Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-06-03


nom bis friends IN Maine? A. He did not
reply oy letter. he said so by word OF
Q. Did you reply TO Mr. Blaine that be had
gotten of some OF these bonds az = good
price, or anything like thst9 A. / think
Q. What did you mean by that9 Al
meant that he had resold them.
Y. To whom? A. didn't know.
" p,on you mention when that con-
70 the Union Pacific Railroad COMPANY A.
That was what intended to convey
TAI be han end ni 70 convey TO MI Blaine
because be had got a portion OF them OF at
a good price to the Union Pacific? A. Yes,
sir. ~'
Q. How mapy did you understand that he
got OIL TO The Union Pacinc? A. did not
understand any.
O. From whom did you understand what
you did understandP A. Through Mr.. At
kins.
q. Mr.. Atkins did tell you then that Mr..
Rock bonds 10 the Union PacifcP A. No.
sir. he didn't tell me any such thing
q. How then did you understand IL? A.
That was the inference drew from his re-
@ What was that remark A. can't say
precisely, but give II TO you as near as can
cation OF The Little Rock and Fort smith
railroad. The reorganization was that the
old bondhoders, the original bondholders
tain basis. i did not remember what that
basis was. be spoke 10 me about the bond
holders-asked me II knew of any bond
holders that they didn't know. He thought
l might be familiar with some of them, aud
gave him all the Information in regard 10 n
that had at that time. / said: ssWfl you
get ell the bonds in?" and ne said that ifthey
got three quarters In it woeld be sufficient,
or something like that. There vas a &c neral
talk about II. He said that the Union Pa
cihc road bad some OF the bonds, and said
that they would come In. asked where the
and infpranea I
got
Q. State what he said. A. I don't re-
member what he said, but tue Inference I
got was that they were Blaine's bonds.
q Did he tell you how many the Union
Pacific had? A. No. sir, he did not; that is
l think he did not.
q. Did he mention the name OF Thomas
A. Scott? A. / don't know that he did and
don't know but he did. 1 forget all about
that. It's four or i've years ago; 1--WE years
very likely.
@. Then in this correspondence between
you and Mr.. Blaine, touching a settlement
about Little Rock and Fort Smith bonds,
You treated the matter as IL Mr. Blaine had
gotten off portion of them upon the Union
Pacific company at good price? A. /
don't know how 1 treated IL. Knight have
indirectly or directly referred TO II IN that
way.
q. Do you recollect any reference 70 this
matter in a reply that Mr.. Blaine wrote you?
A. No, sir, do not.
one OF his letters that IL he had gotten them
OFF at a good price he had not held the money
long, but that il went TO his friends in NJ aine?
A. i heard that part OF letter read while
was on the way either from Boston TO New
York, or from New York TO Washington on
The present trip. Heard other letters read.
In one OF them Mr.. Blaine said that If he did
get these bonds off, as witness had suggested,
he didn't hold the money long, but that AZ
went TO his Maine friends. Have known
Mulilgan 20 years Intimately. His charac-
ter is the best. Never heard his veracity
questioned.
Q. Have you ever demanded from Mr..
NUN muiIlgan tne possession OF these letters? A.
Had you ever demanded them until
Mr.. Elaine got possession OF them? A. have,
sir, since have been in this city.
q. AT whose instance did you make tina {
demand for these letters? A. made 1t at
Q Was 1t not suggested TO you. A. No,
q. Were you not requested to make that
demand? A. Not the first time made that
demand.
q. Were you ever requested by anybody 10
make that demand after the FIRST time? 4. I
was.
q. BY whom? A. Mr.. Blaine.
q. he asked you TO demand these letters?
A. de did not ask me 10 demand them.
q. Well, what did ne say? A. Mr.. Blaine
asked me TO get MI. Mulligan TO give them TO
me.
@. What were you to do with them II you
got them? A. proposed TO keep them II
made in his examination by Mr. Mulligan
TO the letters? A. No. sir, but before that.
q. When was IL? A. 1 think ii was Tues
day night.
Q. Was there anything said between Mr..
Blaine and Mr.. Mulligan about these letters
until after the first examination here? A. L
To nix rot, sir.
@ Then the request from Mr.. Blaine 10
you TO get possession OF these letters from Mr..
Muligan was after Mr. Mulligan had spok IN
OF the letters In his first eXaminatioa2 A.
Yes, think that was so.
Q. Then you bad better correct your first
al swer? A. No; say had made the re-
quest OF Mr.. M1lligan TO give them to me
@. You kai? A. That was my first re-
quest.
q: Was that after you saw Mr.. Blaine?
@. When you saw Mr.. Bl aine was 1t men
TONED between you and Mr.. Blaine that Mr..
Mulligan had these letters In bis possession?
A. IL was mentioned by Mr.. Blaine that Mr..
Mulligan had these letters.
q. Did Mr.: Blaine ask you TO go and get
these letters? A. There was one letter that
MI. Blaine was very particular to get.
y DID ne or not ask you 10 go down and
get those letters? A. Yes.
Q And the request that you made of Mr..
Mulligan to return these letters 10 you was
after and In consequence OF the request from
Mr.. Blaine? A. Yes.
Q. State what this letter was that Mr..
Blaine was especially anxious to get hold
Of? a. A letter relating to the Northern
q. Was that the one he was particularly
anxious to get? A. Yes.
q. How did he know that Mr.. Mulligan
had such a letter? A. think that Mr..
Blaine may have asked me the question
whether such a letter was there, and prob
ably told him that believed there was; did
not tell him the contents Of any OF the let
tiers. Witness was not present when Mr..
Mulligan delivered these letters to Mr..
Blaine the first time, aud don't know any
thing about the delivery OF them by Mr..
Mulligan TO Mr.. Blaine; was in Atkins
room when Mulligan came in and demanded
the letters from Mr.. Blaine. Mr.. Blaine re-
fused TO deliver them up. believe Mulllgan
said 10 Mr.. Blaine that he had gotten those
letters up stairs in his room under a prom
Use TO return them. Blaine said that he had
the letters.
Q. Did Mr.. Blaine say To Mr.. Mulligan or
to you that the letters should be delivered up
TO you? A. Yes, sir; he said that no THIRD
party should hold them; that they did not
belong to them.
q. Did you agree or decline to take them?
a. as ked for them several times.
q. When Mr.. Blaine had them? A. No,
sir, not when Mr.. Blaine had them.
@ Now ! am speaking OF the time after
Mr., Blaine got possession OF those letters.
A. No, sir, L don't think 1 said anything
about them.
Q You made no response when Mr.. Blaine