The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-02-22
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The Springfield correspondent. Or -
Press and Tribune gives the re.n,, = ], ~
cent investigation before 4 comu;,, W.
Legislature. The following ..,,... y
last letter gives clear understands ,' :,
case: Of
II u IN proof that the canal -
quentiy referre q 70 IN the eramin., hh
correspondent has followed, 49,. ~. slatyn
and August Of 1899; tha, thew uedh Nh
Chicago Branch Of the State n - phdaE
Of the denominations Of $50 ana Ak, A., saas IL.
cancelled, but were put aside ~ sss ~
cash; that when they accumula,ea !. s'aatt !
at the Bank, they we're delivered !. Afseaa.
thorixed officer Of the tera! Boz "M4
one large check for the smonn, VIA, Il
that the checks were-m.nns saIs safeats
conveyed TO the canal Office: H., ~ piss.
the Board, they were there arc-.s 60, " ofde, !
BY Gen. Fry and Mr.. Manning. ,,I eoaats n
o., .ae .aaa va 'asen and preserved; n' ,sa''7
49, 80 seoalev pscAea ~ = stout ~oad a. hsi
which was nailed up, enveloped IN r'e .ea boz
s n, win wax and the ofiei.l y. ~, ~
BoaAi; that the Dor was sent back : y, ,s q d.
- = special Deposit. that il rem.i,s Is ,sass
xeepine OF the bank until sent FOR n d, y y
ley, Canai Trustee, In ls4s or ia. 10, soL ".
conveyed to the canal Office, then i csshss
that u remained there until 1859. .a. .a,ess
Roberts was appointed State Tra..a go .oA
hstteson, that, by the order Of M Il y w
oil Tie Indebtedness In tie Office ~, over, ovssfts
Transmission to the State Depar,mssr.a' s.ea Y
the time this packing was done h. ha
and kchoe, the box spoken Of Va. ,ssA'osra
Its seals unbrokep; that il was onen.s vi
contenss uncanceiied, were, with o,h.,s- 20 u
Of Indebtedness, repacked in a t,n,L aeaea
shoe-bo1, that ihese we're sealed m.,shd
address Of "Joel A. Matteson, sprinss'agas Fl
BY McRoberts himself, were dervs..s ia4
Mattsson at La Sale, in April TN. aat
January, 1857, Matteson being H. sga
$4,000 Of these checks were fns9lsa
office BY bis clerk; [the Gnyerpo, "a
Fund Commissioner that on the 81, sasse4
airy and 18th Of March thereafte, saoa y. isa'a
tionai checks TO swell the total .,.s aac-
tlO1 900 were funded for Natteson ~ =
clerk, thea retained by Gov. Biss.A. 49,
meantime been inaugurated, that bond. -
various sums presented were Issued in ,hs
OF certain unknown and my thical D.
though when issued we're delivered 10 t,os -
teson himself; that $4,000 OF the bona.
IN the hands OF the Auditor As security 1,
Issues OF the State Bank Of Illinois Al sh,,..
town, owned by Matteson. Ii is also il -.
that no other % day checks have been re-.
ed aud funded; that no other are knoxpk -
OF the Witnesses TO have been in eire.l.s..
that an agent OF the State employed in IN.
hunt GU. and buy up State indebtedn.. 49,
never seen one since 1910; that anon, y
checks funded are thirty having special r.
ments to w. II. Brown, Cashier on their ~
which have not been re-endorsed bs him. =
there we're los others properly signed b. :.
trimmed and untitled with the name a. !.
payse. And IL il further proved that the W. 4
amount OF bonds and money-prineip.l 80
tefest-ootained from the State by this TIM.
saction is not far from s223, 5000.
+. This is the case as presented TO the cor,,.
tee by witnesses called by the auo,pis. q. ~.
State. think state ii fairly, certainly v,,hna.
disposition 10 exsggerate or color ia leaA,,.
features. The Witnesses hy which ii ia s.,.b X
iished are gentlemen OF undoubted credibi6,,-
some OF them have long been recognized
among the first citizens Of the State.
The attornies employed by the er -Goy4r-.
have not IN the meantime been idle. r..
theory is that the checks were stolen by I'm,
party unknown, and that they were g.,
first, more subsequently,, and finally aIl-r,..
sented to- the Governor who bought them NJ
out suspicion of their true character. ana i,
parties selling preserved so strict an inrog,-, #
that they cannot here be found out. In sumo
OF this theory, they have introduced the folI,,
ing Witnesses viz: L. +. Sanger, A. II. Mons
Col. VIM. Smith, Gen. /. b. Curran, r. Z. Gass
ell, together with letter from his Exeellsr,,
Gov. w. Ii. Bisseil. They prove that dur,
The winter of 1867 Matteson Negotiated d..
sums oil money ia st. Louis and at the Farms,
md Traders Bank, Joliet, as the witnesses h.
ierstood, for purchasing State Indebtedness
hat he did purchase largely; that strangers han
frequently been seen to have transactions viii
him, for the sale OF Indebtedness. At Bis room.
1t the Sc. Nicholas, in this city, and elsewhere
hat 10 their opinion, they have seen him bayiuv /.
80 day canal checks in various sums iron
FOO 10 %. 900 or 5000. Some OF them has
He'd these checks, and are couhdel. that tbs
we're OF the denomination OF sl00 and Tx n
hey were canal checks Of 1882 Evidence
citation to the prohtableness of the exGOFr.
lors banking operation was introduced mi
us son inlaw, Mr.. Goodell, estimated bis il.
ONE from this source at SlO6, 600 in a .iuss
ear. Gov. Bissell wrote the Committee avis,
hat during the early part OF his official esres
e was several times applied to By parties s.ss
ad State Indebtedness to sell, for lntormaalI . |.
] regard to the value Of and market for iii
anne. and that be had In varrably referred .bs.E
, Ex-Governor Matteson. In