Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-14
A WITNESS CONFUSION.

ADMITS THAT HE MADE SEVERAL MIssTATEMENTs
II HIS TESTIMONY.
Judge Payson began the proceedings of the
special pension Office investigating committee
OF the House this morning by cross-examining
James Morgan, the Bloomington. Ind, attor-
ney and pension agent, with a view to
showing that Commissioner Raum began the
examination into the Hersey Cooper matter
based upon the letter OF Morgan's to Special
Examiner Greenawalt. Morgan's letter to
Greenawalt. dated January &c, 1892, was
offered by Judge Payson for record.
The letter says that when Cooper introduced
the writer to Hersey in Hersey's Office Cooper
said that il witness had any thing worth paying
conclusion says if the recipient OF the letter
(Greenawalt) thought il advisable he had bet
ter put some one ON the track of Cooper in this
line Of business
admitted that he thought IL improper when he
asked Cooper for assistance In his pension
work. and the latter referred him to Jersey
as one who would do the work for pay. He
also admitted that IN his conversation with
Greenawalt at the pension bureau he said to
he was talking he would make certain state
menes.
Witness had previously testified that he did
not know Greenawalt until he met him in In.
diana.
Mr. Greeuawal. asked the witness il he did
not say to him that when he returned home to
Indiana he would send him (Greenawalt) facts
that General Raun ought to know.
The witness said he was in doubt about hav-
ing made such a remark. bu. admitted that he
did write Greenawalt letter.
Witness at various points in the examination
made certain statements which conffieted with
/ former testimony given by him.
Judge Payson asked Morgan about the tele-
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| effect that his wife, who was sick when he left
| Indiana, had been worse since his departure
and Of witness desire to return home i'm
| mediately.
Mr.. Payson asked him IL he had the telegram.
Witness replied that he had not, but that he
had received the telegram at Wizards Hotel
| yesterday before coming to the committee
| room. IL was proved by Judge Payson tina,
| the witness camo direct to the committee room
| from the depot
Witness was compelled TO back water and
| confessed that he had misrepresented facts az
| he was DESTROYS Of returning home.
| Morgan iutimated that he was not aware thai
\ he was on oath when he testified TO the re-
ceipt of the telegram.
| Witness, in answer to Judge Payson, ac-
knowledged being candidate for Office in In
| diana.
]. @. Greenavalt, supervising special ex
| aminer, said that he first knew Morgan when
the latter called at the Pension Office to iool
/ after caseS Morgan said he would tell him
some surprising things he had learned which
| related to the attack upon General Raum.
He told witness he would write him on his
/ return home, which he did. About half dozen
| letters passed between witness and Morgan Up
to the time Of the receipt Of the letter
| from Morgan dated Jan. 18th. said the witness
| 81 had no knowledge of the Hersey matter
| Gen Raum knew Of IL through the letters sent
/ him by ex-Congressman Williams Of Ohio and
an old soldier named whitinghin"
Baron de Bsur, the imper rial minister of var,
| has submitted to tho Austrian reichsrath I
| proposition to strengthen the army. The
feeling is strong that a war with Russia canno,