The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-12-13


Tur ALtrorD ffonoKrr llnrvrY rnArpq.
.ts,SfsItipy or ifr.u.a Ovs CO., tar ALLr.ap
Ewtvpirrl H,aota Ctrrlo stA~irr Attrafp IN
~ ~ fur ro,L Tho examination n Jane.
Iiushes, n tho 1rn n Allen, iiushos Z Co. bounty
brokers sho "w ,rfestei m Frid,y last on charro
~ defrsudlpg fscrnii. ~ their bounty inoney ~
Iiohossn lat 'pring sn commenced yedefiay fore.
noon brior' Y 2. Commissioner J.cS,on. At The l1rse
room over the station House In Jer,ey city. onit,
slhrso number n witnesses and interested citizen.
'ers present 10 listen " the preceding. T. T. ME,
trot Attorney A. Y. KeDhey, -as csen, on behalf
~ the Government and st-Iudgs stewart and
waller II. shupe, appeared the part Of tho
defence
Commissioner Jackson nked vhv II ~. that
Ihe9dofe hLl"n snd Peter RELY had not appeared
and ,nrIendo,'d th'm.elyo', a. vas ssrsed upon At
the time Hughc, Wa airntiei 10 bal'
yudse stesart aid thai they would deliver ihem.
"IVe- up II his Honor vould the hail ~ proper
amount, "a slu,O0 and that this sum should cover
o. complaints that m 'rht be brought aFain,i Them.
amount At less than sibGG; he did NOT cousi'i"r
there hal been good faith he .pccted 10 sec Allen
va psciiar one n' Gs hai 10 Gc"I nen, G, ee
deavofng 10 arrest these three parte, and the other
gay, .,th laee eon't'tplstr iorce, they had only
Icen able 20 Arrest ore ~ than. lie had heard that
Alien had boHted that he could not he iasca.
Tho accused Jane. Ilushe, vas then called up,
and the charge assnsi him read also the affidavit Of
VIM. &. Landau who employed a. clerk aud
tookkccper Of tho firm At the time tho men we're
arrested. The following la the principal portion Of
Landaus sihdavit aud supplementary, which wa
taken . direct evidence In the examination.
WIN. C. L1nddh tcing sworn. testified that he
potci OF Theodore Allen, Peter Riley and Jane.
iuYhea md no supposed George c Iiatho thcv
hai an office at Odd Fcoas Hall Hoho.en and
were employed IN getting men to mi the ouo,a ~
Sew Jetsey, Inc number Of men enlisted by this
MN, and Who were actually mustered Ia Tor Jersey
City, va. about lGs the firm wa. aid ID. oSt snI
aiierward $4,000; deponent scting IA CLERK and
.eePer and received thus money from Major
and the receipts we're SIGNED Peter Riiey A Co
.hlch hrm d, ponent understood to be the sane a.
AIen, iiushes K Go. this amount Of Si26UiJ -as
divided AMONGST the firm and none Of Il wa. paId n
me volunteers mustered In for Jersey Civ CoI
cefit1 70 Jersey CITY unless 900 for each man WI.
LETT With him he thus got as 600 hom depon.nt
aud retained It until ordered hy the United state,
GovCrmrn' 10 pay It back 10 the p.rte, from hon,
he go' i Col Ig. paid IL to Riley this recruit,ns
were musterei in on thni dST Ss mr. vac men
hAginnis and kelley received $500 each Tor Nh it
co. vice IN th7 matter dcponent kne. that si2G.
