, 1861-12-03

the third one they would not look at at oil, as
condition that they would pass tile next duy
for $50 each. He went with the mules the
next day, and one mule passed while the other
WIS thrown back upon Els hands. The dray-
man goes then and gets the rejected mule
shod anew, put on long corks so that the mule
would come up to the standard. They then
received that mule. He then. the next div.
takes the old mule to another contractor, nuts
$Io on his dead, and the mule was received at
Q. What is the uamc Of this drayman?
A. James 0. Donncll, and sCccssionist ut
that,
OPERATIONS OF GEN. MINISTRY AND NEIL.
TILE HORSE INSPECTOR.
ST. Lor1s. Oct. 10, 1861.
James Q. BroadAead, being duly sworn, was
examined as follows:
Examination ~ u: Hasa1u,ne.-Q. Please
sineEs
a reside in st. Louis, and am practicing
attorney-at-laT.
Q. Have you any knowledge Of any contracts
made by any parties with the Quart termaster in
this city? Hso, please state what knowledge
you have.
A: vas applied to by Robert ". pcay of
Pike Of Pike county, Missouri, though now all
i'll this city, to make, as an attorney, some col
lections for the sale Of stock to Tic Charter
master here. I asked them for their vouchers.
They told me they had sold the stock, which
consisted OF $50 muleE, at $110 each, and that
the name Of Joseph Pease Of this city, 4 COM
mission merchant on Maine street. Invent to
see Pease in company with Mr.. McPike and
Peay- Pease showed nc the vouchers, which
we're to the effect that ons N6il, a,a Inspector OF
stock had made contract 7cith The G0rcr7a,7ef
fha r. 10 ~F
master was that Neil had furnished the Coy
eminent with number Of mules, at price
named, Sll9 head. turned to Mr. Peay.
who seemed to be the managing man Of tic
concern, took him one side and told him that
the purchase was not made out il his name.
he then asked nc whose name it was made
out in. told him that it was made out in the
name Of Neil. I asked him if he knew Neil.
he said that he did, aud that he was an iuspcc-
tor Of stock. He then said he wanted me to
60 to Major Mekmistry, as was acquainted
with him. and try to get the money. He stated
that he had made IN agreement With MeKins-
trJ himself, and that Mckinstry had agreed to
receive Ills stock at S110 head Therefore,
he said, 1would hare no difficulty in getting
the money.
Q. State fully the purport Of the certificate,
"a a; The purport OF the certificate was that
s9o head of mules, or Ihcreabouts, had been
furnished to tic Government By Afr. Neil, at
&l19 head, and tint the QuartermaEtcr had
accounted for the stock III his quarterly fc-
turns. Below that certificate, On the same
sheet Of Papcr,::sand upon tue same side, is u
receipt printed in blank, and signed By the sci
ler Of the stock, intended TO be filled up when
the money is paid. That is considered youcll-
er. asked Pcay what interest Ptuse had in
the contract. He said he supposed that either
he or those for whom heacted-he did not pre-
tend to know who they wcre-werc interested
in the difference between $110 and 21l9 a head
T Io 1,,.I 4..1.
the voucher in lis own hands He told me to
ask Pease for the voucher. did So After
maxim. some little objection 1c said he would
be glad to have my cooperation II. getting the
money, and then handed over the voucher to
me. Kept that voucher for a few days, and
went to see Major McKinstry three several
t1mcs about it. The only answer that could
get vas that he did not lave the money The
last time saW him he said it took SO much
time to I'LL out the Treasury warrants sent here
It you'd take nearly 4 day to GET money enough,
10000, to fill tho vouciiur. That was the Last
interview I had with him. I then told the gell-
tlemcn did not want to hayc anything. more
to do with it, and handed the voucher over to
them.
Eran'ined1 1y -Mr. Sice7e-Q. You did st,te to
Mcklnstry that you came to linn III bcl1alf of
Pcay, who furnished the mules,
A Yes, Sir.
Q. But he made no inquiry about how the
Neil. ~ 4'+'>'S wa - 'A'~ '''''''' "
4. None whatever.
Q. Hc made no objection to tile voucher
because it was made out in thu 1la1ne uf n party
who did not actually furnish the mules.
