Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-02-13

ter was pdlu mere III " Tuo0-
tion-Have you been able to find any re-
GENTS signed by Mr.. Colfax? Answer
have not found any yet, but have
searched carefully. The witness then
road tbe entry from the date of January
% 1868, showing that he received ST.
$50 in money and coupons OF the Cedar
Ronids railroad bonds to be invested IN
Credit Mobilier stock, took the coupons
ae money and made the investment Feb
ruary /, 1868, and delivered to Hon. U.
w. Schofield No. 346 for ten shares Oh
Credit Mobilier stock bought for his ac-
count February 9, 1868, reached Wash
ington and delivered to G. w. Schoheid
one bond of 81, 900, ten shares of stock,
81, 900 +; received of Hon. q. W. Scho-
field for balance due on bond over diyl-
dend. 1896. SO April "a, 1868, received
of William B. Allison $271, balance due
on stock sold him. Then followed
statement in figures showing the value
of a 81 900 bond, etc. The next entry
was in reference to James f. Wilson,
showing 1929 paid him and the calcula-
ton above referred to. Witness next
read the entries in the case of Mr.. Pat
terson. copies of which and receipts
were before the committee few days
since. He next exhibited a statement in
the case of Mr. Bingham, which agreed
with the figures submitted by that gem
! tleman has had no settlement with Mr..
! Garfield nor Mr.. Kelley. He read the
entries in their cases and testified that he
paid to each of them 1929; has no ref
erence on his memorandum book in ref
erence to Speaker Blaine. In settling
with Mr.. Painter he gave him check
received from Mr.. Bartlett for a Cedar
Rapids bond; had settled with Mr.. LO-
gan and gave him a check. Question
Have you any more entries? Answer
No sir. Question-You believe we have
now seen all the entries on the book in
reference to any of these gentlemen?
Answer-Yes sir. By Mr.. Niblack-
Had not found receipts from any of
those gentlemen of any importance; had
! found one of Mr. Allison's without date;
his clerk was now making a further
/ search and he would know sometime
/ this week if he should find any. The
receipt by Mr.. Allison was as follows
| Received, of Cakes Ames, ten shares
of stock of the Credit Mobilier of Am
erica, which l hold subject to his or
ders." In answer to a question by Mr..
/ Hale, the counsel of Mr. Colfax, the wit
/ ness testified that he kept the memoran-
/ DUN books at his office in Easton, when
he came here after the holidays The
one for 1868 was brought to Washington
/ by his son since, and taken back to
Easton by Mr.. Kennedy. Mr.. Ames
was then put through long and severe
cross-examination by Judge Hale as to
how copies were made, but the witness
testified they were not a copy of the ORR
ginal entries, but were made up of yari-
Gus entries. While the cross-examina-
ton was in progress and after it had
been kept up an hour or more, Judge
Poland notified Mr.. Hale that the COM
mittee was thoroughly acquainted with
these matters, having had it all in testi-
mony, and if there were any inconsistent
cies the committee could Judge for itself.
He thought this was all a waste of time,
and going over what the committee al
ready had. Witness further testified
that he did not remember of having
taken any receipt from Mr. Colfax. and
never said so 10 any person. He remem-
bered that he gave to Mr.. Colfax the
check for 81 200. When he made his
statement in December to the effect that
he could not remember if he had ever
paid to Mr. Colfax any dividend, he had
not seen the memorandum and his men,
DRY was not refreshed Question-Did
you mean there to tella lie or the truth?
Mr.. Ames-I won't answer the question.
it is an impudent one. In explanation
of his former testimony, the witness
said he desired to make it as easy as he
could for these men, and he had prob
ably erred On their side, but now they
came here to made him out a liar. AT
ter much bantering of words between
Mr.. Clark, as counsel for Mr.. Ames. and !
Mr.. Hale as counsel for Mr.. Colfax, /
Judge Poland announced that unless
this was stopped the committee would |
be compelled to dismiss both of |
them. as there was great chatter
ing for nothing at all Mr.. Ames-
have been thinking so ever since he be- |
gan. Laughter The witness was
positive he either gave or showed to Mr.. |
ColfaX a statement showing the balance /
due, and that he (Colfax) gave a check .
for the balance. 1t is not probable he |
would have given me a check for 1854, |
unless he knew what it was for. He is
not as green as that. Mr. Colfax never
notified the witness that he would give
up the stock. At first, the witness
wanted to get all these men off as easy
as possible, and rather stated their view
of the case, not relying on his own
memory.
Sidney Dillon, clerk in the office of
the Sergeant-at-Arms, was recalled and
testified that it was his impression that
he paid the ST, 200 check marked rs.
c." to Mr. Oalcs Ames He thought he
paid him in two $500 bills. In talking
with Mr.. Ames during the last thirty
hours, the witness asked him if he did
not pay the check to him, and Ames
said he thought it very likely. Witness
could not swear he paid the check to /
Mr.. Ames. At five o'clock the commit
tee took a recess till seven o'clock this
evening.
WINDSOR COUNTY AGRICULTURAL So
C1ETY.-At an adjourned meeting of the
managers of the Windsor County Agri-
cultural Society held at Woodstock
Saturday, Jan %, the vacancies in the
board were filled as follows. I,udIoyy