The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-02-04
ANEs sQgE sQgEALs.
And Makes a Clean Breas. Of
Getting at the Bottom of Thin!
THE VICE PRESIDENT ON I'll
CREDIBLE.
"Pay to S. c., or Beaf&f, 8 !, POO.
Signed. oakes AIes; Il
All About the Little Speculation Of
COifaX. wilson, Dawes. Btng.
ham. Garfield. Kelly. and
Other Truly Good M en-
THE POLAND COMMITTEE,

ham. Garfield, Kelly. and
Other Truly Good Men
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i THE POLAND COMMITTEE, -
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mittee this morning resum.d the eS,sm
: nation Of Cakes Ames, who testified tina
he agreed to give Cnifax twenty share,
of the Credit M.hlisr stock In Decem
her, 1867, witness received livi lend
upon it of eighty per cent in Union Pa
ciic bonds. and accounted to Mr. CO.
: fax for the bond> whichrwere i'd iw til,
witness In March, 1868, Mr. Cola,
gave the witness a check tor 1894 ~
hidn', remember delivering the stock /,
Celiax The check anil the proceeds q
the Union Pacific stock paid for th,
Credit Mobilier stock In the June tol
lowing gave C0llaS check for S1.2O0
dividends OH the Credit Mohilier. +
I Questiop.-What do you say aboa
what Mr.. Cofax said in regard to hlh
making you present of $500?
| Answer He said some such thing tC
|
tune. | cannot remember his word,
now
! Dir. Coifax had never called up,n the
witness for the Credit Mpb,lier stock
had it ready t. deliver 10 him VIII neve'
he wants it supposed that NJ Gaifax
understood the 1900 as "a Dividend
upon the ock la
Witness had no recollection that Mr.
Co fax paid him that 81 200 1t doesn't
belong to witness.
4 Mr.. Colfay, who was present, said he
reasserted what he said before. AMI in
regard to the 81 200 he now gave notice
to Mr.. Ames that be would prove the
negative.
Mn C6lfax then questioned Mr. Ames
as follows: "Did otfeDor did you CONF
to me and ask me- to pay your Answer
That cannot tell.
Que,unn-Did yoh tell me some divi.
dends had beeu earned. hut were uhad
justed? Al told you dividend oil
eighty per cent in Union Pacifit boad>
had heen declared 5
Q-Did | ask you to buy the bonds
Al did no. buy the bonds They we're
dividends, and sold them, accounting
for the proceeds to you.
-Q-Uid you sell the s.ock2 A ~
have not sold it Witness regarded him
now as the proprietor Of the C edit NJ
blier stock. Did not remember what
Coifax said a. the next ses ion about the
transaction .eing "off. All that he re.
members about it is what Cotfax said in
his testimony; did not remember of say
ing af,er he heard the te e>timonv OF Col
lax on January I, that what he said was
correcs.
Coifax- We'll Mr. Grouse so informed
me that you told him so, and he tele.
sraphed it to the New York Times
| Witness dii not remember where Col
fax was when he gave him the check III
81, 200.
Colfax-Didn't l tell you the FIRST
week IN The session that wanted you to
tell the entire truth about this matter
Anes-Tbat is what have done to-
da,, sir Did not remember any other
cash dividend, except one in July.
| Collox-Durant says there was also
bond dividends. Now, what did you dn
with the bonds belonging to me? A.
They were not bonds, but bond certifi-
Gates hold hen with your stock, for
you are entitled to them
| Q-Have you ever offered them to
mel A-No, sir. / am awaiting the
Result of thi; suit. The check or 81. 300
was payable TO Schuyler Coifax Il is
in possession Of the Sereeant-at-Arin>
as voucher TO my account The check
was given a long time before the conve,-
sation about the matter being on Thai
check, my dear sir, was in June. and con-
versation between us about the matter
being eff was not until the next ses-
sion. never gave Mr, Coltax anv
| bonls Or stock in the Union Pacific Raj
way.
| Colfax-Now, If the committee will
allow, | assert undei oath that do MOI
emember of having received ngle
dollar from Mr.. Ames
Mr.. Amc' again repeated his state
ment that he had no recollection of a
conversation with NJ, Grouse.
Mr. Coliay requested that the Ser
geant-atArns be summoned t. pfo,iticr
the books and papers referred to
Ames WAS then. questioned in regard
to the statement OF Senator Wilson, and
SAID b 1t the STAT alement of thai gentleman
was substantially correct. HIS recoilc-
tion was, and his hooks showed, thai he
had settled with Wilson, Thought Will
son received a dividtIid,s and upon set
ting the matter retufne h SO he or
Mrs. Wilson received nothing hut the
$1,000 back and 10 p'r cent upon it.
Judge Polanl-rh"n you say ahe
satsmeqt of wilson is subataniaIly the
truth? A-Ycs. Sir.
Alnes was then qiesti med in regard
Ia Allison. OF Iowa, and ,es flied that
Allison bought $1,000 W w,rlh Of Credit
Moblier stock, whica witness g0$fol
him, with am eighty per ".nt dividend in
the Union Pacific bonds sold the honds,
aud Allison settled bv check for S27l
balance, which settled for honds and IN.
terest Allison then received a check
for $500 dividend in June. The check
from Allison TO witness was dated April
4, 1868, Allison gave par for bis stock
AID SAT mt est. The $500 C eek VIII Gil
" witness gave Allison he had found will
the Serseant-at Arms iadnrsed oy Ali.
son
Co fax inquired if the check g ven him
was inlorsed. No. it was filled
out rs. c. and q Tired no indnrse.
! ment
Witness resumed: When he got q
! cash diviiend from the Credit Mobillei
/, he deposited SlO,0o0 with the Sergeant
alarms, and drew on it 10 pay stock.
holders Witness holds all tile STOCK
except that given to Senator Patterson,
Bingham and Painter. Allison received
his stock certificates at the time be