WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 1, 1881. Statement of salary and expenses of G. K. Chase, as general agent of the Department of Justice, from July 1 to October 1, 1881. To three months' salary, $250 per month To R. R. fare and expenses Wash'n to New York and return. $750 00 368 00 18 00 18 00 18.00 18 00 9 00 $1,199 00 I do certify on oath that I have performed the services stated in the within account, that the item charged for subsistence was actually paid by me and necessarily incurred, and that all other items therein charged for expenses are actually incurred and paid by me in the performance of my duties as the general agent of the Department of Justice. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3d day of October, 1881. [SEAL.] G. K. CHASE. WILL HAIGHT, Received of Richard Devens, disbursing clerk Department of Justice, the sum of eleven hundred and ninety-nine dollars ($1,199.00) in full of above account. Approved. G. K. CHASE. S. F. PHILLIPS, Acting Attorney-General. WASHINGTON, D. C., November 17, 1881. Statement of account of services and salary of G. K. Chase, general agent of the Department of Justice, from October 1 to November 1, 1881. One month's salary.. $250 00 124 00 5 20 $379 20 I do certify on oath that I have that I have performed the services stated in the within account; that the item charged for subsistence was actually paid by me, and necessarily incurred, and that all other items therein charged for expenses are actually incurred and paid by me in the performance of my duties as the general agent of the Department of Justice. G. K. CHASE. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 17th day of November, 1881. [SEAL.] WILL HAIGHT, Received of Richard Devens, disbursing clerk of the Department of Justice, the sum of three hundred and seventy-nine dollars and twenty cents ($379.20) in full of the above account. NOVEMBER 18, 1881. G. K. CHASE. S. F. PHILLIPS, Acting Attorney-General. Statement of account of Geo. K. Chase, general agent Department of Justice, for services and expenses from January 1 to Feb'y 1, 1882. To one month's salary "31 days' subsistence, at $4 per day $250 00 124 00 18 00 telegraphing 7.00 "R. R. fare and expenses of assistant Washington to New York and return. 26 50 "R. R. fare and expenses, Wash'n to New York and return. $425 50 I do certify on oath that I have performed the services stated in the within accoun t that the item charged for subsistence was actually paid by me, and that all other items therein charged for expenses were actually incurred and paid by me in the performance of my duties as the general agent of the Department of Justice. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 31st day of January, 1882. [SEAL.] G. K. CHASE. WILL HAIGHT, Notary Public. FEB. 1st, 1882. Received of Richard Devens, disbursing clerk Department of Justice, the sum of four hundred and twenty-five dollars and fifty cents ($425.50), in full of the above ac Question. Please state your age, residence, and occupation.-Answer. I reside in the city of Atlanta, Ga.; I am thirty five years of age; I am chief deputy United States marshal, under Marshal Longstreet. Q. State now in as brief a way as you can what you desire to put before the committee.-A. When General Longstreet was here before the committee there was testimony about Mr. Robinson, one of his depties, who had been convicted and sent to the Albany penitentiary, and whose term hadn't expired, and the facts connected with his accounts were not known to the marshal except in general outline. Since Mr. Robinson's release he has gathered evidence among the court records, and from the affidavits of different parties who worked with him or under him, and he desires to have his case presented to this committee, or an analysis of them. He was to come here himself, but he is too poor to pay his expenses, and the general insisted on my going through the accounts with him, and aiding him in getting them up, and showing that these expenditures as made by General Longstreet were correct and right, and that the treatment that his account had received at the hands of the Department of Justice was wrong; that the disallowances, some of them, or the majority of them, were not in accordance with the facts. Mr. HEMPHILL. I do not know that it is necessary for you to make a general statement of that kind; you had better take up the details and show that as you proceed. The WITNESS. You remember that in General Longstreet's testimony before this committee he testified that Mr. Robinson should have had an opportunity of explaining his accounts; and Mr. Ballin, I believe, testified that he promised to give him the opportunity, but that no explana WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 1, 1881. Statement of salary and expenses of G. K. Chase, as general agent of the Department of Justice, from July 1 to October 1, 1881. To three months' salary, $250 per month. To R. R. fare and expenses Wash'n to New York and return $750 00 368 00 18 00 18 00 18.00 18.00 9.00 $1,199 00 I do certify on oath that I have performed the services stated in the within account, that the item charged for subsistence was actually paid by me and necessarily incurred, and that all other items therein charged for expenses are actually incurred and paid by me in the performance of my duties as the general agent of the Department of Justice. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3d day of October, 1881. [SEAL.] G. K. CHASE. WILL HAIGHT, Notary Public. Received of Richard Devens, disbursing clerk Department of Justice, the sum of eleven hundred and ninety-nine dollars ($1,199.00) in full of above account. Approved. G. K. CHASE. S. F. PHILLIPS, Acting Attorney-General. WASHINGTON, D. C., November 17, 1881. Statement of account of services and salary of G. K. Chase, general agent of the Department of Justice, from October 1 to November 1, 1881. One month's salary.. Thirty-one days' subsistence, at $4.00 $250 00 124 00 5 20 $379 20 I do certify on oath that I have that I have performed the services stated in the within account; that the item charged for subsistence was actually paid by me, and necessarily incurred, and that all other items therein charged for expenses are actually incurred and paid by me in the performance of my duties as the general agent of the Department of Justice. G. K. CHASE. