New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-01

all the infcrnasion that give AS 60 what was
te China linz aud therefore ~ - uncertain now onS
you will detained here. but yoa had better arraso 70
the agency business win De conducted by Gap ES SS
and the Assistant AEent Nv ,ns hnsigoss of the
Company and this to be arranged by CAPT - u,, e
and yourself before your pSst expect YOU
Yours truly. r. W. @. BELLOWS Ve'-rroS'ucu''
This "a certified COPY, and the following cerincate
is attached ton o. A., vonr noo q, 1874
hereby certify that the foregons ~ all RESPECTS sof
SSs of private oicia Letter Book. No. OF che Pacrc
hai Steamship oomPwaSytw ,v, sscro,a,v nro tenn
The next letter that find is this
SAN FRANCISCO. July 81, 1871
A. b. srooKwELl, President, YetS- York.
DRAR SIR mcIOsed hand you draft OF proposals Ior
the new emma service aud OF all necessary dOcumr Ots
connected Herewith. l would suggest your sehuIng
Mr. Albert Washington with tho bls, sealed, with Ia
strucons TO deliver them iu person on or II You choose.
before the morning of Aug q and 10 attend inc opening
aud report yOn He Is tue best man. AT all events
SOU" 'O'"' '"'' '''' RICHARD d. IRWIN.
O. Is that all tho correspondence A. That is all the
correspondence have been able to fad. have not
looked 10y self but have asked Mr. Post and MI Merrill
to do So Mr. Post has charge OF papers. Isuggest
that you might examine Mr.. Post, Mr.. Merrill, or MI
Lane Mr. Lane is Secretary pro tem who oertihes
10 tins being a copy.
O. Mr. Hatch. you stated that you instructed them to
search for all papers A All papers aud documents ro
Mr. Bok-Pfase to tell us what yoi know about these
two checks Tor s0OoO each A. cannot tell you Sny OF
tile details or tue reason, or causes was nV' i
Q. You know the books we'll enough. A. Well, shall
know them well enough II you Keep Oh eAainuiuk NV
viii you tell me the datesf
Mr. KassOn-The Attn OF September, 1872.
Toxic and Penngi A. Nos and g. find in septeln-
ber 1874, the 4th charge 10 John Roach OF SoOW
on IRON pTopeilsr NO o. ana Oh n"n Piopo"'i -'O
O. Are there any counter credits to these charges II
II as exchange checks merely, and recognized
your books would not there bel Would not there ps
return cneck, If that the way3 A. Tnat woulu
naturally be, but not the b0Okkeeper at hat time
1t might have been entry upon tie COmpanVs DOCKS
and vet have been an individual matter o Inside 49,,
Q. Have the Toxic aud PeiDg been fully pald lott n
o. Turn over your books and see what the amount
that is SAID TO have been paid them. Was not the
amount If the contract Sl.O5OOOOi A. Sl,O52OOO =.
o. viii YOU NOT see II there 100000 charged to
each of these two steamers tlan paid to MI
ROachi A. You will TO send for another DOCK
! keeper and another set OF BOOKS.
| o. Was not that u iactl A. think II was: ,,.,..
O. Was not that fraudf A. think so, Slr III iooks
900 am kept pretty busy attending to tho present
business. without searching out the ola operations.
oae of iti A. have my impression that that S2Oooo
| went TO Lockwood Co Idon't know that' you uHdei
Mr Kasson2Wnen YOU say there appears D. $4,000
charged TO each Of these ships are THESE INC r
in your opinion constitute these cnafsest A. 80 a.,
O. Then what you have lust SAID applies to t9ese en-
an er"baoee of checksi A. That is NY Impression.
O. Is there any other entry OF tha amount on tuoS9
| books applying to these steamers except th' a.
o. You have an impression that it went to Lockwood
90 Ia there anything the books which gives you
impression A can't say there Is OF nere 10 no'
on the books ,, A. h.o,., ro,a,i,g IN
it. Based on these fdcts VINO was tne oi'I ~
Company benefited 10y these false entrlesf A. can
Sir; was not connected win tIe COMPANY "' H"'
@ I don't think my question is in bad English. You
have an opinion ~ who WAS benefited by this raise
entry II benefit to anybody, there Is no reason why
YOU should state 1t, A. Well, have an opinion,
! Mr.. Kassou-Who, II anybody, was benefited by this
exchange of ohecKsl VINO was the men who appeared
To he beneatedl A. 1t hard to tell but IL Is my I'm
| preston that Mr.. stOckwell made these exchanges.
@ Derived from your knowledge as an officer OF the
| CompanYl A. IL is my impression. l don't KNOW
want you to understand, because did not make these
| entries. ,. ,,, rr.h
No an impression) impression that Lockwood Co
got the subsequent benefit OF IT, ana nave brought ne
names in l want know your reason for It, a. dld
not say lockwood IL o.. but Mr.. stockweil. NY I'M
preston is that the checks went 10 LOCKWOOD " TO-
have the impression that there exchange OF
checks OF O0OoO between John Roach and the racine
Mail Steamship Company, or A. b. StOckwel did not
draw the checks and did not make the entries mat
rs my Impression. My Impression is that John Roacns
o. Assnming that it IN testimony that checks were
actually EXCHANGED to the amount OF 100000 between
John Roach and the officers OF the Pacilc Mail steam
shin Company and assuming that what you testified TO
This morning true that there entries on the cash
book OF that $2OOOO0 charged against the PacnG Mall
Steamship Company, now ! ask you to stare your
for your further impression that lockwood
Co in any way connected with that checS OF t1e
results Of A Well 1t Is pretty hard Tor person 10
@ But Mr. Hatch, when yOu introduce the name Of
house, as you have, have right to know the rea
son G nrgD Roac showed me- the check one Of
the dead" checks OF his and think that check am
certain about tbs even, that that checK mas got on
O. Then your impression is derived from tho imPres,
sion that there are on one OF these checks L. Co..
indicating that IL was deposited the house OF Lock
wood & Co.. for the benefit OF Mr. Stock~ell
ing of the stock OF this Company for great many
years A Not since have been connected Win u.
@ What the original state OF ti A. cannot teii
O. Were there not successful attempts made at Albany
N nave I waered2 A. 1t to me that have seen
in copy OF the bylaws constitution or charter, some
amendments about IL; TANK there were three; my
mission to take half the water the record OF lesls
ston at Albany ought to show IL mere Is any ODoE OF
nS we iR,rchard-Do these two changes indicate that
5000 OO should have been received by the Company IN
cash at that mei A don't think they Indicate any
o. You explain wha: in your opinion these changes
| indicate what they mean. A You know nave not
EC5 We want the facts upon which these impress
sioGs were founded. A. You want to look into your
o. You wan to look into your check A should say
| these two cut les might be fictitious.
You viii have TO 20 to their bank account for that
o. Those are the Of the 10000 checks given by
thew not A. Well that is the way these entries read
| don't know that he had any checks at all
N Find the entry in the cashbOOk OF the checks for
900 Where the corresponding credits to cash In
your journal, or the entries IN your Journal a, Well
as remarked before, was not Keeping the books ut
'nS Arc those the 100000 enIesi A. don't any
Mr.. Beok~fs not this the fact that the Tokis and
pekinO cost C52OO0 each, and that was all that
ever paid TO John Roach for hem and that these two
checks OF $4,000 each carried on the books OF
.p1 ood each and TO the extent therefore, OF the
500 600 each these entries fraudulent A You
have stated my answers every tune . . $500,
O Well II you have any other Information In regard
10 this VS. win receive II. A. No, Sir