The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-14
SILLIMAN'S DEFENSE.
The Professor Contradicts Several Points in
James E. Lyons Testimony.

The Professor Contradicts Several Points in
James E. Lyons Testimony.
The New Haven Palladium publishes the
following letter from Professor Silllman to
the committee on foreign relations
To Hon. A6ram s. HeWitt, comnittee on
.t0reign affairs, house Of represent atires,
Washington.
DEAR SIR: have occupied myself since
returning from Washington with an inves-
tigation into the alleged teegraphic dis
patch, to which my attention was called by
your committee on the 9Th inst, as form
ing part OF the testimony of James f..
Lyon. Considering myself still under oath,
| now desire TO add to my previous testi-
mony as follows
First never signed, or authorized any
party to sign for me, the dispatches cited
by Lyon on pages sixteen and thirty-two of
his printed testimony.
Second-No such dispatch was ever sent,
and the statement of there being such dis
patch is false.
Third have caused search to be made
by the secretary in the Office of the West
ern Union telegraph company in this city
for cable telegram of any description, on
or about April l to April 6, bearing my
signature, but all the dispatches of 1872
have been destroyed, SO that all evidence
from this source fails.
FOURTH have also examined proper
ly authenticated record of all the meetings
of the directors of the Emma silver mining
company Oimited), from March to May,
1872, and no allusion to any such dispatch
appears thereon, nor is there any reference
to any circulars, or other publication of the
nd nv nf a O. nj Nh h..
records had apparently authorized and d.
rected the official publication of all com
munications made by me individually or
jointly with others to the company and |
will add that my letter of April to the
company from Salt Lake is directed to be
published by the meeting on the Goth Of
April. copy OF this last named letter
lodged with the committee when / was be-
fore them. / will further add that have
examined the published statements of the
price of Emma shares as contained in the
London Mining World and London Mining
journal between the 18th of March and
the 18th of April, 1879, and l find that be.
tween those dates the quotations did moi
fall below 1923, nor rise above f24, per
share. 1t IS, therefore, plainly evident
that no alleged dispatch or authorized re.
port of mine could have materially affect
ed the price of Emma shares during this
period. In the London Mining Journal OF
April 6, 1872, occurs the following copy
of telegram received in London April 8,
1872:
Very great improvements since last report
On seventh floor drffted 100 feet, and on tenth
floor 40 feet, all In orc; at bottom %inZe, 20 feet
below old workings, drifted 40 feet, all in orc
Sample assays % per cent. lead and 81, 600 sill.
yer. Reserves discovered since last report over
| 5000 TONS Everything connected with the
mentary report. Canyon road still bad. Shall
| forward 1000 tons frst-claSs ore forthwith
| Have 65 tons bullion, worth $4,000. Propose
| selling here. Arranged all other matters here
VIII report fully on return.
WILLIAMS, SILLIMAE and HUssy.
You will see that there is nothing in this
dispatch to justify the monstrous state
ment, made in the garbled extract from it,
that these 5000 tons had an assay value OF
| SO 900, or that the dispatch above quoted
gives to the reserves any specific value
whatever. / also believe you will fine
nothing In this telegram inconsistent will
the more detailed statements of my letter
of April 2, upon which, so far as my re
| sponsiblity goes, it was based.
| have the honor to remain, with higf
esteem, your obedient servant,
(Signed) B. SILLIMAN.
Dated New York, March II, 1876