The sun., 1873-08-21


vi, h the 500 had received from Mr.. MATHEWS.
! nave gone three times over all the letters
have preserved and have not found this letter"
This is Mr.. CoLFAx's story, told after
fourteen days of meditation and concert
with his counsel. If true, he knew IL rs
well at the moment when the cashier tes-
titled rs he did at the end of n fortnight;
and the inquiry again comes up, Why, with
these facts to answer the charge did he
hold them back If the answer was good?
He introduces first n dead contractor to
play principal part in furnishing $1,000,
who as will he shown had already given
hn $1,000 in April, and subsequently an
other $1,000 in July, and according To his
own admission still another ~ 900 early in
November--three payments Mt intcrvalsof
three months each. And these quarterly
payments were always made in checks.
while the alleged one in June was in the
extraordinary grceuhack. Various letters
in April and July are produced from NEs-
BIrr, but unfortunately the only one con-
graduating him on his nomination and
sending this remarkable gift cannot he
found. And what Is worse still, there is
no trace of such gift among NEsDirr's
papers.
MIR. CoLFAx's memory on this subject was
quite fresh, though in other respects It was
slugulurly faulty. lie sworc To one pecu-
liar circumstance, which If at all true
would have naturally impressed itself on
every person who sat AZ his table at that
memorable breakfast. " The biz cdS thcn
passed round from hdBd To hand and er-
dmhcd." The only two witnesses called
To uphold this theory were members of his
own family. who would OF course accept
Mr.. CoLFAxs statements and bc preds-
posed to confirm them. Let lis see what
they say on this score;
"GEoRoR ". MATHEWS Dstcpfa,hcr Of CoLT,xl,-.
o iinvp YOU any knowledge n regard to the receipt
Sf money thronth the mail by Sir. CotrAx n June
100 y ana aT, T.Ts,y an NSS y5S- ceoec,on ot
thattraus,ctlon' A.-Accoroing to my memory. from
been bee i6rec or four DAYS after paid Mr CoLF., !ns
ha sT1'1d ON, bts letters ana pSprrs Il thc
table end was opening them while thc nyats were being
engaged with one lcttcr-thst he seemed 70 be very
much In AsT ,eG srr1an, S Ts, pG ne
paper aud held mp with his thnnh on bank OIL as
or Two % 50 ia. We could COX At H. ana said \ thou
10 dollar s e g,pGan lSr,1 NAVE ~ep rre,Spa tr,n
saws he th- Viii help me to IA ont HNN CONNER, for
he s Cl4uorols Tor money.
Not word here about handing round
the hill for examination. MATHEWS was
n willing witness. who had heard the COT
FAX version. but he forgot that particular
point in his zeal rs stcpfathcr
The next witness was his haif-,istcr, Mr.
CARoGINE HofifsIE ER, who was brought
from Utah for this purpose.
"Q-statc II YOU have any recollection or knovledrt
@t Ie I1''i o. tI.fi ny ~, ~ ~, tnlIy III, ,"u
know ledge IN relation 90 IL. At remember he ",
Slme from ' Wr Nt,mii u Sew ICra. 1t vac euco,c,
20 IN you i1 the tine any moro definitely thar
you haNc' You ~ You WuN " wa m June 30 ~
"a. during me rt-t excitement sitr the nomination
when he Nas receiving congratulations from every one
/ "Q.-Nou ssw the money tnai came In the letter
tied the money that vs. in t 20 hat You could see
/ A. 'oHd rD' tir T' ?" lh f ,.
tn" date any nearer than tt' a- TO what part OF Juue
/ vas a. w. 'ir, Hoit''..
! His half-sister was not willing ~ swea
even that she saw the money ~ all. There
fore the bill could not have been pass 90
round from hand To hand and examined
by this witness as CoLFhx sworc was done
| On that interesting point hc j. not su,
tanned nj all. The best that can he sniI
fur the stcpfather and half sister Is tha
they have coufounlcd dates after nv
years, ami adopted the theory of one IL
whom both were naturally Interested. Ii
April and in July CoLFAX had receive
checks for 81 600 each from NEsnIrT. whic
ne probably in one or other case eNhll
tied to his family. Upon that foundatio
il was easy for these witnesses To hc misle
as to the date, and To raise mp the othc
supcTstructure without an intent L. IA
sify.
This, then, is the best case CoIFNX ha
7 been able TO make ont 10 upset the dire,
and conclusive proofs tracing the $l,A
check into his possession. lie thinks
was "abmIt the middle of June The lei
ter j. lost which would fix the date. NE'
HIrr j. dead. And there is no trace of th
money on his books or pap"r-. In fac
there is no evidence at all. and nothing bu
this prctence OF testimony to offset cor
tempOraneous records that are ovcrwhclu
ing
NESnIrT was a mau Of business aud
sharp contractor. who knew how tO IN
veual politicians and make them serve h
purposes. The idea of hi- sending a thou
sand dollar bill 10y mail j, simply ahsur'
Aud he shows that by hls first letter
CoLFAX, April l., lSGS, OF rather the hIt
of the series produced, when hc tells hi
IN postscript. IL enclose "A check fC
safety; if You had rather receive n
another form, please name your wish
The body of the letter furnishes no cll
to this mysterious lit, and W. are left
believe there was some secret undcr>tln,
ing between them, especially as he fu
nishcd $1,000 quarter subsequently,.
2 when CotFAx was examined about h
! relations 10 NEsBITT he denied poiu
blank any connection with his contracts
I "o-Nas not This Mr. NFsplrr a contractor with
: Post once department for furnishing ehN elupes
So understand.
"o,-For four or hve years while you were Charm
Of thc Post OthCr Commute Al have uortcol
spoke Go me IN 1865, IN any wear preceding ls' or
Z to the day OF hs death IN ISIS, IN reference 10 T.
, once cuutr Ct lie never asked me 20 do auythl
directly Or indirectly Ia regard To- n az any tno,
= "Mr. ANT~-lt seems That th.s man always got
contract every year, whether he was the highest or
. mir. CONAN That know nothing about"
These broad dcnials under oath are 90
, tradictcd by Mr.. CoLFAX himself; for I
- Post Once Department contains his WI
. ten and urgent argument in behalf