Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-10
RAUM ON THE RACK
The Pension Commissioners
Son Visited Pool Rooms
BusSEYS PRIVATE LETTERS
Placed IN the Files for SAFE Keeping.
Young Raum Wanted to Pry Into
Private Affairs of Others.

vAseIsGTos. May s.-Aftsr several
dais lotermi ssloa the special pension
otlce Investigation committee OF the
h0use resumed is season today. The
letter OF Secretary Noble TO Chairman
Wheeler, deny .ng that be refused TO
eoIaply wlto the committees request
g. iaruash certain correspondence, was
placed ia the record. Mr.. Enlee then
rsirrred 10 the letter written by Gen
eral Dagsn TO General Bussey IN which
General Dugan applied rstner uncom-
plhen1Ty terms ~ the latter. Mr..
Enlre sala the question OF striking ii
Igor si.e record tad aever been de-
c.sici upon. lie sent Examiner Wilcox
a. Geuerai Bussey Tor the letter. but
teurra! Bu.sey refused 10 furnish 10
sid Mr.. En!ee unders,ood that General
Busy had destroyed 10. Mr.. Tanner
tstsa~d thai General Bussey had called
upu niH some TINS ago AZ his Office
'tsid ASKED hinl Why ne let the letter go
Oui, IS - vas MS Bus ey'sj personal
~ pesiy and be dla nos want il pno-
h'hea. General Bussey said he nai
paced e ~ the iiles tor safe keeping.
s''iI a. Has pcgsOnai property.
CieFk u eS,ter sworn.
Wm. H. Webster. chief clerk OF the
civil service Commission, MAS called.
snd u, 70 sp ,use TO Mr.. Enlee said that
he heard statements IA general way
giat q, rioEs were about the district
,ssnIt uousc watching the civil service
spglI..ss 0u - hnd cut wno was fur
1lsA'ug il with information about the
sase oi he !mpsrsouatIon OF a man
names smith, VINO Was TO take an ex-
~. notion.
A. B Hayward, n clerk in the pen
non oi.ief. lssuiled that he WAS re-
a0yra fFon the ciassl .ied service Octo-
ser %, 1870, on the ground. So far as
% knew; because Ae would not give
lhs Us. Of his ,uaywsrd's) indebted
less - Green =. R3um. Jr. Young
l.ann,'s reason for knowing his credi-
Tors was because complaint had been
ntadc against witness After leaving
ths riatter quiet for awhile the witness
hied papers 10 Green b. Raum, Jr., for
reinstatement, bur the matter was not
attended TO, snd every time witness
eailcd on young Haum 20 see about his
case 10 tound him absent from the
,fiice. u was we'll known fact. the
s.tness said, that young Rsum haunt
sd tne pool rooms, and ne visited then
trd s1w young Raum there on tiye
scctssous during once hours. He Was
Snaiy rtinststed after having sees
isSTstsry NorIc about tue matter in
iog rauy with General Patterson Of the
TcasuTy department.. In answer TO
Chairman Naeeler's question as TO who
h feuSon Office employees we're he
nsw - tie pool rooms. nc said that he
lad szyr SPECIAL Examiner GrecnawAll,
lWs4 named shannon, Morris Kes-
rEaas AID Theodors Smith, all there
tsrfng office hours. Ia response to
Judge Payson, witness said he had
cr4nwed so from j. A. Lattornette,
,d i,utVrL Reagan was his lndorscr
sad wau made the complaint against
lna. He owed Mr.. Moore about
NOD. Witness testified that he drew
f.enf'on cl i5 per month for the loss OF
a. arm curng the late war.
csanry Wss Canning.
After recess Mr. Cooper called Mr..
slilcy, who gave unimportant ;es,i-
AouV.
l.. 4. Race, clerk in the pension
Wreau. testified that he had had a
onTt ration With Chef Clerk Webster
K inr anvil service commission about
oruc one wanting pay for his Races
appointment 20 tne pension bureau.
- support OF this hs produced tele-
AUS received by hlm at Ardmore.
T., from a party at Washington. u.
-. named n. r. Cunney, in one of
snich he latter stated 10 could get q
position Il bo desired 10. The second
u gram slid the place was in the PEN
non Olfcc. When he arrived in Wash
,ugton be asked for money by Cunaey.
out refused to give hIm any. Witness
.Ouitl not tc!l how Cunney got access to
he ccTtit.d iist FOR appointments and
ne comm tee decided 20 call Quincy,
4 he cauit be found. The ccmmlttce
adjgupvd tiii tomorrow.