New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-01
CHECKS EXCHANGED WITH JOHN ROACH
TESTIMONY OF GEORGE +. WEED, JOIN ROACH's
CASHIER.

TESTIMONY OF GEORGE Il. WEED, JOIN ROACH )
CASHIER.
The proceedings began with the examination
OF George T. Weed, John RJaons IA relation Is
the exchangciof the s2OOO0O checks
Mr. Burchard-Whati Is your full uamei A. George T..
Weed.
O. And occupation A. Cashier for John Roach
Q. What II anything, do you know ia regard to any
exchange or the giving OF checks Detaeen M. Roach
and the Pacific Mail Steamship Company OF s2e0,0O,
sometime in 1872 State an you know about II. A The
exchange of checas was on pit 1871 at tIe request
Of Mr. Bellows the VcePr silent. Ga tue day previous
while was the Office other I,ines, Sir. Bellows
requested me to make an exchange " checks for this
amounts Mr. Roach was not present dt this tmc when
returned to the Office stated It to him aud he said
there was no objection.
@. Was any reason gwen by him for desiring It A.
No, Sir; simply supposed it accommodation
TO them
O. What was done with the chech A. II was deposit
ed in the bank the same day.
O. Aud the proceeds were actually collected and
placed 10 your credit A. Yes SIR presumed II was
some accommodation to them.
O. You did not know the Obiecti A. No, Sir.
@ 1t entered other account Of joan Roach, en
cept passing into the books through the bauki A
Yes sr; as far az Mr. Roach concerned lie had 10
knowledge OF it except stated 20 Lin, AZ the r.
quest of Mr.. Bellows when the request made MI
Roundey stated yesterday that Mr. Roach gave toe
check to Mr.. stockwel; that was entirely Incorrect
O. To whom was it given A. handed It 10 NG Be-
lows.
@ To whom was it payablf ! A. Mr.. Bellows re.
quesed that should BE- made 10 the order Of MI Roach
aud that he should ndorse Nbacau,e th, $4,000
OF the same amount the amounts which III. Roach
was receiving for the ships the cheek was from John
Roach & Son the ships being built by Mr. Roach
individually. and not by John Roach 4 Son.
O. 1t was the Company's check A. Payable to the
order Of John Roach he requested that We should draw
our check IN tue same way.
O. Do you know OF any reason why IL was so A No.
Sir.
O Do you row see any reasOni A. No Sir.
O. what two ships were they which then under
contracts A. The TOkia and Peldng.
O. When was the contract made A. In the latter part
OF June. 1872.
@ This subsidy which now considering came
along immediately after that's A. think June &C.
q Your payments were 100000 at u time A. zee,
Sir.
O. How often were these 10 be madei A. At certain
stages OF the work We mad only received payment
up 70 that time.
O. How large we're the contractsi A. sLO5ONoO.
O. The payments we're to be made to john Roachi A.
Yes, Sir.
O. Aud the face that the contract was made to John
Roach and that the payments were to be made to him
and that the request was that the exchange check
should be made to the order OF John Roach-had thai
any significance A. think II had some connection
with these contracts. did not draw any inference,
ask anything about It at theltime.
O. Does It not seem to YOU that II had some
reference 70 this business A. It now II states
here that We gave receipt for the check but we did
not
O. Do you know whether this additional 100000 was
charged up so make that each steamer cost
800 coo more than diil A. have been told since
O. Was not that the real significance Of the trans
actioni A. It appears 80.
O. While the check given by John Roach Son, II
the order Of John Roach and pade TO appear to
iii into these contracts 4. Yes, SIR.
Mr.. KassOn--And tue result was that no money was
paid aud both parties left Just they before
the contract was nadci A. Yes Sir.