The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-01-25
Foster to be hung March
7th.
Crimes and Executions in
Delaware, iowa and
Colorado.
Liquor selling TO be prohib-
tied in Kentucky on
Sunday.
Other Items, Etc.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24-At the sitting
of Poland Mobilier committee this morn
ing. Representative VIM. d. Kelley cross
examined Oakes Ames Witness reiter-
ated his testimony that he held as prop
erty of Kelley ten shares of Credit Mo
bilier stock they became kelley's prop
erty in 1868. when he paid for them; the
dividends witness also held for Kelley
witness also held for him ten shares Of
Union Pacific stock, which came into his
hands early in 1868; altogether witness
holds forty or fifty shares Of Union Pacific
stock and some income bonds which be
long to Kelley.
Kelley examined Ames as follows:
Question-How did | pay you for the
Credit Mobilier stock Answer-In the
first place you were TO pay me $1,000 for
stock and interest
Question | ask you for Credit Mo
bilier stock or did you ask me to take it =?
Answer don't remember now. but |
money prior to the Credit Mobilier trans
action.
Question-How soon can you deliver my
ten shares of Credit Mobilier stock and
dividends Answer Ames, producing
certificates of Credit Mobilier stock from
his pocket | can deliver them now, sir,
and the dividends you can have soon.
kelley-Hand them to the Chairman
with a list of the dividends for my use
Ames- Handing the certificate to Judge
Poland If you say you don't own them
don't see how you are entitled tc divi-
dends.
Kelley-But you say | do own them
and | intend to make use Of them
Ames-Certainly, sir, that is what ] agree
to perfectly
Question-When | receive these from
the chairman, will | or not be y0ur debtor q?
Answer-Yes, for $3.50.
Question-How does that come. An
swer-If you receive all the dividends and
don't take any pay, You will owe he
$3.50 which loaned you
Sergeant at arms Ordway and two of
his clerks and L. L. Crounz were also ex-
amined
The Wilson investigation committee to
day were in secret session several hours
At two clock they resumed the cxamina-
ton Of Oliver fAmes He testified that
the sum of Sl2S,000 was set apart for spe-
cial legal expenses had not the least idea
how the money was used never heard
that any member Of Congress ever receiv-
ed any Of the money was never in Wash
ington while legislation was pending on the
subject of the Union Pacific road
At the evening session of the Wilson
committee Oliver Ames testified i
heard from Snyder, Superintendent of the
[ Mon Pacific road, that he paid Cornell
/ hous Wendell. government commission.
! -
was in 1866 or 1867. Wendell having beer
appointed by President johnson He was
| paid in money Snyder said Wendell
came there and declared he would not ac
cept the road unless he was paid for doins
so. Snyder on his own voltion and with
out authority from me, paid the money
under the authority of Durant Snyder
retained the money thus paid out o
/ freight receipts Wendell was making
the raid in behalf of a Washington pape1
and what he did was Matchmaking.
The Senate, in executive session, con
tirmed the nomination of j. c. Bancroft
Davis to be Assistant Secretary of State
vice Charles Hale, resigned.
/ The Senate Committee on Elections. tbi
morning. owing to the absence of witnesses
postponed the examination concerning tn,
Presidential and Senatorial elections il
Louisiana until Monday. They then wen
into secret session to discuss the question
whether the decision of the Louisiana Su
preme Court yesterday does not preclud,
them from inquiry as to the legal status O
the present State government
New YORK, Jan. 24.-Foster. the car
hook murderer, was to-day e-sentenced t,
be hung on the Tth of March next.
PEORIA, Ill, Jan. 24.-The jury in Cos
tellos case on trial for murder, returne,
a verdict tonight of manslaughter. H
was sentenced to one year in the peni
Tertiary
! NEW CASTLE Del, Jan. 24.-Biu Den
MS, col0red, who was convicted of an out
rage on Mary Thompson, in March last
was executed at noon to-day He went t
the gallows singing a hymn He said
few words to the sheriff in low tone.
Fort MADISON, Iowa, Jan. 24.-Tb
trial of Eugene Wahrer and Max Wahrer
for the murder of their mother, at Wes
Point, June 50, was concluded TODAY a
Burlington, The jury returned verdic
! Of manslaughter this morning at min,
O'Clock. The case created an unusual de
SiOC VI CACtbSIlStlt. ne COURT mouse wa
densely packed during the entire trial.
DENVER, Col, Jan. "a. - Theodor
Miears was hung in this city to-day 70,
the murder of Geo NJ Bonacina, nea
Denver in August, 1871 He exhibite,
great fortutude, showing no signs of tire
NOR or nervousness. His last words were
Farewell men | am going to anothe
world. He had previously made ful
confession.
LOUISVILLE, Jan. PA bill passe,
the State Senate to-day prohibiting tn
sale of liquor on Sunday.
II mas transpired that the recent court
iI lliartlai IN the case of Mai. Ben. p. Kun
NE late superintendent of the Freedmen
bureau III kentucky, tried ON charges q
, fraud against colored soldiers. and othe
similar allegations, found him e,,;Itx, az,
sentenced him to be cashiered 70 nov,
fine Of $4,000, and be imprisoned n Il
penitentiary four years; and in case th ~
fine is not paid at the expiration Of III h;
time of Imprisonment, another four wear
to be added.
New ORLEANS, Jan 24-Gov Nc
Emery issues special message declarin
: that the extraordinary decision rendere
), BY a majority of the Supreme Court ye!
: terday in the returning board case in h
Judgment does not effect in the least d,
I gree the great ,. Ii zeal question involve
LII our political troubles.