Nebraska advertiser., 1873-06-26

letter from him (Furnas) upon the
subject. The letter he wrote to me
was a statement OF the difficulty and
IFS causes between him and DR.. Mil
Ter, and requesting from me state
nent OF my recoilections concerning
the old capital removal question. Ny
answer was brief, and gave in sub
stance what | have stated in my di-
rect examination | have written 10
other letters 10 any one upon tEe sub
iect. / have stated ali ca;i recOllect
as 10 my promoting or opposing these
questions had 10 arrangements
ana held no conver aiions with Hans
comb or others of which II. w. Furn-
"a was cogniZant. or To which tie was
privy, 70 my knowledge.
THE witnes declined 10 answer o.
- Whe her he diG held conversations
with Hanscomb or others in regard
TO raising money To be used in oppOsl-
ton 10 these bills, but stated as above
That he held none which implicated
r. w. Furaas, a5 above stated.
do not Tememb ber, but | may have
told persons in Omaha that Furna'
might be so influenced or reached
with money; So, 090 may have been
mentioned or talked of, TO be raised
for that purpose, or offered him foI
his vote upon these measures. | de-
cline 10 state with whom l had con
yeTsations or arrangements, if any, !
had other than the parties 10 this suit
my recollection was that an arran ge-
ment was deposited with the bank ot
Nebraska, OF which MU.fi,t was the
teller. The amount of So, ,009 was de-
pusited, | was informed, to be used tC
secure votes against the capital bill
did not see it deposited nor can
swear positive that the amount was
deposited. / understood that the
whole or portion was 10 be used in
securing the vote of X. w. Furnas
do not remember how or when | re-
ceived the money; ] know l had II
In my possession, and until l saw
the deposition of Mofiat / was under
the impression that | received II from
another person do not recollect o!
having any written or other authority
from Furnas TO get the money
have stated that have 10 recollection
of getting the money from the bank
at all. or presenting any authority
from Furnas or any one else to get It ;
80 not know who took the money
from the bank or who paid the money
for the bank | do not know where
Furnas was when the money was ta-
ken from the bank, or that the money
was taken from the bank; / 90 not
know where Furnas or myself were
when the money came into my pos
session Furnas did not get the mon
ey or any portion OF it, he did
not know that | got il, to my knowI-
edge; nor that it was deposited nor
for what purpose Il wa raised re-
mem her of only one money transac-
ton with Furnas, and that after these
questions were settled, and II had
nothing To DO with them In that
transaction paid him seven or nine
hundred dollars portion of IL might
have been OF the three thOTSaTlT dor
lars which / received ifso, Furnas
was not made aware of it, either be-
fore or since repeat that il WAS not
in consideration Of his vote /; it was
not a payment; it was all advance
for loan | made to him to meet u de-
mand pressing him on account OF the
purchase of his press or printing Of
flee took no receipt from Furnas, do
not remember OF his paying me any
money on account OF the advance so
made IN Linn be decided me some
BTownvills lots. and supported me
for congress, and | consider these ser
vices most ample pay when I left
Nebraska ! did not consider him i'm
my debt ; | have never not OftaTe,! him
any money. and he has offered me
money on this score ! do not remem-
her TO have said 70 POppieton that
lars If POppletOn so states, | would
think l did don't remember o. ev-
eF talking with $. f. Nuckolls, of
Nebraska City, upon this subject I
may have said to various persons that
Il. w. Furnas received part or all Of
the s., coo which came into my hands;
| am sure I never heard or saw such
paper as the HanscOmb pledge until
saw the copy of the same published
in the Herald / received from Furu-
as written promise TO support the
spoken OF there was 10 mon
ey consideration i'll the paper ; gave
IL 10 HanscOmb, who returned X
about two years later | tink [ gave
it TO Furnas was not at any time left
in the bank | did not promise TO pay
nor did pay to Furnas any money
Orvaluable thing foror on account OfOr
in consideration of this written prom
lse spoken of concerning the public
/ do not rccollect that u Ger
tifcate Of deposite was issued for the
money deposited in the bank &; DO not
remember of ever seeing ii or present
ing it to the bank the only paper /
received from Furnas was the one
promising to vote against the measure
Just spoken Of.
Redirect: The warmest persona!
have always existed between
myself and DR.. Miller r. w. Furn-
as gave me 10 other paper than the
0ne | have already spoken of; ! do
bot know that he had knowledge Of
The use that was made of it.