New-York tribune., 1873-01-30
THE CONGRESS SCANDAL.

oAKEs AMES ON THE STAND AGAIN.
,,p coLFAx SENDS HIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN MR.. AMEs AND
MFssRs GARFIELD AND KELLEY - WHAT
THEY WISHED HIM TO TESTIFY TO.
rBY TELEGRAPH TO The TRIBuSEl
WASHINGTON Jan. 29-Mr. Colfax sent a lawyer
70 the Credit Mobiher Committee this morning, TO
conduct his case. The Hon. Robt S. Hale of New
York. an ex-member of Congress and member elect
of the next House, announced that he appeared as
the counsel of the Vice-Presdent, aud that he ex-
pected in few DAYS 10 prove that Mr.. Colfax re-
oeived the 81 200 deposited IN the First National
Bank of Washington, June %, 1865, from some
other source than from Oakes Ames. Some days
would be necessary he explained, to give Mr. Colfax
time to look over his papers, and 20 get some evil
.lence from New-York. Mr.. Hale put the cashier Of
she bank on the stand who testified that Mr. Colfax
had bought draft for $1,000 on the same day that
he deposited the 81 200 the draft being in favor OF
II. C. Connor of Indianapolis, who was Chairman of
the Indianapolis Republican Committee at the time.
This draft was put in evidence and Mr. Hale said he
intended to connect it with testimony he would sub
sequently produce.
Mr. COlfax's account as entered on the bank regis
ter shows that he deposited in the year 1865 nearly
$4,000 fact that is strangely inconsistent with
his statement that he is poor man, with no income
beside his salary and that he could not possibly
have received so large an amount 81 200 from any
source without remembering it,
The Committee next took up Mr.. Amess checks on
the Sergeant at Arms by one, and went over the
cases of the implicated Congressman again, ques-
tioning Mr.. Ames about some particulars that had
escaped notice in his previous examination One
check for 5000 bore a capital S" and small :" c"
written in one corner. This, Mr.. Ames says, he had
gwen to Mr. ScOfeld. A check for $S29, payable to
bearer he said he thought was Mr. Garhelds. He
produced from a pocketbook another receipt for
Credit Mobilier dividends amounting TO $2,SS3,
signed by Senator Patterson, dated in February,
1868.
Mr. Ames was next questioned about his connec-
tion with Messrs Garfield and Kelley since the in
vestigaton began. He said that MI Garfield had
frequently talked with him, and had always admit
ted the receipt Of the dividend Just as he Ames had
stated bat that he wanted him to confirm his rig
Inarole7 story about coming back from Europe hard
mp" and borrowing money of him. AT one inter
view IN Mr. Amess room. Mr.. Garfield had put down
in figures what he recollected the statement Mr..
Ames had made TO him when he got the dividend,
and Mr. Ames produced bit of paper upon which
were the following amounts in figures $1,000 81 900
500 in a column with the total s., 400. Mr.. AmeS
said these were Mr.. Garfelds figures, and the first
$1,000 stood for Credit Mobier bonds, and the sec
ond $1,000 for Union Pacific bonds. He did not
know what the other 800 meant. Mr.. Kelley
had wanted Mr.. Ames TO remember his dividend as a
loan. too He had never pretended it was really q
Loan Mr. Ames said but only insisted that he should
say it was There had been difference of opinion
between them as TO the real character of the ransac
tiOn at any of their interviews Mr. Kelley had
never disputed that it was dividend which he got
At one interview, this Winter, Mr.. Kelley handed
him check for 81 ,OOO which be (Amesl tore in two
-.d handed hack to him Tho performance, Mr.
Ames said, was to enable Mr. Kelley to say that he
had paid back the loan of 81 600 which he pretended
TO have received from Mr. Ames.
The memorandum book so anxiOusly expected
from which Mr. Ames refreshed his memory during
the recess, had not arrived this morning owing Ia
delay in the mails Mr.. Ames explained He insisted
that he must 90 home tonight to raise 100000 TO
meet pressing liabilities. He did not want to fail
twice on account of the Credit MOblher, he said
When the Committee adjourned, it was with the
understanding that MI Ames should telegraph tc
North Easton and find out if the memorandum
book was on its way, and that a meeting should be
held this evening in it arrived on the O'CLOCK
train Mr. Ames had received no answer to his dis
patch ND TO o'clock this evening and the meeting
was abandoned.
Judge Poland received letter from Mr.. Kelley
this evening, which was shown TO other members
the Committee, but was not put in evidence. Ih'
letter uolosed check for $780, and instructed Judg
Poland to offer this check to Mr. Ames to settle tin
amount he owed him, and to take the Credit Mo
bilier bonds and dividends belonging to them, du
Mr. Kelley, according to Mr.. Amess statement anC
turn them over to the Treasury of the United States
as portion of the sum of which the Credit Mobilie
had robbed the Government, Judge Poland de
posted the check with the Sergeant-at Arms, will
the ten shares Of Credit Mobher stock put in IN
charge by Mr. Kelley last week The investigation
promises to drag along for week more.