New-York tribune., 1874-12-22

further insist on my right to bc heard az aree'o
and as Wee. President Of this Company oe'oi'
the Company takes any further act'oh 1"
the matter" said TO Mr.. Scott: VI ain tieo
Of this businees--this chds play" This was AL ~
Paris 10 the month OF October 1874 Said I: am urea
OF this childs play. wish you would Telegraph 10 NI
Sage that sa for New York on the Adratic on the izn
of November" Said he: "W What Is that forF' sai"
81 don't want them to say they did not know "nc"
was going to arrive there aud that that was e reeon
they could not arrest me- want them to know oil
about II and for that purpose" lie said :"I VIII 40
and no went right around TO the telegraph office. wrote
tho telegram, showed it to me. sent It, and paid
for It himself Tue Adriatic was injured by
the collision with tho Parthia in New-forK
80 that sho could not leave iIVcrpooi
OF the time appointed and and all the other pas'cn'
gers compelled to lie over for the Ceir' wme"
sailed OIL the 10Th OF November Of which fact imme'
diately notified Mr.. Scott In London before hc saieo.
He sailed from London on the Algeria on the .ist VI
November. having previously requested me to call at
his Office, No. SO BrUadst immediately after nrTNeo
in New.York. I arrived In New-York. Monday JVth.
and went directly to tho Hoffman House. where
always stay in Ncw-York My name was registered
there and appeared in all the newspapers itneh "cnt
to my fathcrn-law's at Englcwood. N J' "a'ihe i'y
address at tho Hoffman House. and remained there
until Friday morning. The following Friday again
came down to NcwYJrk and went to the ii 'Nnah
HOUSE again, una NY H'ttH' p''uS "S"'"
appcard second time in the newspapers very pu"f
For instance one OF them had It In this way: Spcaker
j. g. Blame ard r. Il. irwin Of San Francisco are at the
Hoffman House." II Is proper to say parenthetica'D
that did not Speaker Blaine there nor know o MS
bciue there until artcr he was gone. but merely men
ton that my announced In this way ~ snow
how public 1t was. Mr.. WhtclaT Rel, fhe ENt"r "l
TIE TRIBl NJ, and Mr. L. J. Jennings we're pLTeo;.ly
aware Of my address during almost the "hor OF
this period. EyerybOdy in New-YOrk that knew
ice or had any occasion TO see me knew where was
particularly the officers of the Piclc Mail ST. as"p
Company, with whom had various communications
after Mr.. scott's arrival. and from whom Irecelveu
just before received the subpoena OF the COMMITTEE
this letter. with this address: "Co! kchard d. H"iu'
Hoffman House immediate"
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
NEwYOIk, Sept. IN. is'a. }
DEAR SIR: The BOARD OF Directors this day directed
Special Co,uItcc OF three to meet you and hear ynir
statements pertaining to The question. inVoiVrh. Inc
Chairman requests me to INFORM you thit the Cou
mttcc will you upon this business ct any nonr
of ilc day lou may namr hctween now aHd bcx' iurs
"''' ''"''' VIZ TMroDoEE T. JOHNSON. Secretary.
IRWIN SECURES PuSiPONEMENT Of THE MELTING
ASKED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Ircccivcd that letter late on the evcul: Of its date
Sept TO- and the next morning sent TO Mr. scot inc
Vice.President OF the Company message requesting
him to call at the JI,nau House his way down. He
did asRCu MIN, W Pi'''"'''
tion whether TrenOr W Park was still member OF the
Board OF the Pacific Mail steamship Company. and he
said he had banded in his resignation. Sail "All
right That saves the trouble Of asking for that.
then asked him II Rafus Hatch was sill 3i"naSine b
rector and lie said he was. then said 81 "ciieVc
have heretofore remarked would not meet any Board
OF which Trcnor ". Park and Mr. Hatch were memDers
hut IA he will bo out III about ten DAYS ana tHcic Il no
hurry about this matter We can postpone It," So then
.t,ri,i, t,nnal of la
wrote the followin: letter:
HoFrM,N House.. Sent. II. 1874.
TnEOpORE T. JOu>soS, esq, secretary +. H. y. .. ''"'
DEAR SIR: Yonr valued favor Of the 10 II reachad me
at lave hour last ev"nng ana me ne % m
trust lc will not cunsEtr me dl-c"u''0u: ~ stl' :
that Other engagements hcyond my c"h,r. WIZ, @ mr.
sally defer meeing ti" ConImittrc ior iew di; I;
TO come. Wien those engagements Ftfnn' ! VIII
promptly comiunriraic w.th '9lr g'Vd S'I' .''""
""'e' i''"''''' RIcm,pn b. IEwv.
Then the day before got this. feeling that our iich
with the Company was substantially won. my nervous
systpnI which to that Tine had been kept up oy the
cxrt,mcnt OF the occasion. broke right down; there
was nothing mere 10 keep ii mp. didht know OF th"s'
proceedings in Washington, or it woGll probably have
kept uu Iongor bG: 1t biokr ri sht down. and tLcn
berau 10 receive these trlcgrarus aud mess which
did not understand at ALL because II never occurred 10
me that the Committee, or anyO body else VINO knew the
fort-as Thought the Committee did, though have
since learned that they did nO-would suppose Tor
moment that man who had iust com. irom Europe to
ncctithis thing would Immediately run away I" d0ice
#: and furthvr GM not think anybody
who knew me would believe I would ever think the
world WAS large cn0i.l a for 10 run away 10 dodge
apythng saw no notice OF the appointment OF tie
Ways AMI Means Committee to investigate this matter
in tho raprrs II was in the papers, probably did
not but there was an editorial paragraph n lL
TElBrSE some days previously stating that irwin wa@
49, Tho ~ ,pttfl |
him they could fluid him there, which notice was tho
r.su,t of n personal interview between Mr.. Whiteiw
Rcid and Mr. Irwin at Mr.. Rci's residence. He asked
me then 10 come down and testify and said would.
He also asked me to tell him what waa gong TO say.
but II, yer crossed stream before got to 1t. and
was not going do it at that interview lie told ME
they would force me to do certain things, anu toid
him we had better wait until they had got to ta point
Now, think have said enough to satisfy tho Coin
mittce that have made Intentional attempt to
cvade its summons. II did not conc immediatcy on
receiving the first summons was because II did not
occur 10 inc that the Committee would think was go
inc 10 run away and knowing how many witnesses they
had subpcnaed did not think they wonld need me IN
I'll Tuesday; and in the meanwhile wanted to see the
officers of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company to know
what their case against me. Because, although
thew had wled about me. yet when
ever have seen them they have never had anything
against me- Tho other engagements" that referred
to IN my letter Secretary johnson was merely this
here which has proved to be more pressing
than at the moment expected 1t to be. Will add that
have instructed Mr.. Center. who is my right hand
man in business to tako these rooms until the 4th OF
March, am going to stay here until this fight is over
am going to stay here during the war.
IRwIN'S TEsTIMONY-THE DIRECT EXAMINATION.
Mr. Irwin was sworn as witness. but before any
questions were put. he said wish to make prclim
mary statement. since I came down here have had
no opportunity whatever to consult my counsel.
would not ask for opportunity to consult my counsel
On any question before the Committee. T. not for
the fact that suit for S7500C0 pending against
me in the City Of Ncw-YOrk. ana wish TO have
Lr, In