, 1859-06-23

their desire 10 Hu INTO the lnvestf54t1oh, statlH-
thu, The witnesses were residing; in different
portions of the ::tatc. He thought ii they went
into 1llc investigation, it would require time to
ret the vitucsstS; lie therefore wished 10 know
the views ot tie jury, aud for that purpose, he
would ptl the question-Aia who were for pro-
cccding with iii. investigation. would rise to
tEeir eet-uti rose up. except otelnros
Tie Jury then Instructed their Foreman to
issue .ub,,un:,s, or have it lone. to tue several
counties. returnable on Wednesday, the 18th
.l,lv Ut Ma, ue2t--c1cept for tue witnesses re-
>i4iiu: in Ills cuuuty-1l,at they set upnrt Tues
lty utxt tor the examination ot Witnesses III
:>4n.a,non eoua'y, - 10 facilitate the iuves-
,;:aiun much Is possible. The Jury ais"
instructed tier Foreman tu ask the Court IL
III ,c lauc! i:on, the panel selected by ths
r,h,utv Cuurt--oEly eighteen being present.
TAy vacAnc t., Hete afterwards hed by 1he
;'uurt from tic btsiandcrs. rs follows:
S.arr! CLAuE, JoMS ". PErEsr,
WASHINGTON l., NoonE, A. u. McGRAw,
JuEi ballard. JAMES MAAcf,
EDWARD PLcalSS.
TESTIMONY OF ENotu MOORE. |
May :th, leaa.
ESocE :iooEE, sworn,
ty>..~ tu;; y, tie Fireman Of IT, J"rY:-now
IN. Eave y,u been actrng as Secretary in the
Office of Fund Cpal,1i> sioncr in this State:
Il >E'-. fI:st been actin. III that capacity
s;xi.C!l or seventeen Years.
~ al
If Indebtedness oi the State Vi Illinois:
L. atl | aul somewhat acquainted with
several kiu.l+ Vi Indebtedness.
q 10 you know anything about = certain
;nil,, II cana. Indebtedness knuwn ninetr-''Av
,i,.th. t!,t vts issued liz the Canal Commits
! >:.,.l.r~. dated i'll May anu -tu=nst, l>S::
I =, | nav, ..e:, such canal indebtedness.
| Z How n.:4ny dated iu May, aud how many il
| August
| i. III ,hs issue Of May, $'5.:ao-a1nount
aye sen et ADJUST IL. was $780,
uAv:.i.!r Il, iii. i:lnch Bank OF slr Stale Of Hi
DIS at Cteavo?-a if so, tn wElU'n arc they
| a::lt pa: sb;r:
4 is1v arc made payable to The order o
;i.. Treasurer %: the iHino, and Michigan tau:l
! It :l.e Eranch STATE Hank III Chicago,
z, .."c they indurscA by l1in1-and if 50, to
| "."il;
| \. They 2:e generally iudorsed by lis NAME
,vihs written across tir back.
q j., :."v PORTION o; them Endorsed to any
.,ir ,svr-nn--.nl if 50, 10 whom:
/. !u tits bundle tin'l f"ur indor>cd, ray
.:;:,. I, tar order If William. II. Brown; Nus.
-; 80. -. .,l;' ri. of .iate May ls', 1>;';'
q. Da vol, snnw Of ans Law authorizing the
| tending Of this kind of indcbtcdness-and II So.
sheu i il l,As-:
| L. tins 1i.cre was an net passed in the
ainttr Of l>l:, authorizing the funding Of si;s'e
Scrip.
u VS. this kind funded uudcr that Iaw-and
| II 20. "i!! amount:
i. In October l>;4, there Was $40 Of this
s;,.d lunded; and in July, l,'5, *2""; and only
in .|.,s,,a1v, III, *l3,S'"' was funded
| D. Whose name was TIL. l3,3'' funded in 2:
H. Si.''.'r in John ktlIo..'s nanse: S>,'"". III
Caleb .Fohn>tr'> name, aud s';u IT name ..
W,llii1n s,unth.
T. did auw portion of this a1aoun, funded Us
rart If the :l:;,3" include the Scrip you have
described by nunb"rs:
4. They did not.
q lid YOU ever sec any one Of tic persons
in whose name tins Scrip was funded:
L. .!uut knew tn! did, except Nr. Smith,
Q. Who handed YOU this Scrip, or lots u
:,ct1p making III this <l3.%"J:
4 dou't remember, unless it was Cor. Mat.
.csun.
U. Do YOU know the numbers Of the bond:
issued o. tLis Scrip lind If so, give US tht
! numbers.
i. Numbers ss;, 81, SIS. ss*, $40, s?1. s?2
SO, s:.4, So, spa, 81. So nnd part Of Il bono
! 10 William, smith-s*.. The bonds were issuce
| to bearer.
:. q, Whom lid you hand these bonds To-:
!, y. 1ont recnllect.
