National Republican., 1874-05-29

Is; there is the check. ] showed IL TO you thil
morning.
Q. Won't you have the kindness to produce
1t here in this connecticut Witness left the
stand to get the check.
N. @. oRDwAY RECALLED.
By the Chairman: Q. We have had some
testimony here In relation to O mortgage you
had upon the Chronicle Office at one time;
believe you desire to make some explanationi
4. noticed by the newspapers what thought
was rather an imperfect statement of the case
The facts were these: Mr.. John M. Morris
purchased the ChroRieIe Office of John W.
Forney, and gave deed Of trust to secure the
payment OF several notes. These came due,
and Mr.. Morris was unable to meet them, and
urged friend and myself to carry one or two
along for him Q short time. / took one OF
them at first, and sfterward took another.
Mr.. Morris still not being strong enough imam
cially to take these up, Mr.. Forney thought
after q while that he must have the money.
carried these notes for q year, or possibly
nearly two years, at per cent. interest, as an
accommodation to Mr.. Morris. When Mr..
Harlan came into the concern l felt that 1t
was strong enough to pay me, and insisted
that these should be taken up. Mr.. Harlan
took them up with Q check or the money:
q Co., or Henry d. Cooke. Ny con-
uection with the loan, which was first about
three thousand dollars, and which afterward
amounted to eight or nine thousand dollars,
the whole of It was simply that of Q man who
did an act simply to accommodate q friend.
Mr.. Morris was then living a neighbor to me,
on Capitol Hill. carried these notes at six
per cent. simply as q favor until he could get
somebody to relieve him of these obligations.
had no control In the paper, but did this as l
have suggested. / wish to make this state
ment IN Justice to myself, because It did not
seem to me in the testimony given by Mr.. Har-
Ian that the matter was clearly understood.
In reference TO the Endorsements on the notes
they were made, think, to John W. Forney.
At any rnte, the trustee, whoever he was, could
have enforced payment, no matter in whose
hands they were. Therefore, there was no in
dorsement necessary, and the notes simply came
into my hands in that way, without any in
dorsement, and passed out without any indorse-
ment, simply receiving the face of the notes
and the accrued interest at six per cent. My
impression is now that received the check ;
that Mr. Harlan brought me q check of either
Henry D, Cooke on some bank, or Of Jay
Cooke & Co.
By Mr.. Wilson: Q. You are connected in
some way with the Washington Market-house
Companyi A. am a director, and have had
charge of 1t as managing director since the
first work was commenced; since the second
company-not the first company that got the
charter throughput since the second company
took It up, subscribed the stock and commenced
to build.
O, The rents that you pay, or whatever you
NAV call it, belonged TO the poor fund of this
District A. There was provision in the char
ter that we were to pay S25,OO0 year to the
District authorities to be given for the support
of the poor; to be appropriated by them. We
paid S25 900 year up to the time when the
District Legislature relieved US BY an act and
left it at $40, 900, then we paid s2O, 200 yearly
after that; up to the time of q more recent
change, when we gave up some of the land.
0. Did yoG pay on account of this rent into
the District government any part OF this rent
at the time of this transaction between you
and Mr. Harlan2 A. have looked over my
accounts, and I find that the same, that In
July, within q few days of that time, that
made one or two psyments-thst is, think
they were made directly from my office
through clerk, to Governor Cooke; they have
all been made to the Governor Of the District
Every payment has been made directly to him
and his receipt taken for the amount.
| Q. Did YOU 20 to Mr.. Harlan to carry tc
Governor Cooke check on account of this
market-house fund, equal to the amount thai
was due you upon this mortgagel A. do moi
think that l gave Mr.. Harlan the check.
think the clerk paid him about that time about
the same amount of money from Governor
| L
Q. What, if anything, do you know In regart
to Mr. Harlan having made an arrangement
with Governor Cooke that If you paid In al
amount equal to your note that Governor Cook
would let Harlan have that money In order Il
lift your mortgagei A. I was pressing Mr.
Harlan for this money, or the Chronicle com
pany, and stated to him that l had alread.
carried out of my own funds bills for the con
struction of the Market House Company unit
T loI dal oT11T TTa
have this; and Mr.. Harlan made the remark
1 think, that Governor Cooke told him tina
we owed the District some mon y-the Marke
company-and said we did. That is, Their
would be some due on it at the end Of the year
and we would be willing to pay it. l would, s.
lar as was concerned, II / thought that |
would facilitate in any way the settlement o
these matters, although the money might no
be strictly due. Some conversation of tha
kind occurred. Harlan spoke Of the matte
once or twice, but after the transaction wa
through Governor Cooke took occasion, at M
house up in New Hampshire, to say tina
although such talk was had, that he furnishes
the money in another way. am not certain
as 20 the transaction further than Ihaye stated
Q. VIII your books show just what amour
of money you paid on account of this sam
market at that time and the date of its pay
mentl A. think the press book would. Tn
Q. VIII your books also show the tim
you received from Harlan these payments O
your notesl A. l don't think have the exac
date of the receipt of the money. twas none
that was my private funds, and am not Gel
tain that / credited it any where, as it was 1
notes.
Q. Will your books show whether tn
amount you paid on account of the marke
house fund correspond exactly with the amour
that you received from Mr.. Harlan on accouu
of this mortgage or trust deedl A. presum
that might find memorandum. do not nov
know the exact amount, but the payments
the Governor would be upon the clerks books
Whether have memorandum showing tn
exact amount ofthe notes and interest am nc
positive. have not looked to see, but vii
do so.
On July 90, 1872, the clerk at the marke
Office issued a check on the Bank of the Re
public, payable to the order of Henry L
Cooke, Governor, for ss,9T1 Al. About tina
time that amount, either In check or in money
was paid to me by Mr.. Harlan, which he sal
he received from Governor Cooke, and got tn
deed Of trust and notes TO take to him, as
supposed. Mr.. Harlan took them himsel
from me. thought had a memorandum O
the exact date; but do not find the date
The amounts are the same, but do not recol
lect the dates.
By Mr.. Hubbell: Q. Was this amount tn
exact amount that was due on your noteSf A
Yes, sir;tt was just the amount.
Q. In other words, your clerk paid a certai
amount which you have given, and about tina
time Mr.. Harlan came and paid the balanc
due on this note, including interest! A. Yes
| sir. 1t came up in this way: Mr.. Harlan re
marked to me, when / was pressing him, tha
Governor Cooke said we owed him money OIL
account of the market. We owed the Distric
and he had claims, he said, against the Dis
trict.
By Mr.. Wilson: @. Did Mr.. Harlan receiy
the check from the clerk of the Market Hous
Companyl A. think not, sir. I thought q
first that he did. When was first inquired
l thought so, but upon reflection think an
quite sure that never paid in any way ercep
to send to the office Of Governor Cooke by th
clerk. /.
Q. Did Mr.. Harlan bring you check on Ja-
Cooke s. Coz A He neither BROUGHT tbi
check nor the money himself, and took tn
notes himself. did not see Governor Cook
in the transaction, that remember.
| By Mr.. Stewart: Q. When you saw Cover
nor Cooke afterward, what did he tell yo,
about iti A. He told me at my house, Ishoul,
think a month afterward. He was up In New
sid, "By The way, that transaction, whicl
there was some talk about arranging, sbod
the market, was not carried out. srranget
that out Of Jay Cooke & Co.'s money" o
something of that kind. / should say it was
month sfterward. SIMPLY wished to state i
| because / remember the circumstance of hi
mentioning it TO me.
JAMES A. MAGRUDER RECALLED.