Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-30

fact. he could not recall to whom he did
pay it.
did YOU inquired Mr.. Worthington,
know Leonard Whitney. now dead. man.
ager of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany"
The witness replied that he did. and
said that il MIR. Leonard had presented
such a check it would have been paid. MIR.
Mofatt also stated that IL was not I'M
common for the messengers of disburstng
officers to present ard be paid large
checks. While he could not remember pay
ing Capt. Howgate the check in question.
the witness stated that he remembered
the defendant coming to the office once
after office hours with a large check which
witress paid. but he could not say that
it was or was not the check mentioned in
the indictments.
Edward Webster of the auditors office
of the War Department identitied the ac,
counts current for the years 1SIS-t9 and
1SIg-S0 the object of the district attorney
being to show that Capt Howgate mad
never accounted for the sum of sil.sOO set
out in the indictments.
He was still on the stand when. at 1870,
a recess was taken until O'Clock.
After Recess.
During recess it was stated that District
Attorney Birney had summoned witnesses
before the grand jury today for the pur-
pose CT securing additional indictments
against Capt. Howgate. At the present
time there are ten Indictments standing
against him. nine alleging embezziement
ard the other forgery. Seven of the nine
ENLIGHTENMENT indictments are what are
known as old ones, having been returneu
previous to his escape in April, lSSZ
The other three indictments were found
several weeks ago. and. to cover the pro-
vision in the statute of limitations that no
indictment shall be found three years sub
seduent to the commission of the alleged
offense. unless the offender Is or was
fugitive from justice, the new indictments
aIlege that Capt. Howgate was fugitive
from justice from April IL. 1Ss2. until Sep
tember n. 1891.
The purpose of securing new indict-
ments. il is Explained. is to try tn" defend
ant only on newly returned indictments.
The trial was resumed shortly alter L
O'Clock, and MIR. Worthington. before the
trial was proceeded with. called the atten-
ton of Judge McComas TO a report taat
some unknown prison had complained to
Witness Moffatt that he tNonatp hed not
testified strongly enough. Who the party
or his purpose Mr. NorthinstoE ga
not know but Judge McCCmaS fntimated
that he would severely punish any one I'M
properly inter fering in the trial.
Vouchers Missing.
The examination of Witness Webster be-
ing resumed. the witness submitted a num-
Der of Capt. Howgate's accounts. In which
II TRANSFERRED that package of hfty-seven
disputed vouchers was missing. The vouch-
ers were last seen by him, said the wit
ness, about the last OF March or the ISL OF
April 1S.B. A most careful and thorough
search for the missing vouchers had been
made by witness, and others acting under
him, but the vouchers. including the one
referred to in the indictments. had never
been found
Mr. Birney. stating that the alleged
forged voucher was not dated, he offered
to introduce vouchers of the Western Union
Telegraph Company paid in October, 1879
to show that such vouchers were all dateI
and properly dated and filled out. On the
objection of Mr.. Worthington. Mr. Birney
reserved the offer until a future time.
To Nr. Worthington the witness then
stated that the ffty-seven vouchers were
in charge of MIR. Rowell and four or five
clerks of his office AT the request of Mr..
j. M. Vail, counsel in the case of Capt.
Howgate's bondsmcn. a Mr.. Hatch. clerk
in the office. took several of the vouchers
to court. They were kept away several
days, but all were returned.
The sli,StO voue her may have been one of
them. and If it was it was returned. tied
up and put away. The search for the
missing vouchers was made since Capt.
Howgate'S apprehension.
John S. Hatch clerk In the same office.
was the next witness and giving testi-
mony similar to that of the preceding wit
ness. identified a Photographic reproduce
ton of the SlI 800 voucher.
To Mr.. Worthington Mr.. Hatch stated
that the voucher in question bore the sig
nature of Gen. Myer. chief of the signal
service bureau, and was approved and
passed by the Treasury Department Off
Gals. No objection was made to 1t until
after Gen. Myers death in 1854.