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funds. He could not tell the specific purposes
| 10 Which these gentlemen devoted their money.
on reassembllng the committee resumed the
examination OF Bushnell, who said he bought
S2,5OO,0Oo of the bridge bonds and gave eighty
| cents on dollar for them when he outside
price was only fifty cents on the dollar. For
| 600 of the land giant bonds he gave "a
| when in the New York Exchange they were 3d.
| He had to make the arrangement with the
| company to pay the entire floating debt of the
| company, which at the time was $4,000 0O, and
to build the bridge by the legisla ton he pro.
| Cured
In answer to question by Mr.. Shellabarger
witness said he had no doubt the the u P. r.
| +. Co. paid the parties interest under the Cakes
| Ames contract, five per cent. additional to the
contract price IN consideration of the rapidity
with which the road was built and for other
purposes.
zen. Slocum asked him how much stock
Gen Dix held in the Union Pacific Railroad
Company?
A.-5OO shares.
Q.-Do You know how he obtained them?
A-Not sufficiently to swear even to my own
| sati faction
Q-Do you not know that they were pre-
sented to him by tie Credit Mobilier
A;-Ihe first or second installment was paid
| for by DR.. Durant.
| On further interrogation witness said that
Dix's stock was bought BY the Credit Mobier
| at par.
| Q-Why did you give him $4,000 for 500
| SusaCo vi GtOCh VI tu6 CulOn IdClQC hdllIOau
| Company?
A.-There was a variety of reasons. Gen.
| DIX was represented to us as somewhat ag-
grIeved by his having been turned out of the
presidency OF the Company; said he would
rather remain as president than have the Office
| of minister to France
| Q-Did he not write letter to S. NJ. L. Bar
low which was read to your directors, which in
duced them to take the stock at par?
Al saw the letter purporting to have been
written by Gen. Dix.
| Q-Was it of such character as alarmed
your company and compelled you to pay?
Ave were led from the letter and remarks
OF Mr. Barlow to think it advisable to buy the
stock.
Q-And pay par for stock not worth it?
Al never discredited the stock of being
| more sanSuine than others.
Q-Who was the treasurer when the first
| mortgage bonds were issued?
| A-Mr. Cisco was Treasurer and Gen. Dix
| President
Q-,What was said of these parties for sign
| ing the bonds over their salaries?
| Al never heard of anything being paid
| above their salaries.
Having been further interrogated, witness
| said he never heard of retainer of $4,000
given to a candidate for a seat in the United
| States Senate.
Mr.. Fl. Carpenter, on the ground that he was
i friend of the Company He did not know of a
| single dollar having been paid in 1864, '67, or
| II as retainer to any member of Congress.
In answer to Mr.. Swami witness said Barlow
| only read few lines of Gen. Dix letter and
showed his authority to settle the matter for
| Dix.
Q-Was this letter in a complaining or
| threatening spirit.
Al think in complaining spirit
Witness on reflection said he might be in
| error in stating that Gen. Dix's stock was Civ
en- by DIR. Durant; it was barsly possible that it
| was given him by the Union Pacific Railroad
Co. as extra compensation. His impression
| was that the stock was given to Gen. Dix.
In the course of examination witness remark
| ed that President Lincoln, when he signed
| tbs Pacific Railroad BILL said it would be one of
the proudest acts OF his life if he could take a
ride over the road to the Pacific Mr.. Lincoln
| could not then have anticipated that every year
| the lobby would attempt to levy backmail on
the managers of the road. Having been asked
| to state what he knew, the witness said that in
| 69 the President was informed that a lobby
| was coming to Washington to induce such leg
islation as would reduce the price of the COM
| pany's bonds. Last year the same thing was
| tried on the company
Being in the office of the President, witness
/ said to the President that he would recommend
that not a dollar be paid for such purpose this
year. The question came up as to the company
| employing counsel or the lobby when the Presi-
| dent said the company would give to Congress
| aud the committee all the facts which were
| known by its management and if necessary
Mr. Poppleton, the counsel for the company,
would be sent to Washington to assist in giv-s
ing all necessary information and see whether
the road and its property could be protected
without lobby, as it was determined not to
give dollar, but to furnish every fact and trust
Congress and the nation.
