, 1873-03-10

nv strong imprtssons, but testified ~ 10 tho facts
only At 1ny second examination, however, freely
stated these strong IMPRESSIONS and, il had had the
self-possesssoa OF ono accustomed to the courts,
would 1aye sta:ed the foundation for these decided
impressions. This strong impression thai had paia
this s. c.. cheek to Amcs Eag conducel By hiMsc1
IN to question put to him only the day be,
fore my second examination. I asked him: DID
and MT So pay aspea nt t0 / E' very Gey
Indeed the have thought Of tie whole matter,
the more firmly am convinced that NJ AG1ss drew
the money for the 81 200 8. c. check himself. II he
lad, when writing it, intended 1t for you, why dsd
he not, lie did with several others, who have &C.
in frI, Al the members who are charged with the
initial checks deny ever having seen than, anu re-
pfa as testified at my second examination, that my
very strong impression ia that paid III tho interest
checks to alr Ames himself. rendering my congrau-
lntion on what regard your triumphant VantEca-
ton from tho well arranged plot TO injnre yo.n
fully aud truly tsigned> MOSES DILLON, Cashier"
". SCOTT esITu.
WILL also read you 1rota the following aosolutely
conclusive letter from w. Scott Smith:
OFFICE OF EVENING PnEss AssocAT1oa1l
wAsf1saros, =. c., March @ 5, 1879.
came into tie room aforesaid, upon whom I was cali
ing at the Arlington House, anu after tax to some
extent on yssoas 5e ea1d h @ mGn ,
bcfore the Poland Committee that he Anes) sttu owed
you that sum you had originally paid lin % @ suo-
4Cofax astonished me- said Mr.. Amos, and I
have been looking Up the matter to see Il he Ia cor
rect, remember well of his paying me sloo and Of
his coming to afterwards and sayng he hRd con-
cuded to back out Of the transaction bnt my memory
IL clear, and in fact know that paid him back his
mahoy hogt + lis the stock pasae to him
any dividends was naich impressed with what NJ
es f and Bsr ee''st a ' g. soet ne or
received my Of the dividends, and, I confess,
that as between the public statement - made s
yo, took the stock aud received the vidends aud his
private statement felt that must accept the latter,
Following that sr Aes In his former statement was
years have Represented leading papers, East aud
West at the capital among the very few men in Con-
f nto oaeso h
cent Credit Mober investigation has not shaken my
Judgment and feel that when the public excitement
atey the people will continue to trust you they ever
1A' {signed} ST m |'''' ''e4'~ VI. SCOTT SAITH.
afr, Cofa1 then read from the testimony OF Mr..
Matthews ION page 59f o1 ne report IN regara to sno
time when he m sa, ta3s }ss sna mc a na
printed 1t was conArmatory Of his own 6tatements-
ar Matthews telling him In the winter Or early IL 1ho
institution where the big ash ae up the little ones and
that in couple Of months afterwards Mr. colfax told
him hs in Of it M su md pp Is s s
had been III one, he had backed out, and did
not have any interest in Il and further. that ho Mr.
1athy for Mr A,ues. Co|fax replied that an,es owed
him $500, but he would never usk him for it until he
got able to pay 1t.
