New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-07-03

hia wpV attend q
i've Committee of the Merchants Union.
ia A. What occurred theTef - 4.
A. He gave order 10 buy two thousand shares o.
the old Express stocks thousand shares 10 Dc par
chased the following Monday morning heAl morning
Auburn to buy lie then asked me for pen aud INK ana
paper which furnished him WITH ana lie drew up
shares tho price rot 10 exceed 20 cents ana one
SHARES te prics o' This contract he TOOK
with him. -.
A Ibid ,Uyeeif And VIC agreed upon form Of tcle-
gram which he 70 send me from Auburn, where this
aan was 10 he discussed The meeting was called at A-
burn for the purpose Of discussing whether they would
make the call or not
rs A. Did he So state to yOuI
lie 10 stated at tat mc and that he had thereto
fore been favor o. making the call because as he tod
me- mtrusted that the other members OF the L1eeu-
tive Committee were IN consultation with the old express
companies for he purpose OF winding up me Aefehahts
Undu Express, the purpose Of making something out
Of it, and he dissatisfied because they had not taken
hin In with themthey had ruled him out, It were;
that he,ad taken such decided stand IN favor Of eau
that be would not dare get up In the Board and openly
advocate the making OF the call but that he would
vote against making cali if the others did
49, @ Yon stated that you agreed upon form OF teie'
A Yes Sir producing telegram. and this is a copy.
gave iu these names in tue telegram because we hdd
young in the Olhce by tine name VI W r. seight O1
course il he should send dispatch OF that kind IL was
desirable that should get IL Immediately, ana TINS name
20 O. When did YOU receive the telegram from him
A. lie was send this telegram they decided not
20 make call they decided TO make call ana nc dll
the other shares bought; consequently dld not
az O IN VITO whose handwriting is that paperi
o. o. m was icft with YOU az the form Of messagei
A. Yes Sir. N l received message OF that kind,
was to buy another thousand shares lie retained copy
AZ O. Is this the form Of telegram referring to paper
marked NO. /, July J. 1867, d. T. l., jr Referee that
you 10 receiver
"a q What further if anything, occurred in regard to
A. subsequently saw the General after his return
Auburn and gave him verbal notice OF the purchase
gave the order buy 1000 shares according TO my con-
tract Monday NJ, May n. wrote 70 Gen SIOcuin
Auburn same day aud gave him notice OF the puT-
as O. Did you receive any telegram at any timei
A received one from Cleveland some days aterWard;
II left Cleveland on the 9th day Of Jnne.
&C. q. Before you purchased any more STOCK - -.
A Inever purchased but the 1900 shares He was to
telegraph from Cleveland.
a. q. Upon what subtectl
A. Upon the same subject whether should buy an
other thousand shares OF sell the thousand shares tn
had bought This telegram referrlng 10 No u does not
burn In a subsequent conversation he told me that he
would telegraph, that would understand whether the
tees. which was TO be held at Cleveland
IS q. The Executive Committee at Auburn not having
They decided leave it with the trustees-so was
20 O. Is that the telegram that you received from
Cleveland Geferrng to paper marked NO 2, July l. 1867
A. It He told me that he would telegraph
thing in that form, that might know-that =, there
would be another issue Of Governments or something
Ike that. There no written cipher or key.
SOC. Did you the General after the reception OF
that last telegrami -. .....
81. O. DID you seIi
a. ibid i sold 500 shares on the receipt Of that tele
gram The General did not call upon me when he came
back from Cleveland, and wrote him letter, OF when
Adams Express sock az per MS order but that had
given any order sen the American account OF the
rgce having fallen. do not remember exactly what
stated but that the effect but that the price had adj
vaRced since, and wanted an answer immediately
my IetterbOOk and delivered 10 him personally
He gave the boy reply, but did not sign IT, stauhg
will you this evening, or Tomorrow nave the
A. He did He called at my house
S. O. What took place a.,
not suppose that he TO stand the loss the stock
There was the 500 shares that sold He told
me that he would me every day or two On the Ath
of June he called al my Office and told to have The
rest of it sold He gave verbal order TO have it sold
81 q Did You General after this second sale
No s he has never called on me sce which at
his disposal am disposed TO carry out my eohract just
S. 8. When Gen slocum spoke TO yon about some ar
rAngement which was TO be made with the old copaies
about the nature of the arrangement by whom was
proposed. either specifically III very general terms
Nth h M i,o rchsed his stock for him he was TO
control cen John A. Greer be told that he could and
seine money out Of It; that he had fifteen thousand dol
lars IN bank here and could g IN 5eS Sn STOCK Oh %
Q. Did he say who the persons were who were en-
gagged IN trying make this arrangement with the old
He stated that Ross and Baekus and Beardsee had
the General out; that what made all this trouble
81. @. With whom had they been in consultations
With parties connected with the old Express Com
panies-wh the Directors He stated that Ross thought
that they ought stOpthat % per cent Was al that they
had any right take out of the stockholders He TOOK
that view OF IT, he thought that 1t an honest 1air
thing up per cent but 20 ask the Stockholders 70 pay
An any thing than that he thought was little 100
much 49,.
81 @. Did he say anything else upon that subjecti
A. No sir -,
50 q When Gen. slOcum stated that the losses OF the
Merchants Union Company were frightul, did he say
anything about the Trustees in that connecticut
4. stated that the Trustees outside Of the Exeeu-
tive CUmmtee had never known anything about their
true condition. and that they would be amazed at ncir
losses CHARLES p. THAlER.
sHx No. J. JuLT1, 1851, D. P. L. JR REF.
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Year yin Al River Depot Saturday morning
JAMES SLEIGHI.
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NJ No , JrIH !, 1867. D. P. l., JR, REP -
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