The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-07

you call AID in hayns as much deposited with ClSw,
p9,icy, e rel lion to consus, .,,, ,.or,.rc, =,
many times over until the consummalion in October,
ls5g was he prime ooe,t Of my NE tleasI glcn, a.,
agency supposea rouid 20 TO Herhn or FRANKFORT.
Son ySH hs os senate GS o5 House % S' ss
6sse o5 or bsI a Sreey or n
WHERE GRANT CONES IN.
o-was there ever or not any person besides James
os Se Hrr rg@ TT m be q pro ha came under these
buren, A.~Nr Cisws promised 70 Louis Dent either
the entire amount Of the prOnts.
Mr. Abbott, counsel for Clcws, moved to strike
out the reply as irresponsive tie adoed " Wy
point Is to see whether nny person was to share
the quarter Of Mr.. Cheever or the quarter OF MT.
Q-Did any person have any interest with you In the
one qgarer 81 tne prons coming to you BY the agree
Rssi.tef Kcis6uu % Answer yes or no.
nv rs Is the, ihe nrs, tine was ever aWi'nes' In
Q.-uny one person2 A.-only one person. to my
9.~who wa, that per.onp A.-Louis Dent.
Y. Are you ture2 Al cannot answer fully until
sSsser fully tsi % understand hat Csws gave hi@
q Have you any recollection a. 70 the share Dent
Cews f. Nes York Mr. C9se&yer & and Mr. Van Bnren
standing-il April or May. 1871:
iuson2 Ale was lawyer there.
Q-was he related to PI esdent Grantp A.-Dy mar.
Dents SHARE.
Q-what was the consideration that said Dent gave
lie Was 10 give h seI,lce or us here as counsel n aid
ac, as counsel for the ssency in Washington. or Il
sessarl % go London and J. Nas isked about mat
s25 come and take pos Of counsel for
consei STsS wa NJ pept To- iurnl.h2 Asuch
A. 10 advance the interest Of CeNs ami the general In
Q What do YOU mean by counsel sel-proicsslonsl ser
counsel in The nature of services Of the same chsrscteT
nyogr own Al should say hrst such AS rendered.
@ anG Sb' % @ hf' nj mads hen don't KNOW
o-were there any legal or professional services
counsellor At law that bnt rerf rmed. as far as you
the profits Al dor / remember specincaiiy.
have Sny neq, 1q don't Know sat he eyeG
ceased
Mr.. Abbott. counsel for J. ". Tappan, trustee
In bankruptcy for the old Arm, who had been
addressing the above questions to Mr.. Cheever,
then read letter dated Sept; Q, 1873, and adj
dressed BY B III. Cheeyer To Henry Clews. ln
this letter Mr.. Cheever said
II !. mere than two year. since ypn have been In po,.
ss y, @ ee M ana n nEr % tnpie he
acccpaton Of the term, have had access to the books
s IN The ~ssa s ps Viii Sts suSS SS esa T sePs % as
viii accomplish the object without delay.
while this letter was being read, Mr.. Cheever
clarcd at Mr. Southwick. The communication
y most important one, as the creditors Of
Henry OleWe x Co. have sued Mr.. CheeNer as a
partner IN the bankrupt Arm.
The witness testified that he did not remem-
| her sending letter like the above. He ac-
| KIN wledged, Bfter considerable hesitation, that
| he had copies Of letters to Mr. Clews and some
answers. some OF them IN New York. some In
Washington and some In Rhode Island. He
would bring such as he could obtain to the next
hearing. He had shown to Mr.. Southwick in
the strictest confidence certain memorandums
and papers, Mr.. Southwick having assured him
on honor that they would not be used or shown
| TO any one.
| Mr. SOuthwick exclaimed:
You are mistaken