The sun., 1873-09-04
The Opinion, of rwo ., spraguc'- nord.

The OriutOuS of Two y, spragur's Burd-
huidcrs.
Mr.. John pLttcu. h....ic. bciu@ one Of
1'reas mr. sprasue's bolds,uon. Il al.p among
TIC fliihful E. w who consider him guyt c-, ot
amy inicutiou to dcfriud Br iyn's trru-iry.
In c"nvcr-ot'rn with SrN Reporter yesterday
he said hc wis convinced of MIR. : rlcIc.- "
hdy H. declined &, g,sr any opinion "a to
whether money had bccntalon FROM the Brook
lyn treasury AMI used flr cl.ctionrt par
p"ses. Thi' report, hc said, had culv rca Scd
him during the last day or two, and he had not
Investigated II.
"Mr. Spaguca surctic-" said he. care n 'arIy
all members ~ the Trust Company, and his
oficc has been removed to the sauc building.
For NV own part Ibclieve w. Spraruc ~ ht a.
honest man as ever lived. hut hc h ~ bctn Vie
tiWl1 a bv swndirrs \ few dats ago the
Comptroller -uggo~;"d that hc should mal.c
over all his property t. tho hond4mcn. and thry
should sivc thcir no,~s Jointly Tor IN" entire
~V'u of which the city had been dcfrrutcd.
This aptcarS tn me TO- be- an ,ntir,ly useless
step, a~ cur bonds are quit" sufficient t' hv4d
ms. The other bond am N, however. la," % dit-
i"iCut opinion. and tcu"yc the que .i.u w's
finally settled to-day. did not 20 over. tNrl
s,rrRoVE or TIrE WHOLE rRnCrrpfNGs,
and do not purpose tu give wy tie. under
stand am to- ne sued I'r tne Whole amount 81, -
think thcy yin bc able tn compel me tu give nv
note. have been legally advised that ry orir-
Sr,sHe % G%I s,yc va been S tod. made '' o,cr all NE nj.
property to-day To- hi- boudsmcn. lic T.. of
cour-c ruined as merchant, tut among mcr-
ctnt e. men his credit stands very hi %. and !
should not Ho At all surprised n hi~ ttitud-, If
whom he has many, rally rouni him ami lend
him u helping hand. lie t. very popular. and
within a year or 50 may pcrhtr~ occupy the
same pnsiti N N business that hc held before
Krporter You say you believe Mr. spraruc to
have been the victim Of swindlrrs. In what
wnl do you conceive him To have been swim
now MIR srn,ri.r WAS swt>ntrp.
MIR rattcn declare am so little of n pcli
thr.c snhiccts Wv belief trat Ml Srr.ruc T.
honest + s i"Hnde ,, an int y "T rs onper
! IN thi> WY Last winter Nr 'ura- icll while
| walking q iwn t. Wall street iV,r, and dislo-
Gated his ankle lie was laid up for a long time,
| aud kudman had uncontrolled chtrlt oi his
J ofce during his absence.
! ton ~ on man already pretW deep IN the
| mite. II We Nou the '.m" opinion ot koimhns
! pruh,ty that you entertain ~ Sprarucsf
simply relate the fic, ns i, stands have only
to repeat once more my former as .ertion that
! Sunauc's honesty. and I believe that 1ll ,is
s,.na,nen AZ Il ~. same oi mon. There u
! Sprlsuc. lie Is one 4 his surcties, and be-
Hove thinks hl- character above suspicion. lie
| ,tcpped IA hero o. he was g"in; h,w' o. fis re-
| turn from brooklyn, aud said, 90 s,N. lsttnn,
thyy are s.inI 90 sur you WHY didn You t.'r
dnys ago From what have hcId lc.ieye
they really are going 1" sue iuc.
WHAT MA. oLwEIL SAWS.
After leaving Mr. Patten. the rouortcr called
upon Mr. James dwell, an extensive wholesale
grocer IN West street. llr also j. uu" Il Mt.
-prague'S hrnd-men, and, Ike Nr. ratteu, hts
an uns~cgvng belief in his honesty. tie had
| just returned from hnokiyn where hc had
seen Mr.. Surague AMI ruuvtrsrd with hin un
maucrS ot private naturc. lie said: "1hrrr
appears tu De some ul>co Inception about tie
amount Tor which Mr.. Spra-ue's bond smen are
held There are IN all hvc OF thcm. and each
une has given his bond for StuU. making Hu
aggregate ~ srnen. The people 81 Broo klIH
need have no fear. for they will NJ, lose q e., NJ
each of the bandsmcn being worth pIubahh a
million and a half of dollar
Reporter-Is II true that You have given your
notes jointly for the entire sum OF which TIA"
Mr. Otwei-Ycs. IL l. true: and | believe the
whole matter IL now satisfactorily arranged.
We have not all given our notes. however. one
Of our number has drclned +" % 80.
Reporter Are any Stou~ to bp taken with
Wow ~ cumpelling him - give -
Mr.. ui~ell- Well he Will. tIink. be- sued f"r
thr whole amount but he say. hc can contest
thc suit. an not lawyer enough To- lnNc any
opinion ~ L" MS chances II success
prl lp,rty to hi- houd-iucnf
Mr. niw''l lIc ha-. cy'ry nonny fit.
Rclouri- How viii that affect hi, commercial
NJ {. well That cntirely depsnd. gpou hts
his honesty he L. one of HE bond men,
Mt. srKAGvrs HONESTY.
Reporter How long have you known Nr
MIR. dwell About twenty-five year. lie has
! hrtn known t. the mercantile community flr
/ twenty years, and his credit has alway- TODD
! very high When lac assumed ulicc he si.d he
| did not want To have auy politicians tor sure
! ties and consequently We are all merchants. |
never heard Of him having heen in any way mix
ed up with politicians or politics tell y'u slT
We were all astOundcd when We heard al these
GefacgtiOns, but none ~ Us believed Nr. >pri-
! to De ia any way culpdble, We looked up "a him
NJ more sinned against than SHINING. and II Ne
| were to hear tomorrow morning that TIM SUS
newspaper had gone to the dos- IN con-equeLcc
~ the iueflcienCv of the management We should
receive IL with about the same amount u q, a.
ulity with which W. now listen H. the reports uf
MIR. Spragut'- Ill honesty.
Convinced OF. MIR. ulwell's sincerity, the re-
! porter took HE Leave.