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 17th day of November, 1881. [SEAL.] WILL HAIGHT, Received of Richard Devens, disbursing clerk of the Department of Justice, the sum of three hundred and seventy-nine dollars and twenty cents ($379.20) in full of the above account. NOVEMBER 18, 1881. G. K. CHASE. S. F. PHILLIPS, Acting Attorney-General. Statement of account of Geo. K. Chase, general agent Department of Justice, for services and expenses from January 1 to Feb'y 1, 1882. To one month's salary.... "31 days' subsistence, at $4 per day "R. R. fare and expenses, Wash'n to New York and return. $250 00 124 00 18.00 "telegraphing .... 7 00 "R. R. fare and expenses of assistant Washington to New York and return. 26 50 $425 50 I do certify on oath that I have performed the services stated in the within accoun that the item charged for subsistence was actually paid by me, and that all other items therein charged for expenses were actually incurred and paid by me in the performance of my duties as the general agent of the Department of Justice. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 31st day of January, 1882. [SEAL.] G. K. CHASE. WILL Received of Richard Devens, disbursing clerk Department of Justice, the sum of four hundred and twenty-five dollars and fifty cents ($425.50), in full of the above ac Question. Please state your age, residence, and occupation.-Answer. I reside in the city of Atlanta, Ga.; I am thirty five years of age; I am chief deputy United States marshal, under Marshal Longstreet. Q. State now in as brief a way as you can what you desire to put before the committee.-A. When General Longstreet was here before the committee there was testimony about Mr. Robinson, one of his depties, who had been convicted and sent to the Albany penitentiary, and whose term hadn't expired, and the facts connected with his accounts were not known to the marshal except in general outline. Since Mr. Robinson's release he has gathered evidence among the court records, and from the affidavits of different parties who worked with him or under him, and he desires to have his case presented to this committee, or an analysis of them. He was to come here himself, but he is too poor to pay his expenses, and the general insisted on my going through the accounts with him, and aiding him in getting them up, and showing that these expenditures as made by General Longstreet were correct and right, and that the treatment that his account had received at the hands of the Department of Justice was wrong; that the disallowances, some of them, or the majority of them, were not in accordance with the facts. Mr. HEMPHILL. I do not know that it is necessary for you to make a general statement of that kind; you had better take up the details and show that as you proceed. The WITNESS. You remember that in General Longstreet's testimony before this committee he testified that Mr. Robinson should have had an opportunity of explaining his accounts; and Mr. Ballin, I believe, testified that he promised to give him the opportunity, but that no explana tion would have made the result different. Here are some affidavits that have been made as to that agreement between Mr. Ballin and Mr. Robinson. Mr. HEMPHILL (after inspecting the papers). These papers have never been filed in the office of the Attorney-General or in the Department of Justice, I suppose? The WITNESS. No, sir. We did not know of the existence of these papers. We knew that there was an understanding of that sort, but no affidavits on the subject had ever been furnished the office. Mr. HEMPHILL. All these papers are of the same purport, are they? The WITNESS. Yes, sir; of the same purport. Some of them were sworn to before a justice of the peace. Mr. HEMPHILL. I do not see how we can receive these under the rules which we have laid down and of which General Longstreet was apprised when he was here. The rule stated was that no affidavit should be received which had not been filed in the Department of Justice previous to the investigation, and thus become a part of the records of that office. The WITNESS. It is our purpose to file these with the Comptroller in answer to these disallowances. Mr. CRISP. We are not investigating the disallowances. What would be the purpose of that? Mr. HEMPHILL. It would be simply to show that Robinson did not have an opportunity to explain his accounts. The WITNESS. That is the main thing. Mr. VAN ALSTYNE. He did have an opportunity in court and did not do it satisfactorily to the jury; is not that the fact? The WITNESS. Yes, sir. But we contend that if he did not feel that he was innocent, and if his lawyers had understood the fee-bill as well as they should have done, he would not have been convicted. Mr. HEMPHILL. Of course we could not revise the judgment of the court in that way. The WITNESS. No, sir; I understand that. Well, I hardly know how to present this evidence. We have a number of affidavits here, but under your ruling I hardly see how I can get them in. I suppose that these certified copies of his warrants and bonds would be received. Q. Has there been any question that these defendants did give bonds?-A. There are a number of defendants and the accounts have been disallowed by Mr. Ballin, accounts in the indictment under which Mr. Robinson was tried. In the case of United States vs. Fayette Smith there was a disallowance made. That disallowance was properly made by Mr. Ballin on the ground that the warrant was not signed by the commissioner, but as a matter of fact the warrant had been regularly entered in our office and had the seal of the commissioner, although he had omitted to sign it; therefore, while we admit the technical correctness of the disallowance, no bad motive can be imputed to the officer concerning it. There was another case similar to this, and upon that case a question was put by Judge Crisp, I think, and Marshal Longstreet stated that the warrant was not signed. That was a mistake. It was in the case of the United States vs. William Cavender. Here is what the examiner says about it: Case United States vs. William Cavender: All fees for travel service in this case disallowed. The warrant was not signed by the commissioner who issued it; it was no legal warrant, and the defendant was dismissed on that account, and no fees can be allowed the marshal for serving it. |