The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-01
NEW YORK CITY.
JAY COOKE d Co.

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JAY COOKE 3 co.
NEW YoRK, July 30.-A Philadelphi
dispatch says that the examination Of III
members Of the bankrupt firm oil ia,
| Cooke d Co, has not resulted In any i'm.
portAnt disclosures. Jay Cooke statet
| that the profits OF the firm were $500,
IUOO In 1871, and the same sum In 1872
and that Ia 1873 up to the time Of the aus
pension, the accumulation OF profits
amounted to 81 ,825, 900. The fitm TOOK
the Northern Pacific bonds at sS, and thC
interest made about s6i. Misunderstood
the bonds were now worth 80 in market
II aid should be granted by Congress, the
bonds would be above par. Henry D
Cooke stated In his examination that the
hrm owed the First National Bank o.
| Washington 100000, ior which ,ht
Bank had no security, except 100000 in
Northern Pacific bonds. The individual
members Of the firm were the prin-
ciph owers Of the Bank. He owed
the Bank personally $4,000 when II
suspended. The account Of the Potomac
Ferry Company, a concern controlled by
the hrm, was overdfaWn IS 600. Among
The individual accounts with the First
National Bank which were overdrawn
was that Of US, Grant to the amount ol
500, ,6S7. The bank was indebted TO the
Treasury Department $l75, 600 on &C.
count oi continuous transactions running
back 70 1863. Governor Cooke said he
advised the investments in Northern Pa.
chic, Mr. FahnestoCk had, however, ex-
pressed doubts TO him of the wisdom OF
advancing so much money to the road.
The commissioners investigating the
affairs Of the Freedmen's Savings Bank
here have returnedto Washington, where
they will continue their investigation. In
response TO their published notice large
number OF depositors presented their bank
books 70 the clerks 10 bs audited and bal
anced. s'" +2a'"sl5A I11''' I. W
i,.afv. FOUND GUILTY. ss.5- -.4r
A Dublin letter says that VIM. Barry
and Drs Mehan and Sheedy, Of KilWal-
lack and Bruf county, Limerick, were
found guilty Of attempting 10 deiraud the
New York Lille Insurance Company.
Barry, the Company's agent, was sen.
fenced 10 imprisonment at hard labor for
eighteen months, aud Mehan and Sheedy
at hard labor for twelve months each.
The indictment on which the prisoners
wero tried charged them with attempting
to deiraud the New York Life Insurance.
Company by fraudulent and prepared ap.
plications and medical reports, purporting
TO be all the bona Jids applications and re.
ports for several gentlemen insured.
a44sr DAcHARaRD. "a r,. .a.a.. .u,s
Caralta F. Shotwell, or Mrc. General
Rady, as she claims to be, was discharged
from the Tombs, yesterday, on her patrol
1t Is said that Holle pr0&Qui will be en-
tered on Monday. 90 +"
ATTEMPT TO BURN A CHILD. rs
Henrietta Waibel, age fifteen years, has
been arrested on o charge Of making
three attempts to burn the hotel OF Leo
pold Apple, in West Farms, and an in
liant child. The girl admitted that she
tried to burn up the child, and failing In
this attempted to set fire to the house.
When questioned as to her reason, she
merely said that when she saw the baby
asleep she took notion that she would
like TO burn 1t, and she attempted TO do
30 by setting fire to the bed. She then
said that two years ago she was employ.
ed BY a MrS. Kinney, in fremont street,
and one day while holding the baby IN
her arms she felt desire 10 burn il up,
and lit match, and was about setting
fire TO its dress when the child looked up
into her face and laughed, which had the
effect of staying her hand. The girl af-
terwardS went to live with DR.. Uhlipg,
the man who buried q coffin load Of
bricks, and who Is now in States Prison.
THE sUaPRNDED FIRM OF HOLMES 1 Iis-
a7S BERGER. :, 90, f...g..f
Mr.. Holmes, Of the suspended firm oI
Holmes & Lisbefger, says the firm had
not endeayored TO create a corner in cop
per, as reported, but that after the
panic last fall, thinking that reaction
would take place In the trade, they had
made contracts for the purchase Of cop
per direct from the Lake Superior mines
at prices which would have given them a
good profit, with o stable market. The
business o. manufacturing copper had
been exceedingly dull during the year,
however, and the other firms In the bust.
ness had made efforts to ipjure them, one
going so far as 10 purchase from them and
then sell copper at a lower price, for the
express purpose of depressing the market
These facts, together with their large
stock on hand, which they could only
carry BY borrowing on their warehouse
bills, had caused their embarrassment and
suspension. He declined to give any fig.
ures or make q more definite statement
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