, 1859-06-23

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Q. Was there any funded Of The denomination
known NJ Canal ~ day checks, other than tile
Ss3590 spolan Of Yesterday in your t%sti-
nony!
A. Tss. thsra uss.
Q. Do you know what kind Of Checks was |
funded III the el3 800 funded In January, 1857,
spoken Of in tue preceding part Of your testi.
tnony:-and: # 80, describe them aud produce
tue Checks II In your possession, and give US
their numbers
4. Here nve The chccks-they are numbered
or those without the Treasurer's name in the
body Of the Cteck-from 37l to 397, and from
S99 10 4o5, inclusive. and from 40s to 4l6, |
inciusye-1hey are ul dated August lst, 1889.
Z. " tut do they amount to:
a. *4.4Vo-thcy arc all one hundred dollar
Cheeks
Z. Can you give us the numbers Of the Bonds |
issued upon the funding of those Checks you |
jus. described:
4. They are part in Bond No sss, ali ofDoads
ss., ess. e5v, aud phrt Of $40
z. s5iafe to whom were thrse Bonds issued, |
! and for whose benefit if you know.
| 4. They were issued 10 John Kellogg, and |
| do not know but they were for him.
| q. Who was it handed you tho Scrip for |
| funding.
4 | think it was Gov. s1atteson think it
was lis place to receive il, ~ he was t1-cFiciu
| Fund Commissioner at the time
Z. Has anything transp,rct since the funding
If the Scrip above alluded TO, to girc you
lon gr.i 10 ii the ti1ue they were funded 4nd ii
| 81, slate What it is.
Mr. Meggs "a juror objected to the above
| s;sr,tinn bei.:. answered by the witness.
The question being then referred to tic Jury,
il WIS decided TO be proper question.
\. dont kn'.S anything has transpred to
give nc uuy different impression tt.as that |
had 1t tho time they were funded ] have nn-
dcrstood they were sent on TO New York to be
sold fur GUT Mattsson.
q. by Mr. slcGraw. Who did you under.
stand fila, from:
Il. Mr. .. +. Lowe, Of New York, wrote to me-
to that effect.
| U, Have you that letter?
A. have it at the State House.
Q. Will you produce it?
l. viii, if tte Jury will give me etine. Here
| is tue letter marked H..
tcvtr uz TIE l1rEra xlhx1D "p')
SEw yo.k Na-'h 10; 1850.
nj sur sd h hes ioa Re-: I'd uni
mr. 4: t!4- !Aw ~ cr: ia th+rr !.
f i" d. =, !" M s u D. ssrpl,as 1;.f ntet
% = r"'i II r n n ri Xii T. aa,e1 he 1n"..' n ~ 4
-, o II: re t. have s'.: paFrs th'' 'Da; be r.
e,oa an, .u N r. f s9e' s' @
tof ; Il ';s sa1r :; !; N x
a.. e. ,; T., ~ III 'h1 .s:rl, h.7r nIs' FIT h,,
;s h; Vita K it aa 81. IL l. II
II II IL. ".u II ii Il IL si =; Il. Il is ,f 9 H.
t'rr il -rsyr@t lie II i; a.en md
s, h s.s .s ss IF i ,s @ i rivf hsa & 1
a t. sP nsa f. e. H. L .s:p 4 p. II ill., .s
-: Sr: % l.r'y iss,* aud are ~ n"w ID ID ny y
\ Wilt aux. own liz Ill Low? ioa cau ~ ertain Ia 't
nt y,r b.; ~, l7 .sne:Inf IT, s:,: s:rn:
~ s}:;i {! ths H., kS i Is *c. i,
eir-f LII" sees II aid >'.e'eLts ~csc iuIIse t:s
ID lrsa,-:a. ve'r truly: yous ffierdt, OF. LOWE.
i. Z. Is tue foregoing correct statement q
~ yonr testimony as concerning the thing therein
stated:
4. substantially correct.
u Did Gor. l.is>cll rxanline this 800 500 fund
cd sinre lie came into Office, that was lIa'sdet
YOU ty Gus. Mattcson?
A. do moi remember certainly whether
slvwed him any par. Of i. before II was funded
TESTIMONY ur GEN. Fry.
May 9Th, 1889.
w J.coB fnr called, appeared in Grand Jur,
le Room, HnA sworn.
T. How long have You resided in Illinois:
tv 4 | hayc resided here. " in this State, fort
wears. think.
.Is q Have ,ou been actiny.s5 Cans; CotnniS
sirurr in this STATE: aut if 80, when did 70
th commence ::,d when did You cease acting i
tla1 capacity:
III, i. :trnincnccd acting as Commissioner i
III March, i,;,, and ceased acliEg rs Canal Corr
s- | missioner WHEN Trustees, or EOard Of Trustee:
or 1;.is and Michigan Canal was or.anlzet
WHICH .ccE place i'll May, 1~4', if I AM not mi
ia | taken. | G.s then appointed b. Gov. Ford .
