The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-09-25

edge, every dollar of it, ready to b.
drawn upon any legal warrant
| Applause. | came on to Philadel
I phia to see what could be done to sc
cure this claim, or any part of it, on
of the assets of Mr.. Yerkes. fount
he had made voluntary assignment
Of what property lie had left TO I
lawyer in this city, and discovered
that before his failure he had giver
preference to a large number Of bank
and bankers in this city-some o
your very first bankers-and some o
the largest and most powerful corpor
ations in this city, the First Nationa
and the Kensington Banks, and Mr.
Drexel Now my duty as counsel fol
Mr.. Mackey and Gen Hartranft-
who had nothing in connection will
this deposit of public money-was t.
direct them what was best for them t.
do. | knew if went into Court o
Bankruptcy and instituted proceed
ings against Yerkes, to force these
people, that | would be fought a
every step. knew that Yerkes
books and all the accounts and data
would have to be brought into the
public tribunal, and passed through
the hands of the Marshal and the
hapds of the Register in Bankruptcy
open to the inspection of all the cred
itors. Did that make them hesitate
a moment Did | hesitatey | went
into the L. S. Court and filed the pc.
tition in bankruptcy and provided the
proof This money was the personal
indebtedness of Robert w Mackey,
every dollar of it, and has all been
paid to the S,ate-every dollar Of it
and is there now. Applause. +
What say can be proved by any
body who examines the record
There was nothing illegal or impro-
per in the transaction with Chas. L.
Yerkes. Applause. There was
nothing improper or criminal in either
Robert w. Mackey or j. f. Hart
ranft. But they say there was an
account kept in the books in the ini-
tials of NJ. r. W., and that they re-
presented stocks bought for Mr.
Mackey and for Mr. Partranft. just
at that time one of the first things i
did when ! came to Philadelphia to
collect this money was to ascertain
the state Of the accnunts between
Mackey and Hartranft. | saw the
initials m. X. W. and | inquired
what they meant. why" said Mr.
Yerkes, 'they mean stocks that | had
bought for Mr.. Mackey as a favor,
and if / made any money out of them
/ would pay it to him, and if | lost |
would say nothing about IL" Ispoke l
to Mr.. Mackey about it, and asked
him if he had authorized this thing
THE FORGED AFFIDAvITs.
He said he didn't give any authori-
ty, and that he didn't deal in stocks.
Mr.. Ierkes, in the presence of Mr..
Kemble, said the account was in no
way included in the proceedings in
bankruptcy. But they say that is
not all. Here is an affidavit made by
Charles Yerkes that he did buy stocks
with the State money for Hartranft
and Mackey-that they were speeula-
ting in State funds. / say to you to-
night that Charles Yeikes never
made any such affidavit and never
signed it. (Applaure. say to you
here tonight it is a forgery made out
of whole cloth, and / have the docu-
ment to prove it here in my hand
[ At this point the speaker exhibited a
letter.
On July 18th, 1872, Charles
Yerkes wrote to General Hartranft
this: "The affidavit which they
have made out has not my signature
to it."
And on the 9th of August, 1872,
he writes thus and the letters are
ready to be produced, with his own
signature and in his own handwriting
whenever any one wants to see them,
for / have got them. Applause.
II have been extremely sorry that
| have not been able, by the frustra-
ton of my plans, to assist you to
deny the ingeniously contrived arti-
cles and false statements that have
been published in the papers. 1t is
nv earnest desire to alleviate all YOU
have suffered by reason Of matters in
my Office. / will take every oppOrtu-
nifty of doing so.
CHAs. II. YERKEs."
And that's not all and | say here
tonight that the day is not far dis
tant, and the hour is not far distant,
when it will be demonstrated that
this man, connected with some bogus
college, selling diplomas and constitu-
ting men wholesale murderers ali
over the world-that this fellow is
thief as well as a forger applause
and if he wants to sue anybody for
| am ready for his capias to-
morrow.
At this point the speaker was in
terrupted by cries of Give it to
Forney now"
Whereupon he replied, Hes a
dead duck" applause and laugh
ter
OF THE STATE UNDER RE-
PUBLICAN RULE.
Now, nv fellow citizens. they al
Iege this; the misuse of the public
l will be glad, if i have the
strength, to discuss these matters
with you, for / know a great deal per-
sonally in regard to them, and what
| say l can prove They talk about
their speculating with the public
Let me tell you here to-
night that the finances of the Com
of Pennsylvania were
never in as creditable and prosperous
1 condition as they are in tonight
REDUCTION OF THE STATE DEBT.
When the Republican party took
possession of the State of Pennsylva-
MIA, the Democrats gave us legacy
Of $4,000, 900 of dollars of debt. For
years and years it had been over forty
of dollars, and never, under
a Democratic administration had it
been diminished or decreased. Oc-
casionally, when the Wings got in, it
would go down a little but, as soon
rs the Democrats returned to power,
it would go up. Laughter We