The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1859-03-02

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dse!osed Itato u rresumei howtter that aIr. Brss
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H WAS that OF his eonnecon v!t charle9 johnson anS
49, t7s seneca coRpy Bsnk We have her t1IoTe reerre
q ta on, and . some Of the Circumstances at
is tenaant peu ead thiaK ths evdeneA cieary sus
tain. US IA NE opinion sIPFesse thai 'ae money WIN
% which tAe bank wss came from
BIesla, and, ihsI foge, rom the state Treasury.
y MI fohrsonwss ah intnae friend OF Gibson and Bres
70 iliH. and Mr. GIBSON not unapprsed Of e relations
morally convinced" hs says, q the connection, al
a sags s g9S hiaf aaS aSaey was iorn soss ss :.
one money directly. 10 ha oould avoid it. Unlike hi
prsdsse',9 M5 Bls b gOna n, not even tase y lam s
speenlions, he nege permlttel Himself to appear as
D prominent actor. lie sought aud compelled invioabS
teesee5 as y CONDITION preslentin All avs eoparher
shps Gibson 4nd Johnson be looked apon as SAFE men
and therefore they could propose 70 him any sehems and
appfolch hun with any osertres tr outside operations
They could all Il essential 10 know iHsurS
success and yet know nothns that woald point TO dis
closure; and whoa the Seneca County Bank 70
ohtained, they all at once discovered the advantages
ite use zls= a1 st t.ra ~ e
Nto 60 into IT, at T1h when present, ant
that 40 his know LEDGE Bfesn was not consulted
THAT Bresn priyy this negoaatlOn and consultet
In relation To it. is shown by dohr sons testimony;
that he expected furnish, and did in furnish
the with which johnson aud Gibson snablet
report : 'i - 'N'-''' ~ y : : :
arouph this bank the door opened vide for tf
'. eyre Of money from the Treasury. How much ha
passed. out throu gh 1t, to be returned will
unknown until VIM. Il. Gibson, John @. Bre.lin ant
Charles l.. johnson, Shall be made to thei
share oeths defacatlon, in language ntsliQlbe hon
est men, not qualified by these terms Of eoncealmept
''npt to my recollection" and to my kno led 1e-
'iss private transaction, and de line to- snswer,n ~
now 50 often eored to by them, and those who fear h
truth; until It shall proved in what manner
and tor whose beheft the greater part of the
the circulation Of the Seneca County Bank occurred
oyerissue is known; and 1t has made available IL
money to one or all OF tham and SIS the law has axe
other punishment, teeaecratons Of outraged pub
z. lie should ever follow them, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-a the testmony-a the circumstances, point then
es The authors OF this fraud will lie specially re
terfed { ia suother part Of GU report. f
At the time Gibson purchased the Seneca County Banl
in lS54 he ys he thinks he worth $4,000 Wher
did he get It anil in what did it consist the people
Seneca county wiltask He it consisted
nots9 and real s ts located in Ohio Michigan Wiscon
he made collectors his notes, accounts &C., to tn
amount Of sSOt0O or SAIGON, and sold estate
and borrowed money, He paid into the banl
S5l,000 In cash. all from his private means, The Ban
paid regularly large dividends which be received yet tn
In inf ,la
s28 &C., and in the effort 10 maintain the bank anil re
deem its circulation In 1857 from So goo 1900
and Gibson were enahlsd +, withdraw from the bank il
57 the entire AMOUNT q their capital in cash, Is
the hrancia problems which may he solved at u
urs day,
laJ aison was not ignorant Of Breslns transaction
while Treasurer besides thUse Of the Seneca Count
Bank, Gresnsboroagh Bank and Elkhart County Bank
evident from his testimony taken before u.s. (Which Ii
some instances directly contra lets sel well as hi
testimony before the Joint Finance ee OF whc
4r Tayor WIS Chairman, and that before Mr.. Sparrow
re stated to Mr. Iaylcr that he did not know whethe
Mr Bliss had paid (, Mr. Bresln the full amount or an
part of the amount due from him to the State. Although
he did not his testimony before Mr.. Taylor. Il
what was positively false he did state what he
to e true which was, that Mr. Bliss had not paid Mr.
Breslin the full amount due to the State.
