Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-03-21

and especially the one Of q 900 marked ITO 8. O.
OF bearer" Ithen thought he was himself drawing
the "lon's share" OF his own deposit. These
s0us hsd Sa PCs tb gs o. %pS nS m m
that his checks should be shown him. The mo
ment saw them recolected AL these thoughts
OF over four years before vivldly though they
had occurred the daybefore, and as soon as Ames
had retired remarked to Mr. Ordway, the Ser
t Ar that paid that s
namely: in two $500 and two 400 notes l was
demonstrated with, however, and urged not to
testify under oath to such belief, as Il was i'm
probable that should recollect transactions Of
such character four years. Being unfamiliar with
the laws OF evidence, / very naturally did not
ct first state my strong Impressions but testified as
to facts only AT my second examination, how.
ever, freely stated these strong impressions, and
II had hadthe selt-possession q one accustomed
TO courts I would have stated the foundation Of
sion that ] had paid this IS O." % check to 2nes
/ put to him only the day before my second exam.
to yon, Mr.. Amesw And he replied "Ithink It !.
very likely" Indeed, the more have thought OF
the whole matter the more firmly am convinced
tnat Mr. Amee drew the money for the 81 200 -.
Il for Ton wby h AZ & b Tnsn ~ bs a g
several others who have acknowledged the receipt
Of the money, write the name In full. All the
members who are charged with the initial checks
deny ever having seen them, and repeat as tes-
tilted at my second examination, that my very
strong strong impression is that ! paid all the initial
graduation on what regard as your triumphant
vindication from the well arranged plot to injure
you In the estimation OF the people, am, very re-
spectfully and truly, MosEs DILLON, Cashier.
Mr.. Colfsx continued:
| will also read you the following abb
solutely conclusive letter from w. Scott
Smith;
OFFICE OF EVENING PREss ASSOCIATION,
WARRINGTON, March Q. 1873.
day Mr.. CoIfax was Arst before the Committee),
Mr. Ames came into the room Of q friend upon
whom was calling at the Arlington House, and
after talk to some extent on various matters, he
| said with much earnestness that he was surprised
to see that you had stated before the Poland Com
mittee that he (Ames) still owed you the sum you
had originally paid him as subscription to the
stock Of the Credit Mobier. "Colfax astonished
me, said Mr.. Ames: land have been looking up
IS Sne matter hl 70 see II se ne Is correct remember
afterward and saying he had concluded to back
| out OF the transaction; but my memory is clear,
| and, In fact, know that 1 paid him back his
money at that time and the matter was then closed
up without his taking the stock or my paying over
tohim any dividends" was much impressed
with what Mr.. Ames said, and believed as he stat
ed, that you had never taken the stock or received
| any OF the dividends, and confess that, as be-
tween the public statement made after his conver.
sation with me, in which he maintained that you
took the stock and received the dividends, and his
| private statement, l felt that l must accept the
latter, believing that Mr.. Ames, in his former
etatementwas influenced by some unexplained mo-
| tive. In the six years have represented leading
| papers East and West at the Capital, among the
| few men in Congressional life whose integrity |
| never heard impeached or called in question, you
are one, The recent Credit -Mobier Investigation
has not shaken my Judgment, and feel that when
| the public excitement subsidies and the facts can
| be looked at dispassionately, the people will con-
tinue to trust you, as they ever have in the past
| CONCLUSION OF MIR. CoLFAX's EXPLANATION.
Mr.. Colfax then read from the testimony
| OF Mr.. Matthews, on page 4o4 OF the report,
in regard to the time when he abandoned
this stock, and which testimony on this
point he stated the papers had not printed.
| 1t was cOntirmatory of his own statement,
Mr., Matthews telling him in the winter or
early in the spring of 1868 that he thought
| the Credit.Mobilier an institution where
the big fish ate up the little ones, and that
In couple OF months afterward Mr.. Colfax
| told him his investment in 1t had gone up,
that there was prospect of a lawsuit, and
as he had never been in one he had backed
out and did not have any interest in it.
