, 1859-06-24
THE GREAT CANAL SCRIP FRArD.
Ttsffaao~u taken before fh< fsrnna Jury of
Pa6ftshed BY a rofs or thar Rodv.
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TESTIMONY OF wN. T. aRowS, ESQ.

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TESTIMONY OF VIM T. BROWN Eso
May sth, 1859.
Mu1lAX L. BROWN sworn.
=; have Jon eyer acted in the capacity Of
Bank Of Illinois: If So, when and how long:
\. was appointed Cashier in 1865. and
opened the Branch in Chicago in the fall Of that
yeor. and continued in the Bank until it was
finally closed about the year 1s45 or l>45.
Y; Was the Bank the fiscal or paying a.eut
Of the Board Of Canal Commissioners III 50.
please examine the Canul Scrip, or u, they are
more mo- frequently termed, Canal Cheeks II The
May and August issue, and state, if you can.
whether they were paid by the Dank
\: The Chicago Branch was tie fiscal and
paving agent Of the Canal Commissioners, and
their funds we're, from time TO tine, deposited
III That Bank and paid upon t'sc ;.Lecl5s draw,
by the Treasurer Of the Daasl III ,!v usual
course OF business, like tue Checks If other de-
pos'sors. l hare examined i.1@ Checks Of the
May and August issues. now lyiu. before me
on - the table, and l cannot say winch ot the in
oiv'auat Checks were paid By the Bank Tie
ssp3,0v9 aad :iouAn, OF this at,uunt. il a,,.
! pears by tile books uf the Bank, which lately
examined, that *17","HI. or tl,ereaoouts. were
paid by the Bank on or before the 18th Of Sen.
tembcr, lo39. and RETURNED to the Canal Cum
nlssloners, anu the Treasurer's Check taken
e0l4 eto4 AhA tulEreu 10 hts lCCtit9lt.
Z. Examine those Checks Of the Nav issue.
Nos. ~, 70, .'l, .u3 and answer whether tI4ose
!dcntlcal checks were or were not p.il ty tue
Bank: Please state to the Jury, uu TX 1l,l;,ia.
the bundles or pile on the table, whether you
identity any others us having bcen certainly
paid by tue Bunk.
A. have examined the four Checks num-
berel ~, ~, I'll and .t;. all Of which are
| specially mdorscl To HE BY the previous in-
| dorser:. Those Checks must have i,tcn maid
by the Bank, though l cannot positively say
they were, and speak now from my knowledge
| OF Banking business. BY tile Endorsements.
specially, Nos. ~; and IL / have m hesitation
| in saying, must have been received hy ,ue.
| through the mail, from J. 4. Wcllrs, E>.t, thc;
Cashier Of the Farmers and Mechanics Eauk
Of Detroit, whose signature, troAI MT f,rrsoual
! acquaintance with him, and from :: numerous
l. correspondence. AM rs familiar With almost IA
| my own, and whose signature upon the Checks
fully recognize. Identity MANY other Checks,
| among the bundles Of Checks npuu the table,
| Us having passed through the Bank by brin. .
specially ihdorsed to lnc, as Cashier, fr.n
i other Banking institutions ii nlIio. Indiana,
aud from the -Alton braucl. Of thu ::tate Bank,
bid YOU ever put III cfcus .tiun auv one OF
bers, ur any par1 Of those received and paid bv
tue Bank: If nut, please tail 1l4e Jury wl.ar
disposition was made Of them by the i;al!z
\. never put into circulation any Of tho
Checks hare identified as :bnvc, ur any other
OF the Ghecks issued on May or .luyuss l>t.
!-"t: These Checks were couatv.l aS .u.h in
our daily ca>s. settlements, anl suffered to ac.
cumulate until the Caual TREASURER, Col Nc.
tlernant, CALLED 1or them, when iLrv wcrr de-
lNered to him, and Ae gave Ei- Cheek, Us Treas
urer, Tor the amount u the Cheeks lla,,l,d over
10 him. The Checks identity wrrr placed in
the vault with tsose paid Il, thu c,",t,.rr, whr
the accounts of Banks se''tliu. lIrla w.r. .luis
II I
recollect, the May and Angus: cheeks were NOT
cancelled, us they shond have l,rcn, III the rr.,,-
lar course Of business, but, &, ] said before,
were counted as cls1 until delivered IL tur
Treasurer.
Q. Ind Mr.. Manning ever ,:..,u.it ;:,.- hny
with the Bank for which he took 1,vir ,.reirts
II 50, when and how lon. did il r.s,.:a thvt.:
state tn the Jury il yuu have any r.c.,I.cti"n
Of any bux Iciu., 1T tie E.nk, fr >r.Srv;,i!l:,
be!on.ins to the Canal office. Ii 50. lnw lu,,s
did Ii rc1Ialn i'll Possession uf the jS4nk by
what name it vas known, and wl..st lid it ce:-
tan:
4. think in December, ls.:l, Mr. Nannin:.
deposited i'll tue Hank, for >:s!t-kc.lin- Ieuy;
squire box, containing. Canal ale,s of What
kind never knew. Mr.. IIuwe, INV clerk, gave
'n receipt for it. Mr. Manning. :!so .lci',,;i,
cd L box, which l"osc1 like Il can!e bnx, aud
think paper parcel. | do l:oi >l4ow what pa.
