The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-27
THE ALASKA PURCHASE.
Report of the Investigating Committee
of Congress-.

The report OF this committee which has been
pursuing its investigation so far as pOssiDle.
relative TO the charges OF bribery and corrup-
tion In the Alaska purch ase, since the latter
was consummated, is just published The
The testimony of Mr.. Spinner. Treasurer of
the United States, and of Mr.. Riggs, the
checking out and receiving the purchase
money agreed upon for Alaska. concur In
sslablishipg the following 1 facts dstss and
this money:-That the warrant on the
Treasurer payable 10 Baron stoeckl, Russian
drawn for 81 200, eco in coin, and by endorse
ment was asst gned 10 George w. Riggs, banker.
cheeks on the Sub Treasury In New York for
S7,lC00OO. The remaining 500 COO being left
some days in .he Treaa ury. subject TO Mr. Riggs
middle OF September. or the further or other
destination of the purchase money or any part
there of the IRE a. urer seemed TO know nothing,
Mr. Riggs corroborated the stai ement OF Mr..
Spipn with the additional statement that he
Messrs. Barring Brothers & Co, of New YORK.
81, OBS, 900, leks his commission OF one twentieth
Of one per cent OF this, By direction of the
Russian Minister he paid S26 on n gold TO Mr..
Robert j. Walker, and the remainder was paid
Oy sundry checks 10 the Russian Minister In
person in the months OF August aud Septem
ber Mr.. Riggs discLnimed any other know
ledge of the dish ipution use of said purchase
money or any part thereof
MIR. Robert J. Walker testified that In May.
1868, he was called upon by Baron Sioeckl aud
employed as oopnses for the Ru Sian Govern.
priatiop. His original retainer was $40 900 In
gold. After the passage of the appropriation
this amount seems 10 have been increased TO
about $28 900 in coin. He further testified that
out of or from these sums of money 80 received
he paid Mr.. F. p. Stanton, as associate counsel,
5000 In greenbasks. He further stated that
some weeks after the passage of the
Alaska appropriation hs suggested To Baron
Sioeeki that the Daily C2rOntcte. pnblshedln
WaRbin gton, having rendered valuable services
by opening It's columns To editorials and com.
municstions In fuIJherance of the Alaska pur-
chase and appropriation without compensa.
tlon or previous expectation thereof ought to
be recognized end rewarded in some shape
whereupon $1,000 In gold was paid to Mr.. d. o.
Forney, ofthat paper Colonel John w. Forney
the principal proprietor, declining to receive
Mr.. f. p. Stanton testified that he was en-
ployed as associate counsel. as stated by Mr.
Walker; that his business such was To az.
plain and set forth the merits of the Alaska
purchase TO members of Congress; that in 40
doing he did not use or offer TO use money to
induce conviction or action and did moi know
or believe money had been used with memb bers
or with the press other than stated nv Mr.
walker; that his own retainer of $4,000 in green.
backs came direct from Mr. Walker. That he
never bad any intercourse with the Ruasian
Minister or Legation on the subject of the
treaty or pu Jhase of Alaska. or the apnrouria.
tion for TN yment thereof