Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-14
ROUGH ON Mr.. RAUM.
Racy Testimony as to How Money
Is Sometimes Raised
BY MEANS OF PENSION LAWYERS.
A Coincidence That Is Remarked BY Clerks
Who Get Discharged.
Mr.. COOPER IS FULLY EXONERATED

WASHINGTON, April 13-Before the
Raum Investigating Committee to-day 7. q.
Buckley testified that he was associated
with Commissioner Raum in the American
Gypsum Mining Company, capitalized at
50, ,0O0, 900, W. w. Fleming, General w. W.
Dudley and others being stockholders. Mr.
Raum told him he had hypothecated $780,
600 of the stock to George E. Lemon as
security for loan of $4,000.
V. M. Hodgkins, discharged Pension
Office clerk, testified that nine out of ten
of the cases which first came before him un-
der the completed file order belonged to
George E. Lemon. For the first six weeks
after the order was issued fve-sevenths' of
the cases in his division were Lemons
James Morgan, Of Bloomington, Ind.
who was the Indiana pension attorney in
troduced to Hersey by Representative
Cooper, took the stand, and in answer to
Mr.. Cooper'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 offered, except
as concerned the $25 witness sent to Mr.
Hersey through Mr.. Cooper. and which Mr..
Cooper returned at once.
Mr.. Cooper Not Believed Guilty.
Representative Lind (Republican) said
frankly that he did not believe Mr.. Cooper
guilty of any wrong, but in any event Mr.
Cooper was not under investigation, and he
objected to consuming more time uselessly.
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 any,
thing worth paying for; but he would say
that Mr.. Cooper's manner in saying it gave
him simply the impression that Mr.. Cooper
recommended Hersey as competent pen
sion attorney. His testimony in other re-
spects did not differ much frora what has
heretofore been stated.
Mr.. Payson also said he did not allege
anything wrong on Mr.. Cooper's part
"A very important admission was obtained
from witness by Mr. Enloe, the witness &C
knowledging that he had written the letter,
inclosing the $25 to MI. Cooper, at the sug-
gestion of Special Examiner Greenwalt, Of
the Pension Office, whom Commissioner
Raum had sent out to investigate the mat
ter. Mr.. Greenwalt had practically framed
the letter, and had himself sent the money
check, to Mr.. Cooper, instead of to Hersey,
in order that the matter might be fastened
on Mr.. Cooper and he be entrapped.
Admittedly Decoy Letter.
Greenwalt said the Office suspected Her
sey was calling up cases under Mr.. Cooper's
name and with his knowledge and that Mr..
Cooper was a party to it. 1t was decoy
letter, the witness admitted, but it failed
because Mr.. Cooper had returned the money
in 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 disbarment
He was Republican.
Chairman Wheeler-Atter you knew this
matter was wrong you sent this $25 for Mr..
Greenwalt to member of Congress for the
purpose of seeing if a Representative in
Congress would accept money for illicit In
s ~.
Mr.. Morgan-Mr. Greenwalt had come
there and fguratively taken charge of me.
I did it because he commanded or requested
1t of me. .-.