The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-02-15

produced receipt written, as he says by MN,
and signed by me, dated at Boston, May 9th,
1871. Again January 18th, he produced anoih-
er receipt written also by him and signed by
me, dated Washington, February l4tn, 1000. l
/ need not state that this was great surprise
to me- know had given him receipts IN one
or two Instances but had not the slightest I'M
preston or recollection they were Oh the c1aI
aeter which they are. These were never allua,
ed to by Mr.. Ames in any of our interviews anu
they surely must have been equally beyond ms
own recollection when in his conversation WIN
me as to senatorial election, ana tne Ihai$e
made against me that was stoekholuer IN
that COMPANY, he said was not and SO wrote
to Mr. Rollins The receipts, as is seen, bear
date prior to that conversation ana let'er. l
cannot depv from the inspection have made
that nv signature to those papers Is genuine,
and am well aware it is to De presulleo nao
a lxnowJpdce of the facts stated in them can
only account for my ignorance OF their wording
by the entire confidence reposed. M. Ames
regarded as friend using my menus % poeS ~
promote my interest and therefore Ieauily
signed whatsoever he Wrote rdinariv attends
businesf transaction. In fact this was a Trend
Nv rather than a business TRANSACTION, ana 1
cave little thought to its character or details.
1t results from the admission maze OF tne selu-
mess of nv signature that Mr.. Ames state
ment as to the Investment of the $4,000 is sus-
tanned, and that mine is erroneous. L repeat
now what have always said that have no
more objectious to a proprietorshlp IN the STOCK
of the Credit Mobilier than III that OF tne Union
Pacific Railroad Co., and in entertaining these
views would have as reacily stated my owner
shin in the former on all occasions as did the
latter.
If is nroper that should advert to one other
matter. to wit: NY letter addressed to Mr..
Ames, dated Washington, June 4, 1878. This
was eighteen days after Mr.. Ames had testified
before the committee that had bought thirty
shares of the Credit Mobilier stock. During
fAor W. A hal H.
this statement, greatly to my surprise met
him in Boston and called his attention to what
1 regarded as mistake in his evidence as to
my first investment. He replied he had put
the matter as he recolected it, but very likely
he had forgotten the details, as it was a long
time ago He then directed me to sit down
and write out my understanding of the transac-
ton. This L did not do as 1 was soon to leave
for Springfield. Then, said he, write it out
when you return to Washington. On my re-
turn l wrote the letter, had it copied by my
wife and delivered to Mr.. Ames by my friend,
the Hon. i. III. Rice of Maine, to whom ! ex-
planned its contents and the circumstances
which induced it, As it is seen, the first and
kfgest part relates to the first interview with
| Mr.. Ames, in which he offered to sell me Credit
Mobilier stock, which resulted in my declining
| rs had no means at the time. The statement
| OF my understanding of that interview and its
result was maze under the circumstances recit-
ed to enable Mr.. Ames to refresh his memory
|
| error.
After proceeding at length to explain the
terms of the letter, Mr.. Patterson proceeds to
state the whole matter briefly as it now stands:
First, hand Mr. Ames $4,000 to invest for
me. He takes my money and purchases thirty
| shares in the Credit Mobilier, but never trans
! fers to me the stock or even mentions it. He
does not ask for authority to hold it in trust, but
| holds it without my knowing that he even
| bought it. Second, He comes to me some
months after and says, Il have held your bondS;'
and pays me some money for which L receipt
without giving any heed to the character of
the receipt written by him. This he repeats
| From all this is left on my mind the impression
that he had purchased for me securities in the
road and not an interest the Credit Mobilier
Third, AT Pittsburg, in his suit with McComb,
Mr.. Ames as was generally understood, had
sworn that he did not hold Credit Mobiler stock
in trust for any one. AS he had delivered none
to me had a right to be confirmed as l was in
my impression that owned none. Fourth, in
my Senatorial contest Mr.. Ames denied both in
| conversation and in letters that was stock
holder in the Credit Mobiler, that 1 ever receiv-
ed any OF the stock or any profits on my stock.
Had not the right to believe that any one
| would assent to the same? Then came on this
Investigation, in which Mr.. Ames testified that
had bought thirty shares of stock in the Cred
it Mobilier and that it had been transferred for
me to Morton, Bliss & Co., of New York. 1
1 wrote to Mr.. Morton to learn the facts, and
afterwards on my journey through New York
saw him in person. He said that they had new
err held any of that stock for any one thus I
was led into false impression Of the facts Of
the case.