The sun., 1873-08-13
FAD FOR SCHUTLER.
The Fiske story Confutcd-Onkc- Ames's
Dying Declarations about the Perjury Oi
Coltax-l lIysterlOus Documents ia the
BaCkgrOund.
f)om ne Caicog9 Tribune, hrg. 10.


CoIiax- MyHer!ous Documents In the
BnckgrOupd.
f,rm ne ciic1go Tribune Apo. TO-.
The journal recently gave circulation to
a paragraph which 1t claims to have copied from
HIrpci'S Uc,Hp. tD the effect that Gen. Clinton
B. fiske. of ST Louis. stated, in defence Of
Schuyler Cofax, that two months previous q
his death Mr.. Ames admitted to him lFiske) that
the charges against Mr.. Colfax were false.
II So happened tnat word was brought to this
ofice OF tho arrival at the Grand Pacific Hotel
Of gentleman who was intimately acquainted
with Mr.. Oakcs Ames, and attended him during
the last hours OF his life The name Of this
gentleman is for the present withheld at bis re-
quest, and we shall speak OF him as Mr.. r.
When the time comes for his identity To he
made known he will not shrink from coming
forward, and will, he promises, publish over his
own name convincing proofs Of the truth Of Mr..
Ames's staterucnt-pruOfs which nave never vet
been called for, but winch still remain in exist
cnCc. y reporter. who was assigned to inter-
view Mr.. + 49, at the Pacific Hotel, found him
In the Office, and having requested a few min
torial paragraph in the Journal Of Friday, aud
asked MIN whether he had any reasun to sup
pose that Gen tiske's statement was true.
Mr. - SAID that ne could not bring himself
to the belief tbat Gen. III Ne ever gave uttcrance
to II, believing the story to he utterly without
The reporter inquired whether Mr.. + -- had
been constant companion Of Mr.; Ames pr.
Nious C. his death. lie replied that ne had been
VITA MIR. Ames ut to the ttmc of his death. Mr.
AiuCs had never iutimdttd TO him that the
.Jntrury" said he one week before his death,
ave, Two days and lwii make oath to 10. too,
wuen he time comes Mr.. Aucs told me that
Nr. Colfax had lied about tuat check, and 1t
cudd be- proven
my runl. ling that statement as YOU gave ~
Mr.. None Whatever. ON the contrary,
t..nk it high time tnat some mcmhcr Of hIs
truthful stptomeut- tuat Mr. colt x, ana men
actiusiu hi, lehllf. are 80 ru-ily circulating
over hi- grave. a. l- au c,at matter, they th.uN,
A b q. y a. 81
Possibility OF a reply b4t assure Won, ai a
showed mH are uttcby false.
Rclorer- M. Amc'. On his deathbed, made
no Jllu-tou to- th" uJtfrrf
Mr. H.. 'tr Ai.,-. % Nnu will reco'lert the
cirruWS,"DceS OF his dcat1, died "f Hp"uieNv,
and Wa- ilsensltIe after tac hr-t ATTACK. Co tue
lust Wumrut uf lI- HIc. But about the last
words iuW ihc poor ntn -poh' In hls iI- were
that " tuifdX ndd hed about tuHl : e. cnce>.
Re. ortcr Have you eter heard from altnIdy
VINO wa. ut,ui tie WIKI Mr. Amos tuIt h' ever
took back the charges he made against Mr.
tpiiaXt
Mr.. r. Never From the very nr,t he ex-
pres I'd himself IA the strongest terms con-
damrlns the f.l .chuod of wh.cn ~cnu,lert tuIfiX
Wa. guilty. IL t.. therefore. utterly inro-.ib.c
tnIt he could nave said a word about his ar1es
be- uc ftl4e.
Kcp1rter-You allude to some testimony
whch could he produced II necessary May
5r. ~ am under promise not to di-
vllse u. Let me snow YOU uy position. There
were documents ia Slr. Ames possession
winch con. uucd in black ink the most couclu-
tYc testimony. Those documents werc seen
~ my self ana two othcr gentlemen. MIR. An"s
told me Dee woud NO: introduce them unless
u,s testimony Wa t. ne i,npeached. IL you re.
member the story Il the investigation, YOU VIII
mary manner IN which the investigation endei.
Reporter ihey never were produced Ia evil
deuce. th.nf
Nit. f.-Nu cir
tepprcr Was Mr.. Colfax aware OF the nature
M. F.-Hes ,r; and that was the secret ~
his dt-re to let history yindcatc him, instead Z