The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-01-06
rxna.ure of the Fast-Ffefght System
SECOND DAY.

q, DELEGATES. upr Graham. OF Rockbridge,
rrr>:d.ug.) me. again last night at O'Clock
- roui!nue the investigation ordered 10y the
uap>, in the matter Of the Alexandria and
Fredericksburg Railroad Company. The re-
,ari Of the proceedings published yester-
G3c morning in the Dispatch caused the
.lrhrrinc Of considerable number Of per-
sons a; the Ebrary-room Of the Court Of
supcal,. Oh llth street 10 witness the pro.
rrclin--.
Mr.. JOHNSON RECALLED.
Nr. Reuben johnson having been re-
called. stated that ne did not know whose
heck that for 81 900 was.
=. How long did the check remain sub
5rct 10 your order:
\. TWO Of three days I then advised
Huyck the check was subject TO his drafts,
ana he drew on ne.
9. Who was the cashier Of the bank:
\. Chas. r. Huil.
z. Who is the teller now:
\. G. W Il. Ramsey.
Z. You know nothing Of the transactions
hrtween Lincoln and Roberts:
4. Nothing but what l have heard Mr..
Licoln say sinc2.
Q. Was the stock transferred to Roberts
% the stock-book:
\. don't know. l transferred my
rip by writing on the back Of 1t.
q. i the stock-book here:
\. don't know. ! never saw one.
q. Did You get any instructions about
where 10 deposit this check when you got
il:
4. No.
z. Did Stewart give YOU instructions as
IL how far You could check on this $1,000 :
\. No, sir.
&. a. far as your power to draw upon it
WAS concerned, wouldn't a check for 500
have done as We'll?
\. don't understand YOU.
=. Wouldn't it have done for all the pllr-
poses you were authorized TO check upon
Il:
4. IF Stewart had given me Il check for
The expenses Of the commissioners, would
still have expected the $4,000 to cover the
quota to be paid III under the law.
GEORGE l.. ROBERTS RECALLED.
Mr. Roberts, president Of The Alexandria
and Fredericksburg railroad, was called and
crosS-examined by President P. Y. Daniel,
Ut the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Po-
tomac railroad.
MIR. Roberts read the contract between
himself and W. S. Lincoln, in which the
latter bound himself to deliver to Roberts
al the stocks and bonds of.the Alexandria
and Fredericksburg company, have the Off
GERS and directors resign, have such officers
and directors as Roberts should designate
elected, should get the Legislature of Fir-
gina TO extend the chatter Of the road,
&C., for all Of which Lincoln was to receive
$50, 900. Mr.. Roberts then read the receipts
Of Lincoln for money, bonds, &c, to the
amount Of the stipulated SS0,000.]
THE MISSING CASH AND CHECK BOOKS.
Nj. Daniel.-At the time Mr.. Lincoln ap-
preached you, or when the bargain was
contaminated. did you ask for the cash,
check, and transfer books!
\. Yes, sir.
Q. What account did he give Of their alb.
>ence:
A. None, sir. He said there were no
other books than those he brought.
9. Did this excite 10 suspicion on your
part:
A. No, sir. The stock book was all that
We needed. 1t is not customary for small
corporations to have transfer books. With
such stock book rs we had we needed no
transfer book.
Z. Is there any book showing the trans
fer,;
4. The stub, or marginal note, shows
who transfers the stock, and is signed by
them. | have managed several corpora
tiCns, some Of which had no transfer book.
Q. Didn't the absence of the cash and
check book excite any suspicion?
a. No, sir.
=. A statement has been made here by
yourself that 100000 had been expended
by the company and $4,000 bonds issued
10 cover 1t. Can you see how this money
could have been paid without a check
book?
A. Yes, sir. own one-tenth interest In
company that does q large business and
uses no check-book. But it was q matter
OF no interest to me where the check-book
was, or whether there was any ; nor is it
matter of interest to me now. After the
act was passed .in 1870 extending the char
Ter and brought to US, we did not care what
had been done before. 1t was none of our
business. We commenced anew then. Our
business was only to see that the bonds,
coupons, and stocks were brought to us in
Il satisfactory condition.
z. The question is not whether you
thought it necessary to inquire into 1t, but
whether the absence of any cash account
on the Fart Of the company might not ex-
cite your suspicion that the requisite
amount Of money had not been paid in'
A. answer No.
THE FIRST OFFER OF TIE SALE.
z. When were you first approached, and
by whom, on the subject Of the sale Of this
franchissf
A. BY Mr.. Lincoln In the fall Of 'G9 or
winter OTTO. 1t may have been in January,
10 1t WAS not long. After Lincoln left he