New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-06-07
F-audulenfIy Packed Cotton.

| the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, held
i June !, il was resolved that the report of
| the committee on credits be received and
their Recommendations adopted.
| Fl. G. HESTER, Secretary.
Tie report is as follows:
New ORLEANS. june 3, 1873.
| Mr.. John Phelps, President New Orleans Cotton
Exchange;
SIR-The committee on credits repect-
| fully submit the following report relative
20 the matter of IrauGuiently packed cot
ION purchased from Messrs. Warren. Atkin-
son & Co, by Messrs. Hessee & Co, COM
| plant Of which was made to you by the
latter in a communication dated ttirtieth
December. 1872. and +. eIerred to this COM
mittee January 3, 1873
The committees report has been delayed
by the difficulty of obtaining necessary evi-
dence from the point Of shipment, notwith-
standing the active assistance OF Messrs.
Warren, Atkins on & CO., who have taken
lively ir.eres. in ferreting out the guilty
parties.
On the seventeenth of December. 1872,
Messrs. Hessee & Co. purchased Of Nessrs.
Warren, Atkinson & Co, cotton factors Of
this city eight bales Of extra staple cotton,
CHASING m:ddling to strict middling, at 20c
per pound. This cotton was marked II. CT.
and was shipped TO Messrs Warren, Atkin-
son 81 Co. from Dunbartons Landing,
Issaquena county, Mississippi, by j. c. Cal
houn, colOred.
On examination by the ciasser of Hessee
& Co, and Warren, Atkinson Il Co.'S
Neisher, the cotton was found 70 be plated
and falsely packed, consisting, according
to tie certificate of Warren, Atkinson &
Co.. PIT in as evidence before this commit
tee, OF clear, bright strict middlirg on the
sides, say from tcur to six inches deep, the
middle OF the bales containing ordinary
blue cotton.
On the third Of January Warren, Atkin-
son & CO. wrote TO j. c. Calhoun, the ship
per Of the cotton, that it had been rejected
as false packed, and suggesting, as the
matter was serious, that he had better come
was received, nor did Calhoun come to the
city. Just here it may be as well 70 state
that throughout the investigation Calhoun
has shown an evident reluctance to give
any information or aid the committee in ar
irving at the guilty party, a fact which re-
fleets strongly against him as party in the
crime, for such fraudulent packing is so re-
garded Dy the laws Of Mississippi.
At the request of the committee, Messrs.
Warren, Atkinson Il Co. wrote to Samuel
Nelson at Dunbarton, and in reply Mr..
Nelson said:
In regard to the j. C. Calhoun cotton, it
was ginned on Mrs. Jennie Browns gin; DR..
J. A. Brown (her husband) is agent, and
had control OF the gin at the time the cotton
was ginned and packed. The gin is on the
Burleigh plantation, near Dunbarton, which
belongs TO Mrs. Brown
4 letter from Calhoun, dated January p,
1873, incloses what puTpOrts to be an atfi-
davit OF three responsible mem at Tennes-
see Landing, setting forth THAT on the
third and fourth Of December they did
bale eleven bales Of cotton at the BuTly
gin for j. G. Calhoun, and only baled one
kind Of cotton, Calhoun not being present
at the time Of baling." This document the
committee refuses as evidence, showing, as
it does on its face. that it either relates TO
other cotton than the bales in question,
shipped by Warren, Atkinson & Co., or is
an evidence Of false swearing.
With these facts before it, the committee.
after mature deiberation, decides as fol-
lows:
/ That there is no doubt that the eight
bales in question were deliberately packed,
with the criminal intent of detrauding the
purchaser thereof.
? That the evidence, as shown. iustities
the committee in the belief that the fraud
was perpetrated with the knowledge Of J.
G. Calhoun, and the attendant circum-
stances certainly reflect discredit on DR.. j.
A. Brown lthe agent of Mrs. Brown, the
owner Of the gin), who is supposed to have
a knowledge OF what transpiIes under his
control.
The committee recommend that the board
of directors authorize the secretary of The
Exchange to furnish the principal papers
in New Orleans with copy of this report
for publication that they have copies Of
the same printed in circular form for dis
tribution among the correspondents of the
Lxchange and that this report be published
in newspaper having circulation in and
around the place of residence Of j. C. Cal
houn and DR.. j. A. Brown.
The committee further recommend that
although J, c. CALHOUN, colored, and DR.. j.
4. Brown might be held liable before the
courts of Mississippi fol the fra nd, yet the
publication of tie case, as above recon-
rended, will probably accomplish the end
desired, and will save the Exchange from
tedious and disagreeable litigation.
The committee therefore, recommend
that no further steps be taken beyond the
publishing of this report.
JOHN WILLIAMS, Chairman;
J. NJ WIIHERSPOON,
j. NJ. SCOTT,
Committee on Credits New Orleans Cot
ton Exchange.