Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-12
The Pacific Mail Investigation.
PROCEEDINGS TODAY.

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The Committee of WAYS and means con
tiuued The Pacific mail inquiry this morn
ing.
John ". CcrSo1,, book keeper of jay Cooke
x Co. appeared with the books Of that bank
ing house, and was examined with reference
10 the two checks of the Brooklyn Trust com
pany ON the Marine National bank for
@5G.oDO each, payable TO the order Of John &.
Schumacher which We're CaSheI by jaw
Cooke Il Go. in this city. His t,Sti-
mOny and examination Of books showed that
these checks were Ca>hCl in this city on
June Cd, 1872; that they were endorsed only
by John G.. Schumacher and that therprrofn
Il would appear that Schumacher gOt the
cash some other person. however. might
have got Il g money IL the teller was author
iZcd by Henry ID. Cook TO cash them without
further endorsement. The books also shove
that OF June 3, 1872. a certificate of deposit
Numbered 2$l5,) was
ISSUED TO JOHN G. SCITNAKER
for 10000. This certificate was paid june =
1872, and on that day another certificate
number 2,32D was issued to John &. Schu-
maker for S6O,GOJ, which in turn was pai
June Z, 1872. Witness said il would seem
from the books that the first certificate wa
retired by issuing the second and paying
$4,000 III cash. But these certificates, though
issued to Schumacher, might have been mad
payable 10 the order OF some one else. The
original certificate would show They are
now In possession of the bankruptcy Justice
in Philadelphia. The books also showed that
on the Sd June, 1872, the bank cashed IL Ger
tifcate of deposit issued by the National Park
bank
IN FAVOR OF va. s KING
for 5000. The money was paid over the
counter apparently To John II. Rice, as his
name was the last endOrScr.
LctCis j. DoCiS, of the banking house OF
Lewis Johnson 4 Co. testified that a certih-
cate Of deposit, issued by the Park National
Bank of New York, to the order of w. =.
King, for $4,000, passed through their bank
June 5th, 1872; has no personal recollection
OF the circumstances, but inferS from the r.
cords that the money was paid over tn,
counter to w. =. King.
,Josa e.. HegScy, messenger. who receive
$1,000 from Irwin was recalled, and ques-
TONED by Mr.. Beck as to his expenditure q
the money; he swOre that he uSct il III pay
ing debts and in ordinary expenditures o.
living, except some >l,500,
LOST IN a PORK SPECULATION.
and several thousand dollars invested in GOV
ernIncnt bonds and other personal property.
Ills further examination was postponed until
lac should bring to the committee his bank
book and such papers as he might have
coTcbOrative OF his statements.
HGDJR'OH e.. FjrH'. sworI.-ite said ne dill
all he could to secure the subsidy: whenever
he met gentlemen he talked about it; he al
Nocated IL through members, and sometime
hS would send others To see members; nc sent
Mr.. George w. Wiley. of New York, To- Sc.
representative Beck, but that amounted 10
nothing. Witness could not recall the nam.
OF any person who received money apart
from himself Irwin agreed 10 give him
twelve thousand dollars for advocating the
subsidy. Witness used all the means hc
could 10 secure the subsidy. The witness said
ne did not mention 10 any person with whom
he coz Yersed that Inc was employed to secure
the subsidy.
Mr. Beck remarked that he had ncveg. seen
the witness till to-day.
Witness could not rec1llect the name of
any person other than Wiley whom he sent
to talk to members of Congress. He cOuld
rot reCOllect what ne did 10 secure the sub
Sluy. lie went TO New / OFll several times.
where there was u large opposing interest.
and his object was TO molliiy the opposition
10 the subsidy. Witness thought his services
were worth more than Sl2,0G0, rs hc hal t.
neglect his own business To attend to ITWIn'S.
DOM PIATT On TIE STAND.
nQnn Platt testified that he received 5000
as stated by Mr., Albert. II was in the shape
OF Il loan from Irwin, ard the money was paid
back 10 him. This transaction haI nothing
whatever 10 do with the subsidy, as he hal
opposed ii from beginning 10 end in his news
paper and otherwise, and did all hC COuli 10
defeat it. The money was from lrwin's pri-
(Which he prOduced) came back 70 him Ell
dOrsed by K. L. Irwin as paid July "a. l,.2
The witness declined TO say who paid the
money for him, as that involved an exposure
OF his private transactions which had nothing
whatever TO do with the subsidy. The COM
mittee reserved the cOnsdera tiOn of the dueS-
ton as to whether they would insist on being
informed who paid the note for Piatt. and the
room was cleared. They decided. upon con-
sultatiOn, that witness should answer who
paid the 5000 for him in satisfaction of his
note To Irwin, and have given him until Fri
day next 10 tell.
RECIPROCITY WITH HAWAII-The Sen
ate committee on fOreige relations heard 81
statement to-day from Henry \, Pierce.
minister resident of the United States az
honolulu, on the subject of reciprocity OF