Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-06-03
THE BLAINE INVESTIGATION,
Mr.. Atkins and Mr.. Fisher on the Stand
MuIIigan Contradicted on Material Points

the j JUDICIARY committee closed yesterday
In the Blaine bond case, James Mulligan,
who had been recalled, was asked whether
he could give the contents OF the letter 10
which he referred yesterday, addressed to
Mr.. Fisher, which drew from Mr.. Blaine the
answer bearing on the bonds of the Little
Rock and Fort Smith Railroad Company?
The witness said that Mr.. Fisher had as ked
Mr.. Blaine for settlement. A good deal OF
correspondence took place, and Mr.. Blaine
maintained that he had lost by those bonds.
Mr.. Fisher said that Mr.. Blaine had sold q
lot OF bis bonds and received S6i, 900 for them.
Mr.. Blaine replied to this that IL Mr.. Fisher
was under the impression that he had made
money he was deceived. The witness fur
ther testified that Mr.. Blaine, In converse
ton In MI Atkins office, spoke OF how
reply that he had not lost, and that he knew
where he put the bonds, which cost him
nothing except in their negotiation. He
knew what he had stated about Mr.. Blaine's
receiving money for the bonds through Mr..
Atkins.
Mr.. Blaine here Intercepted the witness
with the result that there was nothing In
the letters which had been in his possession,
and which Mr.. Blaine now held, relating 20
the Union Pacific railroad company or Thos
A. Scott, or the SCI 900, and that outside OF
the witnesses memoraDdum book, which he
yesterday produced, $4,000 worth OF the
boLds OF the Little Rock and Fort Smith
railroad went to Mr.. Blaine. They were land
grant bonds, and the 21st of September 1872.
was the day of final settlement between him
and Mr.. Fisher. Fisher gave Me-. Blaine
must look to,Caldwell forithe remainder. The
chairman wanted TO know whether the
$4,000 worth of bonds the witness handed
over TO Mr.. Blame were a remnant of the
bonds alluded TO by him In the memorandum
book.
Mr.. Blaine remarked that the delivery OF
| the bonds TO him was after the Union Pacific
railroad transaction with Col. Scott was
closed and dead.
Mr.. Frye, an adviser OF Mr.. Blaine, re-
marked that Mr.. Blaine had not yet received
remaining bonds
TESTIMONY OF ATKINS.
Elisha Atkins was recalled, aud testified
| 10 answer to question by Mr.. Blaine that
| he never said IN MulIigan's presence that
| Mr.. Blaine was the owner of the Little Rock
and Fort Smith land grant bonds that weat
TO the Union Pacific Railroad company. Nor
had he ever said to any body else, four or d We
| years ago, probably in 1872, a project was
started 10 reorganize the Little Rock and
| Fort Smith Railroad company. The witness
| owned some OF the bonds and knew some OF
the bondholders, and Mr.. Fisher knew some
| OF them, and witness mentioned that the
Union Pacific Railroad company owned sew
| enty live OF the bonds. The witness could
| not have said, as Mr.. Mulligan testified, that
| Mr.. Blaines bonds went TO the Union Pa
enc railroad company, because he did not
know anything OF the kind. The witness
| testified as TO what took place at the Riggs
Heuse about the letters In Mulligan's pos
session.
| Mr.. Blaine asked Mr.. MulIigan to give him
| the letters, as they were private property
| and had no relevance TO the matter before
/ Il.
| Blaine was receiving them. Mr.. Blaine en-
| tered the room OF The witness the last time
he obtained the letters from Mr.. Mulligau.
| Mr.. MulIigan followed him and demanded
| that Mr.. Blaine return to him the letters.
| Mr. Blaine asked him what he was going to
| DO with the letters, 10 which Mr.. Mulltgan
| replied he would publish them il anybody
| should impeach his testimony, thus Keeping
| the letters for his own purpose.
| Mr.. Blaine asked the witness whether be
| had any knowledge before he came here to
| indicate unfriendliness on the part of Mr.
| Mulligan toward him, 10 which question
the witness replied that Mulligan appa-
| rently labOred under sense of wrong.
| Mr. Blaine here said he wanted to estab-
| lish the fact that Mulligan came here with
| malignity and bitterness.
| The witness further said that he had brief
! conversations with Mr.. Mulligan at times
and that the latter's language left the Inn
| preston upon bis mind that he was not
| Blaine's friend. He had short conversa-
| ton with Mulligan three weeks ago in his
| own office. He asked Mulligan how his
| friend Blaine was getting along. MuIligan
much of Blaine, and expressed the opInion
| that Blaine was not the man for the PresI-
| Dental nomination.
| In reply TO the question by Mr.. Blaine
| whether he heard of any reason for Multi.
| gan not being friendly TO him, the witness
sid that MuIligan thought that Blame did
not treat him right in his settlement of the
| tate OF his (Blaipe's) brother-in-law, stan
| wood. Mulligan was Stanwood's cOnfifen-
tial clerk, and said that Blaine went back
In response 10 a question by the chairman,
| that he arrived here on Monday morning.
He did not come in company with Mulligan
and Fisher, though by accident he went TO
| the same hotel. Recurring to what was said
| by Mulligan In presence of the witnesses
about delivering up the letters, the witness
said that Mulllgan's language was very en-
phatic.
Mr.. Blaine.-Did he not say that he would
not give the letters to God Almighty or his
| father?
The Witness He used language under
great excitement on that occasion. His Ian
gu8ge, however, was usually very different.
Mr.. Blaine.-I think that is new feature
The witness stated that he had known Mr..
Mulllgan since 1865. He never heard any
| thing impeachipg his character for truth and
yeracity. Last Friday or Saturday Mr..
Blaine telegraphed him TO come to Wash
ipgton, saying:-"Come Immediately, and
you will do me q favor" He replied 10 the
| telegram that he did not think il would oe
well for him to appear without being sum-
moned.
Mr.. Blaine then propounded questions to
the witress, which were answered, the OBJ
ject being TO show the face of the bonds was
the same in Boston as those which went from
| that city to Maine.
STATEMENT OF WARREN FISHER,
Warren Fisher recalled. In reply ID Mr..
Blaine he said he did not recollect ever sug-
costing TO him in letter that he (Blaine)
had obtained money through Thos A Scott
by selling Little Rock bonds TO the Union
Pacific railroad, nor OF saying any such
q. want to know whether. after / Oh
tanned the letters from Mr.. Mulligan, L said
10 you in the presence of Mr.. Atkins that
your title to these letters was superior to
mine, and that offered them TO you If you
wanted to take them? A. think there were
such remarks made.
By the Chairman:-Q. State what those
remarks we're. A. He said To Mr.. Muliigan
that had prior right TO those letters; that
they belonged TO me rather than 10 Mr.. Null.
ligan. That was said in the presence OF Mr..
Mulligan.
BY Mr.. Blaine:-Q. Did 1 not suggest to
you that If you desired those letters would
surrender them? A. Yes, sir.
@ And didn't you reply that you did not
desire the possession OF them? A 1 don't
think SAID that; don't remember of say
IL & that.
Witness in reply to the chairman said he
got telegram at Boston from Blaine from
Washington on Saturday, saying, Come to
Washington without fail" Had not then got
his subpoena, but got IL two and a half hours
after. Got TO Washington on Tuesday. First
saw Blaine Tuesday afternoon in the barber
shop, having just arrived at the hotel when
Blaine made his appearance. Saw him az
forwards at his house; was sent for by him.
His note said: "You and Mr.. Mulligan CO me