Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-01-25

credit mohiler stock. AM there IL ..iu due On the
tiiisr If America al. xo thousand dollar. In ,he in
come b, ~ of e Titan PAc4h, r,,lr'st
Q. Ias that signed by him in yoar presence ?
| A. Yes sir
q. The paper itseIfis I'm your hand writing.
| A. Ncs sir. The ~ ~oo i the cheek gave
| him on the Sergeant alarms The other on
| hnal settlement.
Mr.. rArTrRso>'s LETTER,
| q. Have You stiIl another.
4. No, nor exactly. Mr.. Patterson wrote me
| letter. iWitns - here produced IL and handed
the letter 10 Judge Polsndl
| Witness resumed, l received several Others
1 which have torn up.
Judge Poland.-rh,s letter was written this
winter.
| A Yes sir. since this Investigation com
| menced lie wanted me 90 make INV testimony
| conform 10 il. had lots of conversations with
Hr. Patterson and have received several letters
| from him, but this il the only one ! have kept
| Judge Poland here read the letter a. follows
| wA.HINsroN, u. C., Januar, eth, lG3.
srect to the credit mobilicr, far 1 had any con
| EertiVn with it, were a. follows:
mean. Gas ehTSpic etiI With me, and said. Pa,
terson, i you would like, can et YOU have thirty
will he lpro hiahle investment aud win be good
thing for yonn My reply, in substance wac, that II
and out q wb sch could make SOME money, should
he glad to take IT, bnt that had not the money AZ
reply as th:t You presumed could have later,
perfectly legitimate transaction. Al thai time yoa
did not and could not anticipate Yea should ever ssk
road, and you ne, er did exeept When il was forced
| upon yon by the Secretary.
After this conversation with me you may have hal
the lnprt ssIon that should take the stock
| time, but fer some reason or other, perhaps for
want Of funds, never tlok any Of thu STICK n
never had any stock in the company, could not as
did not, have it, div idends.
bonds q stock Of the road, you say dd at he
time they attemp,ed to enibarrass y.n, when M
fuli market value for IT, paid you 81 .o in money
The stpgk put mn the hands of Mr. Morton mln.
dlate. tai sen as soon az should 20 up reasonably
saw Mr.. Morton On ny way through. and IL said
be had never held any stock IN The credit moblirr
for any Que but did no, wish {" have hs name
| I am going Ia Ohio.
| Twill see YOU my return. Deaf fad to so--e,,
yOp OrtgIRai Sdensf tsfcre .as o01lBitae. II mus
not lie reported ~ il nov stands.
Nsr' 'Fui Az &C.; srxr,oS y W PATTERSON.
By Judge Merrick:-Q. Have you refreshed
your memory as ~ all the members Of Congress
| whom you let have stock?
A. Yes. sir. There are none additional ex-
| cept Mr.. Logan. The reason did not mention
| him before was that he Is not a member Of the
1 House now.
BY Mr.. McCreary:-Did Mr.. Logan give YOU
| any reason for returning the money?
A. don't think he did.
Mr.. Ames.-I want TO say further 20 the com
mIttee that have been asked whv held this
stock, and why did not give it to the members
themselves. The reason Was that credit mo-
bilier stock itself was not entitled to the divi-
dends. The stock was held by him in trust, he
having signed the contract making himself
personally responsible, and he was the only one
who could draw the dividends
Judge Poland said he had asked Mr.. Steven
son who introduced the resolution in the House
few days ago as TO
| CERTAIN OTHER ROADS To RE INvEsTIG ATED,
and had been Informed that he should question
| Mr.. Ames, az he knew something about them.
Mr.. Ames.-Are you going 10 investigate me
l again?
/ I,aco Do,a,1 ,,,ado n rar,arl- a,.o,t a. 49,
| science of certain gentlemen who held stock
and Mr.. Ames replied laughingly, "Conscienoe,
am getting rather low opinion OF conscience
since have been here" (laughter.l
Dir. Ames was then questioned as TO the Du-
| buque and Sioux City road, named in Mr. Ste
| vensons resolution, but testified he knew moth
stock in the road as gift. Witness was a stock
| holder. and he believed that Mr.. Allison and
Mr.. Blaine had also purchased and paid for
| stock in the road. No member got stock with
/ out paying for it. There was nothing immora al
| OF corrupt about the management Of the road,
and it had no connection with the Onion Pacific.
| rated the testimony of Mr.. Ames I'm reference ~
the Dubuque and Sioux City road.
At IL O'Clock the committee adjourned until
noSncnr thas Sa TO si ,. an
l CATION on Tuesday.
| Mr.. Wilson's Committee.
| The Wilson Investigation committee on the
1 credit mobillier aid Onion Pacific railrosd
| matters met yesterday afternoon, when oliver
| Ames was recalled and examined as 10 the
| affairs Of the Union Pacific railroad company
and its business connection with the credit mo-
bilier.
| AS TO TUE $4,000
| voted by the board vi directors OF that company
for special legal services, the witness said
/ he had confidence in the gentlemen iptrusted
/ with its disbursement, and believed IL was for
he purpose OF obtaining favorable legislation
| tis as a questionable transaction, and there
fore did not care 10 know how the money wa.
4 spent?
/ A. Not exactly; if questionable should moi
have inquired into il at all.
4 Chairman.-You, tho were director es tn,
you do lot care to Know wha, was done witt
the money. What was il you did not care q
l know?
| A. II any rartsf the money was employees
u. Were YOU net apprehensive or suspicion
| An INrRapsR rsE OF THE Money
| would he made, aid therefore YOU tkl not wan
| to ia vestigate asto where il went?
A. did not know but such was the facs. bu
at the 81 me time cannot think the money va
In further exssaination the witness said Gen
Dodge and Cakes Ames were here at the time @
,ne sgtsasn DC IN relation TO ga ment for trans
| these gentlemen me had confidence. He under
stood the special legal services were to secur,
iayoraste legislation for the Railroad company
Tie money or " whom IL was paid.
4 EVENING SESSION.
4 The committee reassembled al go O'Clock
I when the examination of Oliver Ames was re
sumed. He was examined with regard to tn,
l HoSie and Davis contracts, saying that il wa
not expected that they should I'LL the contracts
He was asked the question, whether he knew
/ for whom Oakes Ames carried credit mobiliel
stock, and replied that be obtained the stock foI
| distribution among those to whon he had
| promised it. and among the names mentioned
| by Oakes A mes TO him were Colfax, Wilson, and
| others, whose names he cofId not now recall
He was asked whether this stock was to be de-
Ivered especially in order 10 raise funds, or for
the purpose Of Influencing legislation, and re-
piled that, while to secure fondsvas the object,
| II was, at the same time, desirable the stock
| should be delivered to good people; IL Was not
supposed they had allthe leefslation they wanted
He was further interrogSfed as to the value or
the stock when OakeS Ames obtained il 20 de-
liver to his friends IN Washington. He said that
at the time they we're Of less value than when
the dividends were declared that It was difacult
to dispose Of the stOck, and he lvitness in order
70 raise the funds, had been led Hike lamb 10
the slaughter and largely invested. Much tune
was consumed IN tntaroeatories concerning
! THE CONTACTS
fcr WHICH Oakes Ames was paid, including y
miles Of road that had already been compliant