rcrs were i'll the candle btS or t,:s;,er irirtri
Tie square box aud candle tcx am! paper par
crl were safely kept III the vHnit u iii. Kank
until, think, the lei:. sti:cn called upon
the lanai Trustee, or III It's tl1ie and
requested tller removal. \ 1sci>on w:.s >:,.t
FROM the Canal Ullice, an,f ,t,' ,'.rr b,s, can.
die box aud bundle were delivered t., hiu. Ti!e
boxes. while i'll my possession. yert nrysr
opened by me-. or, as btlivyr, by Nr. HIVE.
my clerk. For the last five years lrl,l exrta-
siyc possession vi tile KEYS Of til: y.l.;!t anu il
/ was mt opened by any one but t,ysc.i.
z. Please examine this bundle II unfinished
Checks, as they are termed. Of tic .iu.n>, j.
.lle, iurtvf'ur in humber, ri 1iie eE ,.llll,4lu.
Of sl'"' each, and say whether YOU think ,...l
of ordinary business capacity wu:slti receive
them i'll their present condition, :t,emp, ,u
'1y them out: II not. peas" ~ IT,. III. Jury
your reason fur cunning To that CONCLUSION.
4. have examined the forty iour tf,erHs of
the August ssuc handed lne b, t:c furvul.4n ri
the III anil Jury, anu a>wtr tl..:t ii, not t..;nk
man vi Ordinary business capacity would r..
cclVe or pay out these checks Thc reason
give Is. thar they have every appearance ot l
unfinished check, made t" ht -~.sl ull:.t ucc...
sion required. The ua,,e If the l,uycr i, NOT i'll
serted III Inc blank, and tic eds !" liz Cheeks
Uncut Ii any or ni1 ot ttt>r tilrck> had been
presented tor payment 1T tic Eank, >ila.!I
have uccl'hcd to receive them --i!luu.,A th.
Trca>urcrs account mi sht be .nnl-u,,i had
made Inquiries nj The proper officers,
U. Ar" ynn acquainted with Joe! 1. M,;1e>ol:
~ ~ lfase tc!l Elt Jury whether th1! II}un IT,
on h'1n Us Il rnan Of ordinary business can,citt
4. | have been acquainted w;h 1ocl i. Mai
teSon Tor ! number Ut years, and have ALWAYS
supposed him I" ht Il ,n:ltl oi Ordinary c4stac.ly
at least for tho trausacion Of business.
Z. Are You in p''sscs-ion ot nnv further ininr-
nation relative tp the investigation n! the tasc
vi fraud under consideration OF this .1urr ta5
the questions put have not brought p,,i $50.
please tell the Jury what it is.
\. do mt recnflect Of any facts pertinent to
the Investigation have not stase.i
TESTIMONY or MICHAEL kluuE.
MICHAEL kEHoE, sworn.
q. Have you ever acted as porter for the
Canal Office:
i. YES.
Z. How long did you act in that capacity:
A. 1t was from November, l>4', To April,
ISIS.
Y. Do you know anything Of two boxes that
were once kept at the Braucl, State Bank Of
Illinois, at Chicago, and belonged 10 the Canal
\. Yes. sir. do; aud two packages, also.
wrapped i'll brown paper.
z. Tell the Jury all you know about those twn
boxes and packages.
\. Some time i'll the year Of Isis. Col Ooak-
ley gave me IN order and sent me down IN the
uld State Bank. on the corner Ut :;nutl, Water
street and Il: sale. for the loxe> and two pack
ayes. ". II. Brown gaze them to nlr. :lnd
put them IN Il .lray and brought them To the
state trustees 0i!;ce, Oh Tbs garner Of Wells
and Lake streets. aud gave them II cel Oakley.
ttIink the packages were I,u' in tic e:i.t and
tile boxes put by the side OF the safe. They r.
illained in the oiEcc up 10 .tpri1 l-:::.. Mr.. Nc
Roberts was appointed State Trustee 1T that
time. Mr.. Mcknbcris and myself packed wh;,
was in the two boxes and the !wu Iacka:: =. also
What was in the safe, iutu Que trunk :1.s i box
They were directed To "t;ov. Nas:?>un Spring
field, Illinois" took them In tie Roc. Island
K. H. Depot, By the direction OF Mr.. Mc!e1trt<.
and gave tiarnNo him. They were pn, in the
baggage cur. That was the list sren of them.
Y. Ky Mr. Lockridse. Pleas. ss:;:t whit con-
diton those 1wo boxes ynu h4,e described were
in when YOU and Mr.. McKuberts went 10 send
them Oft.
i. The candle box WAS something sIurk
shaken or broken, III one corner with >1.u.u.
On il ut the Canal Sales. the e1irt was >a t!lru
ed with people. Thomas EraItard looked at the
corner .! il to see what WAS in il one time
believe he said i, WAS Cancelled Scrip
Y. Have ynu ever seen the be, or trunk since
you l'ut them in the car. Ii 81. where:
4. >aw tile trunk last February in the State
Iiot,St.
TESTIMONY of HoS. 1o>Isu NCEuEEcTs.
1,>lsn McRonEErs. sworn.
Z. State when you became connected with
the Canal Office as Stale Trlstre-who WAS
your rredece>Snr-what did yon receive from
him at the time YOU tunk possession of the
ufice-what did you do with thr contents Of
the office. including boxes tuuk$ and parrr,: