The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-01-08
The Exile of Chise1hurst
Suffering from his old
Disease.
The Indian Bureau can't
flnd the Teton Sioux.
Murders, ETC., Etc.
Other Items, Etc.

MObIller investigation TINS morning Mr.
Colfax gave his testimony in wridng, stat
ing that no one ever gave or offered to give
him any shares of stock of Credit Mo- /
bilier or the Union Pacific railroad He,
however, explained how his name came to
be associated with the organization. He /
agreed to purchase twenty shares at par .
and interest and paid Oakes Ames $500 |
on the contract, which has not been repaid. |
The cross examination of Oakes Ames /
in the Credit Mobilier contains no essential
particulars in regard to persons involved |
not contained in the direct testimony. In |
reply to the question Did any members |
ever receive any shares except by paying |
for them?' Ames said No, sir, |
never. In the course of the examination /
it appeared that w Fl. Painter, news
paper correspondent, had thirty shares of |
Credit Mobilier.
In McC0mb S testimony, in reply TO the
question whether he (wimessl understood
that stock was given to any person except
those named in witness memorandum
witness said he thought Ames claimed that
Brooks got what was assigned him out of
this amount. Witness continued: Brooks
is the only member Of Congress who is
known to have received any of this stock
without fair consideration.
Question-'Are you speaking of stock
obtained for him by Ames?a
Answer A portion of it; 80 shares
came from him.
Question-'Was this stock put into his
4 hands 2
| Answer do not know | think the
stock Mr. Brooks received was given by
/ Alleys direction and not by that of Ames.
! A II | EpAr,7 in ,.anror orJ 10 ,p +bo+ p~onI-r
and Alley were together several times and
heard Brooks pressing Alley to let him
/ have so shares of Credit Mobilier stock. |
heard him say to Alley that if he would
accord him that privilege and give him
stock, he would take care of the Demo
cratic side of the house Brooks was all
that time either Government director or
said he would have himself made a Gov
ernment director of the L. p r. r. |
| overheard such conversation between
Brooks and Alley, Alley finally consented
to give him fifty shares of that stock and
it was transferred to Brooks or his son-in-
law, Nelson / don't know precisely when
the transfer was made. Alley gave his
pledge that Brooks should have fifty
shares"
John B. Alley testified he never had
any conversation with Brooks relative TO
shares, never gave or sold share of stock
of Credit Mobilier to Brooks OF to any
member He said the statement of Nc
Comb is Justification Alley then went
into a lengthy history of the first starting
of subscriptions for Credit Nohilier and
stated that it was only upon the most ear
nest solicitation of Cakes Ames that he
Alley was prevailed to take stock at the
start and to invest $50 O0n in II Alley
continued. saving that also Ames per
suaded Senator Grimes and Congressman
Hooper to take stock at the same time and
there was not the least suspicion that there
was any corruption in it. Ames himself
put in one million dollars.
In the testimony of Ames. he saws that
the shares received by Wilson and Allison
were all paid for by those gentlemen.
Mr., McCreary of the Credit Mobilier in
vestigating committee to-day received the
following dispatch from the Brevoort
House, New York:
Please say to your Committee that
Oakes Ames is in error. He mailed to
me ten shares of Union Pacific and ten
shares of Credit Mobilier certificates |
returned the certificates to him by mail
He also sent me check for one Mobilier
dividend, to which l had no claim, and |
included the amount OF the check in sight
draft on New York, payable to his order
Please disclaim on my behalf any share
holding or interest in Credit Mobilier or
Union Pacific stocks. | have not had any
and have not derived profit therefrom.
t''signed) VIM. B. ALLISON"
There was a Cabinet meeting to-day. at
which all the Departments were repre-
sented.
Secretary Belknap read telegram re-
everything was 0niet in New Orleans
General Sherman and other prominent
armv officers as well as prominent officials
in the civil service express the belief thai
there will be no trouble in New Orleans.
The Secretary of War today sent to the
House a report from the Chief Of Encin-
GERS showing that the nrohnble cost of a
shin canal from the Mias;ss;nn; r;ver ,,a.T