, 1874-12-29

ss,ss!on ,,,, When lilo reporters roro % aean 70 oe' ad
THE ACCOUNT OF II. O. PARSONS.
Ile5ont mombor Of Congress, was ,lnder consid
cfaton. Tho examination yne nnarlv conc1nao3 !
., uas ;. was slated Tint tho transactions tn hi,
,sa,, a1s9lea a9out 100 shares Of Pacitio HAL
n.y. which no mn1e about 81, ,1S5,
TAe no1t account woe. al Mr. nrro,.,a ,,,,,;
It, "''' NO 4l'' opfoaara oal'et
r,. THE MasTEn1oua ACCOUNT or A. n. g."
,oaate no nH,ne @ OF tilo man who accompanied Post
"1st9r MnE E, witl probably como out to.dny.
y. L.; Worth, tho Cashier Of tito Park nonL
Was a.,,1 tho next wtncrs. Io teati1ea ii hn thn'
William 8. Hing Ii tho poBtunR,cr or .o,n" sn"'
thing Ct tho kind in Washington. / directed
t .'.o assistant CaHhior to muko memorandum OF
csnnot rocoloot tho ian1e, or it tho Northcrn
rnelilo lsallroad waa brought up III connection
wlt!, The man, aaid, "Go to that olco md boo
ao,1 tue gontloman ls thcro." Tho police officer
e9ea porto 'Afls tlst hs an esntoaa sas back ls ns r.
subject from my mild Tho o'''tHasH conforonco ao
formed IN my mind from tho fact TINT Nfr. King
was w.a, MEMBER OF tho House Of Representatives
~ Hasnlngton was an important QUO. Think
tnat to nurst1o my inquiries to tho train Of
Thought that those tralixactious led to is 1u1pll
ilE mo Into serioH Of conjeeturos whore don't
TIE ASSISTANT oAs111En
Of tho bank testified TINT nbout year aftorrard
10 camo into tho banl with another gentleman.
s who told MT: Cop that ho wanted to identity Mr,
aar9 Ms ,r Mnn sa + Was that wo had
him as tho man DO Ind soen boforo. Sir, King
turned It Oft with tho romark " Il In mt a,wnrs
well to hayo too long nionorioa,"
| I1o the Iasoc10ftd j,rtm1
NEW YonK, Dec. 28.-I'he Subcommittee of
aho Houuo Ways and Means Committee to in
vestiEate tho aubufdy business OF tho Pacific
atal s Steamship Company, .began their session
'',9 n m1orn1lng 1r1 81 n tho Fifti, Avenue Hotel.
change Bana, was examined in reference 10 Tia
depoBltcs mado by Irwin. IIo toytfol tbnt On
the 2otl Of May last two Strangers entered tho
tAchA1so nSnk. OHc OF thom presented check
1or Sl150O0, signed BY Col Irwin Tia nn1,,
cd tho presenter Of thu chock what hin Mann
"ab, blt this ho refused to Disclose The
amount wa8 paid and tho parties loft, followed
~ Hga;; messenger, who eaw thom ontor tho Park
found that tho ma WHO tlrow tho check from tho
American Exchange Bank 'AA0
GAVE HIS NAME AS RING,
m and : statod that lo waa Postmaster Of the House
sum Of sa75 900 was drawn BY tic 5iarino sI Ha%I
d Of as9oooo psd tint odn ay 0e eta 5li sams wns
paid by eortiied cteclts, and tho romandor in in
M ls72. Tho deposits which Irwin mado, up o to
tnae u Sato Toro only small Gums, varying from
81, 600 to 900. On tho 9Th Of Nav. thros m,ma
two Of '5100.000 aud ono Of SID. 1000, % word
drawn by different porBonB on cortifind rhoc,.
1nado payable to bcaror. nni sirnni hv Irr;n
largo deposit Of S795 mn raa rna1n ~ ~ oEt. -
OF hlay: The two mon WHO camo for tho n,ouoy
on the 29th OF May appeared to know ono auoth- |
or very well. The witnoas thought ho could
but could not idontify tho other person. At the
timo Of this large deposit by Irwin t1,o w;tunsa
aacerainod that the sum waa deposited in checks
o. f.al Tue - Pacific Mail Company. About ons year
american Exchange Bunk, ho called srain. 10 To
draw another cleck, which yas not 20 inrra n +;
amount; did not know whether ho Ind boen t nt
tho bank lately Tho wtncsH loft will, tho Com.
in'tteo tho a'connt mt Of Of Irwin M with tho bank
tho Assistant Caehor Of tho American Exchange
Bank, was sworn, and testified 10 tllo folIowi1e
Of tho man who drew tho large sum Of money!
tho thes PSfR an Gf ,na n o wont To- tho Cashier
master of the House Of Honrcscntat tHo io7s"
- Tho Cashicr OF tho Park Bank wns J. q.
MGf osak haa as the gons'n xss ~o drew
vas ' recognized by tho witness, who Addressed
him OK mr.. King. The lntter said in re.
ply, that it did not always answor
70 4, nave good memory, Tho witnoss described
sizcd man. wearing pushy nlde Whiskera J '''fH iic
thought Irwin waa in tho CITY at tho Tina d;d
aot know Of Irwin drawing any of thcso chacl:s
'1t IT. tho Inference was that l,e hn,l. '
A!!o SaAluHttIp ueFo to0k O rQCbgg.
When tho Committee met after ndionr,,,o,t
ho
soIo produced. Samuel J. Harriott, banlter and !
3roaer' and member Of tito banking firm Of Har-
lott y Eoyes testified that l,o had been five
ears On in basiness kuow stocliwoil but not IT,
F1n; During tho yoar 1879 l,e had bought and
o!d stock of tho Paciac Mail GONNA
y and Panama Rai1road for him, 4
neck, numbered 1896 was handed him
o recognize which llo failed to do. Tho check :
ias datod May q, 1872. On that dato witpess !
oceiyod no stock from tho paciflo Mail Com \
my: Altar referring to Ills hooks, witnogs o
tated that On tho 2lst Of alay 1879, thoro wns 2
Il eEtry OF 9228, 75G for 47U0 shnrcs of stock nf !
'o Paelflc N1a to tho credit Of 4. D. stoct- i
oi!. No other snm from either Irwin or Stool- !!
ell wag received from tho 21st Of MAY to tho p
III Of Juno, inclusive. On tho 10th Of Mny Tia
rnl delivered 5000 shares Of Pacific Mai stoc,,'
'r which they received 3433, 602 iu checks from q
10 company. IL IL
THESE WERE ALL TIE TRANSACTIONS r
hich occurred with tho fin, IN III, Il