, 1861-10-14

flee: asEtd him If he had got one Of Eoutpr: !
about to; he Gid not say Why he wanted II Of me; !
! did not exan1ile the order End specification at
the time; subsequently Shipnan and examined
To Nj Ltl5y-The ground was very muddy in t
vet times; II was low Piec= q ground; thsre
70 NJ Ayer-f don't think it fs worth Is much |
to macadamize with large as fine stones.
TESTIMONY OF sfLvASr VAN NEST.
Mr.. Van Nest desired to make an EXPLAIN
ton, and took the stand. He said the other
night he vas q little logged. The night he
vas summoned, he was at the Sherman House
when he saw the eficer. The Parties offered
to give him back nine-teuths Of the property,
iEstead OF the Whcle.
ehou1d have Conveyed to them 40 lots more y the
sAuk Rapids property: think ne There = was NOTHING
al 4ss, thus oyerrunning the contract; made the
CONTRACT nth Mr: Van Buren; gaEe him 80 days
s.
purchasers; asked them, and offered them S10o0,
or = tortion q the property, 70 70 rscant me.
you you I speeiaed se!tsin 6loeks tor' Or sSoat S51a
40o lois; I didn't understand the. con
tract to conYey al / oWned Of them until Day
Letters to you taid that would dispose Of all ny
property except certain lots that have promised;
tive to the property; think stated to you In
them thet ltWished . y yoa t, sea ny property as
the map with me, I think; explained to you
that had to seEerve certain lots paid but little
attention to your contract till it came to Sank
Rap!de; 5ou wrote the contract in my presence
and read 1t to me; when assigned the mortgage
to Mr. Walker. agreed to release one-:enth ii l
was paid; when offered them $1,000 to rake 1t
back, Ibid il il good talth; nnmoer.of persons
names Of those who offered The amount; the pro.
position was made at sauk Rapids; they proposed
t. S bs snd eny ~
tie dec other night, don't thlnk stopped IN the hi,
hour o helo1e came up here; It was alter eight
when came mp here; ssw the Mayor II bis Of
fee; don't think We had any. ta:k about Colby;
ed to see me be (he Mayor wanted me- to come
aid testify On Wednesday evening IN TIE Colby
matter; the next day told him didn't care
to come; asked him what authority he bad; he
read to me from law book 1auppose; he wanted
to know when 1Was going to leave town he
hsd seen him again; did so fulfilled the prom
iEe and thereupon left the office; was au.1mou-
ed; thu only e9nve1sation hei about indicting
ed the receipts sggssnat the assessments; 1t hns
never neee ncsuIioned since, until was before
| tie G1Tetzu Jury.
!, The witness here examined and identified sey-
/ e,al letters as being in his handwriting.
| ITO Mr. Ayer-MT. Dix, when he came to Sauk
RaPioe. hEs6ssht re notice from Van Buren, &C.
ps the yRg to
psrt Of this Eeek; he proposed to throw me in the
land which Monroe disposed of to him.
70 Mr. Tan Buren-Mr. colb5 has made me me
the Grand Jury and since these charges were made.
TESTIMONY OF J. E. c. FORREST.
blow AID: Colby; have knoWn bin ever since
b hs tsen IN he sy sW and
hare heard Mr. Colby eay Elithorpe was inter
ested with him u & stone quarry; they had 9
claim nst the sy wfs ct the e. Wd5a
Committee, AID. Colby was present and the res
The so%nt,ss r. except "a GSsty Ss who
aale:o charged with stealing $1,ooo in the Cana
street matter: that charge Was made By Euithorpe
Street cnisstoner to pc aefaulte:: be let con
t.acts to bin and to the Sotel frm Ellthorpe als
intimated thai there we're charges against "a hun 4
one of the p.osesnt,- against hin, but Ellthorp
seemed to be tie mosr actiye ard the emartss
one; Ihad the pleasure II H9oMing 9oS , Smart;
but he dieclaimg the relationehssIp; his full nam
time he was physician II female diseases; snt
| etqucntly he was clerk of the Capta1s, OF Police
he left Chicago Immediately before Sentweztl
was elected Mayor the last time the Snhyt pape
Il c9 d9f haaa Tss wsn IL a % ps
saw Colby driving up Wabash Avenue in hi
bpggy ard p he took ne me & H. asked htM wha
sgai9st %aid he made 10 ; ansWef Wass but foo
this paper out of his pocket and said Joe, vii
, read you something here If you Won't nse j
: me; he did mt tell me who wrote It asked bin
whoee getting up that was, and told him that /
] hoAp et.aahf an3f n
By Flint thought he got It up to ingratiats hin
ssM T1th 3hS cqSy 9RS 9R; t5n 5Eihesps M said
putting it in his pocket. = I think It is" Th
affidavit is written In Flint's natural hand;
; ter, with Colby; know very little about Colby
ard EllithoFpe's claim against the city; I kno'
1othn e. my ;ans GoDy 6sy
Colby didn't testify very willingly, and not On th
l evening be was requested to.
