The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-05-29

by the order OF Colonel Iafaye'te g Baker; that
Coonel Baser previous TO enlisting the one hundred
and sixty eiPht men at Hoboken, at the Astor House
in the city OF New York, requested our firm to enlist
at the Office W had opened &C HOboken, about
twenty men day and let tnem escape after thev
were enlisted and paid their oouutv, which bounty
we Teoeiv' from the city OF Orange, New Jersey
the men so ENLISTED and allowed to escape were Gre
dted TO the said city and townships; t1at deponens
said firm contin ned 10 enlist and allowed to escape
as aforesaid under directions Of SAID COOuel Baker
twenty men day for seven or eight days; that said
Baker tod deponen's said firm that, by allowing
the TO escape as aforesaid others would be at.
traott d TO depOuents' firms place, I'm HOboSen;
mat ceponent did not know any OF the
enlisted on the 10th of March aforesaid: that depo
rent first saw Mayor Cleveland, OF Jersey City, IN
relation TO the enlistm ents that deponenl dld not
gain was made by Allen, and Landon, the clerk of
our firm. with said Cleveland; the bargain was that
800 should be paid TO each recruit by him to our
hLm; that deponent does not remember the day on
winch the bargain was made but depoDent knows
" was made before the men were sent to Fort Latly-
cite; that after the had been act to Fort Latay-
eue deponent was informed by said Stanley
that Colone Baker was to receive $40 600 for tae
privilege he had granted the firm IN the Hoboken
operation; that said Stanley said Il was to called
testimonial to Baker, and that each member of the
firm was TO pay S2500 to make up the amount; and
deponent Iufther says that on Monday the 18th day
OF March, the day the recruits sent to Fort
LAFAYETTE Mayor Cleveland paid our firm s65 0 o.
and on the day ne paid the ba ance of $50 900;
that out OF the 10000 sald Riley handed Co onei
Igis S54 COO being $500 for each recruit, because
of credit unless he had the money in mis- bands
About ten or twelve days after this near as deDo-
nent can recolect ele0raphIc despatch was received
from Provost General Fry by Colonel IlgIs
and also by General Baker, directing the to be
paid over; that said money bad been deposited in the
Broadway Bank, in the city of New York, by Colo
mel Hgis; that Colonel neis gave q check to said
Riley, PAYABLE TO the order of Riley g. Co. for
$54 600; and deponent and said Riley went to said
bank and drew SAID money IN company with Colonel
llgis; that after said money was drawn from said
bank deponent and said Riley went to the office of
said STANLEY. Nassau street York vuha In
short time ssld Allen and Stanley came that said
S54 OO0was then and there divided into four equal
parts between deponents SAID firm each RECEIVING
Sl3 800 OF SAID money; the sum of 900 first re.
celved from Mayor Cleveland was d posed of as
in our firm, and the balance equally divided ne.
tween the members OF said firm, except $1,000
which was paid to DR. Stow, tho examIu-
And this deponent further says that james Carey
and William Collipan had recruiting rendezvous IN
Water street, New York; that saiu Carey was ar
rested about the 10th of February 1866 bv Colonel
Baker, and while in the custody of said Baker as.
stoned over their rendezvous to said Stanley said
stanley sent to said Carey and Coligan teeeraphc
despatch lsaYlng nothing would be done to release
them unless they assigned their place over to him;
that in few DAYS thereafter said Cogan and Carey
were released without trial; that said Stanley then
sold the place of said Ca ey and Cogan for $4,000,
to Clever, Kelly, and Realigan and Larry Neaher
and the money was equally divided with depo'
nent's said firm; that another place. belonging to
said Cary and Cogan, No Ia State street, was also
assigned to said Stanley while they were still In
custody; which said Stanley sold to James White.
William Churchill and Hugh Kane for $4,000;
which said money divided in four equal shares
between deponenPs said firm; that the amount of
money received by said Stanley his profits OF de-
ponents SAID firm about $50 000 that deponents
sad firm were in bus ness IRON weeks to two
months; that during the period of the existence of
deponeDts SAID firm said Stanley was constantly at
the office of said baker with whom he appeared to
be on mutual terms, and with whom he appeared to
have confidential relations; that deponent does not
know Stanley's present location, but he has under
stood SAID Stanley has absconded from the
city OF New York within the past three weeks
And deponent further that after SAID one hun
dred and siXty-elDht recruits were sent to Fort
Lafayette, said Stanley and SAID Baker both told
depoDent that said recruits were TO be credited TO
jersey CITY; that deponent left New York for st.
Louis in May, and then went to Canada; that in the
latter part of April, 1865, depOnent went to the
Astor House to see said Baker, and there saw him
for the last time; that said Baker did not tell me
then that he had order for my arrest from Gene
raj Fry; never knew why the order of arrest from
General Fry did not contain the name of Stanley,
And this deponent further says that the $500 above
referred to as having been paid Colonel lgis. with
the S54 600, for the men who had been pre.
viOusly enlisted by depohents firm.
JAMES HUGHES.
Sworn before me this Gath day of Jayuary. 1866 at
Newark, New Jersey A s. JACKSON,
United states Commissioner.
The complainant having been further briefly ex-
ahmed, the case was adjourned till this morning.
The defendant not beng able to find $56 900 bail as
required bv the Court committed to prison in
the meantime.-R Y. Herald.