The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-09

miles north west Of Lancaster CITY; th1t he was
= memher Of the late firm Of Stehman. Carkson
q 90; that they hegan business on the first OF
the nrtn was dissolved aud business discontinue
ed. He was asked II he knew ANYTHING Of any
compensation being paid to any state Treasurer
for the deposit uf money with their firm, and he
replied that no money h I'd been paid for such
purposes TO his knowledge.
His attention was directed to the entry In tho
sh book, and to the memorandum, Int"
wbereupvn he repeated the st' ~ which had
been told by Mr.. SlOkOm, the bookkeeper, with
considerable veriations. however. He denied
having been told by Mgckey that there was a
suit pending nn;d nsainft him. He said that he had
they had received from the state Treas
nry tnro1sh Mr. Msessy; and g, four
one day, and told him they had been benefited
that amount, and asked him how much they
owed him. MIR. Mackey replied that he never
had taken cent for money OF the state depos-
tied with other banks. and OF course he would
not take a cent from us | knew that he had
this law suit In our courts, which WIS about n
libel suit, think, against either Mr. Gerst or
Mr. h1uch, and that Mr.. Schenck was his attor.
ney. went To MIR. Schenck and paid him the
f32. 1t was a voluntary act on my part. Mr.
Mackey DID not ask me to do II.
PAYlNG MACKEY's BILLS WITH STATE MONEY.
sQmpld you tel him you would pay the money to Mr..
,.9..Did MIR MscSey ever say anything to you about
~ A-No,s he never mentioned 1t to me. nor TO
.,,Did he ever tell you Mr. schenck was his sttor.
q Did he tel you he owed MIR. schenck anything /,
y
,,o-Did YOU ask Mr. schenck what his fee against
Mscs.y MAS A.No.sir did not ask HIM anything
q How did you know that MIR. schenck waa Mfr.
Mackeye attorney Did anybody tell yOu2 A.-No,
p pers.
V.-when you went to Mr schenck did You ask what
vas the amount ~ his bill against Mr. Mackey2 A
Odd you ask him what the costs Of the case were
A.-No, slrs didnt ASK him anything about II.
y How, then, did vOu come to pay him Just t3O2 ?
w ell, the amount OF money we haG from the tate
NJ four per cent interest made that amount. and I
w'nt,d t. nay 1t 80 Just gave TO Mr. schenck. II
was altogether voluntary ON my part.
Q-What was this hbel suit-who was IL against and
who was the prosecutor A. II was either az linst
fdtsr IbiIhdm.
o-who was the prosecutorp A.-Mr. Msekey.
Mr.. RoACn's STORY.
Mr.. Roach Of the Father abraham. who was In
town, was subDoened OF voluntarily appeared
before the committee, and made n statement
under oath to the following effect: lie had
been opposing MIR. Mackey's recollection in
the spring Of lsIo and had supported
Gen. Irwin. After Irwin was elected
over hackey. SUme time efter that
hacKey by some means get possession Of a
note for 500 which he (Rauch) had hvo years
previous given to Elisha W. Davis OF Phladel.
phia. Mackey out Of spite attempted to collect
the note. lie sueo him (iaucb), and IL was re-
ferred TO arbitrators, when he (Rauch) made a
good defence. and the judgment was In his
favor. There was no lioel suit commenced by
Mackey, but one was threatened. Mackoy knew
better than to sue him for libel.