The Portland daily press., 1869-10-12
Mr.. Cerbin's Staten c a..
fErnm the N. Ynrk Harald1

lETOm LIS Ne 4OKk deralQsJ
On the publication Of the letter over Fisk's
signature, dated October 4. 1869, and the afi.
davits attached. the Herald reoresentat;ve
called upon Mr.. Corbin for the nnrnosa n
learning what he had to say on the snbiect
and to give him an opportunity of CLEARING
himself of the grave charges brought against
him. On entering Mr.. c rbin's room The
suffering from disease of the heart
REPoRTER-l come, Mr.. Corbin, to get vonr
denial of the charges made against YOU in the
letter published by Mr. Fisk this morning ~
You have seen the letter, have you not?
Mr.. CoRBIN- Oh, yes, / have seen - A
kind friend brought it to me just now. II Is
dreadful, but can say nothing about f.
REPORTER If not equal to the task of an.
sweriug the charges in detail you will surely
give general denial.
Mr.. CoRBIN No. At present cannot sa1
ANYTHING. I am sick. You must 90 70 ny nv
friends, MIR. A. T. Stewart or Colonej H n NY
of Wall street; they know me. They know
am Innocent of these charges. They will Give
you more information.
REPoRTER-But, Mr.. Corbin, your friends
cannot speak for you in this matter. You are
able to tell me that yOnr friends know Won are
Innocent Let me have from your own Inns a
denial of the charges.
Mr.. COrbin then raised himself in the bad
and vowed by his God and all that he held "a .
cred that be was in no way connected with
the operations of Fisk and Gould; that the
charges that he was interested with Messrs.
Fisk and Gould in the recent gold speculation
are wholly without foundation. he denied
that he had any interest directly or indirectly
in any speculation in gold or government
bonds with or under the direction of said Fisk
and Gould, or either of them and further. that
he had never received any check or money
from either of them on account of said specula-
tinn or for any other purpose. 1t was ali a b Sc
"a Of
him. They were trying to work upon him
on account of his relationship to General
Grant. 81 swear to you" he exclaimed. rails
ing his hand and looking the reporter STRAIGHT
in the face, that Fisk and Gould have never
been to my house since Gould called last an N,
mer when the President was here. have ma
connection with such men. When the Presi-
dent was here my house was open, and re-
ceived all who came to see him with oper
arms.
Representation the statements published
the other day to the effect that Fisk was here
on the 3O:h Of September. last, are false? -
Mr. CORBN False, every word. I will sol
EMMY swear that Fisk was not in my house or
that day nor was his carriage at the door. Tit
affidavit of the man Banfeld, whom supposed
to be detective, that he saw the carriage a
the door, is a lie. s....r.a ... 'rtfI =.-
Banfsld is Mr. Jay Gould's coachman.
Mr.. Corbin sank back on the bed com pletely
overcome with emotion.
ALL IN A NUTSHELL.
Fisk and Gould and their fellow conspira
tors are trapped in their own corner" LIE
the ''bears" rejoice. But if all the gold gam
blers could be trapped together, bulls and
bears, it woald be subject for national rejoic
ing. The orly thing the President had to DE-
with the ring was to defeat its ends. and hi
did bis utmost towards 1t. Had the man of hi
choice been Secretary of the Treasury tn,
whole scheme would have been nipped 10 tn
bud. Were any of the members of the Presi
dents family in the conspiracy to "bull" golt
he will reward them according to their deserts
Individuals may have proited, but the ring a
Sh"le lost fearfuly oy the recent operations
Fisk and Gould are pressing Coroin to pay III
what they alege to Re his propor,io ion of tn,
losses, and other parties are pressing Fisk ant
Gould-Dressing hard, too. Fisk and Goul,
originated the ISLANDERS against the Presiden
in order to force COrbin to pay up. The gol'
gamblers have fallen out among themselves
and who knows but that honest men ma,
eventually get their rights?