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daughtor'a fate. Tho shook prostratod tho
mothor 80 Bllo now lloB III procarioun oontll-
THE ERIE INVESTIGATION.

THE ERIE INVESTIGATION.
Testimony OF stntc Senator Wood,
Charles r. shaw, md Thonsns +. AL
word.
ALBANY, April 17.-In tho Eric investigation,
to-day, Senator Wood testified In rclat}on to
Dmtcller'a atntomont tint ho and other SonntorH
paid 81, 900 apiece. Tint llo WIS not acquainted
with Dutcher. Noyor conyerAol with him In ro-
gard to legislation, and noyor received . cent for
nny action or voto ea Senator from anybody. IIo
received In April, 1870, a 1oau, from jay Gould,
OF 81 GOO, for which ho gayo fH noto, which mat
tor tad elready boon invoatigatol. There woro
ihon no Eric measures In tho Legislature that lo
tho Classification act, which witness onioayorca
to got reported. Tho loan was for tho bcnoAt Of
q friend, Horny Chamberlain, who uaed It in nn
ontorpriBo, but 1aA not yet repaid Witness.
Of tho Classification act, or that Fisk and Gould
yoro intorosted IN legislation in former years.
1t waB wltness' first Hosslon. Tito Repeal act
was reported by witnoss' committee III 1879,
political measure, and all Iopablioans voted Tor
1t. Dccamc acquainted with Gould through tho
matter Of making 4 road in which Ills county was
intorostod. Never acted as doulds counsel.
It moro improper to borrow from him
Willie member ct t',o Legislature,
tl''a't THU to borrow It from Mr. st!oknoy sa tho
In 1871. Paid both from tho proceeds Of Cow
ornment bonds he lad bcforo ho became sonn-
tor. Handed Gould tho bonds, ting to
slo 900, worth loss than 900, and Gould al-
lowod him tho excess. The bonds Ind previ-
parti h safo Deposit Company in Now York.
LIQUID hnd not demanded payment OF the 1oanB.
The bonds lad boon acou1nulating five or six
fXSas XeaFa from from witneas' profession. Did not at
2 loan. Witncbs took an asslgnmont from
cnaaa chamborlain t9 socu1o his loan, but
sa
froight bill Inst session. Ro1nombor tho a1nentl-
mont to tho codo Us to tho suit brought by tho
Attorney aoneral, but did not know o. that ap-
plied to tho Eric Company.
Charles T. Shaw testified Us to 81 ,25o paid him
for service in effocting revolution in Eric He
rolatod conversation with Con. Bioklos, who
thought tho result could bo offootod for $4,000
by the passage Of two bills-the Classification
donoraTs bill. Witness told siollos ho was mis-
TALON as to what waB tho political powor Of the
State Of Now York, and that II ho attempted to
dofeet Jay Gould through q faction Of tho Ro-
tbs ns oor1 IND hq oa9 hea
and had loat track Of tho elomonts Of power; !;
that the cuBtoal-houge party had Just triumphod
BY o few votes in elocting .Henry Smith speakor,
but that the real power IN tho House was the
very anxious to conciliato tho Fenton-G Groeloy
faction, and urged that they should shake loose
from the Gould party, and adopt 4 uniform plat
form, 50 In for impeachment, etc., take the wind
cut Of tho BailB Of tho other faction, and, NTH
tho banncr Of reform borne eloft, march On to
tho tur1,ing-out Of tho Gould Directors, and thus
provo tho purity Of tho Republican party. He
aaid this would bo good for tho party and good
for tie country. Ho thon Desired mo to come
hero, and have q consultation with Gov.
Ayord and othor leadng men, among them OK
Honator Bon. Field. I camo hero from Washing
ton, SOW ex-senator namsey, and assured him
that no money WAS to be used improperly. re-
coivcd money from timo to time to pay expenses,
Gov. Fonton III Washington, aud ho approved OF
tho matter. Then I saw Alvorl hero, and ho
was ready to moot and corporate with Con.
eioklos. Tint gentloman came here aud they
which had anticipated. Gcn. Barlow and Con.
Sharpe appeared to want to monopolizo all tho
reform. They did not want to tako hold Of tile
Attorney-Goueral's roform. Those matters wore
garded my mission to DO to work out groat po-
litical result, and Con. 9icklos, with lis
disposition to benefit tho country; always had
that object In view. I hoard don. Sicllos say
not one cont WAS to DO used, except it MAS to
hire counsel.
Alr. Babcocls-Dia ho not expect money would
DO improperly used by otheraf
Witness-Yos, Sir !; hut llo was too lligh-toncd
to stoop to ainli1nr tactics. did not understand
my money was to be used to got tho Directors
to 7acato their places. Con. sickles never in
tinatod that money would DO used for that pur-
p0Bo.
Air. Dabcocli-Did Con. sickles ever tell you
what he personally expected to gain by Luis &C.
tion.
Witncss-Well, tint is question which don't
think tho Committee ought to press. 1t iB going
into priyato professional matters, which have no
connection with corruption and wrong.
that Gen. Boklos ca,no horo through tho last
witnoss, and intimatod that he wanted confer-
onco with Inc. snid would moot linn with
pleasure, as / WAS an old acquaintance OF hie.
III tho conference thero was nothing said about
dental remark concerning tho Attorney Goner-
alb bill. Az to tho classification act, everybody
know my views. said to Siokloa that was de-
| cidedly opposed to tho Attorney denorais bill.
Our interview was almost exclusively conforming
| can party. 11o seemed to como III behalf Of the
to'AG1t'l'1 to 10 worry = aosisous o{ efocting lar:
mony in tho Republican! party. III
measures. There was hitch concerning ordl.
nary legtBlatlon. am strongly Of opinion TINT
Eric was not spoken Of in connection with hiE
proposition for harmony: Mover was told b,
il aa common ru1nor. Have no positive knowl
ctgo Of logBlator reoeiving money, but an
posltixc, nevertheless, that money was used
think 7 could 80 into tho House nov and point
6ut d least half dozen mon who received money
Il may bo nm possessed Of psychological fac
ulty, through which I am r informed but how:
oyer it was, nm certain that men did receive
money. My experience and observation
haa boon ,such that I am able
to Judge who would and who
,so,t1d not recul1e money. judge by
their conduct and by their phyaiognomy
and it was reported againat unani'
mous1y. have no knowledge whether the
money was used on committee introduced
tho bill carly in tho session, and It was reported
against at tho close. I appeared before tho
Committee several times, aud urged it. 1was
told at one timo that tho Committee waa in favor
of tho b and # wag to DO supported; d;.3 A. +, ta
the employees Of tho House, such g g. Clerks Y .1 oi
| be far botter il nome Of them wero not GIL,