To III. Fan Buren: ! Was witneEs in the L
ans % u as @oW tninE
l fact that Eilitho1pe and ID DOLBY Weie Engaged in
J. IN conspiracy With Flint against WardS l. Thai
It to send N NJ bin to Nj. van Bazen On Monda
goo9 Ss9 eht e e6age nGw op op
= ion given here as he has for his opinion given
5 ss san.s Ter .ssD a5 g M s7 aB
y paid, I believe; haye;heatd good deal about n
It Beams claim; he has told me Of it often eno7g1
Assor S efS apd
I had the honor Of reading the Smart paper to Il
committee once; it was sent to me ythe Clerk
r. the Common Council; Colby said he knew noth5l
about the charges except as they we're contained
'9 that paper; In his speeches he disclamed knoWh
Is any thing about the charges.
p. Aid Hoyt waatedto know If Mr. Htt, the sten
graphic2 c2Reporter, was taking the evidence yett
| H,.x,. ar
moved that it be printed. Carried. The testlmo
= was resumed.
o. Q. How then did Colby make any charges gro
J. ing cut Of the Smart pspert A. He made no
except ths presentation Ito IT. Of The Paper IT. +; Fl e
H. ence to the Canal street matter. He made
y charge except in his evidence. | suppose he y
I, subpenaed by the Committee; the charges Of
le ting the contracts to the Sam Sorel firm was MS
Mr. Colby asked some Of the Witnesses question
e, be consulted With EllithoEpe; in his debates
ioIe he G9mttse @ he didn't altogether aiEcl T.
It, tain'a CLERK in Wentworth'e administration G
To- by had nothing @ t9 do with The appeintmeat; .
he during lie buggy ide E Ia since saia nj L
-. have been mistaken; 1t was an admitted fact i
on the pay rolls we're false, and the money was p
ID | on them; Flint has been in Dubuque paper
the Chicago Democrat, and since that, editor Of
at 70 n, Aysr- whole sj subject of the pay II
he Of x H. M co!6g s69 F'iassd eonsissfed him hin On one
es leading men in ort he i, 3hs
rs, be could agaznss Ward; did net consider
~ w1o1g; the Committee itself was divided On
'sL question; he had consultations with Elithorpe
~ pretty tharp questions; an On he side Of I'd
aid expset @ e stay ,hete 1,al Until desth II u
en leading man on the other side; I don't renen
'eu y handing the Mayor paper on Monday evening
70 ia. siss Eeg1ou tried bring out e1ezyth
Is II. Taa N BaTsnI an CLERK Of tie Rece
ave | er's Court NOW, and have been three yesrs.
of TESTIMONY OF MAroR JULIAN 9. RUssEE.
I was at the meeting Of the Conmon Cous
hsnded IN Tie Smart p:per. and during the MI
ho Ing Of the Committee Of the Whole BE ;! NJ
sems e e. fao@eSss st. tie 81
lies only received sls0.1a; had conveIsation :
nc IT, ths Yneet1na1. he rcaa nsTt Of he Smart ps
to me-; Colby came to me and wanted to Il
$3.50 what 1 ehould think Of man who would do
o eouS be % e1plsined PS saisfapssoly sffp should &
~, tbt1e WAS something wrong; lacked Who me
'p Eo1 was; he said tEe GoPF99lsF; ea,taa sa1a, a
49, VAS an, thing IN it, It escaped ny mind for
the OF three days; after thst time asked Wart
ler explain The matter 70 nc; he p5odaced ne pa
de- ~ So9cheEs and eSam1nso she a4o TSs sSo
tae them also to The Aldermen. and they were q
a there 4as1t was
Il i an M i a aEa
cfe. next morning. aud The Council was to meet
~. ~ evening; be came IN about noon and inside I
NV ~ himself and gase It to ne At half past t
arm ifeYei it to be forgery; he read the paper Il
Council ana AID. Comisky called upoa AID G