Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-02-16
Fraud Commissions Report.
Elegant Extracts-ROgue's Reward
The Progressive Par6yss Pets.

Elegant Extracts-ROguess Reward
The Progressive Party's Pets.
We publish the following brief extracts
from the report of the Fraud Commission
JUDGE RoDMAN's TESTIMONY.
About the middle Of August, 1860, L
went to New York, and stopped at the st.
Nicholas Hotel, as l had been in habit of
doing before the war. When left home
had not the slightest idea of buying
| North Carolina bonds. At the St. Mich
! Olas met several North Carolinians, who
! expressed the opinion that our bonds
/ would rise, and that something could be
made by buying them and selling them
after the rise. While l was considering
the matter met Mr.. SwepSOn, who, with
out any request from NE, or from anybody
authorized by me, offered his guarantee to
! SOutter & Co. for the margin on 100000
| of our bonds for ten days. / accepted it
and handed it to Soutter " Co., who bought
the bonds. They held them until after the
ten days had expired, whereby Mr.. Sweep
sons guaranty became void. Afterwards
they sold them OH my account at loss,
which they charged to HE. | have not
yet had any final settlement with them.
GEN. ESTES TESTIMONY.
L paid some money to influence the.ac-
ton of the Convention to secure their9in-
ordinances through that body. / paid j.
L. Deweese $1,000 TO be divided between
himself and Bryan Latin to secure Laf1in's
vote and influence on a bill providing for
the issue Of 81, 100000 of bonds to the Will
mngton, Charlotte & Rutherford Railroad.
G. w. Swepson told me that he had agreed
to pay DIR. Sloan Is or 20 State bonds to
withdraw his (Sloan's) opposition TO the
passage OF the bill for the benefit OF the
Atlantic, Tennessee & Ohio Railroad, or
for his aid in the passage Of that bill,
don't remember which. Mr.. SwepsOn Of
fered HE $4,000 or ST., 900 of these bonds
il would withdraw All amendment to the
same bill, which had offered. and Which
refused to do.
paid the money from my own means,
but the amount was afterwards placed to
my credit with SOutter d Co., on Their
books. Whether they received compensa-
: ton from other parties l do not know.
! HAL. HARRIsON's TESTIMONY.
A. Some time in the last of 1868 or earl,
@ III 1869, during the session of the Legisa
0 ture OF 1869, 1 saw certain parties, tt
wit, Gov. Holden, Treasurer jenkins ant
J, G. w. SwepsOn, and perhaps, Littlefeld, il
o room upstairs in the Raleigh Nationa
IS Bank, which was private room set aside
=, for the use of SwepSon and his friends.
saw them certainly on two different occa
siOns, and on one occasion saw Gov. IIOl
) den i'll the act of writing, as if in the act O
signing bonds. There were State bonds
sc in the room at the time. The same partie
held frequent meetings in the same room
ii and in sitting room down stairs. The
generally met in the latter when there wer
" no bonds to sign. | think the bonds allud
" ed to were the bonds issued to the Yves
tern North Carolina Railroad for the rea
lie son that great number of these bond
ne were being carried back and forth from
rs the Treasurer's office to the bank. Thes
Is meetings generally took place after bank
II ing hours, the bank closing at ) p. M, tn,
IS parties going into these meetings by bacl
lc or private way. On the Sd day of Nav
1870, found Horace l.. Pike, formerly ed
tor of the Standard in this city, just afte
supper, sitting at the desk i'll the banking
room. lie then wrote a paper which nov
have, and which is attached to the deposi
10 ton. 1t read as follows . hereby sa,ed
IS that L an knowing to the fact that w. w
Holden did i'll the year 1869, receive S25
of 900 in North Carolina bonds for giving hi
of signature to be hereinafter named.'-
IL (NigneeD II. l.. PIKE.
u. A. JENKINS TESTIMONY.
Is, [ have had no interest in, or been enga.
. ed i'll any speculation in special tax bonds
: | did receive from G.. W. Swepson and Co
IL Tate for themselves, and some other part
who | think was Col. Pullian, and VIII
u was not present, the one-touIth of tn
profits in certain speculation of which
- knew nothing then, and know nothn
now, the whole profits of which was owe
u $1,000 as they stated.
HENRY EPPE's TESTIMONY.
j. Some time in the early part Of 1869
ID went into the bank to see i'll could get
small amount of money. The clerk Of tn
l1.II1ly huaIr into f1,n l.
K emily came out aud handed me noe t
sign for about ninety or hundred dollars
he l signed it and he gave me the money fl
ne it. Just betCTs that time | had seen MI
ne SwepsOn and asked him it there was al
O. chance for me to borrow any money at tn
I'd bank. He said he did not know, as it wa
rather hard times at the bank, but TO com
down and see, and he reckoned they woul
let me have what | wanted. | gave no st
curity to the note, and have not since pal
il. 1t has never beer presented. | do nc
remember whether it was payable to- Nj
SwepSon or to the bank.
II. W. CICECHILL'S TESTIMONY.
G. =. DO you knpk, NJ La%e YOU hear
that General Littletieid, at any time CAV
II or lent money 10 any member of the Legis
III lature'
\. Yes; l remember of his lnanin
od money to 4. w. Stevens, member of til
I" House from Craven county, to the amour
Dc Of 81 900, for which he took Stevens note
Also, he lent 500 to J. w. Stevens, Sens
~ tor from CasWell county. l think he frs
gave note for it, and then took up tn
Sc note by giving an order on the Treasure
Ell on account Of his per diG.n. | presente
tue order to the Treasurer, .wha refused t
ol pay il, saying he had already paid up Nj
d Stevens in full. l think | have the Orde
y yet. He also lent L. j. Harris, member
sll the House from Franklin, So. | rcmen
Der that j. II. Harris, member from Wake
e, also got small sum, | think about on
ny hundred dollars.
j. II. HARRIS TESTIMONY
q. Did you FecEI. any money floI
john L. Deweese ?f If 80 hoWimurh, all
at what time. and what was the considers
lion a-
70 A. 1 received $1,000. 1 do not cxactl
remember, but think it was sometime i
~ the spring of 1860, or perhaps in the latte
~ part of TUG winper Of that year, 1t wa
IL shortly before received tile note for $500
~ from Swepson. | understood that this wa
c:' the proportion OF Deweese in the purse
~ be made up TO me in consideration of IN
'e having withdrawn NY name as q candidat
for Congress, and for services rendered t
~ the party as heretofore stated.
IL r.. W. HAMLET's TESTIMONY
he In April, 1869, james Sinclair, membe
st of the Legislature from Robson county