Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-22
GREEN u. RAUM, JR's., CASE.
District Attorney Cole Telis Why No Indict

District Attorney Cole Tells why No Indict-
ment Was Found-Other Testimony.
In the pension Office investigation yesterday
Capt. c. c. Cole, United States district attor-
ney for the District Of Columbia, testified that
names Of two or three persons who could give
information as to offers made by Green B.
Raum, IT,, to procure positions for o money
consideration.
Witness detailed detective to look after the
matter, but be reported that one of the per-
sons mentioned know nothing Of 1t and others
denied having had a conversation with Raun,,
jr., on the subject. Mr.. Enloc desired to know
why Capt Cole did not present the case to the
grand jury.
Witness replied that he did not think Il
worth WHILE as he could not get the facts de-
sired. and, in the second place, there was no
law under which Raum, jr., could be prose-
cuted. There was no law anywhere charging
the chief clerk or assistant chief clerk Of the
pension office with any duty whatever, 30 far
for appointments are concerned. The whole
duty of the chief or assistant chief clerk in re-
lation to appointments is to file applications
for positions and keep on file the papers con-
neeted with them. Had he found a law to
which young Mr.. Raum was amensble he
would have brought the case before the grand
jury and prosecuted it himself
Capt Cole said that Commissioner Raum had
never spoken to him about the matter but W.
B. Moses, friend Of Raum, asked him if he
had made any report in regard TO the case to
the Department Of Justice.
NO TANGIBLE EVIDENCE
Commissioner Lyman Of the civil service
commission called to witness attention the
case of Raum, jr., in the matter of the appoint
n Sp,if in ,rbi IL
charged there was money consideration.
The Department of Justice had also called at
tention to the case, but there was no tangible
evidence obtained to present it to the grand
jury.
In. this case it appears that q man named
johnson took the civil service examination for
Smith, but it was afterward discovered. that
Smith had previously passed an examination
and made higher percentage than was made
by Johnson for him.
how it happened that colored man named
Mari, indicted for some offense in connection
with pension Office matters, was tried. while
Latouretto, indicted for lending money on
pension certificates, had not been prosecuted.
Capt. Cole replied tina. he supposed it was
simply because there had not been time, the
office being greatly pushed with work.
MR.. HARTEE's STATEMENT.
Representative Harter of Ohio. who had ar
ranged TO leave the city, voluntarily took the
stand to make statement in connection with
that made Wednesday by his clerk, Harvey
Maddox. Mr.. Harter said that in employing
Maddox there was nothing in the conversation
to the effect that there should be any profit
directly or indirectly, through their business
connection. On the Both of March Maddox
asked witness if he had any objection to his
calling up pension cases for nonresident PEN
sion attorneys living outside his witness
congressional district. Witness replied tina:
he had no objection il the practice was proper
and customary On the 7th instant learning
from newspaper that the pension Office OBJ
jected to the practice. he withdrew his consent
and informed Maddox that if he had charged
anybody for the services rendered he should
refund the money and if he did not do SO he
(witness) would refund it out of his own
pocket. Witness was away when he saw
the newspaper statement in which his
name was used before the committee,
and he wrote TO Mr.. Maddox to go before the
committee and tell the whole truth in regard
to the matter. Mr.. Harter SAID that he never
had any arrangement understanding with
anybody by which, directly or indirectly, he was
to receive one penny for his influence as q
member of the House.
TIE COMMISSIONERS ABSENCES.
A. ". Fisher, chief clerk of the pension Of
flee. testified that he had heard that Latourette
was lending money to clerks in the pension Of
flee, but his attention had not been called to
the mans visit
In connection with the examination of this
witness Mr.. Enloe put in evidence a record
showing that since October 10 1889. when the
commissioner entered upon the duties OF the
office. up to March IS. 1892. the official mail
had been signed by an acting commissioner for
2Z9 days. During one week of this time. Mr..
tlsher SAID. the commissioner was away from
the ONCE at work Oh his annual report.