, 1873-01-10

Q.--Do you rotnombor. wllotller you Ind or
n9s do1s n oS o9sons %Ss3se On fSry sy ey s yyo mad
did not Hol stock to, mud tho amounts In tho
list wero not tho ntnonnta tint I gavo, Bo
tint it could not haro boon tnkon from my list
Mn. coLrAx'a STOCK AND DIVIDENDS.
Q.-Now III regard TO those particular Ga8oa In
your statement with rofcronco to hIr. Colfax you
vay that yo1 l. arG pretty confident he has
transferred to him 2 A.-Yoe, hr, that iH my
| recollection.
Q;-Do you rooolloot whom shat payment vas
Q.-Can yon give s,a any ldoa In respect to tho
timo2 Al slppoao 1t munt have boon In Do
con,b'rr, 1897, o, or ,Jannnry, 1902,
Q.--Yot aupposo that no paid tho par value Of
it3 A.-Yos, sir; did not lot anybody lnyo 1t
for lesa than par mud accrued intoroHt.
Q.-taa TINT money cvor boon repaid to him
| to your knowlodge2 A.--No, sir.
Q.-Yon do not know wlotllor 1t has orer boon
or not2 A.-No, Bir; ho paid for tho stock to
| MO.
Oh ho still an owner of that atook2 Att
,lever has boon trnnsforrod to him; do not
knnw whether ho or I owl. that stock.
Q.-Do YOU understand tint tho money which
1le paid for the stock has over boen returned to
him? A.-Not to my knowledge.
Q.--And you do not suppose that it has been
A.-No, Bir.
Q.-Do you know wllothor ho hns evor recoiyod
my dividonds7 All is my impression that no
las, but nm not certein.
Q.-Did You pny him tho dividend yourself
Al cnnnot rnColoct.
Off this stock stood in your namo on tho
boolrs tho dividend would hnve boon paid to you,
I Huppouo2 A.-Tlat would DO natural conso-
quonco.
Q.-And can you rocolloct, Or do you rocolloot
yl,othcr you paid dividends to Mr.. Colfnx7 a.
No aian hat ST. S S not r''0ll''t; 1t is my impr's"
Q.-,nave you any idea Of tho amount you paid
Q.-Do you boliovo TINT of the dividends
which hnyo boon fleclared and paid OIL tho etock,
N1r. Colfax has received his proporttons7 Al
| think ho received somo OF tho diyidondg..
Q.-As to tho contract botwoon you and him
iu rofcronco To his having certain lumbor Of
| shares OF Btock, can you recolleCt how many
shares ho was to have ? Al think TINT was
whnt ngroed to Ho{l him.
Q.-ltnd you understand that in equity A1r.
Colfax is now tho owner Of that number OF
Q.-And a entitled to li9 dividends on 1t tho
snlno rs auy othor atockl,oldor7 A.--Yos, air.
SENATOR WILSON'S TRANSACTIONS.
Q.-Ay to Dlr. Wilson, Of Massachusetts, you
trlbuLcd to Mrs. Wilson, and that $4,000 OF it
WAS invested in 20 sharcs Of tho stock? A.
Yea.
Q.-Can you tell whom that was done7 A-That
was donc, think, in Docombor, 1867; think
tl,at TINT monoy was received by her in tho fall,
and Mr. Wilson applied to mo to know what
! would bo q good Investment.
AYs sneSs eG srs s' Wson aof A'
Q.-And you say that homo months nftorwnrd
ho objected to tho Investment, and tho money
was returned to him7 A.--Yes; ho said tho
| road would never pay anything.
Q.-Do you know whethor any tllridcns wore
| main on tint stock whilo it WIS held by General
Wilaon Or Mrs. Wilson2 Aldo not think there
| sycro; ii thoro wero the amount WAS paid back; (;
I nm aure OF tlat; guaranteed him 10 per cont
for lis money wlion ho wont in, and whom ho
wont out my idoa is that ho took his money back,
and that paid him 10 per cont on it for tho
| timc.
| Q.-And you think that Mother Mr.. Wilson
or Mrs. Wilson received any other EouoGt tlnu
lad la sit IT. - Ap@Yes, ~ sr. IT, '''SN ' "4 ''N
| SENATOR PATTERSON.
| Q.-As to hlr. Patterson, you any that ho
! bought 80 slaroB, aud that it was transferred to
| a bankng house in Now York for liu12 A.
Ycn, Sit, by hia direction;
thSs some ii" dvdonds @ s wero p paid on it, docs ha
still own it Al don't know.
Q.-Tho contract noyor has been taken back
A.-No, sir, not by mo.
| Q.-Ihat is, ll0 other oWnB 1t now, or hna dis
posed Of it A.-Yes, sir.
| Q.-For nught you know he is still tho owner
of tho stock !? Al cannot givo yon any fur
ther information about It. .-
| OIL see in thnt list of stockholders tho namo
Of tho Fourth National Bank Of New. York
Alt was not to that bank that MIR. Pattorson's
stock WAS transferred; it WAS to his friends,
Morton, Bliss & Co.; bclicyo that tlaey nd
sos a ths not on shas Rx DO
was transferred to them I do not kuow any,
thing about it, howcvor.
Q.-You do not suppozo it WAS transferred on
| tho books to thnt tirm2 A.-Ylnt cannot say
/ have no knowledge Of it.
Q.-Do you know whether those thirty shares
woro over on tho books Of the Company, trans
forrcd to anybody, Or wl,othor they still ntand in
| A Ict,4+ 1ry,nyv hnb aon
tho books OF tue Company.
Q.--lsnt you understand that you had really
parted with thoBo thirty slaroe Of stock for tho
benefit Of a1r. Patterson, and that 10, Or some-
body for him, was entitled to take diVldonds Oh
them2 A.--Yas, sir.
Q.-And that haB continued down to tho prof.
ont time? A.-Yea, sir.
Q.-rho contract las noyor been roscinded
Q.-Whnt Mr.. Patterson is thnt - A.-senator
Patterson, OF Now Hampshire. .
BY tho Chai11nau-Q.-You gay in roferenco
to tho transaction with h1r. Dlaino that you agree
~ oGWita - regard to Mr.. Dawoa you say that in
December, 1867, ho gaye you 81, 600 to invest in
TINT stock ? A-Yos, Bir.
O.-Thoro never was my tranpfor Of stool; to
him? A.-No sir.
Q-You 20 on to aay TINT some timo aftor
that hc 6nid llo would rathor. not tako the
gnvo you---wns it returned to him ? A.-Yos cir.
Q.-Can you etato about how long it was altor
thin transaction in December when Ao gavo you
tho 81 900 until tho tlu1o whon tho contract was
roacindod? A-No, air, cannot.
Q.-Can yol1 state whether Mr.. Dawes ever
received any dividend on that stock Al anu
not certain cannot state 1t positively; think
that III tho settlement with him, ho got his 10
per cent, aud that the thing was aottlcd up !;
whother lie received my dividend aud paid tho
money back I cannot gay
Q.-Do you think he received any moro money
on tint transaction than his 81 ,000 with 10 por
cont interost2 Al think not.
/ nI1s. n1N0HAat, Erd,
Q.-In reference to hlr. Bingham, you any that
ho wau to hayo twonty sharos in the Crolit lilo
bilior stock? A.-Yes, Br.
Q.-And TINT 1t mover was transferred to him
A.-No, cir.
Q.-Oan you atnto whether hlr. Bingham, dur
inn tho tinio tot tllnt arral1i!nmout nxiDtad