Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-01-29

dends ON the stock up to that time paid
the amount due for it and left balance
of three hundred and twenty-nine dol
! lars; Ames handed me a check for this:
had paid Ames no money, and he
/ had given me no stock or certificate of
stock; took a check, with the under
standing that if / did not conclude TO
receive stock in few days, / would let
him know; kept the check three or
four days before / asked for the cash
upon it, and then / presented it to the
Sergeant-at-Arms, or in his office, and
received the money; l retained it for e
/ few days, and thought about the matter;
| in the meantime ] read letter from a
/ friend, giving me some information
about the matter, when / went to Ames
and told him | would not take stock;
| he said, "Nery wellW and remarked
| that it was good stock, or he thought it
q good investment, or something of that
sort; paid him back three hundred and
! twenty-nine dollars, with, i think,
| two dollars interest; Ames hesitated
about the interest, the time having
been so short and | insisted upon him
taking it, and thus the matter ended.
| The memorandum / made at the time
refreshes my memory, but l don't say
this to the committee by way of an eX-
ouse to cover up anything, but state
facts as they are. The stock was never
delivered to me or any one for me, nor
have / ever received anything, directly
or indirectly, except as / have stated
here. | had hesitation in making an
agreement with Ames to take stock,
and so far as corruption is concerned
there was no legislation. / don't recol-
lect any legislation in regard to the
road during the negotiation between
Ames and myself As far as influence
was concerned, there WAS no necessity
for Ames or any one else making bar
gain to obtain my influence as my con-
stituency were favorable to the road. l
have always voted to sustain the road,
and would do so to-day.
II. c. Swan, Cashier of the First Ma
tional Bank of this district, was the next
witness sworn in and questioned.
Mr.. Poland stated that he had brought
the books of the bank with him and the
account of Mr.. s. CoIfax in answer 10
the summons. On turning to the ac-
count of Mr.. Colfax, the Judge put the
following questions:
Question-State whether it appears
on the books that Mr.. Colfax made a
deposit on the twenty. second of Janu-
ary, 1858.
Answer-Yes, sir; nineteen hundred
and siXty-eight dollars and sixty-three
cents. lGreat sensation.
QuestioR-Well, about the other de-
posits made in June or July?
Answer-June 22d, nineteen hundred
and sixty-eight dollars and sixty-three
cents; July eth, four hundred dollars;
July Sth, one hundred and fifty dollars;
July 18th, fifteen hundred and forty
three dollars and eighty-seven cents.
[Sensation.l
Question-Would the entry on the
ledger indicate whether in cash or cred
its ?
Answer-No sir.
Mr.. Poland then requested him to
bring up the blotter or book on which
the original entry of deposits was made.
The witness replied that he would. He
then produced the following certificate
of deposit being returned: Deposited
in the First National Bank by S. Colfax,
June %, 1868, United States bonds and
bank-nOtes, in one thousanG-dollar
checks, as follows: two hundred and
fifty dollars, one hundred and fifty dol
lars, sixty-three, and fifty dollars.
QuestiOn-Will you see whether the
deposit was made by ColfaX prior to
the twenty-second of June?
Answer-On the first of June.
To question of Mr.. Ames, the wit
ness replied that Of course he could not
tell where the money came from.
The examination of Swan being con-
cluded, Ames said he had decided to go
over to another committee.
Judge Poland-We have prior pos
session of you; that is good in law.
Laughter.
The committee then took a recess for
forty-five minutes, and on reassembling
B. F. Ham testified that he issued fifty
additional shares of Credit Mobilier
stock to Nelson, but knew nothing as
10 whether the five thousand dollars bor-
rowed by Nelson from Dilloo had been
paid, and produced a copy of paper
authorizing the issue of fifty additional
shares of Credit Mobilier stock to James
Brooks on account of previous agree
ment'.
The paper is signed by Oakes Ames,
Samuel Hooper, and others, but Ham
testified that he thought the signature
of Ames was in pencil, and that the
original was not in the handwriting of
that gentleman, but was signed by some
one else for him.
Judge Poland announced that there
were certain books of Ames's which the
committee desired to examine tonight, |
and the committee adjourned until to-
morrow.