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pa1 A. No. a..
q. Do you know Of snybody Who ala sfvv
any receipt Tor ~ A. I az not.
has been Q secfet one, ana iutended 10 be kent
secret from the publica A. I sbould think n
was not intended to be made pubic. for never
was advised myself. -
O. You, your,elf, were not advised anvtbino
about nj 4. Never anything bevopd he one
party. - -
Q. How long had you and Mr. KiIbourn been
associated together in businesss A. Since 1865
or 1855; 1885, think.
Q. Have you been doing large amount Of
business together A. We have
9. Your relations were perfectly intimate
confidential, and friendly A. Yes, sir; conf.
DENTAL, and friendly, and always have been.
9. And yet he never disclosed TO you any.
thing in regard 70 this transaction A. Moth.
ing that would lead me to know who the party
was beyond one.
Representative Wilson. That Is all I hsd "a
ask the witness, and beg the pardon Of the
By Senator Stewart: Q. WIN you point out
where the blocks srei A. The Rapley lot f
3O3.
q. Bound Il; name the streets. A. It q be
tween Fourteenth and fifteenth and v and w
Q. What was the price Of thsti A. The
prics Of that was t31 ,525.
@. What was the other blocki A. The Ed
ward Young lots were In Isl; they were some.
where along here in Massachusetts, avenue, be
tween Seventeenth and Eighteenth.
=. Whist was the amount Of that purchase
A. Two thousand dollars.
Q. How much did you buy therea A. WI
bought two lots there.
q. What y the next purchased A. The mex
purchase-of N. w. Burchcll-these lots here
and one or two lots there.
Q. On Massachusetts svenuef A. Burchel
has two lots. The two lots Of Burchell,
think, must have been these two lots on THU
side; that consideration was $2,36s.79.
=. Where was the otherf A. The next lots
were those down below.
=. On Massachusetts avenuea A. w. W
burdette; yes, sir.
q. Between Seventeenth and Eighteenth
A. Yes, sir; between Seventeenth and Eigh-
teenth; that amounted to u, SO1.T. The next
purchase was lsl, on the corner of Sixteenth
street and Massachusetts, avenue; those were
three lots, $3.50 The next purchase was Of
John +. Olmstead, lots1 ., and >, square 1o6
ON + street and on the circle, New Hampshire
avenue. The next Nh 1872, lots IS and Sc, on
Sixteenth street, between NJ and Massachusetts
avenue; those two lots there.
BY Representative Bass: @. Give the con
sideration. A. One thousand six hundred dol
lars.
By Senator Stewart: Q. Between NJ ami
Massachusetts avenue! A. Yes, sir. The nexl
purchase was Of J. w. Parker, in 2i2, lots 81
and 81, fronting the Thirteenth streets Circle
and on Rhode Island and Vermont avenues
those two lots there. ~
Q. Those are between Vermont avenue and
Fourteenth street! A. No; on Rhode Island
avenue, Vermont avenue and the Circle.
Q. And east Of Fourteenth street, A. Eas
Of Fourteenth street.
Q. How much was thats A. That was SIT,
10s.55. The last purchase was lots fronting OF
Thirteenth street circle, In al, between Thir
teenth and Fourteenth:
Q. How much was thstf A. There were two
purchases there-one was el5, $50; the other
$2,700, making altogether, SIS, $50.
Q. What Is that; Thirteenth street circle. 4
Yes, sir. --t
Q. How much property about Thirteenth
street circlel A. Eighteen thousand and three
hundred and thirty dollars and 81 ,10S.55.
Q. You got $35, 900 worth there; how much
do you say there was up hcrei
The Chairman. Give the number so that thu
reporter can hear It.
thousand dollars there; then there is 81, 100 OF
P. two lots there, and three lots here.
Q. These was the largest purchases! A
Yes, sir; those were the largest purchases.
Q. And the aggregate was how muchi A
The aggregate was Isl, 900 think. Mr.. vii
son had 1t down there, and $51 900 ofthat $S7,
@. On Thirteenth street, A. And the Bound
airy at Fourteenth street.
The Chairman. Any further questions to Mr.
Lattaf
Ms. Christy. Yes, sir; the very question ]
asked remains unanswered. desire while this
inspiration of revelation Is upon him to ash
this-
BY Mr.. Chr1Bty: q. understand you to say
that the reason you made these purchases, a.
trustee, was on account of the absence of Mr.
Kilbourni A. No; I said his contemplated ab
sence; his intended absence, in the first place
and the last purchase by his actual absence.
@. Now, as to the contemplated purchase
When was that made, and how many of these
purchases do you include within that time
A. Thoee made In July. I am not certain
whether he was going away when purchased
the Rapley property or not.
Q. When did he leavei A. mean to say,
this was temporary absence; he went to Eu.
rope In May or June; June, guess, 1t must
have been.
Q. or Whist year? A. And returned in Au-
gust, 1879. 10
@. Went In June, 18Th A. Yes sir.
Q. The purchase, then, of Rapley could not
have been made with reference to his antici.
mated departure to Europe3 A. Oh, no.
O. That purchase was made September Is,
1871 A, Yes. sir.
o. Now to recur to that original question
who was the beneficiary in that purchasei
Witness. Have the COMMITTEES made de-
cision as to nv answering that question; had
declined It onces
The Chairman. You stu declined
Witness. still decline, -pllrHt.
The Chairman. The committee will reserve
the decision upon that point, We win not de.
eide that question now.
Mr.. Christy. The committee will remember