National Republican., 1874-05-20

him, and we separated. That d all that &C
Cured between him and me, personally. A
few days afterward Mr.. Riggs sent down some
tax chedules--partnership schedules-by Mr.
,Wallach, ex-mayor Of the city, stating that
Mr.. Corcoran was not willing to have his per-
sonal taxes arranged IN that way, but he did
not wish 10 be In the way Of his partners ar
ranging their taxes If they saw proper to do
50; and we arranged some Of those taxes for
them. may state that the money was not
paid into the treasury formally. It was not
actually counted into the treasury, and drawn
out again, but wsrrants were drawn for IL: and
our bills were receipted, and the District gov
ernment credited with the amount we ar.
ranged. lido not remember the amount. The
business was not managed by me personally;
was merely consulted in relation to it. Iy
son at that time was managing matters. :
By Mr.. Thurman: Q. These were general
taxes that were due I? A. Yes, sir. 40,
O. And upon the treasury being put IN fund.
for the amount of these taxes, then IN equal
amount was paid to you upon your billi A.
Yes, sir; that was the operation.
Q. 1t was not necessary to go through the
formal process Of putting the money into the
treasury, but that was the substance Of the
operationi A. That was the operation. II
the taxes were paid in then the government
would pay its debt to us to. the amount of the
appropriation which had been made. The
money was not counted into the treasury, but
the DRAFT was drawn for Ii precisely the same
as though IL had been.
By Mr.. Stewart: Q. Could not any one pay
taxes with warrantsl A. so understood
and we arranged taxes in that way for sew.
eral persons-I suppose half a dozen different
men-on account of the claim we wished TO
convert.
Q. Do you know whether you had any supe-
rior advantages or facilities for doing it oVeI
othersi A. None whatever-that is, as far as
know. was told anybody could do it who
could get anybody to pay in taxes and have
claims, for which appropriations were made by
Q. Did you say the whole Of these claims
were paid in that wayi A. oh, no sir; not all
of them. ..r.--- - .-..
q. By converting those tax certifcatesl A.
No, sir; not all Of them. Several thousand
were paid in that way. The exact amount
could not give without reference to the books
Q. Did you receive payment of any part OF
that claim by means of the market company,
or In any way connected with the market COM
panyi A. No, sir; none whatever.
@. Or of any other claim Of the Chronicle
company None that think of. I do not re-
member. ~l
@. Did Mr.. 0rdway ever hold any mortgage
upon any part Of the Chronicle establishment
A. Yes, sir.
Q. How much was the amount of that mort.
gage2 A. do not remember now. It ranged
somewhere along from $4,000 to s1l 900,
think, originally.
Q. I mean Mr. ordway, the sergeant-at
Arms of the IIouse2 A. Yes, sir; Mr.. Ordway
and William L. Chandler were the Original
par: ies,
Q. How was that mortgage paidl A. dc
not know that IL has ever been paid.
z. Did you not procure, or did not Mr.. Ord
way, as president, or whatever position he
occupied in the market-house company, give
you check In favor of Governor Cooke foI
$4,000, or something like that amount A.
think not quite that. Mr.. Ordway was anxious
to get some money on some notes that he held
against the Chronicle company, made before
had any connection with it, and mentioned the
matter to me, ultimately succeeded in Dor.
rowing some money for him; and the notes anG
mortgage were transferred to the party who
loaned the money.
Q. The question asked you was whether
you did not get from him a check for $40, 600
or thcreabouts, IN favor of Governor Cooke
A. Not that remember. Ny memory of the
transaction is this: that he arranged for the
money with Governor Cooke, but / understood
him to say that his brother, Jay Cooke, loaned
the money. Governor Cooke drew a check for
the money; that Is my impressions; and that
took his check to Ordway and took up the
notes and mortgage held by Mr.. Ordway and
handed them to Henry d. Cooke, to be by him
transferred to Jay Cooke & Co.
