The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-08
GEN. RAUM TURNS ACCUSER.
A sENsA710N sPRUNG UPON THE
INTERPOLATION COMMITTEE

Proof that che Private Secretary or Con
eress.an Cooper. who Iastseatsd the
Rasa lnvsstigatioa In the Last Con
eress. Secured lnformatioa RegsrAi.s
the Status OF Claims and seIa Il.
WASHINGTON. April7-Gen. Raum again ap
peared rs q witness before the Special Pension
Offlce Investigating Committee OF the House
to-day. Mr. Enloe asked several questions
relating to George Lemon endorsing note fol
him. but the witness refused to answer them
The evidence OF last year bearing on this sub
ject was then offered for record by Mr.. Enloe
Gen. hun,. In replying to questions. said
that members OF Congress or their private
secretaries could visit the Pension Offlce and
look into cases.
Mr.. Enoe asked II such indulgence would
not enable the private secretaries who repre-
sented members Of Congress to dispose OF
their information to outsiders, and II he knew
OF any such cases.
The mmtssoner said he knew OF a case.
and at the instance Of Judge Payson presented
for admission in evidence testimony taken
BY a special examiner named Greenawalt who
showed that 5. r. Herscy, lawyer OF this city
and private secretary to Congressman Cooper
Of Indiana. had received money from attorneys
in tho West and Northwest for information
given as to the status OF pension claims. Mr..
Cooper prosecuted the Raum investi ton
last Congress. This. sud Judge Payson. was
the work that Mr. Lineweaver had been en-
gagged In. Lineweaver assisted Greenawalt.
which fact he thought best not to reveal until
the present time. The facts In the case had
boon obtained in tho last few days.
Commissioner Raum said that Hersey repre-
sented Congressman Brookshire and Con-
n Mt ~ fha M
was called to these facts by information OF j.
X WhittinEhill. an ex-soldier. and by OK Con-
gresham Williams OF Ohio. The affidavit OF
Mr. Raum says that Hersey. through II. Clay
tect OF Columbia. I'D, and the firm OF Reagan
scheme by which claimants. for a considera-
tton received the status Of their claims. ey.
his TIyieHE e OF claims ct
81 Stains. sent the inorma,ion nation to HG Pee a' at
Co.. na 5a L to IL
Ing Special a. Examiner G rec was sub
Raum. who recommended in his letter to the
Secretary that Horsey, be disbnrred from prac-
to the fnct that some months ago he received
ipformaton from Henry Holt Of Indianapolis
s the aa nEns Sa s 81 CO. d SO be s4da
the Pension Office form known as "3-550-.."
up the status Of claims. upon which slips Il
was stated that the fac -simile signature Of tho
Hon. g: W. COoper. mem Der OF Congress from
Fifth district Of Indiana. had been printed
VIII hs a toaf Hcts
else that Of 4 NJ. Maring. Of the firm Of MerinR.
The, dispositions show TINT Mitchell. who
printed the slips at Greenfield. Ind. obtained
Sins, and authority from him to procure. a
woodcut fac simile OF the signature to be
used in printing spurious slips. MarinR says
that between 10000 and $4,000 Of these al
legged Congress call slips were printed.
Dispositions OF officials in the Pension ONCE
we're given to show that Cooper's slips from
haring. Susher & Co. were 80 numerous in
the bureau that Commissioner Black had
them thrown in the waste basket When
Commissioner Tanner came in another flood
was va, introduced. and Commissioner Tanner
that the slips he destroyed
Judge Payson said that before the investiea-
favor OF n join. resol ution to deprive members
Of Congress Of such privileges az it retards
journed until tomorrow morning.