, 1873-03-17
U0LFAX-AME8.

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~ a, ,,,,,.u - w. % +,,1.a.. 4. a1..,'
s1n. In to-dny,s issuo Won nr,nt lcttor from IT. r.
Of ludlow, Ill., In which he asks: 1s 1t not goneraly
conceded TINT Mr. Colftx has cleared hmgelf Of tho
81 ZOO clnrgo? ?"in nnawer to which YOU say: "Oakcs
Amos swcars TINT ho pail Colfax tho money; Colfax
awearn tat o did not We hayo no disposition to 60
over tho bank account and Ncsbitt grcenback story
agatu.n Now, wat I, and other aubacribcrB to your
paper, want to know, is, why you appear to lavo
disposition to take into consideration the statement
made by Moses Dillon, casl!cr In hiH letter to Mr.
as 1.aseu ~ so"r pet .u' ,vsn mss, ~
!", sos ~ a,, .n". .ne ~ .
s"s'' ~ u.to, W.. A. =, 80 l> ~ 49, -A
~ o w. .oo ,at ~. ~ ~ y. y. N.a4c1. ~
'o1 .4to .e'an'"'1'.e tns uao palo 'uo @',@oo
.. y. ehces 10 Ames nat "as re1s'ohatfated Will
n'd urged not to testify under cath to such beltef
Now why ls 1t you do not tako tho Cashiers statement
Into consideration an state that tho llne Of evidence
In hss easo regarding tho aar secmH clcar, mud
not ignore ns statement, or evidence, you WILL u.s.
on ha second e1ninatlofi no testified mainly to tho
eaIne ia III tne ieter felertea TO- .....
10 kina enough to gVe thas space IN your valunblo
paVoF, "a'u answer. E.F. u
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"uon 49, oo'."A e"'0 1'4' s'o'Aaons 4's0u''s
A' o1'''' e1.&>' W. ". ~ DeA.o'o
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4ni.ou"o4ntlss Suit'u''o4Ae ~. accordingly III
W. w. y. r'uA"a.', W. aal'A sn'
., mn =" a.1.,.,a, Ca,sas w. Go,,ssm.,.". a, ~
tractor furnishing stampc envelopes to tho post-Of-
fec Department, Is something which should ee set
uuma ~ aau eees ~ ~,
Government ofllcial le would naturally take po,no
tueO1 nf dining IL which w6llf1 Gpfncff0n
n' "o4a na,"lans l,,, WILL H. - 0O Aol' Se''e''
va Wv 1 u. 1
n,oncr IN vcrv ,,nfor1,nao ono md ,ts ,nsfortuno
is Of his own orenon. Nevertheless II should not DO
matte any worse ~. ,naa he mas himself , naao H. ar:
tic most truatworhy evidence, and tcsties that l,o
paid co'fa1 and the bank Cashier testies TINT ho
t ot,'e nnnd sbom. tand ,sn th,n,r ,hn to,tany "a
on tho WHOLE In Ills fayor TINT o received thia money
from Nesbit and that Ao Hont tt TO Indiana in draft
~ ~ ',, ~. ,oavor ss,a.har ~, cofa~ roee,rod
tho money from Ar Ncsbit although LIE sccms to hayo
established TINT fact.
We reproduce theBo paragraphs morolyto show
that NO were MOI eo'ofnoa " any o"''a"S ot
prejudice or hostility to MIR. coi1ax' "hen tho
fact subsequently came Out that Mr. oolfa1 was
in the regular receipt OF remlttances ny chock
from Nesbtt, ut intorvals OF thsoo months, and
that this groonpack remittance was not tho 1arss
nor the last OCCASION OF ms focel'ahg sums OF
Sl'ouo IRON that quarter We coneluooo that 4l's
astonlshment NJ roco1Ving 1ho alloeed fematsance
VI ou''o ~ eo''4'1 t'o' '"'o o''n Nv f1o'o""o I'D
he described 1t to the COMMITTEE. We judged
41,of$ !, hal f111n rF
AT nm eaoh from Nesbitt In 1aGs. ono of which
n"u ueAcatc" nv bton' hatoA1lhnuon' LII LIS tlilnu'
it would not have tnkon him so long time to
ro,ooct lila ,no,nor II, ordar IN to11 1varo In ,ot
:.
tne money 10 lnaho H'h ueEosls Ill tho pa1ils ou
June %. For thoso ronAons and also for tho
ro,.o, that In Ind ,rororco+ad ;,, ;a so,t, ro,,a
N"NS.@ :,
bf'eecA, VIC o"o1ocoh1pehoa1o u loJeet' "e unworthy
of belief, tho story which wo had previously
1,oo,, ,o1;,oa to o,co,+
'eoa '
DILLON says, III nle lcttor, that accofalhG to lib
recollection le paid all tho "initial" choeks to
49,, ., nc ~
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but tile others as well. ihla Woulo llcl'de t1o
check for 6co1cll aud perhaps others as we'll as
A.. o,o !, f,,s,x W. ho1;oro +h,+ ,o,,o -
'Ao 0'0 ~
thoHl, eScopI Co4i"A, uenY Ilns tueJ bot LILO
money. Tho moro fact that Dillon rn!d tho
choc,:a +o Ames ;f IT. In T. foct wor1d mt cutob.
~4'>'N
lHll th"' co'1"A o'o ho1 6ot '4o n1oney'
Tho following paragraphs from tho Nation
vii, ,,rolah,v la occontcd oa M u,b,aaoa ovon
"'' r. ~.
II erroneous, 1uaeneh1 on nif' tota1H oYh-
ton:
Mr. scbux1cr Cofax las Ind an oyaton from, h,s
<u t,a,, NJ e,t 1te,,I Win rocotvod 1,,,, nj H.,