New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-13


The witness goes on say The last real transaction OF
our house with Mr. Cousock IN the latter part OF July,
1851 ComstOck the otcel md sld ne WAiIeu
SO 600 and that if he did get he would have 70 come
10 halt told him could not let him have 1t, as he owed
% enough already he In great tepdation, ana was
with friend, and said he must have the money or blow up
be stated that he had securities 10 cover about SOO tOo
limit out of the question: could not let hun nave
it, told his friend that would Jet him hav" IT, and that
he might loan II 20 COmstOck that security II he liked
agreed 10 make the loan Of 1000 10 his friend and did
10 and told him he might loan to ComstOck II he pleased
Cousock then said he wanted sic 900 more Tor whch ne
had security his friend then offered 70 lend Comstock
$500 if would do the same, and seeing that ComtocS
was great distress loaned him 8 COO out OF my own peck
ct told Mr. Bowen also, how had loaned that ITO HIM
on my responsibilities ComstOck returned this S50G
afterwards ard all the money he owed the irn; the sald
friend informed had he got his told Bowen about
the same time, that he must not loan Comstock any
money, that however good his ntentioas were ne
might not be able 10 return the money when we wanted NJ
think the abOre Transaction OF mine with COsock was
about the d Of July 1851 Of the CHECKS which have
been produced dated subsequent to that were drawn win
my knowledge consent, so tar know, with the
knowledge consent of any Of the firm.
These books produced marked No. and p are
memorandum Of BOwens cash dealings kent by hlm aud
In his handwriting In book No l. under date OF % July
l9 are the following entry fgures "iVVr d. A. u It's
which had sufficient security. The figures on the left
band margin OF these books represent loans in part made by
house under date of 18th July 1851 find this entry
Under date OF 18th July, ind the same figures
On 9 s,i, Jgy s ss.S 3 4 G
On 9Th Aug lI,On d. &C
On 9th Aug under the credit side of the cash. find
tered Isl 900
1t is Of the effect as if it had been under the LETT
On Aug. 9Th under the credit side we find interined
SSWOi on the It'll, in the column S3j 600, inter
on the 9th Aug the same figures si36 OOO on the ilth
SAlOOO the l2th 900; the 18th, 600 n
terined written between two lines in small figures,
ia.s5e ~
tssa7s 60
see7 q,
On tho 18th Aug the entry is the for The same
amount, and incrined in the manner; on the 10Th
Aug the srue the l8h the ssme on the 18Th Aug the
entry is thus:
I Is;]s" /"
llG,lco
LAeg7sn
On the Goth ofAue. the entry is thus;
le4G4j o.
IA'as6 %
IsGeg n
On the Dist Aug. the entry IS thus:
1000 81
issse -
On the cd August the entry is the regards the
fEues l4l" On the 23d Aug the On tho 27h Aug
The entry OF lii' is omitted entirely The figures stand
thus:
,s ls,S 81 %
iSlesN
III
tomske the amount Of hs addition On the 20.h Aug the
tfes 4 are restored and entered as they were on me
10Th They also entered in the same manner ms the yh
Aus On the Goth this item is again omitted On the LIST
sept 1851, the entry is thus:
foto 81
M4OM
On the ID Sept. the entry is thus;
MgIs6S
S9sse =,
On the 3D. +th and 9TH Sept entry of figures "l4"
Ia thus:
2llui VI
tOts7S ~
eTs.ssg ~
The same entry made the Sh aud loh and 18th OF
Sept. IN the way On the 18th Sept the entry Is
thus
S.s59 ("
sgo17A Is
io77s3M
On the 18th Sept the amount several figures IS dimn-
shed ISL and the 18Th they increased again to
"l6l" On the 10th Sept, the figures stand thus;
plso t9
lMt+2 o.
lss,Ge n
Requiring ls 600 10 make the addition accurate On the 18th
Apnl 1881 the small figures omitted and the ngures
stand thus
NlsO
icpGcG a
lSlags IL
Requiring eco make the addition On the
18th the small figures omitted, and the add
ton forced Us above. On the 18th OF Sept the entry Is
thus,
oss9 70
lstte4 a
ixNIs4 - .,.,.,
Tins seems 10 have been originally without the l6l and
aRer altered inelnde that sum On the 2Osh sept