The true Democrat., 1856-05-13

Mir. SMITH EramineI.-Mr. True told me that there bond at Cherry's authorizing him to overdraw for $5,OOO, and that he had mind tn draw out ten thousand and let them whistle; left my trunk at True's when 1 went to Jackson, Tenn, and on my return found 1t had been unlocked and two packages of let tcrs broken open; True told me afterwards that he had been in my trunk, and was very sorry fort It; that finding the letters were not his he replaced them without reading them; this was at the kangaroo court; True offered me $500 to lx up the Little Rock books make the ex- pendltureS as much as possible, when he spoke or selling out; the company owns two and a half acres of land in Arkansas
 Cross. Ecamined.-I came from New York am Fl to P years of age; came out with H. M. True; went to Little Rock in the employ of H. M. True; attended to the books of the bank; the yellow account was made out by A. G. Smith; my name is B. w. R. Smith; left the E out of my name at the advice of Mr. True: kept the books about the debts of the company, labor on the quarry, etc. ln my own hand writ Ing; the amounts were taken from Mir. True's letters, one of which, more explicit than the rest, have lost; the account is larger than MT. | Irue's letters call for; do not remember that MT. True required me to put down any particu- lar amount for labor on the quarry; he told me to swell the account and 1 swelled it; never lndorScd the books correct; when asked if they were, said not; l saved True's letters to defend myself; 1 did not burn them, because dld not know what mi ght be the result: was once taken up in Boston for fraud on suspicion, but Was released without trial; was arrested under the name of B w. R. Smith; did not drop the B. on this account; 1 very rarely h.x,a d 1I, L;,lo,, H. ney, Mir. Ferguson and others composed the Kangaroo court, which was held on the 18th of April; Mr. True offered me $500 to swell up the accounts, to make the settlement in his fi- vor; think 1 promised to do so; Mir. Kirby never offered me any thing; never talked about these m ltters until True sent Kirby over to Little Rock to have me arrested my books showed deficit of $S,0OO. chiefly owing to my following Trues directions; it is for this that he wished me arrested; 1 did not keep any money until after he threatened to have me arrested kept it to defend myself with there were three sets of books, which were so mixed up that 1 knew nothing about them; True had $500 when he came out here; ex- pressed himself as being mighty hard up.
 MT. DYER eranainel.--I sold Mr. True S22,- 900 of the stock; paid me in property at Grand Glalze; 1 Was to get S2, 800 for stock;
 
 the whole property is worth S2,OOO or g., ,5OO do net think 1 will net more than SlOOO; went to Cairo with an order from II. NJ. True to get a package of bills, which were to come by express, to the amount of StO,OO0 which was to take to Chicago and deposit with True & Thayer; the package never arrived.
 w. R. Smith offered me $500 for my stock 1 lau shed at him; do not think Smith made any suggestions as to my getting out of the con- cern; first agreel to sell my stock to True sometime in July 1855; l expended some SSOOO on the quarry before True came into the concern.
 MT. THAYER eranained.-Mr. True bought me out for S2,833, in notes, furniture, live stock, money, etc. This was about the first of last February; l had paid into the concern about $2.2OO; have frequently said that the quarry was worth nothing; have heard Mr. True say the same thing; had control of the office at Little Rock after Seymour left; Mr. Smith was under me; Mr. True never gave any directions what should be done, while l there; was there about one month.