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that he was an eye witness of what he stated and if necessary, I was at liberty to call on him for his testimony, after making all this statement he saw that I still doubted, and made the following statement. "Why Lieut Garretson backed a prize fighter in a fight the other day and lost several hundred dollars. his Chief Clerk M Cordy. was the stake holder"

If this statement was [[Strikethrough]] arrest [[/Strikethrough]] true, "Cordy" (in my opinion) was "Cordua." and I so gave it in the list of Witnesses, as I should have done had it been my brother or any one else.

This matter came to my knowledge in my Official Capacity and in that Capacity I Reported it. and will again if need be - No threat of personal assault will, or has, prevented me from doing what I believed to be my duty. 

You endeavor to make it appear that it was a personal feeling towards Lt. Garretson that induced me to make the report. You are mistaken, That Lieut. Garretson permitted a Clerk of his to write me a grossly insulting letter is true, that he disallowed certain accounts of money paid by me, is also true, at the same time, no one, (not even you,) would believe for a moment that I would seek redress for any personal wrong. in that way. Had I hunted up