Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1846-03-20

> surprise. ! tolu hith ue o'W" y
l.. Nv ia,hel could no. come here IA
was ~ years o,j, aad in ieeUle heal'h.
irgu.,ed wba. he wanted with my 'a1her
, he sid he wished him 70 help hun VIII
This Lehiph County Bank. NIness Iol'
him hat he would be OF 10 service TO INN
..Well." said he, "l have written 10 Inn
, and offered him thee hu2dred dollars Il
assist me in The investigation going on Ue
fcra your committee" ! told MeCook Q
was al wroug-he should write 10 him eA
planning il. McCook then inquired u VII
ness knew any one else that lie could EN-
ploy. Witness told him thai he did not
did not think il was necessary Tor hlm iC
20 10 any expense ol the kind. The com
miuee would treat the whole matter cor
dia'y and isiry-and that witness dId ho'
believe any man roud influence the ac'
ton If the committee. McCook wanted
the reloit oil the committee IN lavor OF lhe
Bink--said that three OF the committee
hal greed 10 report in favor OF the Lank,
AMI that he would depOsiIe FIVE hundred
dollars with witness or any person ne
would name, il witness would vote IN Ia
( vor OF a repo favorable 10 the Bank IN
committee. Witness was greatly eAclttd.
/ Il had not belore appeared possible 70 MN
| that he could At us approached. l said
but illlp, told MtCook that would think
ii. He urge me to designate a lrIend
with whom he could confer; TO all witness
answered ncoherenty, aud probably SAID
he would see him (McCook) again. He
| left nv room. A few miuu,Cs teiore he
left, he lMcCook) said be would see me in
nv room at 10 O'Clock last night.
A few minutes Afterwards | invited
Judge Lapoue into my room and told him
the whole natter, in substance AS stated
Mr. Luporle told me to z" on with the ma ,
ter, and be careful as to what SAID, ana
LETT the room in manner that then ap-
peared very singular. III four or five mln-
utes Judge LapOrte returned with Mr..
Burrcll. They 10th sat down and begged
me to he quiel. Mr.. Laportc then stated
that MI. McCook had on Saturday APP
preached him, in "a similar manner to my.
self
Last evening my lrothef-in-law was IN
my room, about half past nine or Ten o.
clock, when | came in. lie told me That
a no,e had been left for me. loprnGd az
read i,--took tinto Judge Laporte's room
and showed it to him. Mr.. LaporIe od-
viSed me by all means not to go to Nc
Cooks room. felt like abandoning the
whole thing. Another citizen from our
county, Mr.. Ward was in the room. |
asked Laporle if had not better mention
It to Ward. Laportc said probably had
| The question with witness was, whether
10 go on or not. Laporte toIa him TO act
rs he thought was his duty, but that the
Arrangement would not Je complete uh-
less carried out in fall. McCook came 70
nv room between 10 and II O'Clock last
night, and exhibited a number OF papers.
| and had list OF them. Witness asked
! him if there was no; u receipt tor the ca
| pilal stock. MCCuOk said that there wa
| lie told me my brother-in-ldw was in town
and asked me it ad selected tt llend
W tn whom he could dep0ste the MONEY.
or would take il myself. WlIness told
him he had not selected any one. Well
SAYS he. Il want to pay you TWO hundred
and fdy dollars tonight, and two bundled
and fliy dollars when the Report Is made
said the better way would be to settle
the thing on the spot. We might Hot see
each other afterwards. He said he would
give me- his note endorsed log any gentle
nan witness would name, Tor TWO hun.
drcd and flly dollars. Winners stated his
former o6er-conveying the impression
that no sum short OF that would We accrpt-
ed. McCooh stated that My leach and
Il ,in,, I,p ct n
town, and asked me it could wait fifteen
or twenty mnuus until he would 90 and
get the additional two bundled and tily
dollars. Witness rcrlird II would do as
well H. the morning. McCoCk SaId it was
important to have it settled to right, H. The
Investigation would go on tomorrow. -
Witness mehtoned that The committee on
pauks did not meet until after the adjourn
mrnt Of the House. 1t would do Just a.
we'll IN the morning. We then parted
Went 10 Mr. Buuell and Mr. Laporle,
strongly inclined toa!andOa the matter, so
far o. lhe receiving OF the money was con-
erued. Those gcIllrmeU thought it
Wo.ld be more ample EXPOSE, to lecrlve
| the money that had leen offered on the Sc
,ond visit Of McCook to my Ioon. This
morning about o'clock, when witness
went into his room, he found McCook
there. lie remarked that he had Leen
waiting ior ne some time, said he had the
noEpy. Took off his hat, and IoDk out Il
iuniLCr oil bills otlhe denomination OF lone,
,wo ,hree, five, and ten dollars. mostly
email notes.
He counted ont four hundred dollars
three hundred and nuety-6ve in hank
ncrs, and took hon his pocket two quar-
ter Eagles, and remarked that weud have
to wait for the other hundred dollars uut
the rcport ol the committee was made.
unlocked my drawer, in which kept my
lettels. and told him he could put the mo
ncy hlpre. tie did so, and lelt the room
Wuucss Immediately rung the he'll; lh'
,ervunt came; directed him 10 ak Mr
urrrll to come to my room immediately
also locked Tor Jud ge Laporte, but he va
not in: then told servant to tell Mr.. Buc hie
to come 10 my room. Mr.. B. came up. Wit
ness asked Mr.. Il. to count that money