The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1859-03-02
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NC oanauskyS mansnele Newark hailroan
COMPANY. /
Mr.. Camp, the President Of the company, Who !
was also Breslin's partner In the Elkhart CouIty |
Bank, says this Railroad Company furnished /
Bresiin, from time 60 time, with exchange drafts !
on bankers in New York the usual pretext for |
loan--to the mount OF not less than $50, 600, /
and not over $4,000 in all That all OF these |
draits-or the entire amount Of the loan, more |
properly-were paid, except four of $4,000 each,
which were held by Breslin when The Company
failed. W f+ -.--a1.t E.l.-
As with most Of Bresln's transactions, there
is little history OF this one, not appearing in
the brief statement OF Mr.. Camp. This Com
pany was organized early as lo44, but, in 1852,
il was reorgaDized by consolidation OF the
Columbus & Lake Erie, and Sandusky d Mans.
field Railroads. From the date of this consoii-
dation to the Spring Of 1855 John G. Camp was
President. and John r. Robinson, Superintend-
cnt, and Charles 4. Sherman, one oil the Direc'
tors. From 1852 to 1855, as Mr.. Sherman swears,
the Company, through Camp and Robinson, Dor
rowed money at various times from Bresln, the
Treasurer of State, which fact was made known
to him by the officers named. He had also heard
Camp, the President of the Railroad, say that
the transactions for the Dad with Breslin amount.
ed to between 500. 900 and $200,00O. "a,
In 1855, Breslin for rwardsd to Sherman, as an
attorney, the above named drafts for collection.
They were endorsed by Camp and Robinson in
diVidually, and dated in the Summer of 1854,
and payableitb Charles T. Sherman, Trustee,
and were so made at the request of Breslin.-
About 81 500 had been paid upon one of them,
and for the balance, about Sl7 500, Sherman OBJ
tanned Judgment in Erie Common Pleas
In 1856, G. B. Wright was appointed Receiy-
er of this Company, and after two or three inter-
views with Breslin, agreed upon terms ef settle
ment of the claim, BY which Breslin received
$6,500 in domestic bonds OF the Company as re-
organized, payable; $4,000, July 25, 1858; $2,-
900, July 25, 1859; $4,000, July 25, 1860;
$4,000, July 25, 1861. $4,000 OF these bonds
were transferred by Breslin to the State, January
"a, 1853, and are now in the possession of the At
torney General. ~ BOD. r. tazt f,.
The State sustained another loss by an individ
ual loan of $4,000 to John G. Camp. This man
like Bowen, Sherman and Rezpor, seems to have
possessed the entire confidence of Breslin, and
was enabled to obtain from him money for Rail-
d roads, for banks, and for himself; and during
J., his brief hour upon the financial stage, he toe
1 seems to have forgotten that no seeming show
of wealth-no plans or plots for unlawful gain
can avert the blow which justice, with unerring
= aim, let's fall on those who wrongly win.
D., Breslin states. that after Camp became "to
tally insolyent," he received from him, as secur
ity for his Indebtedness, a mortgage on house
and lot in Sandusky City. This mortgage, fol
the purpose,of concealmeDt, was given to w. H
Gibson instead of Bresln, furnishing another
instance of the knowledge, by Gibson, of Bres
& Inns loans and embarrassments. After mucf
litigation, about s., 900 was realized, which Glib
son sRys he credited to Breslin as payment t
him on his official Indebtedness. Camps note
although in fact paid by the transfer of the rea
estate by virtue of his agreement with Breslin
is now heldby Breslin, with 240 shares of tn,
stock of the Sandusky, Mansfield and Newarl
Railroad, subject to the order of the Attorne,
General, #
1t appears, from the evidence of Judge Ozia
Bowen, of Marion, thas upon the receipt OF ;
letter from Mr.. Bresin, only few days after b
took possession of his office, Judge Bowen cam
to Columbus, to counsel and advise with Breslil
in relation to matters, we presume, mentioned
in the letter and that the interview resulted il
Mr.. Breslin Is agreement to make deposits in th
Bank of Marion, of which Judge Bowen wa
President, ,-Breslin to receive five per cent. in
terest per annum upon such deposits. An ex
+, animation of the books of the bank, made b.
