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the two gentlemen who came with the checks;
thew were both


men, and neither OF them could be characterized
delineation are sufficiently brilliant TO enable me
to describe them to this committee; think that
the younger and the smaller OF the two;
he was peasanter In manner than the other,
who was rather abrupt; the man who remarked
THIS Is A SMALL SUN"
was the one with the large check; my only justin
cation In refusing payment OF the cheeks was be.
like their refusing to be Identified; think that
any one presenting check payable to bearer can
identity, but, again. some precautions have TO be
taken to guard against forgery; when Colonel
Irwin called on me he said nothing about his
gong to deposit s75O0Oo, ana IL sum sufficiently
large TO absorb mans attention; all checks that
come to from the Clearing House are listed on
Slips showing the banks from winch they come,
and this slip that you have now came from the
Mar Marine Bank and was taken from the packet Of
dated May so and re ers to the cneck for s275 000
Mr. King would know the name OF the gentleman
when they called they stated that they had
PARTICULAR REASONS
for not wishing to be identified: 7 think would
know Mr.. King again. he came into the bank
about year after, and some one came with him
sa sa as we Know
and added, ayes, we know Colonel King.
ppa.yaa pay tne N., Cheek wa was aware mat the
get subsidy through and know MT Irwin was
depositing cheeks. rom the Pacific Mail steamship
Company when heard tnat Mr. King was Post
master Of Congress- l confess fanced things ap-
peared little strange; | DO not know that
ory mad been refreshed by the assistant cashier;
his name does not appear on our books; The first
letter certifes the checks on our bank.
The second witness examined was Mr.. Dumont
can Exchange Bank. lie said have been
Bank for some time and during the time en-
braced IN the bank accounts furnished by Mr..
IRWIN made that large deposit, as the teller came
up to me and made some remarks abous u;
to him about 1t; the deposit renamed IN the bank
a1ou6 Two DAYS, WI wnen these CHECKS lor si25 900,
o Kns pa wsnass then me az
70 be identified; One o. them protested quite
TOOK oi' them EN- to o. Mr.. a Cole; one me- gentleman ue
said 1t was not worth while to make such a fuss
gentleman who mad the $275,o 600 check said he
wanted to pay it into bank, whereupon our
quensy paid INTO the the Marine Bank The osSer
nea ha @ @ sx
said IL was Mr.. William S. King,
POSTMASTER OF CONGRESS-;
ne said he thought the gentleman was connected
DelamaIer, the cashier Of the Marine Bank; ne, ne
but gave me his assurance that the gentleman
was all right and the TRANSACTION was cor
ssss N every se w on; Mt Ks M
said Mr.: cole I'VE know Mr.. Kine;n therelpon
the latter turned away with the remark, ut Is
Mr.. IRWIN had only small account with us early
believe our paving teller could tell to whom he
PAID the checks tnat were presented on May
he said ss da not MN eooees who ans s
persons were to whom ne PAID the money.
tna mr. en n aa Mr. Cole ne
morning that ne deposited the $75O,O00. Mr.. Cole
rephed:-I cannot; II was very commonplace; IN
fnn hon nf Off fnlf rr1r-
prised tnat he conversed on such Indifferent mat
ters when he was about to make SO large de-
such magnitude to be held over; it struck US as
very remarkable; indeed, the whole thing from
Of M carae was then re-
sumed. lie MIR. Delamater,. cashier
of the Marine Bank, declined to give me the name
necessary the cashier OF the Park Bank gave his
name promptly; MIR. Delamater declined TO give
the name because he was trying to protect
deposltor's account; the check was presented and
certified by Us on the 10Th; 1t vas then held out
and deposited in the Marine Bank on the sOtn and
returned TO US on the 3lst; 1t is very seldom that
ANYBODY holds check OF such sum as $275,o00
The examination was resumed at two P. NJ, and
Mr.. Samuel +. Harriott, OF the firm OF
uARRloTT 4 MOVES,
was the first witness examined. He was QueS-
toned by Mr.. Burchard and stated as iouows Il
am member OF the hrm OF Harrott g. Noyes,
i've years; Know MT. A. B. StocKwen
and did considerable business Tor him
Railroad IN regard to the checks OF Mr.. Irwin
dated May "a have no recollection, and on that
Stockwen or the Pacinc Mail Steamship Com
pany; on the 2lst OF May ind credit In our
hacks 0 s y % ssss g. q enc inc
above number OF shares and ne gave US that
check that is all find IN the books up to the 1st
OF June; state that no sum OF money or check
was received BY my firm from the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company A. 8: ssockweA
1872 inclusive the last statement was made.
IN answer to question put by Mr. kasson, as the
pany showed thai the s65oooo check o. the 24tG OF
May was charged to the account OF Harrlort Il
Noyesl ind that on the 10th OF May we de-
nvered
FIVE THOUSAND SHARES
of Pacific Mail, for which we received 900 In
checks OF the company; our frm received and ex-
changed checks with the Pacific Mail steamship
Company on the 9th OF September; they gave me
check on that date lor s5oo,o00 and we gave them
cneck Tor s5o7,547 95; on the following day we re-
ceived check for $7,547 95 that balanced the
account; we made the exchange at tile personal
request OF Mr.. A. 3. Stockwell; the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company's check was dated Septem-
ber I, but we did not receive II until the 9th do
not know Mr.. Irwin at all nave never bought or
for MIR. Stockweil asking US to make that ex-
change; could not say whether DIR. Stockwell
made money or not during the month OF May;
Mr. Stock Wells account was closed with US on
this ledger In November, 1872;
was between so and 80 during the month OF May;
on the l5th Of May the highest price nnd IN the
books was 651 on May Il the entry Is o3I; on
May "a 1t Is 81 i on May q the highest price was
771s on May 81 1t was 753s, and on June l5 It
was SO, showing fall OF nearly sixteen points
during the thirty days between May Is and June
l5. There were other parties Interested with Mr.
Stockwell in his STOCK transactions; VIII write
out their names and submit them TO the commit
tee, rs, unless absolutely necessary. would prefer
them not being made public
The committee shen went into
PRIVATE SESSION,
and after consulting together Tor about half an
hour the press we're again admitted, and Mr..
Dawes stated tha., after examining the list or
names furnished by Mr.. Harriott, the committee
had concluded to ask some questions about two
or three OF them.
In relation to the account OF Mr.. r s. Parsons
the witness then testified in ul as to the stock
they bought and SOLD on MS account. but the COM
mittee did not elicit any important Information.
Mr.. Dawes then asked ABOUT the account figuring
unGer the
MYSTERIOUS ENTRY
OF A. B. s. The witness stated tnat IL was an ac-
count opened BY Mr. Stockweu on the 18th OF Oc-