: q, Havc y.,u eyer seen those bonds sincc-au'
il 50, wlscre:
, 4, have u,vcr seen any Of them since is
-u-A t.,el ! ste on the Auditors Book, lion.
!, NJ, S?1 Us being III tue Bloomington Bank, n
. | .,,us,te.i Il, security for its issue.
o. Nus this Or those alnnn,,tS abovc spccifct
al ,f th.> kind ii Canal Indebtedness fundes
while ynu have been acting ns Secretary:-i
:. uot, how unrh, aud when funded:
:, 4. Ninety three Thousand five hundred 4
+, that kind oi Canal Checks wA~ funded in Marcel
!, Isl. "r in February aud March, 1871.
), z. BY whem WAS 1t funded.
/, A. 1t was funded in several different names
II but t'r t;ov. Natteson, suppose.
j. q. To whom did YOU hand the bonds when i:
~ sued :-au.! why did you think they belonge
T. to t;uv. Maticsun:
:, 4. don't remember WIN handed them t
n, hut from 1lc conversation between me ant tio
i. ! Ma,esau understood the bonds were X
!,,m=r m=rli-trom conversation that took place b
is tween hin. and snc.
r, q tan yOu give us the numbers OF the bont
-. issued IN tins S":..::as Of Canal Checks:
49, 4, They arc irnm ata! to s*2 inclusive, ut
r: u:le i4ait :.s3
~. q. What amount ot interest was there on tho
H., r:.erks ", 10 tl,c date OF their bcins funded
A. tina, is, il,is !a.t ::S,;a'o.
IL \. Si:.TT.:'.
q lid The Canal Checks indorsed to Villa
t II. Brown. Cashier OF the Branch Bank ot 1
s;,atenl Illinois, dcutlcd by xou hy nu
He cr~. Constitute any portion Of this last S'S,1t
~, and ii IT, Will l"tld did 1t :,nin1o:
''' i. Thr Str, I'll ChecAs identified b.: lnc.
H. .l"rscd To Niilian, II. Brown, Cashier. dovs Ct
sir >iuu1c I",:i.n vi the :';;, ,""'; and Cheek
:, il ~: const.t>.:cs part ol H"na No. :5l a
i, iicrk N"s. III and ~ CONSTITUTES part
"' i;rud 80; and Check No. 20. constitutes y
1br 1lun al l.rud :j1.
|.>, q, What VA, done with the iuttrcs, due
- the Checks up to the date O: their btlnZ tu1
cde
\. luteres, Certificates was issued for it
q Were they numbered sand, if so. give
-, ,,,,,rir numbers.
Il" inclusive.
-, ., IN whose t:aine were t!.ry issucd:
~; | s. In tue same hume tie bonus were its'
nt-. O. Has any PORTION of them erer been fund
., uu.I, ii 50, III Wilt4+e maine w.fc they funded
:, '.', L. The mos, ri them have been funded,
in The n.,llt ol the Auditor Of l'nt''c -Accou
,,, in tru~i for til. ~lasc Bank Of lll'Heis.
.,.,. Z. What amount hH: been SO luu"cn,
l,,.. their rc>i.cl..e nHtnbeI>:
4. If am correct, about S34,-e4 ias
funded. The numbers Vi the certificates 4
-. in. IN that amount from l.t; IL l.H:.
-; ~ -, | 10 l3S', inclusive. and Nos. 12S' and 1:4f:
'''' u; Tell US the numbers If tho intcrts, be
that the scsip you have just described Col
har. tutcs, and ~ wbun. were they ISSUED.
\. They constitute 1n,ertat Il nds numb
ese"' from 3. tn c.. inclusive and most part of So
than ~. They were issued 10 tue Auditor oi ::
in trust for tue State Bank Of Illinois.
@ see Il, 1T ten thousand Of the interest
MN. 1iticatcs vet unaccounted for. Can you .c
In what has became Of themt
4. Nos l24l "a l2:s, amounting 70
5a5. funded aud interest bonds issued
.con,- them, N,s. 162 to 16s. inclusl'c, and pa
~o4 Ia to tho Auditor al Public Accounts, IN
tottA- e. e.. S.,ta - Inn: If Illinois
: 1'<s' q. sec in the first part Of -FOUR stasei
Dc,. vou mentlon $500 Of this kind u indebted
Us being funded iu October, ls5t. by whom
'c edi- i" II was funded l,s r. q. Rdaler.
y H. Z. Do you know "he1ac: :it's T. ~" ga
''e " commenced for its value or for tho amou
was issued for!
aspect 4. understand it is sad 10 be counte
is the and that the !audtoF aos eo1ntneneeu so''
Aay bsh.
le edi -r,r1voxv or rxocH xoQ4K ooS11SCEt
,oup,n a no oxou know Of any other Scrip b
- u been funded By Cor. Aatteson e-and,
stats what kind and By whom funded: