The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-04-20
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1920 NEW IORK-AVE.. ". W..
WASHINGTON. d. c.. March H.

1870 NEW YoRK-AvE. ". W..
WASHINGTON. d. C., March H.
In the Raum investigation today David
T. Gill retracted his statement that Com
missioner Black in 1888 ordered Coopers
gresslonal call slips thrown in the waste
basket He said ne was led into that i'm
preston by conversation with Raum.
He now rccollects that Cooper came into
congress after Black had gone out Of
office.
Morgan, of Bloomington, Ind. gave the
whole conspiracy away today and went
Immediately on the stand. He admitted
that he had tried to entrap Cooper by
sending him the twenty-five dollars to be
paid Hersey, but excused himself by say
ing that he was required to do so by the
detective whom Raum sent out to Bloom
ington for this purpose.
After Morgan's testimony Representa-
tive Duncan co. said to THE SENTINEL
correspondent: THE attempt of Commits
sioner Raum to smirch the reputation of
Mr.. Cooper has proved boomerang The
evidence before the special investigating
committee of the pension bureau today
showed that Raum sent out special exam
liners at government expense to put up
job on Mr.. Cooper, and procured letter
to be written to him, inclosing S25 for the
use OF his name to call up pension claims.
Mr.. Cooper at once returned the
money to the surprise OF Raum's
emissaTies, who expected Cooper would
be Ion the make" as many OF the chiefs
of Rsum's bureau were. After the evil
dence was heard, the committee of Eve,
three democrats and two republicans, all
being present. unanimously expressed their
judgment that Mr.. Cooper had been clean
and straight from first to last and was en-
tirely blameless in the matter. OF course
the republican members expressed no
opinion of Raum's methods in attempting
to smirch Cooper, but they were frank
and open in their exOneration of Mr..
Cooper from any suspicion of improper
conduct"
Before the Raum investigating commit.
tee today, T. L. Buckley testified that he
was associated with Commissioner Raum in
the American gypsum mining company,
capitalized at $1,000, 100. w. w. Fleming,
Gen. w. w. Dudley and others being
stockholders. Mr.. Raum told him he had
hypothecated 100000 OF the stock to Mr..
George L. Lemon as security for loan Of
S25. 600
V. NJ. Hodgkins. discharged pension
Office clerk, testified that nine out of ten
of the cases which came before him under
the completed files order belong to George
r. Lemon. For the first six weeks after
the order was issued five-sevenths OF the
cases in his division were Lemons.
James Morgan of Bloomington. Ind,
who was the Indiana pension attorney,
introduced to Hersey by Representative
Cooper, took the stand, and in answer TO
Mr.. Coopsr's questions, said that ever
since Mr.. CoOper's election to congress he
had written to Cooper on departmental
matters and Cooper had attended to them
for him without compensation being Of
fered except as concerned the S25 witness
sent to Mr.. Hersey through MIR. Cooper,
and which Mr.. Cooper returned at once.
Representative Lind rep said frankly
that he did not believe Mr.. Cooper guilty
oil any wrong, but in any event Mr.
Cooper was not under investigation, and
he objected TO consuming moro time USE
lessly. He withdrew the objection upon
finding that the testimony related to facts
already developed. Mr. Morgan testified
that Mr.. Cooper, in introducing him to
Hersey, had said that Hersey would assist
witness if he had anything worth paying
for; but he should say that Mr.. Cooper's
manner in saying it gave him simply the
impression that Mr.. Cooper recommended
Hersey as a competent pension attorney.
His testimony in other respects did not
differ much from what has heretofore
been stated.
Mr.. Payson also said that he did not
allege anything wrong on Mr.. Cooper
part
A very important admission was OBJ
tanned from witness by Mr.. Enloe, the
witness acknowledging that he had writ
ten the letter inclosing the $25 TO Mr..
Cooper at the suggestion of Special Exam
liner Greenwalt of the pension office,
whom Commissioner Raum had sent out
to investigate the matter. Mr.. Greenwalt
bad practically framed the letter and had
himself sent the money IN n registered
letter, instead of by draft or check. to Mr..
Cooper, instead of to Jersey, in order that
the matter might be fastened on Mr..
Cooper and he be entrapped. Greenwalt
said the office suspected Hersey was call
ing up cases under Mr.. Cooper's name and
with his knowledge, and that Mr.. Cooper
was q party to il. 1t was decoy letter,
the witness admitted, but it failed because
Mr.. Cooper had returned the money in a
letter stating that Hersey could take no
money for work done for him COOPER.
Witness denied having written the letter
for Greenwalt because he feared disbar-
ment. He was a republican.
Chairman Wheoler-"After you knew
this matter was wrong you sent this SO
for Mr.. Grsenwalt, to q member OF con-
ChIldven CRY for