The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-13
A Conclusive Explanations froIa tbs Hon.
sn.ifh VI. Weed.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Str: In
THE sun OF this morning. in a communication
head ed " The Dannsmora Jobbery." there are
SO many untrue statements affecting others, as
well IA myself, that ain constrained to ask you
to publish this communication. correcting such
CT those false statements as i think tho puolic
would have an interest IN
l. Sen ,Jor +. ". ToOeY was never directly
indirectly Interested Ia, or had anytbioR 10 do
with, any OF the lands or transactions referred
TO IN said communications and was not ia the
Legislature for years after.
ii. he Hon. Moss h. Platt, now deceased. was
not In any way Interested In said lanJs, and was
not, AS stated IN said communication, in tine
legislature at the time.
Ill. No one OF tue parties named In said com
munication Was directly or indirectly interested
lands to the State except Rogers ind myself.
~. AS To tue ore bed lands referred To-, sim
ply say that they were not WITHIN ten miles OF
Clinton Prison, and were separated from II by
mountain, with no road that tine state never
had any interest IN them; Clinton Prison never
purchased or received a ton Of ore from them.
Mr. was Clinton Prison or any OF It's officers IN
any WY connected with this property. II is
private enterprise, owner aud worked by the
Non. Andrew Williams and myself.
" was not member Of toe Legislature
when the sale Of the lands to the STATE
made, nor wuen tns contract was lsgallLed anu
the money appropriated to pay Tor tue lands,
nor wnen the transaction was closed, aud the
property Was decided by Mr.. Rogers, tnls was all
IN ISIS, and Was not in the Legi-l ture OF 1868.
1862, or 1870 Some OF my letters TO Rogers IN
II,
Albany, n. W" for was then in the CUustitu-
tunaI Convention sitting al that place.
VI l purchased absolutely one. half OF all
Edmund l.. Rogers's interest IN lands in Clinton
county, Including the Lands sold to tue state
pad iiiin SiU,OJO IN hand agreed TO pay hun
10 paEoSi cut sSA and COLLEGE his h II wiLnout
On rye, which service we then alreed Was worm
S20,OO1 more, IL II woua undoubtedly take ten
yeats to do II.
AfterwArd, and before lie decided to the state
of distinct atresinenl SOLD my II VI thtse
iands ok 10 nim for $4,000, and he agreed To
carry out tbs oontracI Win the state and
whatever money made WAS III de III my SAFE
mack 10 Rogers, and not from the sale 10 the
Many vi the lands purchased by me were of
little or no value at ths time, they were mac
ceSsIble or occupied az peisely; hot thts lanu-
siid 20 the STATE were kuoN 10 Oev aluaule, nd
lto-ers had ueen offered HVe, ana lhInk Six uOl-
lrs an acre Tor them before he sid to me, ana
had refused 30 sell at That pIice. lhs lauus pur-
| chased by tho state were worm more tudn the
| state paid. They Iy upon new plank road Tor
| six miles, anu could nave been pArCeilad cat AZ
"a tlme Tor much more - onef' Inc state
since tucn has taken over 4.O,OOO c rds ut wood
lrOm these l.nus, worm nom twenty hve 10
thirty cents cord, standing, and tnere Is tuly
| ~ muoh more upon tho land to-day In lac ,
| the safe could sell wat there /, left oil tnls
| ir q, after having AIKEN one hundred thousand
| dollars worth VI wood On, for one hundred tnOu-
| nd DOH rb readily.
| IL tue Coniutru leI's report (the Hon. william
| w. Alien) ivr the wear 1869, the Valuo aud ex.ent
~ this ta t IL fully ulsCussed ami TINS Durcuase,
alter iulI IL W qu hnedlv ppruVed.
VII. lnc tone III tho cOmuiuuic tun referred
to would load your re ders 10 believe hat while
| Hogers W = In the southern rNioe ntd taken
an unf lr advdntagsof hln. 1t US see II II Is
lie Is ABOUT hftv Years ~ age, u wealthy man,
| lawyer, aud during the entire war was not
| AWAY trOn Baltimore aud Masul igton DURING
| the war he was IN receipt II very large rents
| from buildings occupied Oy the Unted states In
| Washington, aud was la Was inlton almost
eVsiy week and In fact was n Yer withid the
Confederate iines, 80 fAr as his contract. with
me re concerned, he ties lied m court mat he
| executed hem with afull nd compet' under
| standing, ana admitted that ne himself drew
| one OF Them. Evcrytnlng ON my pat was open
md aDuvo board, and On the trial was SO All
| mi ted by ROgers, Who was thorOu ghly con.
| versant WITH these LANDS and knew All about
| tnem. AIN. sir, very respec fhly,
bhlIa "A. WEED,