Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-04-05


{ him at the Pacific Hotel; I followed i
: four or five days afterward; i met hir
at the Pacific Hotel; it is in Greenwic
i street; he came to my room on tn
( morning after my arrival, and woke m
Iup; l gotup, dressed. went down stairs
and took breakfast; we were both stop
ping in the same house; about tel
O'Clock lie went about his business, an,
l went about mine; ! could not find tn
parties / wanted to see; / RENAME,
some six or eight days, and was gettin.
ready 70 go home; Kissane appeared {,
be in great deal Of trouble; he saic
be was determined to make some money
and didn't know how to make it; told
him he was crazy; he said he believed
he was; he said there were men bother.
ing him for money; he offered to take
me to the Astor House and introduce
me to friend of his. a lawyer, from
Arkansas; "I want to introduce you" !"
he said, ''as my brother-in-law; ! owe
him some money and can't give it to
him." I told him was willing to 90
and do all l could for him; he was ac-
tually crazy at that time; l went and
was introduced to the lawyer; Kissane
asked me in his presence when / could
pay him some money / owed him; it
was arranged between us what / should
say; I told him l could raise the money
for him in few days; then went
away.
At this point, Findley's testimony
was interrupted, that a witness who was
very sick might be examined, and al
lowed to go home.
Andrew Findley's examination re-
sumed:-After being at the Astor House
3 few minutes, returned to the Pacific
Hotel, leaving Kissane and his friend to-
gether; Kissane came back in the after
noon and appeared very much pleased,
he said / had done him a great service;
the next morning we had breakfast to-
gether, and then Kissane went out; in
the afternoon he returned, and he talked
about making some money; told him
he must be crazy, for he wasn't out of
one difficulty before he wanted to get
into another; l told him l was going to
leave the city; he said he would go with
me; the next morning he came to my
room with a check of Very & Gwynne's,
or John Thompson's forget which; he
handed me the check, and asked me to
go to the Bank and get it cashed; l
looked at the check and said. William,
thars's -~,L:-o ..-~-- -, = 4 a,,
he said, mo; do You think would
give it to you If there was?" / took
the check over and presented it to the
Ocean Bank; they paid me the money,
it was $3.50; it was drawn either on the
Continental Bank, or at the American
Exchange Bank; the teller asked me
where was staying; said, cat the
Pacific HOTEL" when | gave Kissane
the money he said Ibid they say any
thing about paying itp' 1 said mo"
he said "Any Bank will pay those
checks" al have no doubt they will"
he said, "There can be some money
made here;" he went and got some un-
current money, and bought with it a
check of Very d Gwynne's; / got the
check drawn to my order, l went to the
Continental Bank and got it certified;
don't recollect the amount of the check
now produced; / got it from young
looking man in the bank; it is dated
July 27, 1854; l returned with the
check and handed it TO Kissane; he said,
'Wby did you get it to your order?
why did you not get it to 'bearer?'
he held the check over for two or three
lays: took it to Very d Gwynne, and
he teller refused paying it; described
he man of whom l got the check; he
aid he wouldn't be back for a week; l
vent out and saw Kissane; / told him
hey would not pay it-that we should
lave TO wait a week; we were in a
lusndary about it; l went to a gentle
nan in business, friend of mine, who
new l had been partner of James
Bishop, at Cincinnati; / asked him to /
ash it for me; he hadn't got it, but !
aid l should have it in the afternoon;
his wouldn't suit US, so Kissane said,
Go to the Island City and deposit the
heck with fifty dollars, and get another i
heck" did SO, and they gave me an I
ther check for $500, being the amount
f the first check and the money 1 de-
osited with it; l gave the check to Z
Iissane, and we returned to the Pacific 7
Iotel together; we went to my room v
nd talked about it; he went out and v
eturned with check book on the Con- 9
mental Bank; l went to the Island I,
Ety Bank the next morning, and took n
he check they had given me in ex- =
hange; they refused to pay it until d
bout l9 O'Clock, as they had not ex- v
hanged checks; at about IL O'Clock / I,
eturned, and they paid me; / then went I,
, the Pacific Hotel and gave the money /
, Kissane; / went down the next day to a
cry q Gwynne's and got another '
heck; it is the check now produced. / r
rought it to Kissane, then / got an n
ther check, or he got it'll forget I,
'hich; it was taken off to CINCINNATI; "a
uring the day Kissane brought some r,
ank checks to the Pacific Hotel; do q
ot know where he got them; it was
in Wall street; l told him / I
,ould go home; he said ne was ready I,
90 at-any time; he told me how mon o.
? could be made; he said he had got 7