A. None at I'LL.
G. How long since was this?
a. This happened about the 9Th Or 9th Of
September.
Q. {By Mfr. Dawes) Then is not the transac.
tlon. IN effect, this: That your client sold lis
mules to Mchinstry for Sl10 apiece, and by
some management that you do not know Of Ut
the !luartermaster's Department the title was
put into Neil, and the mules passed to the
Government at $119 1 head.
A. That is it. lrccollcct distinctly Of ask
ing this man Peay why it WAS that Pcasc lad
anything to do with the matter. lie told me
lie was some relation or friend Of McKinstry.
=. The whole payment made to your client
was made upon the basis Of $110 head?
q. Yes, sir; the basis Of s119 head was ex,
pressly excluded.
: @. Is there any other matter connected with
Government contracts Of which You have a
personal knowledge
a. Ills matter Of whichwe have been speak
Ing is one OF three claims against tic Govern
ment which have uecn put into nv hands,
There were some Small claims with which I
would not have anything to do. Ilayc another
ciaim growing ont Of a contract Of some
77o,NO, in which the same parties, McPike and
iEvinc, arc interested with ono Brlscoc think
mat was contract made with Ltouidas HIS
kell. They furnished mules under contract
with him at $40 head. The vouchers which
we're made out III HRskeu's name, and Ybicl,
co, ercd the amount, were shown to me. The
sample receipt was signed in blank. The
vouchers were made out for s119, and the re-.
Seipt was signed in blank in the same way,
The number of mules which they sold for 81 il
came to some $51 200.
@ Then the price to the Government was
made out at S1l9 each, while you furnished
them for s11O.
MULE OPERATIONS OF MINISTRY, HASKELL
AND NEIL.
ST. Louis, Oct II, 1851.
Robert =, Peay, being duly sworn, was c2,
anllned rs follows:
Examination by 1t1. Washburne.-Q. State
your residence and business.
L. reside III tllis city, aud my business is
that Of stable keeping.
9. Have You had any contracts with the
Government?
4 None directly with the Government.
z. Have you been selling the Government
any property, or have you been selling to ;uy
enc for the Government
a. will state circumstances and Elcts as
understand them, and then you can judge
whether the Government owes nc, or iudi
vldnals. When Icommenccd furnishing stock
70 Fea6c the understanding between us was
that he would gire me an inspection whenever
got fifty head Of stock on hand, and that Ii
would pay me in Missouri funds; I continued
to have stock turned over to him until he had
got into my debt some eight or ten thousand
dollars then felt that could not furnish
INN a1ly more without money, and I go mott
hed Pease. At the same time had about two
hundred head of mules on hand I notified
Major Mchlnstry that had some mules, and
proposed to sell them to the Government,
He replied that he did not want any mules ut
that time. h1T. james Neil came to nle about
two weeks afttrWard and wanted to know if ]
still had mules On hand.
q. Who is this Neil
4. H. has been stable- keeper in this city.
Y; Was 1ae in the employ of the Government
ut that time?
A. He was around the Quartcrmastcrts dc.
partment ali the time. / asked Neil Who
wanted those mules. H. sail he aeanted them
for the Government. was not willing to sell
them to Neil OF Peasc, Individually; but
would sell to tile Government; We agreed ur}-
on price and then went down to the office o1
Major hlcklnstry, and called him out. When
VIC had talked upon the subject Major Mckin-
stry said TINT such mules as T. M. Blakesley,
tle inspector, would inspect, he would accept
and pay for at Sl10 a head; with that under
standing turned in 296 mules ut $110 head,
made out the account and had Blakesley,
VINO inspected and branded the mules, certify
20 H. u this .s4G6 mules, sold Blakes1ey six
tor $lo2 each, which went to the same rrgi-
ment. @ The other 200 were wanted to 20 to
Q, Does the voucher show thatNcil sold the
mulcs
A. so understand.
@. What conversation did you ever have
with Neil? Did you ever ask him a11y uues.
ton ta,sf; Why you did not sell directly to the Gov
r told 1,;,, @1,o+ ,,,,, :,.... -. - l., i.