New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-07-24

natent. this agreement was made about November,
1904 after had M. de one trip 70 KENTUCKY; MADE
trip TO CDcinn att and Gen. Hooker maze TIP 10
Kentucky and saw Gen. Brummell; went t. y ishyiie
md saw Gen. Thomas also made trip ~ Washington
and City Point received something over sl1ltO Tor ~!
yicst the last payment was ade 3bou me hrst oil
NAV. lst5 and ;he amount was draft Mt % Days or
s. CO. which exceeded the amount due; ssked 90.
Mann for dralt for 1900; Col Mann made eoHpn'
taton Of what was due me- and DC found II 20 70
about 81 sos remember making ont all account tf Mf.
Bai KS and wrote letter stating the amount tlat
would be due me- that about the Ea'i ot lee4i the
Mann AccOutrciDent Company was organizrd aDout
the latter part Of May or the early part OF uDe tOo
an ce.president Of that Company end Mt. hehogg
aud myself are partners ut No 2io Broad
wsy was the on e s Of eFs the WIN dse oS %
this oil fraud; Col Mann stated 10 me that s:rstton
had been to the oil regions and had seen some very
desirable oil lands and that he Mann, had Contemplated
fofmpg Il company to be composed principally oi army
officers, and thit nc was anxious TO afford arLy oir"r,
o. opportunity to invest their means so tlat II wOuu
pay them we proposed to purchase ards 10 the extent
OF SO eco ai ia addition 10 raise sl5OD ard he &C.
to subscribe $4,000 to the stock he said tha
he knew il WIS good thing. and SO confident was ne
thst he would guarantee me 100 per cent advance
within six months II would give him % per cert
profits tlis conversation occurred at an Office No. =
Pcnnsyy ania.aye., Washington; there were Setcrtl
ger IL uea present Col 5iann took me aside, and
said hat before subscribed would Ike 10 know one
thing and & 1T was If he ,Mann) Sration bad any
advantage over other Subscribers, or whether tney
went 10 the terms with other sub'orbefs ber
wise l was not willing to have my name used Col
Manns reply that they lad no Advantage over
other subscribers and interest over the subsc heIs
Of stock had conversation with Col. Mann about the
oil regions before visited Savannah he tod re he
had received letter from noble iend named sfat'
ton; he showed the letter and stated that Sir1ttoa
proposed him to 30 in partnership with him II Tue
sale OF oil land and that he going 10 Cleveland u
ace Strntton aud go there TO The oil regions that
If he found my good out there be would iahe me
in; did not pay Col Mann other one any money
Tor 10y share, but Col Mann paid himself
At this point the Court tooA recess for about 10
minutes.
CONTINUATION OF TESTIMONY.
Col Mann did not tell me THAI Strattcn was risre
intermediary Of the property the hIst inioi =
zion received about the purchase OF the proper VAS
ilo.a Mr. Albert about the lst OF june there was
conference between Messrs. Kellogg Hastings aHt
myself cbout civil prosecution, and The pagers were
drawn up accordingy received note from Mr.. Hast
ings stating tAat he had received q note ron MI.
Hotohkiss aud that they agreed that tire prosecution
should be commenced; asked Capt. Davis in washing
In al ont i; do not know the amount that Col Mann
recei, ed f.Jm the accoutrenGnt company at the tue
subsorihed to the oil company, bus know, aocoldILs
10 the statement OF Ar Gayor. that there was money
enough due ne " enable mo 10 pay my subscription.
II being tue hour OF 81 o'clock, tire testimony wac
discontinued and the Court adjourned accordingly TIL
10 O'Clock Oh TUESDAY morning next.