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bus legal knowledge, to examine into tho mat
ter.
Poland-rloaao aond and got 1t now. The
proceedings bore must bo governed by our 1udg-

proceedings loro muBt bo governed by our 1udg- |
Hmes-Horaco r. Clarke hns tho book, sir.
A messenger WINS despatched for It immcdfnte-
ly. Thorc was some disappointing when It was
discovered that Ames llad not brought his book.
His answers % 70 tue % mof99oonta 49, Or uatke k
Whiio awaiting tho return Of Tho moasongcr,
Amos produced u memorandum-book, showing,
y n Mar sS sa e. snd ssvo S seaun sha5ss Il
pcr cont; that Senator pattorson paid him for
hls so el,nros on tho 81at Of August, 1867. Tho
impression of tho witnoas, when giving big for
ss Dsabap 1s Wness ss raseSn % o
torson's Payment ut tho timo. AZ to tho Iowa
Tails L blonx City atock, 10 hold 1t ss trustee
for no ono In particular. Subsequently, he lot
Mesars: booo Ga aarer me aEa Aaron '1a a9SPor aP
1900 WORTH
Tho Committee took q rocess for half an
hour,
Aftot tho recoas, Horace r. Clarke appeared
Ameg, that he would decline to produce thomem-
ornndum book. Ho thought tho Oom,nittoo
should not look into private affaira. C1arlo,
to to tho 81 ontrios in the BOOK, and tho testimony
OF Ames.
nIr. Pound then requested Amos to show such
original ontrioa on tho books sa related to tho
road. as follows: 1T waa dated Tuesday, Jan. a,
1861 "IIonry Wilson to orodft by cash sevonty
dollars on account Of the 0rodit Mobilier stock
OF America. Thon followed 90 entry under date
Tho witn'oss testified that tho entrios wero
not In all cases made Ut the time Of tho trans-
action. Under date Of June az, 1868, STATIC
mont appears ct Henry Wilson's ncoounts, show,
in Oedar Rapids bonds, calculation Of interest,
and cheok. for 1928 given him. Tho wltness
then turned to jan. i, 1852, and road as tol-
GTs ,9 orGas as Mee9E tt. q 1mof1s IT,
witness. in explanation Of tho entry, said Tho
81 ,095 was the par value Of the stock and In
torGt it rP to ta ns So Ths 9I oa1t 1a ID
dato. under the head +" Cash Accounts" wlB
" Il: L. Dawos, by cash, 81 ,o95, amount duo on
bond Of 81 900; Crodit Moblicr. $1,000 Union
atatod tlat Dawes took tho bond and paid tho
dineroncc between 8o.por cont dividend andite
value.
Tho witness then turned to dato Of Thursday,
March 6, 1858, and road as follows: Received
Of Schuyler Colfax, check for balance 1854. .72.'
The noxt entry was check on the Sorgeant-at~
Arms, q, 200, given Oolfax, but tho dato was
not giyon. Then the following "Oolfax. 20
shares Of Credit Mobiller cost $4,000: =
iesa pcr r. cont 3 bonds At sS7 81, isl Paid March
s, $esl.72; 1900 U. P. stock; 2,ooo crodit
THO witness noxt produced an original state
mont, showing calculation OF amounts duo on
thirty sharoa :; twenty shares, and ton sharcs
| There were no named on 1t, but he testified that
other 1t or copy was shown to each ono OF the
! gentlemen, for whom he held the stock In trust
All the names On tho book having cross mark
| affixed, wore settled with.
The next entry was in June, 1858, deposited
| with tho 6erEoant-at-ArnH, S10, ,000."
Qucstion-Hayo you an entry on these or any
othor book in reference to Colfax2
ANA kurA
Judge Poland--well, lot us SEQ it,
Amos--Let us got through the book first.
Judge poland-No. We emust Sec the ontry, +
Amos producod tho book, aud read - followa !:
for intoroat on 300 certificates U. P. r. B."
Tho witness testified that the earttticatea alluuod
to we're diyidenda on tho Credit Mobill6r stock,
Q.-Havs you boon ablo to find any receipts
siened By Colfax2 Al have not found any
yet but havo searched carefully.
The witness then read an entry from date Of
in money md coupons Of tho Cedar Rapids Rail-
road bonds to 10 invested in Credit Moblior
Investment. On Fob: !, 1899, delivered to G. ".
f''ei Of Credit Mobllter stock - bought for
n,s raacao ie'Saaii %asngon md nd deyersd dann
". scolo1d, ono bond, $1,000: 10 shares Of
b, balance tiue' due on bond over Dividend s135ss.
April 81, 1868, received Of VIM. B. Allison, s271.
balance due On stock sold him. Then followed
statement In figures, showing the yalue. Of
to o09 aes WI Wson ns' Slowing s5o '1s ps
him, and the calculation above referred to. The
witness then read ontrion in tho case Of Patter-
son, copies of which and the receipts tswero before
tho Committee fow days alnco. 10 next or
which agrees with tho figures submitted by that
gontlemen. The witness has had no settlement
With Garfield l or a kelley ho f..;Sad Iead .ss the
In sotfqs pad il eaa 2 81 to as 5sa hau
reference on his memorandum book in reference
to Speaker Blaine. In settling with Painter, ho
gave him check received from Bartlett for a
Cedar Rapids bond; had settled with hr. Lo'
gun, and gave him check.
Question you any mora entrleH?
| Anawer-No, sir
Question--You believe wo hare now scen al
tho entries on tue book In reference to any o1
these gentlemen?
Anewor-Yos, sr.
BY Niblack-Had not found receipts from any
Of these gontlomon Of any importance; hac
found one Of Allison without date. His clorl
was now making further search, and he woult
know aomo time this week, II he should tine
any. Tho receipt BY Allison waB as follows:
Heceved Of 0akes Auaes ten ahares Of etock Of ths
Credit aobllcr Of America. which hold subject tt
In anawer to questions by Mr.: Ha1o, counae
Of Colfa1. tho Witness testified that he loft th'
memorandum books Of his office in Easton
when he camo hore after the holidays. Tho ONT
since, aud takon back to Easton by Kennedy
Amos was then put through long and severe
croas-e1aminasion by Judge Hnls, ae how thu
copies were made, but tho w1tneas tostiaed that
thoy wore not copies Of the original entrIos, buI
made up Of various entries. Whi1o tho cross
examination was In progress and after It had
been kept up IN hour or moro, Judge POLAND
notified Mr. Halo that tho Committee was thor
nu1hfv acnunntnd with ali thase matters hAy
Ing had it all In evidence, and II there woro an,
Inconsistencies In AmeB' statomontB, tho Com
mittee could Judge tor itself. He thought thi
: Ill q waste OF time and going over what the Com
mittee already had.
The witnosa further stated that he did no
i romonber Of having got any receipt from Colfax
and never said 80 to any person. He remam
bered hc gAvo to Oolfhx q check Tor 81 400
! When he made bis statement in December, to th
effect that hc could not remember II ho had pail
. | Colfax anY dividend ha had not seen The memo