The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-07-12

Die Ion ouuotlnG 0o00er were they
entirely uaaceo0panied hy pain.
sThs sslieht struggles occasionally
msnifsetsd betrayed the existence
Of bodily suffering. The sbssncs
Of consciousness, however, reliev-
ed the su1rerer OF it. acutsness.
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The lpfsusy - Oaakes Anes-Cenclu.
eve showing ehe4 ADes osA Nos
.Celfax Aeeeivsl he Messy - ~
Disputed Check.
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New and very impo!tast evil
dence In regard to the case Of Mr..
Colfax II the Credit Mooilisr in.
vestigstion has jost coas . light.
Mr.. John T. Drew, . lawyer, and
. member Of The arm OF Drew.
TBliss aud Holiness Of this city, now
~ Burlington, Vermont who has
been in Enrops for nearly .
year past IN the service Of the
Department Of Jastiee, ssd who
has returned thsgefroursince the
adjoarnnent Of Congrsss has for
wsrdsd 70 Judge Poland, Chair
man Of ne late conHitfss. .
staten emit setting forth n positive
terms ths mot sthas he aas with
Oakss Anss when che lattsr pre-
ssntsd NE famous IS. c. check
that he saw the check, cav the
cashier ,opays Il and saw Mr..
Ames hand the money - . man
ID the lobby. whon 40 hCbrew)
did not know. Hs details the
facts substantially - folless; Dur
Ing che sSamnersUf 1853 10 wss
attending to ssvsral mattsrs before
Congress, in one Of whish he was
especially dssirons,of snltsting the
Massachusetts msqhars. He call
ed on. Mr.. Ames at tho Heass sew
ssral times during the Mouth Of
June. On one, ocossion b found
Mr.. Amss in conversation with .
gentlsms d In the corridor In the
rear Of the Speakers chair, and
near the door in Gloss proximity
to which was' Mr.. Anes' sest. He
awaited the conclusion oeths con-
vsrsation. q which no helfd only
An occasional word, from witch he
sconeluded & referred - certain
cotton cases 1t New Otleans In
which Mr.. Amesa vs. then inter-
csted. Before Mr.. Amss turned
bic attention to NJ. DREW, - re-
marked to the 6rss gsatlsmaa,
Awsis . nonent," and ths1' fasssd
into the chamber 70 HE dssk, reap
psarins very sooa With . piece Of
! spaperin his hand, when III. Drew
jrined him and they wllksd TO-
! eethss into the room d ne Scr
geant at Arms. and stood for some
moments in conversstiou at the
cashisr's deck During this con-
ference Ne. Ames rsstsd one arm
+ On the desk 4aaA rlnnine the
check through his fingsrs In such
sman1sf that its . h6s WI clearly
before Mr.. Drew. who could not
.hslp noticing Its parports There
was nothing shout II calculated to
+ maks my qinprssdso1 upon Mr..
Drew; except thas It Was pay able
70 the initials IS. c., or bearer"
which naturally Impressed him .
little mysterious. and temporarily
excited his curioelty. The check
was presented and paid - Mr..
Amos by the oashisr. M. Drew
did not observe ths ASSASSINATION
Of the Fills, except that the one ON
teps was fos $500. The two then
walked out Of the room into the
lobby, when Mr. AAss handed the
money. 70 the gentleman With
whom be had pfeyiously been in
eonysrsation.s Mr. Drew at that
time was in Ne hsbitof kespiDg .
dairy and noting down his daily
transactions and interviews. W hen
he retarpsd from Europs ID, mon
tionsd these factas 10 one or two
pseSsss. and sAta' he va eonil-
sdsst thst this dairy wozid AZ the
date q his several intsrvisws
with Mr. Auss. Whea hs subss
qusntly obtained sscssss, to his
books and papers no found in his
diary for 1853 two entries 81 inter
views vi h Oakes Ames, June go
and %, 1868. Il Vas, Mr.. Drew
saye, that On one " the other Of
these days that he cav the check.
II will be remembered that the
check Was dated ] une 20, 1868, and
paid June ~, 1868. Il 10 UNDER
stood thai Mr.. Drew 10 ready to
support the statement under oath
II required. This testimony COM
firms Cashier Dillon's rscollsction
that he paid the check 70 Mr..
Ames in largo bills, and also sup