And, further, that he (Mr. Ames) failed, and
| MIR. ColfaX's mother expressed great sympa-
thy for Mrs. Ames. Mr.. Colfax replied that
Ames owed him $500 but he would never ask
him for it until he got able to pay it. He
also read from Ames' testimony of January
| ~ page 2S6, that even after ColfaX's conver-
sation about never mindlng the $500 he
supposed he had to pay the $500, which was
entirely inconsistent with Ames having pre-.
| viously paid him 81 200, which would have
been 500 more than the amount Colfax had
| paid Amcs on account of the stock.
Mr.. Colfax then proceeded as follows:
When my bank account was brought before
the committee and 1t was shown that had
deposited 1920 in currency Monday, June
", 1868, two days after the date of Ames'
| check, was required to explain where
obtained it. My counsel, the very next day,
| laid before the committee O draft for 81 200,
| purchased by me that very 22d Of June with
a check out of this 81 200 deposited and in
| dorsed over to the Chairman of the Indiana
State Republican Committee, to whom, as
the Cancelled draft shows, it was paid. Ny
| counsel promised to connect this with the
subsequent testimony of Mr.. Matthews, as
he has the certificate to substantiate. Ny
sister telegraphed me from Utah that she
remembered the Nesbitt letter of the middle
of June containing the 81 900 bill. | would
not present this testimony behind my accu-
ser's back, he having gone home to Massa-
chusetts. My sister, meanwhile, had
made 5000 mile winter journey, alone, to
testify as to what all my family so well re-
membered. Mr.. Matthews, Mrs. Hollster
and |, all testified to the receipt of the
81 900 bill at the breakfast table, with con-
gratulatory letter. Upon examination, Mr..
Matthews fixed the dates as within two or
three days after his payment to me of $500
In bills on the piano debt, which payment of
his was on June 16 or II, 1865. This testi-
mony was confirmed by the statement of
another sister, in Iowa, who remembered
that my mother wrote to her in June, 1868,
OF my having received 81, 900 bill, to which
she had referred especially. 1t was further
confirmed by the testimony OF Mr.. Matthews
that in the same conversation it was under.
stood and stated that l would send
this Nesbitt remittance to Indiana, and the
bank books with the so called draft proved
that did so send 1t that very day, the 22d
of June, out of the 81, 200 deposit. This re
mittance OF so large an amount from
stranger was ridiculed by many as impossi
BILE, and the fact that he was dead and coulC
not testify as to his own confidential dona
tion was cruelty commented on. The com
mittee, however, after having closed thu
public Testimony commanded examining
privately my bank account during othe
months than the one in issue. Learning
this, l notified them at ence that
had received other remittances at that ses
sion from this generous donor, partly TO
personal use and partly for political, will
| the distinct understanding that receiving
them should create no obligation on m.
part, that his family did not desire his letter
published unless absolutely necessary, ant
that by advice of my counsel had not re
) ferred to them in the explanation requested
, of me as to the precise source of the cur
!
however, ct the disposal of the committee
5 and they were subsequently made public
They show that in April, 1868, he sent m
: 81 600 for personal uses as a free gift, an,
l that in July, IN a letter which did not refe
! to my nomination at all as the lost letter o
. June did, he sent another 81 900 for politics
. uses, making in all at that session, in hi
g April, June and July remittances, ST. 900 pei
r sonally and 81, 900 politically. / showed ais
: by another draft iof $1,000, indorsed by me
July Is, to the Chairman OF the Indiana Re
publican Committee and returned to tn
1 bank paid and Cancelled, tn t had sent hi
81 900 remittance of July to Indiana, as
: had the one in June, and thus the two draf!
1 substantially prove both remittances an
5 their dates.
Mr. Colfax here exhibited both of the car
celcd drafts of June and July, 1868.
, He then continued; stated to the commit
tee that had used still more money in Ind
: ana and elsewhere, for legitimate campaig
s,. Nhak .kuAIN "a