Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-06-19

Tennessee. Not wrong in Mr.. Morton to re-
quest Free Bankers to give his son dollar
for putting his bonds in box, but infamous
in me to mention i'll Not wrong in the Cash
Ter of the Bank of Tennessee TO do an act
but 1t is infamous in another to let it be
known
Mr.. Morton, cashier of the Bank of Tennes-
see, went before the committee and swore as
follows: 1.-THE bank officers did not consider
that they had anything to do with the bonds
or the use to he made of them except to keep
the boxes safely, and subject to the order of
the order of the Comptroller. and per
son wasper mitted 10 touch the bor or binds
e1cept the Comptroller or deputy. One or the
other of these officers was always present
when the box was opened for any purpose"
Impartial reader, look upon that picture,
then read what follows:
DEPOSITION OF P. W. MINOR.
up. W. Minor (the witness) deposited the
bonds of the Bank of Nashville, in the tin
bOx in the Bank of Tennessee. The bonds
were delivered by Mr. Morton, cashier. Mr..
Morton counted the bonds to me-, and after
taking the number he recounted the bonds
and placed them in the box-he, Mr.. Morton,
keeping the key.-Neither Col. Luttrell or
Mosbey, the clerk, were present. did not APP
ply to the Comptroller or his clerk; applied
to the cashier Of the Bank OF Tennessee, Mr..
Morton and he deliver me the bonds for the
purpose above stated"
DEPOSITION OF GOV. W. d. CAMPBELL.
During the months of October. November
and D. cember last, / had frequent transactions
with Mr.. Luttreli.C Comptroller for the Bank of
! VI ddte Tennessee: Such surrendering to
him the issues Of said bank and having them
burned. and obtaining from him State bonds
for said issues and we often visited the Bank of
Tennessee together. 10 get the boads &c. Mr..
4 l.
key oil the tin box thai contain the bonds of
the Bank of Middle Tennessee. and Mr.. Nor
ton took the key from drawer and gave il to
LuttrCll. who opened the box and gave me
/ the houdS for tn issues that had been burned
and then locked the box and r. turned the key
| to Mr.. Morton. On the several isits | made
TO the bank with Mr.. Luttrell on this business
the key of the tin box was uniformly obtained
! from Mr.. Morton, with, p rhaps, one instance,
which | am not certain of, but inclined to the
belief that Mr.. Luttr,ll got the key from the
drawer himself. when Mr.. Morton was absent
| went TO the Bank of Tennessee, with Mr..
Mosbcy To examine the bonds Of the Bank of
Middle Tennessee. PERHAPS twice, and it may
be, that II was Mr.. Mosby instead of Luttrell,
who obtained the key from the drawer when
Morton was absent"
DEPOSITION OF C. W, JACKSON, CASHIER OF THE
BANK OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
Il called on Mr.. MOsbey to 90 to the Bank
of Tennessee with me, to cut Off the coupons
Of the bonds belonging to the Bank OF Middle
| Tennessee. and the bonds were laid on the
table of the Bank of Tennessee. and Mr.. Nor
ton. cashier, told me | had better purchase Il
tin box. and have my bonds deposited in the
box | procured tin box and it was too
small. Mr. Morton said his son would fold
and arrange the bonds for me, for one dollar.
aud consented to give the amount and paid
the boy two dollars to fold and place the bonds
in the box. Ny recol ,ction 5 that ii was in
July, 1897. | left the bonds in the possession
OF Mr. Morton, Cashier.
GA the 18th December, Mr.. Motley and nv
self called at the Bank Of Tennessee to pro-
cure the number Of bonds we had on deposit
in the Bank of Tennessee for the Bank of Mid
die Tennessee, and Mr.. Morton, cashier, de-
livered to me the box containing the bonds,
and unlocked the same and delivered US the
bonds; counted the same and found them
correct, and Mr. Morton again placed them in
the tin box, locking it. and placing the same
in the vault Of the hJ.k. We were from one
to two hours in examining orr bonds; neither
Col. Luttr II aOr Mr.. Mosory were present, nor
did We see either Of h-m there during the
visit here"
Thus stands the cashier of the Bank of Ten
nessee When he took that oath could he
have forgotten that his son had folded and
put away the bonds belonging OF great many
Of the Free Banks Could he have forgotten
that Mr.. Minor had examined the bonds of the
Bank of Nashville, and that Mr.. Jackson had
been examining the bonds of the Bank of
Middle Tennessee. from one To two hours?
that he had permitted these things to be done
without the knowledge Of the Comptroller or
his clerks? such is the man who has been ac-
tive in assailing my rcputation-boaring per-
with his figures and false statements. to
show has innocence. Ii, by the acknowledge
mcut of Mr.. Mp-b Y, a fraud was ascertaincd
it would lave been proper in Mr.. Morton, to
have attempt to aid in finding the ,Xtcn =,
aud he should have stated nothing that could
De positively disprovcd. II by the pubica-
ton of testimony, he should feel that the
public regard him as being implicated i'll the
fraud, il is no fault of mine
Isuid Mr.. Morton torty-three bonds. Some
time after this sale w;ls made, h. told me that
there were but iOriy-one OF The kind of bonds he
wished in my box. ! then gave him an order
for the iorly-one. He told me that he had
taken the bonds out OF my box. This he de-
mics, and have no other witness to prove the
fact, but circumstances 30 far TO show that h
did tell me that he had taken the bonds. He
had an order dated llth August, 1881. The
question was ask him ut what time did the
books of the bank show that they got pOss
sion of the bonds. III replied the 10th or l7th
of Sept mbcr following.
The COmptroller's books show that the in
tcrest on these bonds was paid to James Nor
ton, the llth of 'ptember. Here was diff
ference from which he must be relieved, aud
he makes the effort to prove that the Comp
trOller cut of the coupons and gave them TO
him. But the Comptroller has no recollection
of it. and why would he take this trouble on
himself lie knew that Mr. Morton had an
ord,r for the bonds, and he would hardly for
tin,
himself this trouble. 1t seem, that Mr.. Nor
ton has II perfect recollection of all his trans
actions with me relative To the purchase of
bonds, but his memory Is greatly at fault III
Other transactions. When before the commit
tee he was ask ID what disposition was made
by the bank of the iurty-uuc bonds he pur-
chased ol me? He replied that he could not
tell without referring - The books OF the bank.
ii il then Il K ii II tn iauk nad sold any capt.
tai houds in the past twelve monthsY lie re-
phi, d be would nave 10 refer 10 the boOHs Of
the bank. lie il then asked if the books of
the bank show To whom they sold bonds lie
replied that he did not know that they always
showed TO whom the bonds were sold. Ii Is
not a little strange, that Mr.. Morton can SO
w,ll recollect every transaction connected
with these furty-une bonds that he had with
IN but could not tell To whom they were
sold or what Was done with them.
There is no question but that Mr.. Morton
took these bonds from the box oil the
Exchange Bank, aud that he drew the
interest GA tLcm on the llth, and
that they were held 10y Mr.. Morton, and
did not 20 on the books OF TIC bank until the
lTth, bat were in all probability sold by the
bank on the day previous.
Before take up my statement showing the
amount OF bonds heid by the Exchange Bank
in Jdly last, must again return To Mr. Nor
toms statement sent To the committee, which
he says was made according To the July re-
port OF Mr.. Spence, made on oath"
\ publication of my July report shows that
he pad about rs much regard 10 truth, when
he made out that statement, as he did when he
made his affidavit before the committee, which
was positively disproved 10y the atiidavits of
jackson and Minor.