He also read from A1nes' testimony, JAN % lInge
2s Tint even after Cofax conversation about never
mnding the 800, he supposed he Ind to pay the $780,
previously paid him $1,000, which would have been
500 more than the amount Colfax had paid Ames on
account Of the STOCK
Mr.. Colla1 then proceeded aa follows: When my
bank account brought before the Committee, and
Vas shown ta ! 1a 9Sd deposited a. r., r. esfsney se
Anes check, was required to explain where I OBJ
tane It, NY tho ys5S m ne1 d5y iaa s before
that very cd Of Jnne with check out Of this 81 200
deposit and ndorsed over to the Chairman Of the In
diana State Republican Committee, to whom, Is tho
cancelled draft shows paid Ny counsel promised
to connect this with the subsequent testimony. Nr
Matthews, he hns tho documents To- suhstantiae,
acty where It ali came from. My eister elegraphed
me from Utah, that che remembered the
and the 81 900 bill, q tho riddle Of June, would
not present this testimony behind my accueers back,
ho having gone homo to Massachusetts,. Tho day re
mile winter journey alone tsatlf what ali my
family SO well remembered Mr. Matthew's Airs. Aol,
" nsse a h' ws fsiep OF
letter; Upon examination; M1. aattheXs 1,al ;,;s
payment Of 500 In bills the piano debt Which
payment OF his was JAM 16 or II, 1865. This tesi-
oay confirmed by the staement Of another sister
10WnsNuO tuAk 4iotAtE H1Nto ~ AII
in juno, 1868 of my having received
bill to which she had referred especially was sur-
tler confirmed by tile testimony Of Mr. Matthews
IN the conversational understood and stated,
that would send this Nesbt remittance to Indiana,
ana that bank books and the Cancelled draft proved
sas df DID June send out Of snas she ST. '' pos t.
This remittance Of large amount from stranger
rdtcted by many Impossible, and the fac that
he dead md could not testify to his own conf
dental donation was cruauy commented on,
THE OTHER EEsBrTT RENIrTAScEs.
public testimony, commenced examining privately my
bauk account during other months than thu one IN
5ssne Lear1ing hs then .ss3 oaee shat i
this generous donor, partly for personal use and
partly for political, with the distinct understanding
That receiving them should create obligation On my
part, but that his family did net desire to have his
letters published unless absolutely necessary, aud
by the advice Of counsel ad not referred to them. 1s
tile explanation requested OF rs to precise sources
Of the currency deposit Of june o. paeed them how
ever, ut the disposal Of the Committee aud they we're
1868, lie sent me for peraonal uses as free gt
and that iu July in letter. which did not refer 10 ny
nomination s a ss he es ettsr Of juno da ses
al at that session, In his APRIL Juno and July remit
tances, one Thousand personally and two thousand
Endorsed by July IS, to the Chairman Of tho IN
diam Republican Committee mud returned to the bank
c ~ to nea Sa ns
thus two drafts circunstantialy both reuittan
and their dates. [ar. Coa1 here exhibited both Of
stated to the Committee Tint had lsed still moro
In Indiana and elsewhere, for legitimate campaign
purposes in that canvass, contributed by friends, md
offered to show them Ill had expended politically,
personally, and for household c1renses. did this
because did not know how fer these Investigations
were to extend Judging from the researches after my
specific explanation Of where got the money depos
lied in June 1868. But the Committee declined to In
qu!re into these items, md hence this information has
bsen lost to the world will not weary you by fur
ther details. You have all read the voluntary atda-
nit of my lifelong friend,
rICEETsoN BURROUGHS,
who, though he had only heard Of and not even read
my statement to tho 81 GOO remittance OF juno from
Mr. Nesbitt, TINT had told him that summer OF
having received 900 COO from 1Ir. Nesbitt for
political uses, proving By his repetition Of the larger
sum four times over, that had evidently told him Of
both tho June and July resaitanccs from Eesbitt Hs
added that informed him had sent Mr. Nesbtt's
contribution to the Republican Central Committee ut
indianapolis, as have shown you did. l read now
au extract Of . letter from
OLIVER HoTr, . s..
one OF the leading business men OF New YORK IN the
leather trade, who writes me:
.YpG WILL doubtless, remember That you honored
mo with a visit at my houAe in Stanford In June,
1863 and, while there, you stated yoa would Like to
cali or3 Mrs. Eesbitt, whcso husband had recently
died. You statcd to me on the way that 3lr. Nesoltt
had been exceedingly generous and kind To 5on that
he had sent to you, unsolicited, TWO or tREeo We:,