, 1876-05-27
WASHINGTON.
The Blaine Investigators at
Last Encounter a Relia-
bic Witness.
After Two Honorable Arkansans
Have Proven Each Other
q Liar,
Dfr. Blaine Takes the Stand and
Tells What That Mysterious
Package Contained:
a Few Maps and Other Papers
Of Little Value Even to
the Owner.
The Ex.Speaker Also Takes Oc-
casion to Ciinch His Recent
Statement in the
House.
Another Week Of Debate on the
Jurisdiction Question
Predicted.
Reports Of Serious Charges
Against NIr. Speaker Kerr.
What Postmaster Cresweu Knows
About Straw Bids.
Another Week OF Debate on the
Jurisdiction Question
Predicted.
Reports Of Serious Charges
Against NIr. Speaker Kerr.
What Postmaster Creswell Knows
About Straw Bids.
BLAINE.
THAT MYSTERIOUS PACKAGE.

Sptctdf Dtspatch to 1ae Tribune.
WARRINGTON, D. C., May 3H.-Thc SubCom-
mittcc Of the Judiciary Committee spent an
hour this afternoon III continuing tho tnycstfgn-
tfou Of the Arkansas bond matter Robinson
and Curry were both recalled. Curry, 1t will be
remembered, testified tho other day that ahout
five weeks ago, In ii convcrsation which occurred
in hts own tCurry's) house, Robinson told lin
that he Ind delivered package OF bonds to
Blaine on certain date III 1871. Robinson to-
day donicd crcr having made such statement
to Curry. Ilc admitted numerous conyersa-
tlons With hin on the subject, and
that he had related circumstance
under which he delivered package
to Blaine On the date referred to, but he never
lad told lin that the package contained bonds,
or was m installmcnt Of bombs which Blaine re-
ceirctf. Robinson testified that he was on terms
Of very close intimacy with Curry; that no
quarrel or misunderstanding had ever occurred
between them; tlIut Curry's reputation for llon-
csty aud veracity were excellent; and TINT he
had never had any occasion to doubt his word.
WHAT CURRY SAID.
Curry then took the stand and produced two
tcleErams from his wife, which, IN substance,
stated that she was present ut t1lc time Of the
alleged Interview, and that Curry's account Of 1t
Press was correct tr sIery particular. Curry
also desired to name her witnesses to whom
Robinson had made the sasne statement, but
undcrthc r.Ie ndoptcd by the Committee lie
WINS not allowed to do sn. The Committee
questioned him as to Robinson's character und
reputation, nnd when ho testified TINT tt was
excellent aud that he believed hin to he
n,nI. Of truth, the Committee and spectators In
the room seemed to be very much amused. Thu
two mcu Ind testified to apparently
InREcONC1LADLK VERSIONS
Of the game conversation, and yet each had
sworn that the other bore IN excellent character,
aud was d truthful man.
A question asked Robinson Just before he
left tlin stand, at thctsuggeatfon of Curry, may
Robinson admitted that be had possibly re-
marked that the package which he delivered to
Blaine might hare contained bonds, but he still
insisted that he never hAd said that 1t did co1l
tain bonds,
No other witnesses being present, MI. Blaine
said that he desired to present himself for the
examination Of the Committee.
Mn. nLA1NE'B EXPLANATION.
It WAS finally determined that he should make
q statemcn. concerning tile package he received
from Robinson, and he was afterwards allowed
to 70 further and nsshct under oath the correct
ness Of the explanation which he made In tic
House sumo weeks ago. lie said that Ii, the
received Rohlnson's card aud met him in the
Speakers parior. There Robinson delivered to
lin package or inehcs In diameter and u
Inches Or 2 feet in length earclcssly done up In
Ills impression was that Robinson said that lic
Caldwell: After chatting with Robinson for q
moment he extended to him the privilege Of the
nsnbsp , n s o etesng liz moase sln hsa
threw the bundle down, aud allowed It to lu
until thu House adjourned. lie then took IL
down to private room III the basement, which
he was accustomed to Use, where i laid with
ly held some conversation with Caldwell IL re-
gard To roal-fclds along the iariansas River.
and proposition lad becn ulndc u
him TO inyest some money n speculation
male Us to the heat manner Ut obtaining \
considerable tract Of land about which there
WAS somc difficulty on nccu1ut Of tho fact that
tilc land granted to tho railroad WAS ia alter
unte sections Tho bundle contained
MArs AND OTHER lNFOnMAT1oH
on this subject, some Of which had been made
public and sunni Of which wern sketches pre-
pared for private use, Blaine caused some com
taiuus the cost Of mining tho eosl, and Of It's
transportation to different points, including
Memphis. While making those inquiries, III:
hui, occasion to refer to the maps and
referred 10. The result was that be concluded
not TO make tho tnvralnlcnt.
He then sald that lsotInson had never delty-
cred to hin either fn Washington or elsewhere
my bol,ds Of tho Itttts Nuci d Fort Smith
Railroad, or Of nny Other railroad OF corporation
whatever, and he desired to
MAKE THAT STATEMENT UNDER OATH
an broadly AZ II was possible to make Il. He
alsu ad1cl that hc wished to say In addition
that what he hal stated In ILLS personal e1plana-
tlon on the floor Of thu lIuuse was
correct In every particular. lie had no
interest whatcrer, sttrert or contingent,
III the bonds Transferred BY Tom Scott ~ the
Union Pacific Railroad Company, aud never
heard Of the transaction until lung after 1t ~
Cl.rrci, aud he wished to say TINT he scptuted
every assertion made fu Ills personal explains
tion under oath tn all It's length and breadth,
aud without uny mCntal reservation or purpose
of evasion, in tic language of the tEntlaa uatl,.
Blaine desired to say this mitch for himself, and
will hotl himself III readiness to be ertss.ex-
unnlnrd By the Committee tu any extent which
they tuay desire.
THB TESTIMONY.
To fh4 Htiftfh AEsoe1ut4d FFtss,
dietary COMMITTEES met tlis sfternu!, aud r.
called Asa L. Robinson, who testified thnt he
hl.l reasl the testimony Of Amos Curry tclnre
the cutnMftter. NltEcas never told Curry that
thu package wlicl, witness brought to Blaine
from Caldwell rs,nta!led bousls nr that it WAS
III, tus.aliment pf bonds; hui often talked With
Curry In d sttlal way, and might sometime have
said that the package may have contained
bonds, but nercr sud It really did, for wttucss
never knew what It did cOutatn. Witness did