, 1873-01-10
CREDIT M0BILIER.
Additional Testimony Of II. s. n1'C0mb
and Oakcs Amcs.

Wo copy from tho full report of tho Testimony
III tho Credit Mobilior investigation, tho follow
Ing additional testimony Of II. 8. M'Comb and
Onkoa Amea:
Examination, OF III. 8. Hr,Conb.
now TIE LETTEns CAME TO DE published.
-Q.--stato auy other convorBatfon you l1al with
Mr.. Anos in roforenco to his dealings withmo1n-
bors OF Congrosu on this subject? A.-Thls
caso hns boon going On Hoyoral yeara; tho coun-
sol tor h{r. Amos eido Ind demanded before pro-
cooding with my, CROSS examination tho produce
tlon OF namca, letterg, &c.; oyadod II for q
WHILE. but finally gayo him copy Of ono Of
theso lotlora, but was not satisfied with that;1
part Of the caso on my side, but tile counsel for
AIr. Ames demanded that tho originals nhould
1e maao q part Of tho cngo in my euit; visited
Washington IN April of tlliu your, aud Ind IN in-
House; I brought these lottors. and all tho
lottors Ind from him Btated tho fact that {
was obliged to produce these lottors in tito suit
told him that lad no desire toproduco them,
but TINT Ills counsel rofuaod to GO Oil with nny
furthor croea-oxarninatiou until tho letters woro
you signature, an agroomont thst If I gain my
nuit you will account to me for this stock, Will
back to Philadelphia will sny to my counsel tllut
I hayo not tho 1ottors, and I will Ioop no copies
Of thom Mr. Ames replied, exhibiting Aon,o
potulonco Of feeling: "You can publish any
that membors Of Congress aro brlboa, al,d overy-
body deoa ii" TINT ho sa1a nt tho Arlington
Hotel in thia city I thon won't to phi1alclph.st
and produced tho lotters, and that j. how they
came out up to that tin1o supposed 1lr. Amcs
Ind some little consideration for Ills frient1s,
and that ho would try to shield them, but ho
seomod to DO entirely indifferent, and said
could nubliah tho ,lottors !, 7 did not aeo Afr;;
tho Fifth Ayonuo Hotel aftor tho publication Of
these lottera wo had littlo spat between liz at
the time. ind he aud havo not spoken since.
HOW THE srooK WAS "plAoEp."
Q;-Did ho state to you whether this stock had
really been transferred to thene mon A.-Oh,
no; on tho contrary, he stated it was hold BY
him CT thoir Trustee.
Q.-what was his language aa nearly as you
can refnomber in relation to what arrangement
Ind been made with any Of them ? A.-Tho
statoment that ho made to mo WAS that he had
! enid: "a. D. C.''-mentioning tho namo-" you
have g., 900 stock Of tho Credit Mobilier, aud
tho bonds will pay for it. Tho dividend in oxcosa
reaaon cali It sift, tho stoek 5oins worth 50
much moro in tho market than tho value It waH
sold for; 1t had just declared dividend Of 80
per cont in bonds, which Of itself was four-0fths
Of tile par value Of The stock.
Q.-Yon say TINT the par value itself was part
Of tho dividend declnred2 A.--Thnt is it, and
tho par yaluo only h1r. Amos paid back to tho
Company:
point.
Odd Afr. Amea aay how this was dono? A.
! Ho said ho waa to receive tho bonds, convort
them Into money, and pay back tie par yaluo to:
tho Company you understand tint loyor said
any OF those gentlemen got any stock whntoVer
only stated tho information received from Mr.,
Amos.
BY Mr. AIcCrary-What was tho value Of tho
stock ut tho timo, in your estimation A.-Alr.
AmeB eBtimhtod its value about that time at
$3.50, end ho would not soil lis ut that price,
although 1lr: Grimes would n part Of lis ct
$3.50; my understanding was that'it was worth
now nwAsun1,nsr's NOVEL WAS DEFEATED.
By MIR. brorrick-I undorstand YOU to saw
tl,at Mr. Amos ropresentoi tint tloso members
of congress yoa have ). named woro te 10 Peid
5 S sfo members G G ooRRg oon ao
the general treas,iry yon nsHoa me # i could
remember anything eSsI DO <sa ret ya @
to atato: roforenco is made to ono Of Nlr.
Hnos' % 1ottora tn Dnra,,G'a acton i,
Nav Yor| and Waahhnrno's mova
o tod ,eNiat = y Woehbrne ~ ~ Fir Ti1;nois @
~ ~ ~ s,4 -iae -, ~ -, -. ~, - @ 1;i
nf nVaaication M ;1tn to afaira ~ ta finio Hp D..
clio pai1Sna ~ 10 IN not raco11act Tia nraciao
tha nomsa and n1o hD soo r narsoni"r ,o w.
nmnvro tov ill., h3n.o tI noo a nnd I;a
ILL., Amos called % nv atten}ton M to T it. ~ and % asked
nc II did not think thst, in mir. colfaxs uu case
rncords ~ Hom"rass u wo n, aot ta sv ~ and ma
in ,at ~ Wo1Gs; t; W. ua5' a.4
wllnt % bIr. Go]far M 'H'' aaid ''Ao''o4 ""s' '|4'"
"- so,1r rswrs THsT 1,11a, ,ror vor nv TIE ,,or
Me5 tha & THAT yo WE'VE ,ado aoT IT, oS THE LIST ,
from WHIT ho had ata+a1 ~ sn,, .u,,at ,"as H..
mlat ~ Hau sta.eo ~ 5ou, Mna9 was ~! 1no
stntnen} sSoa s1 ta ~ tat u rat iat ,hic M
sfatod md of rloh moi1n = =, ,nonanra,Inn, ho
nciuda enors nI9 Ravara nao sScn NJ hHs ns