New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-02

A. knew once that they we're written
out at night.
This witness was, with the consent of
counsel. excused from further attendance.
The names of the following named wit
nesses for the prosecution were caiied, ana
thew we're found not present, to wit: Dr. 3.
G. Russell, Antoine Dubuclet and +. Ouoa"
clet.
| TESTIMONY OF ADAM CITIZEN.
| Adam Giffen. the witness for the prosecu-
| ton. was called and duly sworn by the
| Secretary.
| Examination in chief by Manager Low
| ell.
Question. State your name and resi-
| deuce?
Answer. My name is Adam Citizen, and I
| reside at No. ZIG Sixth street, in the Fourtn
District.
Q. You have been State Treasurer
A. / have.
Q. What time?
A. From the commencement of 1866 till
| July, 1868, about.
@. What do you know about the issuance
of bonds under the act of 1857?
A. have issued great many of them.
@. What time were those bonds issued.
What were the dates?
A. They were issued at various dates.
Q. What was the dates Of the coupons On
the bonds?
A. l. Issued QiueTeut JULIUS
Q. mean the four million levee bonds.
A. You mean the general date OF the
bonds. by the passage of the act. DO not
remember.
Q. At the time they were issued, were
there any over due coupons?
A. At my time in the Office the matured
coupons we're generally cut of, and the
the face for its value-that is, coupon Tor
instance having three months to run, Is IN
dorsed "GoOd for thirty dollars" or what
ever it may be at the time.
O. WHAT was done with the coupons fully
matured?
A. The custom was for myself and Mr..
Peralta, when he was Auditor, to count
them with the gentlemen in the office, and
in their presence to destroy them.
Q. Was that the invsriable custom!
A. It was invariably the custom between
Mr.. Peralta and myself
@. What was done with those partly
matured?
dorsed for their value.
@. What time did you leave that Office?
A. In July, 1868.
Q. Was that after the new government
was inaugurated-atter Governor War
moth?
A. After Governor Warmoth had taken
his seat.
Q. We're any of these bonds issued after
that time?
A. Not by me; they were not issued by
me. | am glad to have the opportunity OF
correcting the statement that has been made
to this effect. On all the bonds issued by
me during my time in the Office the ma
matured Endorsed for their value, but the
bonds to which you refer were not issued
by me.
Q. Whom were they issued by?
A. 1t must haue been by my successor in
office, or by Mr.. Wicklife; who issued them,
do not know?
Q. Do you remember how many were
issued?
A. 1 think received from Mr.. Snethen,
then acting for Governor Warmoth, one
hundred bonds, or about one hundred, / re-
ceived them in company with MIR. William s.
S. Pike, who had an interest to the extent
of torty-six. I took them with Mr.. Pike to
the office of the Auditor; at that moment
Mr.. Wickliffe came to take possession OF the
office, and Mr.. Peralta was in the act Of
abandoning the office. 1 then gave theses
bonds to Mr.. Pike as guardian. l had been
in the habit to keep in his banking house
such bonds; these bonds were given to Mr..
Pike, who took them to the bank. A few
days afterwards he turned them over to Mr..
Wickliffe, who distributed these bonds. I
pid not issue these bonds. but they were in
my possession, for a short time, coming
from the Governors Office to the Auditors
office.
Q. They were issued by the Auditor?
A. presume, by the Auditor. / never
saw the bonds after I gave them into the
hands of Mr.. Pike.
Cross-examined by counsel for respondent:
Q. You spoke of 100 bonds?
A. Yes, package of 100.
@. Do you know the numbers?
A. No. think they must have been two
thousand four hundred and odd. l think I
issued up to twenty-four hundred.
z. Aud these were numbered 2t00 or 2500l
A. Yes, think so.
Q. You say you had them in your posses-
lion?
A. Yes.
Q. But you did not issue them?
A. Ne.
Q. How came they in your possession?
A. Because / was in the habit, when bonds
we're signed, to receive them from Mr..
,nethen.
Q. Then Governor Warmoth signed the
'onds and delivered them to you, or through
lis secretary?
A. Yes.
Q. When they came to you were all the
COUPONS attached to the bonds?
A. think they were.
Y. DO you know that they were?
A. 90 not know positively, but I
Q. Have you you any distinct recollection
bout it?
A. No; but concluded that they were.
=. You have no recollection of taking
hem off yourself; but do you remember
whether they were taken off before they
7ere delivered to you?
A. do not think they were.
Q. You were then Treasurer?
A. Yes; / was until my successor took pos
ession.
Q. How long after that was it before Mr..
)ubuclet took possession?
A. think two days.
2. Was Mr.: Wickliffe in possession Of the
uditor's office before that 4
A. Yes; two or three days.
z. So that Wickliffe was Auditor two days
efore Dubuclet was Treasurer, and it was
urlng this time that these bonds were de-
vered to you?
A. The very day that Mr.. wicklife took
essession. IA
Q. You did not deliver them to Mr.. Wick.
FIFE?
A. did not.
A. 10 w. S. Pike, of the firm of Pike, i
rother & Co.
Q. What became of them afterward?
A. do not know; never Saw them after
ard?
Q. So that all you know is that these i
ODDS were delivered to you. and you think
lie coupons-were not cut of, and you de.
vered them to Mr.. Pike?
A. That is all l know my own knowl.
dye.
Q. Did you ever get any forms from Mr..
'ickliffe?
A. do not remember having anv trans.
,tion with Mr.. Wickliffe whatever.
The name OF H. Peralta, a witness for the
'osecutlon, was called, and he was found