In the testimony rst given before US he stated that hi
knew OF transactions between Breslin and Chttenden
but was at liberty to dvuge them because he WA
Bresltn's attorney. How, as attorney for BsslIn al
Treasurer of state he could have such transactions
should not be revealed to the public is unknown
On subsequent examination, August 9th he stated thai
he knew nothing Of Breslins carrying anything fol
se.
thing Of any connection between Beslin and Chlttendsn
Iha hs knew notng OF the settlement with Bliss and
Besin' Bliss sureties, through BartIitt & Smith
except vhat he learned from the public documents
Bresln never intrnated to him, that he lost any
thing through such settlement
In his testimony OF the 3lst of December. Gibson
swears, that nre lin received from Bliss part Of the
amount due from him as Treasurer, claim against W.
E. Chitenden amounting to about $50 0O0 which en-.
dsavoied to obtain for Bresn, but which settled fin
ally between themselves Bresn receiving certain
which realized him little nothing and that Bresln,
the time, expressed great dissatisfaction at being
pellsd 70 MAKE such ga arrangement The various pro-
by which Mr.. Gibson reaches truthful declaration,
are Illustrated in this testimony. First he admits he
knows something-but declines to answer, because the
knowledge was professionally obtained; next, denies
positively that be anything; and lastly, admits
after he becomes that the truth had obtained
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Gibson vas undoubtedly aware Of the peculiar nature
Of BreBn's transactions with the Canal Bank of Ceve-
land, recently fully developed through the de-
pos ton of W. Mcmillan heretofore referred to and that
he acuay possessed some of stock of that banka
fact entirely unknown until the receipt of the depo
sition Of McNan General Simon Perkins, seems, al
to purchase s9OO0t Of he stock of this bauE ed bv
''friend Of McNiians who, In reply to an enquiry,
he stated to hsesH; but before any sale
rhe testimony Of Lieut.. Gov Thomas H. Ford furnish
ca the unos conclusive evidence that Gibson uosesaeJ
perfect knowledge OF the condition Of the Treasury be
fore be became Treasurer, and that there communiy
Of interests and mutual desire for self-presevadon
subesng between Breslinsnd Gibson. Itbeng 80 direct
and pointed, We give Gov. Rord'sown language, Y.
obson told me, at or about the time of bis rssigna.
ton, while he had the key of the Treasury, that the
Treasury had got into great embarrsss and that
eod part Of the load they had been carrying from
Bs who had got the advantage Of Bresin his settle.
with him that Bliss actnal dealcaton was uch
heavier than II had been represensd that he (5son
and BfesSH had taken Aandfsd k1Olss6nd ctOLars
0c oYkss Treasury, and SapeSte ft Vest for tie 1asd
<5tgs purpose af making IN sso gears, enough 10
pay TIE dealcdtton Of Bttss coNVsrsafEos took
peacs at'sg 9oaa1 from tss 6it HoDso to hss AMsre
Governor Ford was the political and intimate personal
friend OF Mr Gbsoni and this communication was made
n time when weighed down by impending disclosure
Breslns caption and socretiveness he would naturally
seek 70 place his friends In the possession such extsnu
ang facts and circumstances would tend to SECURE
their sympathy and aid in the day of his rnixfortune
With Governor Ford he eongeSed unreseryedly as Mr.
Ferd states 10 his language, that ain other conyers
ions after his resignation, Gibson repeatedly expressed
HE great TINT he had given up the Keys as Bfegli
then coming from the West with more funds Ii -
necessary To- carry them the July interest the
amount needed being only about si40000 and that be
bad held en few das longer he would have rssgn-
y i'l 81 at ni .'sa" W ~ H s' id3 >t s fFs7T
So gnsrdea At every point Of observation and pablic
scrutiny this tumyrats Of Treasury depredators
that yet the substantive proof Of tbs detals Of tha
Eansactons involving the uss Of money from the Treasu.
~. II which they were muusy interested during Bres.
Hns term, have not been entirely obtained, But there
are sufficient 70 show, Notwithstanding all their denlals
and avennens 70 the contrary the existence combn.
alton for illegal operations conceived early pe-
rod Of Mr. Breslins admInsaton. That eaeh for him
nsf was engaged 10 spsculaions unknown the other ID
more than probahis and that the Treasury of the Sats
was the fountain from which flowed the means however
sserst exd circtoas the ehannslss also unqussona-