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

OF at least Substituting one American limo CT
steamships. Curious enough. that after Albert
had been directed to disclose his IiSt. and ne
had signiGcd willingness To do so nearly
all those who knew how il was them
selves, Piled mo The committee room and
The STAR yesterday published the list Of
those 10 whom Mr.. 4 bert paid money. In l.
ditiOn, he stated that out of the sum of te,
! thousand dollars yet remaining. he disposed
of additional sums as follows: To Charles
Albert, $1,000; John Boyd. - .-0l: j. q Eav
rett, $1,000 y. B. COrwine. $1,000. and the re-
manning balance OF -, ,o00 was placed to the
credit OF Richard B. Irwin.
L WILL RISE AND EXPLAIN.
Inc one receiving the largest ''Swag'' was
the first to stand mp. This was Joseph Ne
! tarland, correspondent of the PhilaicIpnia
Press. a twenty-five thOuSand-,iolar man.
His explanation certainly relieved him from
blame. but threw the load on Colonel Fornev
His story was short, and TO the effect that al
the request of Col FOmey he went to Irwin's
room on street, drew So, 900. recpiptel for
lt in his own name. and carried il to Colonel
Forney at his rooms on New Jersey avenue:
that Colonel Forney kept it all, ana did not
give witness dollar.
MIR. ROYD's STORY.
IhCn came 10 the stand. in a very nervous
condition, John Boyd, the assistant door
Keeper of the House. This officer received
$500. He acknowledged getting it and Civ
ing his receipt. His services were to place
pamphlets on the desks of members, and
take into the House Mr. Irwin's card, when
he was requested. In addition he watched
The movements of one Col. Bean. who was
sent To Washington in the interest of Daniel
Drew, who was endeaVOring 10 defeat the
subsidy. Irwin requested Boyd to report To
MIN who Bean communicated with. This he
did, but the transaction had 50 far passed out
of his memory that he failed 10 recall who
Col. Bean talked with, or to whom hc took
lrWin-S card. He kept all of the full amount
of II SEQ himself
UERSEY'S EXPLANATIONS
Next IN order was j. :. HarScy. Who is a
dCUTkCcpcr on the democratic side of the
House. HerCCciycd SlIGJ0, and went through
IfLt Il 10. -
assigned his superior. Mr.. Boyd. lie was to
watch that fellow Bean. and see that he didn't
make soap of the subsidy. He also diStrib-
Utcd pamphlets, acted as card bearer, &c
ABOUT AVERILL's EXCAVAToR.
". j; AYcrlH, who got ~loH09, was the next
70 explain He came to Washington 10 in
!rotuce an eNcaVatOr; the Board OF Public
W OrkS gave him a show, but the cXcdVatDr
did its duty 50 wei that the laboring men
SWorc they would break the id thing up,
out in the country.
q. Why did the laboring men want to
break q ny?
a. Well because one machine would do
twenty. mems work, and they woull not
Q. Did the Board of Public Works adopt it?
afraid.
q. Why were they afraid?
n. Well, they thought il best to keep the
vote.
lie also testified that he had a brick ma
Chime to Introduce, and while he was drum
ming up the merits of the eXcavatOr and the
brick machine ne got card one day at his
hotel, in the Ebbitt House, from Albert. One
or two day after he called at Irwin's house.
at his request, who engaged him TO watch
the movements of those whom he found were
opposing the subsidy, and report To ex-PoSt-
master General Randall; he fixed his terms
al $1,000 down, and 50 ,090 in case the bill
passed; he got both; witness thought ne re
ported 10 Randall two or three times daV
OUT Tor tle life OF him, he couldn't recall any
had passed entirely out of his mind.
q. You reported 10 eX-GOv Randall, dil
you?
\. Yes, sir, that was my branch ofthe case.
only gOt 800
\. (>mi!ing) I don't know what he got:
always supposed he got more than l did.
NESTOR SHAW EXPLAINS.
While the witness was being examined
y B. shaw, sometimes designated as the
NeStOr Of the Row, came in, accompanied by
come until he was sent Tor. He usually does
come without being sent for, but not 10 Con
EreSS!onal Investigations. He testified that
lie llaI been for twenty three or twenty-fOUr
years a newspaper correspondent; his resi-
dence, Washington; he knew Albert very wen;
saw Albert during the first session OF the For
lS->Ccond Congress, and Albert paid him the
money; could not say the exact time, but it
was in Irwin's room; the fifteen thousand
collars were for his services, etc; he would
state how he became connected with this sub
ject; he was in New York in October or No
Vcmbcr prior 10 the meeting OF Congress: he
went 10 Henry ClewS' office he had been i'm
tie habit of furnishing information to ClelvS.
and for ten years had been operating in stocks
and gold, CiewS always giving him pprtniS-
sion; he had often received important iHiOr-
nation from the late James Brooks when
that gentleman was member OF the Com
mttyc on Ways and Means. which with the
consent Of that gentleman he transmitted to
Henry CleWS; he said 10 Clews he understood
me Pacific Mail Steamship Company was
going 10 renew its application for ;r subsidy:
CIcWS replied he would be apt 10 know. be-
cause he was a director; witness said he was
glad to know il, because if the Postmaster
General recommended ii there would be- a
good chance of going in and bVVing stock.
CIeWS Sald ne had no objection to repeat the
conversation 10 StOckweil. and that wit
ness wanted some of the stock carried
Tor him; CicWS saw StOckweH, who in
tQtQed Witn1A-S ne c0ud communicate
with him; witness asked StOckwe1 -
buy stock for him. StOcllwell replied he had
already given directions to that eflcct-sey-
eral hundred shares, at that time worth
fOrty-eight or fifty; Clews said Irwin would
have charge of the business, and witness
could communicate with Irwin, whom he
knew as a clerk in the War department; wit
ness accordingly called on Irwin, vino said,
" All right; keep me posted as well as NOu
Gld when was in New York, and I'll see
you compensatory witness frequently COM
municated with Irwin, and told him all he
knew; somebody told him TO go to Albert
who paid him the $4,000; he asked no cues
lions; with this money he paid his debts and
losses on STOCKS In uJlef directions ne had
lost outside on his own hook; no sum was
agreed upon beforehand; witness gave Albert
a receipt for the whole amount: did not Iay
dollar to any member or officer OF the House:
there was no arrangement he should disburSc
the money: he had never carried stocks for
any member; he was never asked to intIu-
ence members; he had, however, asked mem
bers how they thought the thing was going.
because the facts were interesting to himself
he had asked men of prominence - How does
II lOOk?' AS an original principle he was in
favor of all subsidies, as he might make pur-
chases and realize a good deal of money; he
gave TO parties interested in procuring the
subsidy what they regarded as very impor-
tant information.
The witness, after relating that there was
q large bear movement, headed by Daniel
Drew, was asked whether he knew of the
payment of any money to influence anv
member or officer of the House, to which
question he replied, 'not a dollar" He fur
ther replied that he obtained Information
from committees of both houses. The gen
eral current was running in the direction
OF subsidy, and he kept his friends well
posted.
The witness was asked whether that was
the practice with his profession, when he
replied he did not know, but he had been
doing it for twelve years with CIews 4 Co.
who paid him in money or by carrying stock
for him. He would telegraph his brokers 10
buy him gold on the Information worth ali ne
could get. He repeated he did NOT ia hor y,-;