had made his statement, and the
District Was uound by his testimony.
After some argument Mr.. Wheatley said thai
as would not be received in court. He thought
however. tnat the evidence should be heard
ana the objection noted to be acted upon by the
BOARD Oh commissioners when the testimony
was reported to them. This course was followed
and the objection was noted
LIEUT.. ARNOLD DID NOT DENY NOR ASSENT.
"Did you have any conversation with Lieut.
Arnold on this natter asked Mr.. Davis.
"Only this far, sill" said the witness. 81 told
Lieut.Arnold that understood he had received
such Instructions. He did not deny it, or he
did not say yes He seemed TO be anxious to
know where 1 received my information, and
positively refused to tell him.
"Was anything said about headquarters
Asked Mr.. Davis.
"He kept pressing me for an answer" said
the witness, "and told him L got it from head
quarters, or that st came from headquarters
He asked me II had received the information
from any Of the sergeanes, Itold him no, that
Messrs Garnett and Henkle both argued a,
some length against the admission OF leading
questions or OF hedrSay testimony. Mr.. Henkle
wanted TO know whether whatever any one
wanted 10 submit could go in Ii there was SIM
ply attached to 1t q note of objection.
Commissioner Wheatley said that the testi.
mony would be confined to what was relevant
tut in cases where there were differences OF
opinion, the testimony could be taken and the
Iue witness recollected that Lieutenant
Arnold asked him ''wnether anybody in my
precinct" told him, and the witness answered
him mo-" The witness said he had never
heard from any one but Sergeant Diggins about
this reported order
UNTIL THIS MATTER "EXPLoDED."
"What do you mean." asked Gen. Henkle,
'by the term 'exploded:'"
81 mean," said the witness, "after the matter
became known and was sent for to come TO
headquarters"
On cross-examlnation the witness said he
would not say positively that Diggins had not
referred to the matter as "suggestiOn;" but
he did not believe he did. Diggins did not tell
witness that the lieutenant said not to act upon
Diggins said this was a confidential matter.
He did say: 81 do not know that ough: to
nave told you" Witness considered it as con-
fidential. He did not communicate the matter
to any body but Lieut.. Arnold. Major Walker
sent TOR witness about ten days or two weeks
ago. He did not learn how the major came to
send Or him. Lieut.. Arnold told witness that
the major had got hold Of the matter. When
witness told Arnold that The got IL from head
quarters" he intended the lieutenant to under
stand that he had not learned it from any one
ibid not Lieut.. Arnold" asked Gen. Henkie,
'tell yuu that it was lie, or something 10 that
effect, and not to talk about it?"
"He advised me" said the witness, mot to
talk about il: and he said that he knew nothing
about it."
::Did not he tell you that there was no such
ordere"
ale said that he knew rothing about it."
"He advised you not TO talk aUout it.?
"Yes, sir; he advised me not to talk about it."
The witness said, that Lieutenant Arnold told
him that theinsjor wanted to see him (the wit
ness)r att fheaaQuarters. "LieutenanL Arnold
called him amt said: You had better put on
He said the major bad got mold of that matter.
According TO my recollection he said the
major a,ked him If he had heard any OF his
men speak about IL, ard he said: Yes; that he
had heard Edelin, speak about II.
Ex.DErEcrIvE BLOCKS TESTIMONY.
Ex-Detective (now private) Block was called,
and said he had heard the report, but not from
Lieutenant Arnold. He casually repeated 1t to
one man; that was Special Officer Raft.
WHERE SPECIAL OFFICER RAFF HEARD1r.
Special Officer Raft was then called. He said
the first Information he received was about the
1st or I'd OF the month. He did not hear 1t
from Lieutenant Arnold or any other lieute-
nant. After the matter was published, Lieu
tenant Arnold asked whether witness had not
heard OF this rumor at police headquarters
from Lieutenant Swindell, and the witness said,
IL did not" Witness first heard it from Officer
Block.
WHAT NIGHT INSPECTOR PEARSON HEARD
ABOUT IT.
Lieut.. Pearson, the night inspector, was then
called. and was introduced by Mr.. Davis to
Commissioner Wheatley with the remark:
"These gentlemen have never met The lieu
tenant is night bird and the Commissioner is
q day bird"
"Evidently," said Mr.. Moore to the Commits
sioner, ''they are not watching your actions.'
Lieut.. Pearson said he first heard of the report
alter 1t became public. The day after he beard
it he met Lieut. Arnold, who asked witness "if
1 was watching him. 1 told him no, and
asked him what was the matter, and he said:
Il told one of my sergeants something conf
Dental, and he told It, Witness thought Ar
mold said: 'They are after me about what said
to one OF my sergeants."
MAJOR WALKERS WHOLESALE DENIAL.
and asked in relation to the report and whether
he had issued such an order. 81 have simply
to say" said the major, ''that, upon going into
the department, found number OF men in
the habit of going without uniform, and the de-
partment was in the habit OF spending money
to make liquor cases. represented this state
of affairs to the Commissioners, and it was
agreed that nothing whatever OF the spy
system should be tolerated." Here the major
was interrupted by the objection that he was
not answering the question. Being asked
again IL he had issued such AN order the
major said, "There has never, at any time 10
my knowledge, been any written or verbal
order suggestion Of that kind or anything
that could be possibly construed by the most
malicious person to be anything of the kind"
"Did you suggest, recommend or advise such
q thing" asked Mr.. Davis.
"Never, said tie major. II have always
fought it whenever 1t showed its head'
WHEN THE MAJOR FIRST HEARD OF 1T.
"under what atcircumstances and from whom
did you first hear this reporte"
ION the Sd Of November" said the major.
''about 4:3O In the evening. Mr.. Webb and Mr.
Wheatley called at my house and stated that
information had been sent to them, in a form
which they were obliged to recognize. that an
order had been issued to the Metropolitan police
10 follow members of Congress and note their
habits, for the purpose Of obtaining information
to be used in influencing legislation, and that
when issued that order Lieut.. Arnold and
Lieut.. Kelly protested against it. | Instantly
told them that II was o lie out of whole cloth" :"
WHAT He DID SAY AT THE MEETING OF LIEU.
TENANTS.
The major was subjected TO long examination
by counsel to elicit what had been said at the
meeting OF lientsnants He said that on the