Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-02-12

IIeu uoii"ao III CaSn- Il uOn'b Know
that he ever gave any note. -
w. X. Hall, Senator, received one
thousand dollars for which he extend
ed his note, with some gentleman
from Kentucky, think, as indorser.
All these gentlemen promised to re-
turn the money at .some time, or
something to that effect.
There was o young man who was
frequently with Mr.. Wilson Dug
gan, of SEWER, who come to me and
said If l would give him one hund-
red dollars he would secure Duggan's
influence. gave it to him. What
he did with 1t l don't know, nor do 1
remember his name. / saw Mr.. Rut-
ter present DIR. Mulloy with suit of
clothes. rct .rs 3. no ~
General John Eaton, Jr., told me
that he was In the employ of Mr..
Rutter to secure the passage of tn e
bill. We consulted together frequent-
ly. He received one hundred dollars
at one time to pay travelling expen-
ses. Hfr.t s+
All these transactions were had
pending the passage of the bill and
before it passed. / disbursed about
thirteen thousand dollars to various
persons outside the Legislature to Sc
cure influence. / am now sued for
the money.
Q.-State where the thirteen thou
sand dollars was deposited, and by
whom actually paid out.
Alt was never deposited at all.
/ paid out some from hand to hand.
For other amounts / drew checks OH
the Tennessee National Bank, and /
would hand the check to some one,
frequently a third party, and saw the
check no more. Generally 1 received
actual cash and paid it out myself, a
great deal fbr drinks, supplies, drives,
loans, etc.
Q.-Whd did you regard as the
warm frien0s of the measure?
A.-The Earmest friends were Ar
nell, FusoB Mullins, Duggan, Dom
aldson, MuHoy, Patton, Wines and
many others-these were the gentle
men who consulted together. In the
Senate We're Hall, Cypert, Mckinney
and others.
Q.-From your letters you express
some doubtD as to Richards, w. ].
Smith and others. Were these gen.
tlemen enemies of the bill I?
A.-Theyboth were enemies of the
bill for time They afterwards be-
came friends to it, and so expressed
themselves. During the investiga-
tion afterwards, Richards made the
best speech on the side of the bank
that was made in the House. Inever
made the initiative to these gentle
men (Smith and Richards). They
approached me as co-workers and
friends of Rutter's.
Q.-You have spoken of moneys
that you have disbursed. Do you
know of any other persons paying
out to the same end?
A.-The moneys l have heretofore
spoken Of were those disbursed by
myself and Rutter, and are such as
come within my personal knowledge.
heard Rctter say that he had given
5. *. n. Patton some money, / don't
remember the amount, / think four or
five thousand dollars; also Barbour
Lewis, both colored, and General
Eaton, John Smith and Judge Leon
ard. l understood him to say an
mean that these gentlemen had been
paid for services rendered in getting
the State deposits'and the fiscal agen-
cy for his bank. heard him speak
of having paid out other moneys, but
can not state the connection. News
papers were paid for inserting articles
favorable to the bank. These articles
were usually written by outside par
ties, and the papers paid to insert
them as editorials. [ know that the
Press and Times was paid for insert
ing an editorial which 1 wrote, re-
commenting the passage of such a
bill as was finally passed. The Ban
ner was paid for inserting an article,
as editorial, but 1 do not remember
the substance; think it was to pre-
vent the passage of fiscal agency
bill, different from the one we passed.
All these transactions took place two
years ago, and L have not recalled
them since.
Q.-What bank in Nashville usu-
ally took your checks?
A.-Mainly Wing, Toby & Co.,
though they were taken by several
banks and persons. Most of the
checks drawn by me went to Mem
phis by private hands.
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