STAG Trustee, and acicd in that capacity up
l ] June, l~4j or 4..
0. We're the affairs of the Canal during tt
,d. time r,u were ac,iuI either :is Trustee or Con
III m:s$,nnrr such Us to require vos. acting in co
icy Junction with others, 10 is>ae any KIND o' Il
,!.b,edui>s II contractors Or other persons
ol | wlit,n the Canal WAS indebted:
u:l 4. Tue affairs of the Cana were such as r
.ufrd the Board If Canal Commissioners
to i>-uc bot, scrip and Cheeks.
O. Had You lie rnwer, or were you as1ta
u;r lied ,,y l:w, 10 iss,,, tllr kind Of Checks til
were issued MAY lst and August lst. ISL:
anv L. Wc ha*l-ihvy were ISSUED by authority
law.
ay = Can ,ou state the amount issued i'll NJ
los. lst. i~"4:
the s.1":::a: a':A "t what we termed tsle rrrSu!
su | Checks %i:,s.'--HlaAli,r Il total Ut s!'':.'.
The irregular Cheeks were Cheeks issued tt
the contractor tie Canal for the alnUnnt due III
tale ar IN such s,l,,s he called for. II bala
"as due him over and abovc tic specific ann"1
and liz had called for in one check. We paid h
what VIC called regular c}lreks for the l'aaan
thi. Tie regular Checks, A,th OF the May and a.
,nlv r.i ISSUE, were issued in Sims from 81 to
g., *In, s5M and 3iM,. Tue May issue was
n: 1un.Iy pasabI. 10 the order Of john \. McCl
t.. III | na,,i Treasurer and ihe August issue to DO
c of Calhoun Treasurer. Tie .sm2u>t Issue WAS
;:ltn''%-of ihu=t '!cnonnatcd the re:.n
/ Us t'h"ckS Al the Checks ot thu May anu ~
AVE us 1-;,:, issuc, wete made payable ninety d:
trnr1l date, 1T tEc Branch G.lnk ot Illinois,
chicago. Three thousand eight hundred i
sous twy,,v.,wu dollars ut tie regular May issu.
Registered and charged to the Treasurer, |
lilh, never put ii; circulation.
IS uf Z. Here are spnlt Cheeks, pur1ortlnE TO
Of }hc Nav issnc. Nus. 1nG, I'll. ~ ''.-
Mat they portion III tile MAY Issue you have u
describing?
nnds 4. They are.
the q. Have you any Of the Checks Of the Aug
issue Won lave been describing ?-lf SO, ST.
s?2, them tn The Jury.
,oid 4, have, here. They arc three in numb
sued being Nus I.I, 49,, ..". They arc genuine
think.
III YOUR l.as,l Of the denomination of SlVt:
aud l. Corty-1our--all hundreds.
o. lii, ;Ac Board ever issue them:
l Is i. They never .iit-!hcy never put then
fond circulation.
i, as o. Please gi:e ME the numbers.
!, They are Nos. 81 81, s:7:. Ga, c'5,
>ifcd SIS ~, ;>tl, ISL 3s:, ST., ST.. 49,.
nded -. ;>. ~, :"', ::'l. So, ":;, ~ NY?
:-n 81 3:., in', irl, 4n., +"3. io1, 10, 4ob,
4.", 40, AL. 4l2, 4l3. a!4. as, All.
u. A"@
arch. Eauk Checks, as you term them. Us the s
you have been describing, Us OF the May or
rust iss,te Of le3::
uncs, Il. do.
.. Have they ever been paid. Of your
en- is. knowledge:
ngcd i. They were paid by the Bank. We had
money there for that purposc-sher took +
N to, III and charged Us with the amount: Gen
t;ov. Thornton t"uk up about one hundred th"u:
, for .lollars Of the May aud August issue, us
,c be- recollsct.
q. Has ali of the May and August issue
bonds paid aud takrn up: Ii not, what amount
| mains outstanding:
:, and i. When was superseded, in l54: they
all pad and taken up except S;l' OF tue
those i,su.; md | reported the inci 10 tile Eose
ded- and s.t Ll it before the Legislature, Us :
has been publish'>
U, Did ,nu evrr caution the State oil
lillian .rIlnst receiviu. ;:ny Of this kind Of Stu1
Of the Canal iue hrcsi,c>s; saving it had been
num- | up except S3l5 :-anI if so, when d!1 You
'3,,tt? them:
i. During the session Of our last Iegisla
ne. 5n- Nr. Campbell. q: I.a>a|ie. showed u'e
y Check II 1t4r May issue, und ASKED me II
ck No. about this. sui4 hu knew it was i cou
and fvit-tl1at there NO :l't! thccss III clf
lnrt uf ti,u--t],y hare Il; Lcru rald ul,d tua up