~ was dlVidel ainongs four parties, Aim Hughr,
Riley, and he guessed STANLEY; nj. Wss sorc
Immediately after the operations In recruiting In
The following 4. the principal portion ofthe ruppl,
men'ary affidavit sworn To before Commissions,
Jackson yesterday morning:
That about the 9th Of March las, se,oror. =,
the request Of Theodore Allen, one OF The Arm xcn,
70 see uf''e. Cleveland MAyor Of Jersey Civ Tor
the purpo'e OF ascertsinins II he wanted iorri,, ~,
MI the quota Of Jetoy CITY that Nsyor CleSeI.nS
informed him that he did, aud would paw sIbO me-
man deppnent said he had been Instructed he nil,
90. 10 say that they could furnish lie men III,
on The next da' Mayor Cleveland came to Hoioten
ing the inIervier Mayor Cleveland informed tbsm
that he wanted all the men they couiJ
Allen referred MAYOR Cleveland to Coi. B,ksr
sas actlns as sp'.ia agent for tho War Department
deponenI a.ked Allen RILEY hos they we're able to
ytt 20 many men, aud the reply was tina, thsV
Imported them on Ashipand had them In the stream
that after"ards on The same day, Major Cleyeenj
came back g. ne Office aud said h. had seen Col
Baker and Cot u. told him that tho,o credit, WON'T
lie given, and TIA, what no drd With Riley a 20
would be all right; that Mayor Cleveland ,oid
depouent he did not feel safe to paw thu monev ~
he thon went and spoke 10 Col si. who intorraJ
recruited, but he would essraph to Ten FTy liz
reference to that he did ~ telegraph and rec.iy.d
special and confidential order to Tho - go
those credits would be given; that Ma,or Gl,y.ai
then paid Fdd,luO "A bounty for IS men M t T2,.au
man that at the time this money VS. nsib @ p,
Co.. had but ore man thaI they could furpl ii'ioy
recruit on he second day iollosiug Miyor Gleys |
inld paid RILEY Y VI me iutIhe' sum OF 10 'N6; |
ltS men, who we're IegIiaIl enust mo tb a
anu alter being enlisted, taken to room IN The nn
pat of the build ng under PIE cnce o. The,
theil bounty. and Wee there placed In thaf,. ~ ~
suard, aud IN the evening we're ali pui m iron ,ne
that nor one cent vas paid Them, ttat Col n.Is, |
wW present when the men we're Toned and an IT,
day the 18Th, they "eIe marched a-ay in Sh.,n.
Ina
thai sid recruits were leIug oh alLc. Une Isr
q GEO othue' was fac lututB VIA satn ga s
Pttu. Riley Co., and SO IN Co.. Iikes and snna. ~
ed 10 IL ven OiciOus aaA ON cOul ensl
Al ell aud with Jame1 liugnCs snu vas Iba o ~
Memler OF he nm; lhI! deponCG accoInpnI,e t6a
finn ~ the otlcc OF Gilbert ohuIe 4 -py nHn 10
ana they tle.o asked the opinIon Nj shnns
tAolr rsht 10 kccp tIis uYueI, A-d Shups y,ivIaJ |
them 10 Elm N tneIr pgOpeu 10 ,Ar.I s,s,' th
about the iTst aHy ui Nalt. there "a, a Ia,
nj tho ONCE OF Marcus Ciceio ssuty, as d,non.ni
vac informed by 1. 'ho!a the sum OF il'sst.
THIS as divided into ioul pucei', and dep,nsH, -
tered IL IN tue hooks OF the hun b. an, er,in, u,
Peer Riley, as having been divided AMONG Sooi
RI cy anu Illus hes, ami said STANLEY, A. denn,st,
informed and relieves that said stanley an. a. VAS Mas
ildentiAl man between Baker ami Allen oIta,H ~.
and importing information iron one TO tbe nthaTs
that subsequently ti,VOJ IetHnd b, Col Lei. 80
paid over 10 said hrm.
After the afidsvits as above we're read. n
decided to take up single case and get all The ola
menn Of the TRANSACTION by Vhch to determino
whether frauds had been committed or not.
Landau was placed upon The rtand and cro..
questioned at great length prime pay uoon The raI.
as 10 whether HUGHES took active part IN eondnpatI
the business OF the firm 81 Hohoken " ''"uuo'ins |
Mr. NILS being called, te''tsd 70 beins Provo,