Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-12

MONEY FROM THE CLERKS UNDER uIN-MR-
TAyISR's RESIGNATION AND How IT WAS
BROUGHT ABOUT.
After the report of the Raum investigation
closed in yesterdays STAR. VIM. t. Ford as
sistant chief Of record division OF the pension
Office, the Oldest employe in the Interior De-
partnlent, Of which the pension Office is a part,
testified relative to the charges against Engle.
he said that they were contained in a state
ment which was prepared by Clerk Lineaweaver,
but he (witness) did not remember whether ii
was sworn to or not He made the statement
OF his own free will and accord, and it was not
drawn from him by the commissioner. Mr..
Eugle had been discharged, but when he was
reinstated witness told him that his discharge
WAS the result of his own foolish
actions and silly tongue. He told Com
missioner Raum that the allegations
in the statement were true. Engle had
told him their substance. Commissioned
kaum had not pumped the statement out of
him. IL was charged in the statement or aft
davit that Engle had ruined q young girl In
the Office. Witness had told the commits
sioner her name. but declined to give it to the
committee in public session He asked for
time. however, in which TO consult counsel be-
fore saying whether he would give the name
TO the committee in secret The matter, there
fore, went over for the time. Witness further
said that be was not intimate with the COM
missioner, and while he had no particular love
for him. he did not dislike him.
ADMITTED THAT HE BORROWED MONEY.
Mr.. Ealoe took up q charge made by three
one-legyed or one-srmed soldiers that witness
had referred unexpectedly to them. Witness
denied the charge. He admitted borrowing
money from pension Office elerks, as he was in
financial straits Hoalso had had financial
but he did not pay him 10 per cent interest He
was 1T the present time in debt to Mr.. Latou-
rette, but was not paying him any interest on
the money. He had never complained to the
commissioner Of Mr. Latourette's visit to the
pension office. He acknowledged that he had
borrowed money from great many friends In
the Office.
Mr.. Enloe named several persons and asked
witness If he had borrowed money from them.
He admitted having done so, but when Mr..
Enloe presented more names witness declined
TO say whether he borrowed from them or not
The practice In the office of borrowing money,
the witness admitted, was pretty general. His
borrowings had not been any more extensive,
however. he said, than had that of other per-
sons His borrowings had not been of such
extent as to embarrass any one. or such as would
influence him (witness) for or against his cred
itors.
oBJKcrs TO MAKING A STATEMENT.
Mr.. Lind, . member Of the committee. then
attempted to obtain from the witness an esti-
mate of the total amount Of money he had bor-
rowed from employees under him, the number
Of persons borrowed from, &c. Witness at
FIRST strenuously objected to giving the infor-
nation desired, even in this shape. because it
would disgrace him and would be the talk of
the Office Mr.. Lind then asked him why he
borrowed the money if he looked at it in that
way.
The witness did not answer this question.
Finally, after the committee had taken steps
which indicated its intention to compel the
witness to answer Mr.. Lind's questions, he adj
mitted that he owed $50 to three subordinates
in his division He said that since he COM
menced borrowing he had never been out of
deot. He had been compelled. he admitted, to
settle money accounts on threats made by his
creditors.
Replying to further questions witness denied
that he had insulted a woman by insisting that
she accompany him TO a certain place, testi
mony IN relation to which has been heretofore
given
WHY NE. TAYLOR RESIGNED.
8. A. Taylor, formerly employe in the
pension Office, who resigned in the latter part
of 1891, detailed the circumstances attending
his resignation, accomplished through the
medium OF Assistant Secretary Bussey during
which be attributed to Mr.. Bussey a remark
tina. whenever Secretary Noble had any dis
agreeable work to do he had him (Alr. Bussey)
to do IL. A letter which witness subsequently
received from Secretary Noble was to the effect
that there were no charges against him affect
ing his character or reputation, but that his
usefulness had become impaired Witness
trouble with Com missioner Raum dated from
the time Of his report to the commissioner with
respect 20 the record Of Theodore Smith, an
employe In the Office, who ct one time had de-
serted from the army.
The committee durin the afternoon session
took steps to request the House TO compel wit
nesses Nayson and Ellis to answer questions in
relation TO financial transactions beside asking
that body to request their dismissal from office.
The committee adjourned until today.