Mr.. Slocum-Was not the sum Of $50, 600 paid
to Fullerton as blackmail?
Witness-Of course. l ordered it paid my
| self. All knew the origin of the controversy.
Gen. Slocum privately remarked that this
| was matter of record on the impeachment
trial of Judge Barnard in New York The COM
mittee then adjourned till tomorrow morning
The Louisiana Trouble.
| WASHINGTON Feb. 3.-The Louisiana Inves-
tigating Committee met this morning The pa
pers upon which the Lynch board had made
| its returns not having been received from New
| Orleans, it appeared from MessrS Lynch and
Bovee that they were in charge of U. S. Super
visor Woolley, at New Oruans, who had prom
Used Lynch he would send them.
A telegram was here read from Casey stating
that he was en- route with the papers and doeu-
ments. The Committee decided to summon
Woolley.
Capt. jackson, who commanded the regulars
on duty at Mechanics Institute, was examined
| and gave an account of his proceedings under
the orders of his superior officers.
| Capt. Jaques testified that he was United
States Deputy Marshal aud United States Su-
pervisor in Plaquemine Parish Witness is
sued $50 duplicate registration papers after the
| registration closed. Returned to New Orleans
after the election, signed 1874 affidavts, taking
the names of all but 800 from the poll list. The
| committee signed the atfidavits in blank; many
of the men were of straw; didn't know how
| many names of existing persons he signed pre-
sumed he signed the names of $50 existing per-.
sons without authority; didn't know it was for
| gerry; got affdavits from Gen. Sypher; got 800
names by going from plantation to plantation;
| some said they could not vote there were such
crowds at the polls, and others said the polling
places too far off, being II to 80 miles dis
tant On the 10th of December received a let
70 hui,
the affidavits you got; the General is 400 short;
gave affidavits to Bovee, who said, Jacques you
are hell of fellow" told the General and
Capt. Sypher how the affidavits were got and
| they approved it. When Sypher started for
Washington he told the witness to get at least
1900 more afhdavits; when Sypher returned he
said that witness had done well. Plaqumine
Parish was Democratic, but CROUCH names were
put on the registration lists at the polls to all
ways elect Sypher.
Witness had been in the custom house. and
Sypher and Casey promised to reinstate him,
but had not done so. Has not received any
promise of reward for disclosing these facts.
Had determined to leave the whole crew, who
were nothing but set of cussed thieves. 1t
has been the custom in Louisiana to stuff the
ballot boxes and make false registration. Had
learned something of the business in Cham
paign county, Illinois,
Sypher interrogated the witness, who said in
reply that Sypher had sent him to Plaquemine
parish and instructed him to take the ma mes of
persons not in existence, and at least to get all
the affidavits he could. II
Mr.. Sypher-Could any affidavit have been
made for persons not on the registration lists?
WItness-They could, as well as we could
open the ballot box and put in votes in your
presence. Witness further testified that this
took place under Warmoth's administration,
and Sypher told him not to let Warmoth know
anything about it. Sypher told witness, both
in 1868 and 1870 to put all the names he could
on the books so that the number of votes cast
should not exceed the registration. He was
Their sworn supervisor; never thought whether
puttilg false names ON the list was his duty or
not because all the other supervisors were do
ing it. San Delevan told him that he stuffed
the ballot boxes and made false registration in
1868. Delevan was supervisor in New Orleans
during the last election. Told about two weeks
ago that he could make some revelations con-
corning the 18th and 9th wards that would up
set the whole Kellogg party. Harmer, State
Register in the 9th ward, in 1870 told him sim
liar facts concerning those elections.
These officers were appointed b. Warmoth
in 1870. 1400 votes were cast In Plaqnemine
Parish and $500 or 200 were counted The
boxes were stuffed. Gen. Sypher brought the
boxes and was present.
T.. j. Boardman testified that he was United
States Supervisor of Washington parish and
conducted the election to the satisfaction of
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