Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-02-20

bOrrOu8noy AVE AvAoy UoIiOW0u ~
him; this amounts 70 $4,000 out Of
i $45 COO, transactions Of these three
| years the deposits ~ the credit side
that enabled me to pay these amounts,
were as follows: During these years
/ / was lecturing on my stage coach ride
Of 1865 across the continent during
| November, In the holiday recess, and
receiving from 300 TO 800 per lee
ture. received in all, over $4,000
from this source, of which estimate
about 10000 was deposited here l
sold the 5000 In 7-90s and also sold
the Tribune share Of 36,lOO, and Mr..
Matthews returned me the s455 which
he owed me besides these itcms, /
sold 80 shares of Adams Express stock
at 724, and q lot OF second mortgage
bonds Of the Alton u Terre Haute rail
road, for $496O, making III al,
about 9Sl, 600, which olIsets the $50, 600
in investments charged against them.
OF course the committee understand
that In the bank accounts whore chang
es of invesment are made the
s6me money alters the figures
three or four times over. Thus
l deposited my lscturing money pur-
chased 7-30s, sold them at an advance,
and used the prOceetls TOR another Ia
vestment. bought ) Tribune share
mainly out OF similar receipts, sold il
At an advance, and akain used the pro-
ceeds. "A largo poftfon Of the money
drew from the F6erR6aht-at Arms for
my salary, was deposited In the bank,
% paid my housekeeping expenses
there. II has taken e1l my dividends
besides my saiary, 70 pay my expenses
tor the past half dozen years, and hence
my Willingness TO follow the counsel
OF better fnanciefs than myself in in-
vesting and changes Of investments:
In answer 20 questions OF Judge
Poland, Mr.. Co!fsx testified that ne
thought ne received u,OU the gay
after ne received money rom MAT.
thews. When the wftness told Ames
that ne lCo!fax) must bc out % Il,
Ames put his nsnd Into MS pocket.
took out . email coin, and, Onor1ng y
70 the witness, said "Considcr that
have bought It back The witness
always had great rcpugnauce g law
suits, ana drew out OF the Credit MOS
bflier for that reAson. Ae would nave
been glad TO get out OF the Credit MO-
bilier at the cost OF twice the sum ne
paid Ames. he received the *l,UU
from Nesbik about the middle ~ the
month succeedlne the n0mination: II
ne had receives the $lWO nom New
York and $l,AU nom sAmes also, ne
would have deposited both Of them.
G. w. Matthews sworn: The wit
ness testified that he was step-father
of Mr.. Colfax, and resided with him
in 1867 and 1868, and borrowed money
from him In 1858, ae related by Mr..
Colfax. He paid him 800, about the
10th Of june, and another 500 about
lst of July following. The balance
was paid at the Adjournment OF Con-
gress. The witness c0rroborated the
testimony Of Mr.. Collar, In relation to
the receipt Of 81, 600 from Nesbit. At
the breakfast table, Nj. Colfax held
up the letter with the. $l,OOO. and said
81 600 from . gentleman almost q
stranger to me-" His mother said:
Read the letter, Schuyler 1t was
short letter, and cOngratulatory in its
tone. Tho writer begged Mr.. Colfax's
acceptance OF the incl0sed, without
naming the amount The witness
thought the letter was received about
three days after be paid Mr.. Colfax
the $900, 0,-and wh0n Ames failed, the
matter was the subject Of conversation.
Mrs. MAtAhews and Mrs.. Ames being
great n1ends, much sympathy was
expressed for Amcs, hy Nj. Matthews.
ana mr.. Coliax said: Never mind,
mother Ames owes me . little, anu l
VII never ASK MIN Tor u nntli ne ls
able 70 pay mo-. he mentioned the
amount as SoO0 but DID not say what
w., was ~ T..,,,. rr.u,,. $50.
The witness resides ;r Iytah an ;s
half.sister' 81 Mr.. Cn,far. she resided
with him in Wash;ncton n lS6a she
rememberei3 that M. Coi1ar received
nt All 0D0 hiil while at the breakfast
table. in lime. 1888. Il was inclosed
= 49, - 4 4 .