The New York herald., 1874-12-31


| The witness said that he coud have possible
knowledge Of the transaction except from the
orders he rec,lved from the Vice President. Bel
loves. on examination OF the ledger do not ana
the amount OF $650,O00 carried forward. but am
yes find 1t Is nere all correct; mere is s7soOo6
tnat has been credited to Harriott Noyes on
u through the ledger, it is evident tnaI Harrlott
a. Noyes have pad back the sums charged 70
excsano sae check hat yoa show me being
Harriet. Noyes were never really liable for the
az a0Spns s1 tom Smasged aganst them; heard nothing
| did not hear how much
MR. IRWIN WAS TO RECEIVE
Ior nis services; tne vice President once said 70
me, speaning XII oi me ,srge sums that were TO be
10 reimburse tue company ior that money spent
on the SUBSIDY rom his own personal assets: the
In the ledger Ia very liable 10 create distrust a.
to the soundness oI the ransact,on; / never heard
oi Mr.. Irwin rendering any account TO Mr.. STOCK
| Mr.. Beck then remarked that addition. division
and slience are the iunuamental and cardinal
| fea ures oil this transaction.n
Mr. Roundav was then examined as to some
charges maze in the book against Mr. IRWIN
1 with a view 10 tracing where the money went to:
but the evidence elected did moi throw much llgnt
on the suoject. number o. entries "a the ledger
relating to transactions with HarrlOtt n NOyes
Kenyon Cox and OSBORNE Chapin were then
read and examined, but nothing turtncring the
business 0i committee trAnsplred, as they an.
pcared all 10 be ordinary business transactions.
cneck Tor S75,000 was discovered charged IN the
"a b. s.. special. but Mr.. Rounday could give NO
explanation o. the matter.
Mr. Bee tnen put some questions to the wit
ness, and Mr.. Kounday acknowledged that from
the BOOKS OF the company there Is an amount OF
$500, coo tnat Is not accounted iOr; In iaCt, ME-
IRWIN must nave received $S9O,O0O from the com.
pany.
Mr. Beck then asked Mr.. Rounday what the
memorandum was that he referred TO OCCASION
aly. The witness sad II was one ne mad drawn
up simply 10 assist nm in referring TO the charges
for the different amounts on ne JOCKS Inc COM
mlttee examined the document very carefully,
ana questioned the witness as 10 different items,
DuL discovered nothing important. Referring 10
the exchange Of checks between the company aud
| joan koacn. Mr.. Kouuday sad he believed that the
company gave Mr.. Roach check or $2o0.U00 ana
MIR. Roacn gave mis- cnecK $780, 900 TO Mr.. stock
well; should certainly say the company were
the losers Dy tie transaction.
MI. William X. Bunker was then sw orn II have
been the Secretary Of the Brooklyn Trust CON-
pany since May, 1873; nave ave me books o. the com.
OF s275. 900 made by the Brooklyn trust Company
with the Marine Bank on May ~; IN The cash book
o. Individual deDOsitors DO not find any items as
large that aate there are three entries Of pay
drawn on May 80 to the order OF
J. G. SCHUAAKER
| Tor $50, 900 each on the Marine Bank; dnd there
before tne S275,ooo was paid IN; the Inlee checks
! Of Scnumaker'S were drawn out the same DAY:
believe Mr scnumaker M resides ~ B,0oklyn; b Eo
| Schumaker has had an account with US for long
MEMBER OF CONGRESS-;
! Will send for the three checks and submit them
/ to the company. (Mr. Bunker tnen teiegrApned 70
The committee then asked Mr.. Bunker to make
o transcript OF MIR. Scnumakers account and the
/ witness agreed TO do it. 1t was tnen resolved to
I adjourn until two p NJ.
| AFTER RECESS.
amned, uoA ana sad that III he had eaamined the &C
/ counts Of the American Exchange Ban4 with Mr..
ce year s and ne sd ssat Mr. r.
May we paid two items Of $4,000. one
other was Central Nanonal Bank; We issued
certificate o. deposit $o6,5oo, payable to the
name name on o. m tnat IT. day was brought In and deposited
tnat certificate and some other money Ou the 27tn
sioo, 90 was also PAID by MIN; the sI4,5OO check
was debit to MI. IRWIN; the Bank OF America Is
the only bank when oud e 70 whose 20 s cted esors
OF the Evening Post; know him well and IT was
not him.
Mr.. Hugh Hastings, was sworn and examined.
There seemed TO ne some indl tinctness IN the
mind OF the committee as TO wnat Mr.. Has tings
had been summoned beore them for. and he
stated that he had observed that the New YORK
Times had suggested that the committee should
ne nigh. give oo ono lnlormsrion as 20 the
then stated tnat he had nothing 10 do with Pacido
Mail at Albany but he SAID taa 1t was very likely
he he could state now sacA report was Originated
director OF the New York and Brooklyn Ferry
Company; an effort was made to get the fares re-
duced, and the directors uesred him to 90 to
Albany IN reference to this; walle there i was
stated to him mat an effort was being made to
use his interest In reference 70 this; (;
"O Of % D sss
OF money In connection with that legislation, and
he did Dot recollect whether that legislation was
Obtained or not; no Officers oil the Pacific Mail
Company. between the 18TH Of February 1872, aud
1st q June, 1877, advanced any money TO him 70
! AFFECT legislation; no such money was distributed
by him; had no knowledge Ol any money being
distributed for such purpose.
WHAT MR.. RUFUS HATCH WANTS.
Mr.. Hatch addressed the committee at some
length as to the purporI OF an agreement entered
and ALREADY Mre p publsneG anu made :. summaTy q
the evidence already obtained IN relation to the
amount 9, money recelysa oy Mr. Irwin aud Ss: de-
i,l, Fse,ae @ Man Company. lie concluded y d.
the Executive Committee OF tne company, restd-
ing In New York, should be summoned to-day be-
toned the names OF Mr.. baxter, Mr.. Masterson
anu Mr.. Henry Ciews. The committee decided to
issue summonses Tor the appearance Of these gem
tlemen.
Mr.. scHuMAKERs CHECKS.
Mr. Bunker was recalled and presented checks
numbered 1sl. ls2 and 1893. deposited with the
Brooklyn Trust Company, drawn on the Marine
National Bank. Eacn one OF the checks was drawn
on the order OF J0hn G. ScnumaKer. for $50, 600
each, ChecK 191 was indorsed by john G. Scnu-
maker and Briggs 4 Co. lie believed that Briggs
Il Co.. Washington; ". N. fenney. Check
1893, indorsed Jay Cooke h Co.,, lor -
Force; w. M. Tenney. He believed that the
signature was that OF Mr. Schumacher; he saw
that No. 9 was on the checks; that ae knew to be
the Clearing House number OF tue Bank OF
America; he produced also an abstract OF = large
account OF MIR. schumacher IN the Brooklyn Trust
Company from the both OF January, 1872, to the
Goth day OF June, 1872; II referred to o total
amount OF Sl25,0O0; 1t would be impossible to In
form the committee to whom the payments were
MADE, for this reason, that when the accounts
were balanced the cheeks were returned to the
depOsitors Mr.. Schumaker could probably pro-
duce them.
PACIFIC MAIL CoRREspoNDENCE.
Mr.. Hatch was recalled, ana IN reply to the
committee SAID that the correspondence OF the
company was now being searched, ana any letters
from January TO the Isl OF June. 1872, that could
be OF service to the committee would he produced
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