The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-06-07
Ihe 8u!letin.
MULl!GAN.
Character OF tho Witnes. Agatnsi
Blaine.
FROM the New York TImes.l

have reached this city intimatins that an
effort viii be made to impeach Mulligan's
testimony in the Blaine investigation are
| looked upon by even Blaine's warmcst
friends with very little hope or favor, as
| Mulligan as known here as q man Of facts
and figures, clear headed, cool and con.
sistent. lie is man who cannot be
bfibed, bullied,.or broken down. lie is
| known In business circles here rs one OF
! the best and most accurate accountants
| in the city, a mcthedical and accurate
book keeper. lie was first connected
with Mr.. Fisher when the latter was in
the sugar refining business with Adams.
lie had before been book keeper Tor Eben
Stanwood. When Fisher retired from
the sugar refinery partnership Mr..
Mulligan continued with him, and
probably is even better acquainted
with Mr.. Fishers railway transaction
than himself, having kept all the records
and track OF all the papers and docu-
ments. After Mr.. Fishers failure he
went with Mr.. Cheney in the Globe thea
ter. Mr.. Cheney is brother-in-law of
Fisher, and Mulligan for some while at
tended to the business of both. Mulligan
Is a bachelor, has been in this country
many years, and stands well in this com.
munity. III Mullgan was my book
keeper, and should say that his figures
showed that | had been in the Fort
Smith and Little Rock pool, I'd believe
him. said wel-known gentlemen to
your correspondent. lyon can't explain
away Mulligan's figures. That memo
randum book of his is as good as the gos-
pei" lie is worth considerable money,
and has always been a Trustworthy man
In his business transactions. II his ties.
timony can not be broken down any
other way than by impeachment, it will
hardly be broken down at all.
The hardest blow that Mr.. Blaine has
received, in the estimation of Boston. is
the positive statement of Mulligan. 1t is
well know that nearly all the wires that
were used 10 give life to the enterprises
were originally touched from Boston.
The Little Rock and Fort Smith combn-
alton was almost entirely located here.
aud the big brain OF Josiah Caldwell,
which operated at lightning speed, seems
TO have conceived it. Caldwell first
made fortune in the clothing business,
and after retiring from that he turned his
mi n H, s,,it
He, after time, got into the Mammoth
Coal company, which was big bonanza,
and his Beacon street friends went with
him. But in time it collapsed, and car
ried down with it some of the operators.
The Fort Smith and Little Rock pool
embraced wcll-known BostOnians, and
went on swimmingly until squeeze
came. Caldwell is now abroad working
Oh another "bi. contract, "and is liable at
amy moment to turnup with a big fortune.
He is a man of tremendous energy, fer
tility OF resource, and speculative ability.
and recognizing these qualifications
many of his business friends followed his
lead blindly. Several OF them have had
their fingers burned to the tune of thous-
ands. A bank president stated to-day |
that until Caldwell went to Europe he |
had not known that there was anything
loose in his speculations. lie had adj
vanced Caldwell money on his elegant |
mansion on Marlborough |
street, which is now monument OF de-
cay, and was compelled to buy it in to |
save himself from losing all through |
forced sale under first mortgage held |
by another bank. This gentleman, who |
is a director in the Union Pacific, asserts
that he never knew anything of the trans
actions OF Caldwell and Blaine, and never
heard of the transfer OF the Little Rock
and Fort Smith bonds to Tom Scott I'M
Ill Harrison, of Indianapolis, made his
statement lie then asked Rollins, of
New Hampshire, if it was true that he
Rollins) knew OF this, and said that the
publication of Iarrison's story would |
Kill Blaine, and was told that probably |
such statement was made.
From the Boston journal, Rep.l
Mr.. Mulligan, the treasurer OF the
Globe Theater, who testified before the
committee yesterday, re-
alive to Mr.. Blaine's bond transactions,
S considered in this community care.
i'll and discreet person; methoiical and
,lear-headed in business transactions. a
decisive yet rather nnassuming individ-
lal. who looks sharp after money mat
ers, and who is the last man that would
lraw upon his imagination for his fact.
Unless Mr.. Mulligan's friends wholly
mistake his character he dies not he |