US for the purpose OF ascertaining Breslin'
transactions with it, as also the testimony o
Sidney Moore, its former Cashier, shows tina
Mr.. Breslin never kept an account with th
bank but dscloses the fact that Judge Bowel
was large depositor, part in open account, bu
1 mainly upon certificates. The date, numbe
! and amount Of certificates issued to Judge Bow
4 en-, willappear in the statement appended to tn
! deposition Of Mr.. Moore. On the 18th day o
4 January, 1852, the next day after Mr.. Bresi
4 went into Office, Bowen deposited in the bank
and took a certificate for $3l ,050; on the Goth
1880; on the 2eth. $39,l85; and on the Ct
i of February, SAT ,22l.64; together. during Jan
uary and February. 1852, $l2l ,406,63. OF thes
/ certificates 1885, 900 were paid January 8, 1853
$26,l7l, Dec g. 1852; $4,000, September z
1 1852; $35,22l GA, February3, 1858 and $l5
900 marked simply paid without date. Subse
quent deposits were made during the year, t
the amount of 3,73s.53; and paid without tn
date beng stated.
H. Judge Bowen stttes that these amounts,
taken from the books of the bank, which wa
the fact, as they were taken by one of the mem
bers OF our Commission, were probably the sum
4 he received from Breslin, as he received a larg
i amount, who must have realized, from this sin
Il gle deposit account, nearly $4,000 of nteres
the first year. Besides this transaction with tn
bank or Judge Bowen. Mr.. Breslin invested, b
his advice, $4,000 cash in the stock of th
Bank of Marion, and held it in the name o
John Ault, the present Cashier, who was soic
II tied by Judge Bowen to permit his name to b
used for the purpose, the money being paid to tn
bank by Bowen himself. The money deposte
in the bank in the manner stated, Judge Bowel
swears he believed to belong to the State; an
"that he might have suspected" the money in
vested in the stock of the bank was the none
Of the Treasury. These transactions iurnis
indubtable evidence, that at very early perio
;. of Mr.. Breslins official career ii not previou
to its commencement, arrangements had bee
perfected between him and Judge Bowen, for th
use of the funds belonging to the Treasury fo
their mutual benefit. There seems, from an in
timation in Judge Bowen's testimony, to hav
been strife between the banks of Columbu
and other banks, and the bankers, in the State
as to who, by obtaining Breslin's confidence, an
holding out to him the strongest assurance o
gain, was to be most effectual in reaching tn
/ Treasury. Judge Bowen appears, at first, Il
have been the most successful, and to have pos
sessed the confidence and friendship Of Bres
lin to the end, and to have retained as part
ner in the spoils. When man of wealth an
Il influence, a Judge of the highest judicial tribu
Il nal of the State, will so far forget hisduty as
citizen, and integrity as man. as to COUNSEL o
to permit unrebuked,a a violation of the law-fo
u he knew that Breslin was violating it when b
invested the funds of the State in The Stock o
j bank-as well as by the receipt Of interest up
II on his deposits-what can be expected, but tba
4 punder and loss will be the consequence
Bit Judge Bowen did not stop here. Will
Il Columbus Delano, of Mt Vernon, Charles 4
i Sherman, of Mansfield, and William Sturges
Il of GAINESVILLE, on the l7th of September, 1853
in the city of New York, he entered into arti
cles of association for the establishing of the
! - CENTRAL BANK, INDrANAPoLIs.',
4 And although not ostensibly, yet in fact, Mr.
Breslin was partner in the association, ant
known to be such to all the parties. copy O
the articles of association, furnished us by Mr.
1 Breslin, Gin the hand writing of Mr.. Sidney
Moore,) and made part of his statement; al
also the original assignment or transfer of stock