New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-25

for at least $4,000 before $50 O'Clock today and mort
gage the roof over my head for the balance q,
get uptown before he asked me 10 make ~ as ate s
possible, for there were so many arouId La' % I
m viii hand me cheek on sccoant a. Monday and mort
gage balance Am on ny way up to give particulars 50
" 5e' t5s SIsrnod when called about $780, found
Gen. Buttereld, with his nat on ready 10 go OUT he
told me that III; %e was c ySg mn M The o'clock trn
and that he would be back on sunday night ana would
see YOU then asked him what he meant by giving me
his word OF honor in the morning 10 the $4,000 ana
ne thought that was behaving like man, and to relnen.
Der what sort of position 1t placed him In with my
clients. Ho then replied:
"Wen. VIII show you why could not pay that ten
thousand My father Tor fathcrnlag) has drawn on me
executor this morning for Just that amount and l. has
taken all could raise. could let that 20 to protest
But yon tell Mr. Gould that viii pay all that DUE aud
He then called tor the draft him as executor and
showed II 70 me, adding;
"Why have forty millions OF gold right here, but
can't take that to make up my losses, and Mr. Gould
walked up with the General far as my downtown
Office and BE- said he Thought he would stop and MI
Gould on his way up 20 the cars.
The following week again called upon Gen. Butter.
field AT your request and had further conversation with
Onehaf Of gold, million, II was absolutely i'm.
possible. lie had real estate but money. He then
him with specific amount when yOn referred In y To
his interest IN me po0 and claimed that before you had
any right 20 require any money from IlD yOu should
state the accounts OF the pool 30 that nc shI see
whether any money had been lost ana le wOuid eaVS "
to his friend Tweed how much he should pay just teh
mutual acquaintance came IN, aud rose to take my
leave But the General stood up asO aud taking piece
OF paper from the table about "a large as ha sheet Oh
paper, he held t In front OF and said aloud;
There those the figures you wanted to see, ana
at the time held up small piece O paper, on WHICH
was written go
want my friend Richard schell TO act for me with
Tweed IN this matter" on words to that effect.
The larger paper eectuay concealed the smaller one,
and the observation of the General about the figures was
simply misead mutual acquaintance as TO the OBJ
ject OF my visit
then left for that day, and have not called on him
since. Very truly yours, FREDERICK A LANE
further appears that the 9Th OF October that Is TO
say few days after the second visit Of Mr. Lanes re-
ferred to IN the above report Gen Butecd morSaged
his house in Ffthaye. and other real estate 20 the
amount Of 100000
Those who believe that Butterfled was an accompice
the pool refer also 20 the story published In Tie Times
Of an employee OF Messrs Fisk and Gould being stationed
behind hs chair to watch the dispatches from Washing
ton the day OF tho in Walst and ask II that
could be done without Gen. ButterGeds own comfy
In conclusion give the following extract from
a conversation reported IA The Sun:
Reporter 90 Mr. Fsk)-Gen. Butterheld declares that
the gold pool tapped the telegraph wires, ana IN oher
ways surrcpttOusly obtained news OF the Treasury
Department during and before the gold panic Is THIS
true
Mr. Fsk-It Is notso Mr.. Corbln did not need 70 tap
telegraph wires 10 obtain his information. 1t only
necessary ~ tap ButterAeld TO get al the information
required.
This closed tho conversation The above report was
read Messrs Could and Fisk, and was By them de-
ClaI. 10 DC correct.