The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-03-09
Police Intelligence


THE INVESTIGATION IN THE MATTER OF THE MIL
wAUkIE BONDS.
Before Justice Lothrop.
Yesterday (ssturday) the investigation in the al.
legged fraudulent representatives ssid to have bsen
mace 10 obtaining certain Weftern securities belong
ing to the mhwauEie and Mississippi Railroad Com.
Psny, amounting to some fs5 oo0 was confined.
Counsel Tor the defendants Mee.rs Van BCren, sand
iord Hoffman and Roaaine. previoas to the ts.ti.
nony, stated that they moved to have their cliea.s
waive the examination and submit to commitaen.,
ana ior the justice 10 set tn amount oil ban required
The following was then written out by Mr.. slrdiosd
and Presented to the court
We now move that James Mckay ana John i.
CIyder be committed by the magistrate. upon the
charges entertained In the warrant and the raid Jas
Mckay and John 4. Cryder ssvsrslly waive tas per.
son. examination Judicial By statute ane reqaire tas
EasistraIe to tx the anoun. OF bail to be gwen 60
grswcr aid ehAIge.n
The magistrate a.clinestO commit the dettn3sats,
IS ieGutbted, on The gTounds-FHrt. That thsve IL
fuI Their proof ar be 10 informed ard bciisyes, sai
other ~tnesits nov present one o. wnon IL no"
,wofn ind about TO b. examined material 10 the pco
secutioD, aud necessary 10 the ends OF ju:sss.
eseOBGly That he has not Jst determined shsthsr be
siii hold the parties = ansSsr, or discharge them
non the complaints prsfsrIei against thsm. Aud,
thifcly, That he Is bound BY the statutes 10 oi'r
them eXaninsiitr. 10 their oEn bohaf aud FOR
their benefit and which cannot be n. ustil all the
issotin behalf q Tie people has been taken against
oGAes Teriih Jr being sworn ssyo;-I -t.id, at No.
ga BIoadwsy, ny business u II inafss.utng rs.s1t
scales both mere and 1t Newtown, C3nn my Ui - In
NeS York Is at no ~ Bto4dway. Mr Willtan J. W
leutins cccupie. the ofdcs with me- part
- a
haze kDo~n han about tgo yeats he never %; ipisi
the AAme ctkcs Win Els he is also partner Ti.a
tnd Wien ia ths city he has no oto.r ONCE eIs tas
occupy; fssg resides al oxford ia Oonns cite It,
We have been connected in business about eight
months; ea acquainted vtth hi, hand Eritios ian
agrerneTt vas here produced AID exhibited 70 the
vltus1s) TIL. Is uuGcub.cdiy ia the handsrting OF
Hr Ihse; / raw Mr. Fisoder. tt the lrtias House.
tee ays or Ten dsys before Tbs 5th day Of November
thiE IL or atout the 2itn Of Octopeg. sent
to TIE Irsisg House NIth James MoksY; had basn
acquainted wifh mr. Meh&y psrhsps shrye monta- b..
Z In r. Irx lrt AFR Max
quest; vsBt 20 examine some securities Of tue MI.
vsukie aud Mi.sis'ippi Railroad Company, tba.
IN the rostcst!on OF Mg ilea1ers, Mr. FLINDERS Mr.
GfderslsUve a. 4 another perao who W4s wGitieg
vefe pretent locke az he securities: onr osskas =
vas laneei to "a, 10 yellow oo!'r. which s%ami1-
rites never knew or heard Of John =. CTyder uatl
/ raw Mr. Cryder a. this eouft, Wh'n he poiassi
oct 10 ne; hare since bad IN my p0ssstion Of
Lese securities Question What sncUnt OF tatss
fecutitiet have you hal IL your saIon, An1rer
have htd % ny re.sc,sicn thcul lhiak let yesn
SO coo and fsOlCO sosb from Grst 20 Aat seivsd
them "a IN Jsmes MeEay; I mean 70 say toe atst
psckago received from 6eorgs A flass. on tae
eye wEs marked /" SIC 50J1 mr. impression IL
that 70 vas marked the back letter &c y
No 10 btatssy. about halt past seven o.cock SONS
time afterwards. 1t may have bssn month, recsvsd
tFo tacksgfs q there securities from MI. Mckay;
q tae packages, In amount. we're smaller than The
pssitut one; these we're al ths packages eyer bal
Of tLcre secufite'; MIR wu i. Valentine
after male the lCan them took some ~ the
cuiies ana obtained money On the from Mr aidse-
sleeve which securities saw Ii the possession Of Mr.
CiIderfieeve, the other two paoksgee deposited in
my tals except for fss days during which tin.
a thea Wa dsposltsd With Rawion Wright &
Batch. ~ security for other matters, deoae to
tnegsr where tbore packages are 81 pretcHt; will
ling to that Mckay or Cry der have al notans
70 90 with the securities since they iato ny pos
session / never Mr. grsdsr until saw him here
in oovrt. | wish 10 explain how they cams into my
osss sion; Nr Mckay came to NE aud ask FL M II
BAD s,ms coey to loan h seid he wanted aSoat
$1,000. told him hal such sam to loan be hen
said could loan &c II he would make II object
to me tsrlit possibly could. be then left mr.
ofic-, ard IN few csJs after called In again, and
ofstd II could loan that money, or to that effect.
he then Fsis II tell you what -ant With itfor tairty
dsyf wi'h the privilege q psJag back la ten days.
Mr. Nck4y seated that he was about making q ne go.
tisticu In tat- two or three huniIsd thousand
dollars worth - bond. 81 the Misaukie Railroad Com
BsBy. and ssi he could have the selling OF the whole
Of them, and the expression he used was, that they
were worth more than United States skies, and By