Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-01-25
WASHINGTON.
Nashville CustOmhOuse Bill Approved
The Progress of Investigation.
Kelley Still a MobiIier Stakeholder.
Colfax's Lame Defence Falls Through

helIey SClIl M0D1Ifer Stakeholder
COlfax's Lame Defence Falls Through
| WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 24,-The
| President to-day approved of the act t.
| provide for the erection of public building:
| at Nashville, Tenn.
/ The Loufsiana Investigation DELAYED
The Senate Committee on Elections. thi.
morning, owing to the absence of witnesses
| postponed their examination concerning the
| Presidential and Senatorial election in
| Louisiana until Monday, and then went
into secret session to discuss the question
whether the decision of the Louisiana Su-
preme Court yesterday does not preclude
them from inquiry as TO the legal status of
the present State Government.
A Change i'm the State Department.
Assistant Secretary of State Hale has re-
signed.
j. @. Bancroft Davis has been nominated
Assistant Secretary of State In place of
Hale.
The Senate in executive session confirm
ed the nomination of j. G. Bancroft Davis.
Attention, Rivermen.
The Champion Fire Extinguisher, man
ufactured at Louisville, KY, was to-day sp-
proved by the United States Board of Su-
pervisino INSPECTORS of Sts~-.aV1S rUr use on
all steam vessels.
Pocket Pistols.
DR.. W. G. Tilden, professor Of chemis-
try in the Howard University, was acci-
IDENTIFY shot in the National Hotel last
night by ball from a pistol, which fell
from the pocket of G.. G. Wall. The ball
entered the abdomen, making very seri-
Gus wound. 1t is thought he will recover,
Credit sIObiIier-PIg-IrOn Kelley.
At sitting of Poland's Credit Mobilier Com
mittee this morning, Representative VIM.
d. Kelley crOss-examined Oakes Ames.
Witness reiterated his testimony, that he
held as the property Of Kelley ten shares of
Credit Mobilier stock. They became Kel.
ley's properly in 1868, when he paid for
them. The dividends witness also held fol
Kelley. He also held for him ten shares
of the Union Pacific stock, which came into
his hands early in 1868. Besides Credit
Mobilier stock, witness holds fer Kelley 40
or so shares of Union Pacific stock, and
some income bonds.
Question-How did pay you for the
Credlt MODlIier StOckE
Answer-In the first place you were to
pay me 81, 900 for stock and interest.
Question-Did ask you for the Credit
Mobilier stock, or did you ask me to take
it?
Answer don't remember now, but l
know you took it. Had loaned Kelley
money prior to the Credit Mobilier transac-
ton.
Question-How soon can you deliver my
ten shares of Credit Mobilier stock and div
idends?
Answer-( (Ames producing certificates of
Credit Mobilier stock from bis pocket)-I
can deliver them now, sir, and the dividends
you can have sooD.
Kelly-Hand them to the Chairman
with the list of dividends, for my use.
Ames-( Handing the certificates to Judge
Poland)--If you say you don't own them,
L don't see how you are entitled to divi-
dends.
Kelley-But you say do own them, and
| intend to make use Of them.
Answer-Certainly, sir; that is what
agree perfectly.
Question-When receive these from the
chairman, will l or not be your debtor?
Answer-Yes, for five hundred dollars.
Question-How does that come?
Answer-f you receive all the dividends
and don't take my pay, you will owe me
the $3.50 which l loaned me. The Credit
Mobilier stock was all paid for by the first
dividend of bonds and cash dividends in the
jane following.
Question Did you ovor hand me check
marked W. D. X?
Answer-Yes, sir.
Question-Were thers any other checks
except those marked w. D. K. and S. c.?
AnsWer-Yes, sir.
Question-HoW many?
AnsweT-I can't tell. / see j. f. Will |
son indorsed his, and Patterson indorsed |
his.
Ames to Kelley-You don't deny having
received 1929, do you?
Kclley-No sir, don't deny having re-
ceived money, but deny having received |
the check alluded to by Ames. l cannot |
remember Of having received it, and don't |
believe received it. To best of my knowl- |
edge and belief did not receive it. Ihave |
always regarded as loan the amounts |
received from Ames.
Ames-Didn't you ask me repeatedly |
when you would get any more dividends |
on that stock?
AnsWer-No sir. Did not remember er OF |
giving Ames note or receipt.
Question by Ames-What was said |
when l handed you the $3.50?
Answer-I cannot tell. l had asked you |
a few days before for loan.
Ames said that Kelly hAG asked him abou
the dividends on the stock.
Sergeant Ordway.
u. G. Ordway, Sergeant-at-A Arms Of the |
House, was recalled and explained how the |
business of his Office was conducted, pri- |
vate accounts being kept with each men, |
bers as they frequently sent drafts home, !
etc. He produced his books anH -
date cot Of June 4, 1863 il JOINED out an entry entrv
" P'-' r-lu on check marked w. d. K.
and signed Oakes Ames. He also produced
the check and testified that he believed it
was in the handwriting Of Ames. |
A Secret CabsI.
Judge Kelley denied that he had meet
ing with ColfaX, Patterson and Garfield |
last evening to determine upon the course
they should pursue to break down the tes-
Limony Of Ames. Colfax, he stated, left |
the city at 10 O'Clock yesterday for Trenton,
n, j.
Ordwsy's Clerks.
Moses Dillon and Thos. B Cheney, clerks |
in the Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the |
House, were examined as to the checks and |
entries. The former, who is cashier of |
the Office, testified thEt he would have paid |
a check marked W. d. L. or S. G. to Ames |
if he had handed it in. Ames made de- |
post Of $4,000 to his private account in |
June, 1868.
Ames-Will you turn to the books and |
see if check for $532 is charged to Colfax? |
Witness-It is; but l see nothing to the |
credit of bis account except mileage and |
salary; saw no credit to the account of Col |
fax of 81 200 check.
A Times Reporter Catechises Ames,
and Gets His Money Back.
L. L. Crounze, correspondent of the |
New York Times, was the next witness. |
He testified that he had held a number of |
with Ames on the subject of |
this investig g2tion-at least five or six times. |
Had a conversation with him about the 7Ch |
Of January. Thought it was after Colfax
made his statement before the committee.
Question by Mr.. Colfax-Did he say he
heard my statement.
Answer-I think he did. | am not GER
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