The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-02-28
THE POMEROY INVESTIGATION AT
WASHINGTON.
His Final Statement in the Case.

The Pomeroy investigation CLOSED
at Washington on Tuesday, and Mr.
Pomeroy made his long promised
statement, which is as follows:
Mr.. Pomeroy submitted a state
ment denying that he ever gave an,
one authority, or permission to AM
man, to use money or any valuable
thing to control or influence i'm
properly the vote of any member O
the legislature, and explained tn;
interview with York as follows:
"And now as to the charge of thi!
Mr.. York and his associate conspir
ators, I will say the true facts have
already been stated by witness
and the transaction already stated
to be a purely business one, having
no relation whatever to his vote
which on several occasions l had
learned of his pledginR to me
About the last of the week befose
the Tuesday set for the first ballot
Z. B. Eldridge, NJ. w. REYNOLDS, Mr.
belong, and others, all from his
county, assured me with more or
less pcsitiveness, of York'S support
but some days before ] learned that,
had, after much deliberntion
agreed to aid Mr.. B. A. Page and
associates to start a national bank at
Independence. Mr.. Page had a pri-
vate bank, and having satisfied my.
self of his ability, capacity and fit
ness for the management of such an
in az II - ,S-I l.
with money sufficient when united
with his own 5000 to make a sum
sufficient to purchase thirty United
States bonds of the denomination
of g thousand dollars each. Page
urged and was anxious to procure
the money before he left Topeka,
but l told him It was inconvonient
for me to furnish over $1,000 then,
but I would give it soon, and he
might depend upon 1t and make his
arrangements accordingly. At this
time 1 met at the TeGt House VIII.
Borland, Of the Second National
Bank of LeAvenworth, who inquired
of me if ! should not want some
currency before leaving Topeka, as
he thought from appearances that
my hotel bill would be large. At
first told him no. Next day met
him and said / should like to get
i've thousand dollars at forty or
sixty days, as ! had agreed to help
friend organize Q NATIONAL bank,
and he would refund il as soon as
he got his currency from the gov
eminent. He then brought me a
package said to contaia.$S,100,w hich
/ never opened or counted, or even
gave q receipt for at the time, and
! put the same in my valise. On
Mondy night, the 18th, Mr.. York
came to my room, having seen me
or having sent word to me several
times that he would do so, and at
once began to report what had been
going on ct the anti-Pomeroy eau
Gus, and heard him through. Be-
fore leaving he spoke of the favor
had granted to his friend Page, and
said Page had requested him to get
the money and forward it to him at
Independence, aud that he fYorkl
would have il soon after the cleo
ton for him. / told him / was not
prepared at that time to furnish 1t,
although l had promised it to Page
before he LEFT the city. York said
perhaps / had no confidence in him.
! assured him of my confidence,
and told him ! could furnish
$4,000 at that time and thought
| should be able to furnish $1,000
more the next day. The amount
necessary ! had calculated would be |
rom 5000 to $1,000. to pay for the |
bonds and their premium in addi- |
ion 70 the So. 900 Page and his as
'ociates could furnish. l then paid |
him the first installment of $4,000,
md next day I paid the packages of
5000, just as l had received the
nm FROM Rorland, and neither gave
3orland my note, nor took q note
rom him, bat during that day I had
emit Mr.. King at one time and Sam
someroy at another, to see Page IL
70 had not LEFT the city, and to in
Qrm him of all the transactions.
at these gentlemen both returned.
aging they were unable to find
age, and ] rested In the belief that /
b Transaction was all right, until