Q. Was not this the transaction Did not
Mr.. Ordway, as an officer of the market-house
company, give you check payable to Gov.
ernor Cooke, and for $4,000, or thereabouts
of the poor fund that was to be paid by th(
ms bot f,Tr,d
on account Of thatl A. think not. I only
remember or Uuu Cnurk. 10 uUt SEQ hUw nj
would give any other check. My memory Il
that Governor Henry D. Cooke handed me 6
check, payable, ! think, to 0rdway or order
for the amount of these notes and interest
and that / carried that check to Mr.. 0riway
and gave il to him, and took up the notes and
mortgage which he held against the company
and carried those papers to Mr.. Henry d
Cooke, and handed them to him, he stating
that he had procured the money of his brother
Jay Cooke, and suppose he turned the paper:
over to him. --
Q. You say Ordway gave chccki A. Nc
sir; did not say that. / say my impression is
Henry d. Cooke gave check, payable to Ord
way. 1t may have been made payable to me,
for aught know, but think it was made pay
able to Mr.. Ordway direct.
Q. Try and refresh your recollection whether
way, pay over TO Henry D. Cooke, as Governor
ofthis District, $40 900 ofthat poor relief fund.-
A. Not that know of; that Is, do not re.
member anything of the kind. do not see
why he would have done so to me in our trans
action. - - -- -
Q. Let US see about that. Suppose he did
pay 1t over to Governor Cooke in that way,
and then Governor Cooke paid your bIll-sl0,-
600 on your bill with that sum of moneY-might
Khok ha b,,a ra1 A T.
might have gotten the money nom any source
he chose. do not know where he got the
money! understood from him he got IL from
his brother-his brother, jar Cooke.
By Mr.. Stewart: Q. Was your mortgage re-
leased2 A. No, sir: A part of it has been
paid since. That's, I do not suppose IL is. 1t
was not mortgage given by me.
Q. Were the notes still after that held
against the concern7 A. Some of them were
still outstanding, as I understand. Part Of
them were paid afterward by the company.
@. mean by that particular transaction. A.
think one or two of these notes were taken
up by the company.
Q. Were the notestaken up at that tirnel A,
No, sir; not at that time. Wesimply borrowed
the money of Henry D. Cooke, with which we
lifted the paper held by 0rdway against the
"Chronicle Publishing Company" and turned
over those notes and papers. They were not
the notes signed by mo or anybody in the com
pany They were signed by John NJ. Morris,
at that time clerk in the Senate. It was q
transaction Of his which came to my knowl
edge after formed connection with the com
pany. We took up Mr.. Morris notes, which
were secured by o mortgage on the property o.
the Chronicle company, and handed them oyel
to Mr.. Henry D. Cooke for the face ofthe note:
and interest which had accrued up to thai
time. g ~
BY Mr.. Stewart: Q. Your statement is sim
ply this, you borrowed the money OF Mr.. Cooke
He furnished the money you paid to Ordway
and took the securities out of his hands ant
placed them In the hands of Henry d. Cooke
a. Yes, SIR; that Ia the transaction.
BY Mr.. Thurman: Q. Did you have any con
vcrsation With 0rdway about the mode OF rails
ing the money! A. / had a great deal Of con
versation with him. told him we were moi
ready to pay the money just then.- He stated
various reasons why he wanted the money. He
said that he was indebted to somebody in New
Hampshire, and wanted to carry the money
with him when he len Washington. There
was a great deal of other conversation, such q!
occurs between men doing business Of that sort
I remember that In talking with Henry D
Cooke, in relation to it, he mentioned him, ant
told me why he wanted the money. He state(
that he wanted II. to pay TO Mr.. ordway. H
said he wished Mr.. 0rdway would pay his taxes
That he owed the Government some taxes
which be wished he would pay,
Q. Did you apply TO Mr.. Henry D. Cook
for money as loani A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did he loan you money as soon as yol
applied, or was IL some little time afterward