The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-02
TELEGRAPHIC.
HOME NEWS.
WASHINGTON.
ruE BLAINE INVESTIGATION.
-mr. mnlliwan's stateWrnt-A story oi
Ns1whtrpu Letters.

Eighteen Letters.
WAsB,NaroN. June |. Mr. Mulligar
s-lesired to make statement. When he
arrived here a note came from Blaine
requesting witness and Mr.. Fisher to
scall ut Blaine's house. Witness dc
cliped. but Fisher went. Blaine called
nj Mulligan's hotel. Last night Blaine
called on witness again. Fisher and
Atkins being present. Blaine asked re-
xarding private letters which Mulligan
had, and promised to hand them back.
which he did Blaine afterwards came
to witnesses room. where they. were
alone, plead for letters talked of ruin.
his family and suicide asked TO read the
letters again. Witness handed them TO
him, when Blaine gave him back one,
and retained and has vet some seven
teen letters. After this Blaine spoke of
other matters, asking witness how he
would like TO run n committee or
how u foreign consulate would suit him.
Blaine made a statement, He has the
ruieide and a copsulship is all imagina-
ton. Blaine says he consulted two
friends, and to-day will consult two OF
the best lawyers whether anything in
the letters refer to the matter under in
vestigation namely. the $Gi 900 bonds
which Scott sold to the Union Pacific
Tho effect in the committee room was
u yAppalling. Mr. Blaine employed him
sel In folding an envelope very sguarely
and In tearing IL.
Nulligan Tcsttdcs.
Mulligan testified that MIR. Blaine got
$iN.tUO In land bonds and $39.5nO in
first mortgage bonds. The Maine men
who bought the bonds paid their money
TO Witness The bonds were sent by ex-
press to tho Maine parties. Witness
gave $40, 900 in bonds to Blaine and +-
paid the rest, Most of tho Maine par
ties paid $4,000 each, and got $4,000 in
bonds.
The details of Mullgan's statements
authenticate the report telcgraphed at
uLAINE EXPLAINS.
A story NJ Eighteen Letters Continued -
Conversation viii, the Chairman.
Extract from Mr.. Blaine's statement !:
/ called on the three gentlemen. Messrs.
Atkins, Fisher and Mullgan. at the
Riggs House, and in the parlor of Mr..
Atkins | had some conversation with
Mulligan about these letters and asked
him TO show them TO me. With some
apparent reluctance l said to him.
why, you are not afraid Of my keeping
them, arc you2" and he handed them To
me. 1 looked them all over and dis
severed that there was only one letter in
I'd he list that at all bore upon the question
before the committee, aud even that only
by forced construction and not in reali-
~. handed them back to him. The
conversation then became somewhat
general between the four gentlemen, in
voluding myself. in the room. After
n while Mr. Mulligan went up stairs 10
sMr. Fishers room, right overhead. |
was talking with Mr.. Atkins. and Mr..
Fisher for a few moments. and then !
started up TO Fishers room and Knocked
at the door, and was admitted. there
talked TO Mr.. Mulligan for some time.
may have been there. think the better
part OF nm hour. but the form that he
gives the interview about my Offering
him Uonsulship. and about my being
ruined, and all that sort of thing is mere
fancy. Nothing Of the kind occurred. |
talked as calmly as | am talking this
morning. Very soon ! said TO him
i would like to see one letter
among those he had. I wanted to see
the letter on which he based his testi-
mony. He handed me the package; |
looked them all over, and | said to him,
as said afterwards in the presence of
Mr.. Fisher and Mr.. Atkins. Now. you
keep that letter that you think bears on
this matter-that Is the letter thatshe
has testified to this morning. am per
-fectly willing you should keep that. but
there is a mass OF my private CORE
uspOndenee covering many years, and
detailing matters that have nothing
ITO do with the subject OF the investiga-
rion which II would probably be
embarrassing to me to have pub
.lished. as any mans private Corre-
Spondence would be. and | don't want II
published. You ought to give me these
letters. You have no right TO them.
There are only two persons in the world
that have a right to them One i the
writer and the otherthe person TO whom
they were written. Now II you will give
these letters to Mr. Fisher. | will be
be In rightful ownership. They will be
In safe hands. Mr.. Fisher had
before himself. in my presence. request
ed that they should be given to him in
the first conversation IN the lower room.
Mulligan refused He said he did not
know what might transpire in his exam
jnation to-day. and he said, with good
many /" by Gods" that he was going to
hold those letters for his protection, his
vindication. | said: "Whon you get
Through the examination will you give
Them 10 me then p He said If any
JbOdy impugns my motives (he pro-
nounced IL In that way). or in any way
QuestionsslnE veracity, in the papers, !
shalt publlSh these letters.
i said You do not thfnk l would at
tack YOU In the papers There is nothing
to make me attack you in the papers.
He said. Well, IL anybody did, he
should publish them.
had been running over the letters
for some time.
The first time when he handed them
to me he showed great reluctance. and
as l stated. remarked. You are not
afraid of my keeping them. are YOU
and he answered Oh, nol and handed
them to me. but he gave them to me
the second time without any assurance
at all. and without anything being said
about IL, but j had no idea of doing any
thing else than handing them back to
him until he had announced his pur-
pose and determination. No matter
who should question his testimony, or
eimpeach or impung his yeracity he
-,rniald nnhliSh the lnttnr / said those