The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-20
after being examined, discussed and objected TO, ad-
mitted by the learned Court


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Mr. Jones Counsel explained that the reason to be as
signed for Mr. Warren Ieands exception to his draft Of
the proposed alteration the bills Of other banks than
those in the State Of Connecticut could DO received.
Of lion, paid S y e @s sr
handed over the money to the parties in the case.
Q, From whom did you receive ~ A. Warren Leland
furnished half and the other half Furnished there
was expense Of getting the charter through.
Q. What forS A. For log-roing the Colchester Bank
charter through the Legislature.
O. What other letters from Mr., Warren Leland have
you your possession A. About hundred and fifty;
/ have some more here.
@ What other letters have your refer to them. A.
Here is from Warren Leland with date; II is in his
handwriting; cannot tell tho date
DEAR sIRyours Of Monday to hand this a,ernoon
shall down to the express the morning Durham here
this week sharpe here this afternoon and leaves
soon-hope everything is moving well with YOU Yours trSy
@ What do you know about that letter A. il is one
of many that were written to me in pursuance Of an
agreement 10 furnish paper there was paper " fur
various amounts; sometimes for large amounts always
called it " bogus paper"
q. Who manufactured it? A. 1t was in the handwrit-
ing of Warren Leland most of it,
Q. Examine these notes and state what you know Of
them. A. These notes were obtained by from the
Bank at the time of my settlement with the bank In Sep
tember. What Warren Leland and myself meant by
parties manufactured for fictitious purposes the makers
of which and endorsers Of which were fictitious
In whose handwriting 'S was the bogus paper,
Leand-not all oft, but much of 1t.
Mr. Jones then proceeded to describe this bogus paper
in somewhat conversational way, as follows:-Here is
note dated August 49, 1857 going to make up the assets
Of the Colchester Bank take up certain other notes;
It is to the order Of MCBRIDE w,..nss, and Signed
George W. Hess Jr.; do not know the handwriting
the face the endorsement in the handwriting Of War
rem Leland do not know such concern as Mcbride
williams
@ Did Mr.: Leland say, not that this was fictitious
O. How was the first installment on the capital stock
paidP A. It paid the I'd Of October 1885, and the
paid in gold and silver and bills Of specie paying banks
in this State to the of $40 000 of this was
the State by me, by who did their business
for me- we had to use certain terms to designate certain
stock from certain other stock.
g What proportion was paid by Mr.. Leland? A.
tell by my book to dollar.
Q. How about the second instalments A. The bank
organized and the ten thousand dollars passed to the
charge Of the directors they called meeting and order
wod Se
that was paid in in this way:f was necessary have
something my hands to show the Bank Commissioners
certificate of deposit of J. s. swan Of New York, for
s. 0o and the checks and notes Of S. Leland and Co.,
think they the notes of s. Leland Co. signed
Ia blank and endorsed in blank TO be filed neces
stood that way until the Cd Of pecember wben tho ast n
stanent was paid In and the bank went into operation
was necessary TO have In ALL and Leland sent me
notes Of various kinds-some Of Leland Co.. and
that well acquainted with part OF them were
in the handwriting Of Warren Leland, and part were
genuine notes with bogus endorsements; they We're all
and the thingj as to value when went to New
York saw both the Ielands together and conversed
with them both this subject there were one or two Of
these bogus notes signed by eands barkeeper and
or two by his porter.
Q, And these notes represented part of the capital
stock Of the bank2 A. Yes, sir; about three
quarters; these notes for different sums dated all
over Christendom-or all over the United states-some
at Chicago, ST. Louis, Cincinnati and New York.
NICE
g. AS these notes became due, how were they metz
A The notes were sent down to the bank by s. Leland
Cos as they became due they taken up by Leland
Co.. and new notes sent up which notes discount
ed in advance; when the notes sent to New York
through the Suffolk Bank, Leland Co. took them up
bought these notes from the bank aud paid for them in the
stock Of the bank and that is the batch have here my
impression is that was $4,000 that took up OF
them were signed Jones g. Wilcox; there is a note Of
SIS oo0 dated December, 1885, at Syracuse, signed G.
protested there ia another from Mctr;de 3 Wii, MAS
here is note for 81 500, signed by Richard Conan an
lrshman in the employ Of Mr. Leland endorsed by Cotton
dorsement J. S. Jones is in my handwriting, by my
fathers authority often laughed at the large discounts
90 1857, for 81 1885, signed H. Woodman Co., and en-
dorsed A. B. Garfield another is dated Salem, Wis.,
April 49, 1851 and is for 81 500 81 has months to
run, drawn by John K. Calvert, man in the
ploy Of Warren Leland, and endorsed by L.
Comstoek 4 Co.; the next was from Columbus, Ohio,
irshman in the employ Of Mr.. warren Leland and en-
dorsed by Clark and Wood the next is for 81 1885, that
don't know anything about Another for 81 $685. dated
Chicago, April Is 1857 drawn by Richard Conlan aud
endorsed by Cotton Mead this sent for collection
and endorsed John S. Jones in my own handwriting aud
endorsed r. Sharpe by him ordered to be paid to Ed
Tyler, and by him to the cashier Of the Metropolitan
Bank no endorsement Of payment Another for 81 O00
dated Harrisburg, December ~, drawn by Robert Leo
nard to the order of II. J. Peterson Another is from
Richard Conlan, endorsed Cotton & Mead in the hand
writing Of Warren Leland. Another Ia payable to Lang
4 Henry in the handwriting of Warren Leland Another
s drawn by James f. Clark 81 16o dated Chicago, Au
gust 1851, in the handwriting Of Leland, endorsed Lang
Robert Leonard dated Dayton, Ohio, juno a. 1857
81 $50, payable to the order of Lee Smith, Ieand's
handwriting Another is 81 800, with Hull Thompson
comes another 81 500 note from Lelands Irishan Con-
lam Another payable to order Of Ramsda l. Pendleton
in the handwriting of Warren Leland. One given by
Michael Lamb for 81 OIL payable 10 the order of Cotton
u Mead, in the handwriting of Warren Leland.
These the notes that were sent to you to iii up
A. They sent the notes at different times Here is note
signed Simeon Leland III Co., not Allied up, the sig
nature gennne also signed Horace V. Wilcox The
signature is genuine, but the transaction bogus These
were blank. That note Intended to be used for