, 1876-06-05

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Washbl,ruo IA increasing.
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AAh ~ 70 ,. l11AlloN'
sA7uhnAf's phocEspinos' >.
WASHINGTON, u. t., June 3,-'rhc House Ju-
dietary Committee met at 10 O'Clock this morn
III W ~ u ,,.s. .S na"s'ea W tncn'
~, I ..'.', SUI. ntss.' ,".. eo"eInG
b'aillca refusal 10 rfoaicc letters Obtained from
Mulligan. long discussion took place upon
The question OF compelling Mr.. Bla.ne to pro-
without corninp IN INV cnnr1u.,on, tbc ,rho1o
mat,cr wa no.tnoneJ IN, Tnc.dnv 'o.t "A0'~
's'0s'e' wan possponeu Va. .nseany ue1t'
THE SUBCOMMITTEE
to.lay.
Ellsla Atkins WIS recalled. Said he docs not
know anything about any sales al auy rail-
roael bombs OF any railroad whlcl, received sub.
a!tes from the Government, nor Of my sales
Of Northern raciflc bonds. lie was acquainted
with the Aquilla Adams transaction. to which
ailusion had been male. Fisher proposed to
witncas at one time to take sonlo Northcr,,
Pacific bonds, and. witness ngrecl to do so.
This firm of E. Atkins & Co. agreed to
take sl5,0O0 worth Of them. Tltncss did no.
rccollcut wilat the firm was to receive fgr this
amount. Wns TO receive them tl,rougl, Fisher
from blaine, but never yot them, and tl,e muncy
was paid baek by fi.llcr. He never Ind my
oticr transactions IN Northern Pacific, nor any
transaction in Central Pacific, Kansas Pacific,
Central Branch, Western Branch, Southern
!;rancl', Sioux City & Pacific Or Texas d; Pacific
1,lalnc-Dld ! ever have my money interest
IN tic transaction vol allujc to iii NOrthpr1l
paclcl A.-No, air.
Q.-You gut your money back with INTEREST,"
Ayes, air.
Q.-Thcn It was Impossible for INC to layc DE-
rived auy benefit from tit A.-Ycs sir.
Mr. Blainc asked thnt the letter written by
Atkins 29th Atny, 1876, heretofore published lii
regard to this casc, hc put In eyidcucc, which
WIS done.
yAnnrs v,suKn. ,u
recalIed teatt|ed TINT j,c frorr n}ofnc
Dcc. i, iS; m ntcrsst In thn Nnrthrru par3t;.
HnnI] and nil S15 TtNI fnr II liz f,.] mi nnu.
rrtt,ijcrt ,rI,at TIM intcrcst wna Int lnnw n,
that time. Tho attention ri wifnnrss VIVA rnItcd
to a Ictter n,,l,jiahrl II, thu New Ynrt, .y,tn
NAV Is, 1914. nurnortinr to hnyn brcn wr,ttcu
by blaine to Witness. askine lin 10 p,'r"l,asc
n;,crhth nr ,,nc t,yr,,ty" frth % ,,ort ~ ~ IN.
tcrcst In thr Nnrthrrn Tar;f" inarI' H. nnd In ,r"a
asEeii II TINT VIVA corrr"t tn,,v If fhc lnttcr ~
r".c,1 i,v lin, frnn, niaoc eoP9 VI '"o 'e'''' ~
iVltr.ss anil T. va. ;ri,o ,-t,,r,1 ,r,, ,,o
st,rra sent ~ ~ M whnu vi, 9,oss my III noio
i,nd lin hnai settic,ncnt liz rorc nv ,.,,nr u ~
this 1cttor I'm !" M Ainn rba ~! ~ ~
an,ong thc 1est"r: hrn,,r,s hprn SF M"',iaap nJI
Wmss. snu uc",r ro,.or, H. ~ u sgs
for ia itrTest md Tie noncy w"s
rntnrnc11 ~ ,1an. il Iii y, I" nnnn .i,,, H.,
i t rcD,rn ~ ,ae hs IN @ III "om Wy ~
about II. int nrcsu,nrd Il was hccn,,sc !, "r was
.,1t - nr,,,G,sj,i, essa.J.n IL IL III . fn
inhv no. M Ga.toeptase M de am ot Koa
mnr nr ~ ".' ''' ~"'
How n,.41yr WAR AM. To coyrnot. sucu IN.
TEnrsr.
wtncpa o,wov. ,,rdnrstna1 tnot thts r,.
nrrlv fr.niiv Ut um thn "art 'Id ~ Hnne n md
sbnt f,n;r wis not to .,nvn nnv interrst in Il in
any wny whatoycrs In Tic routrary. Hlane ai-
ways sall hu ro.lid mi take M Inttrrst IN Il at
iii: It hnJ frcnunnt1y lsen - snnkcn % ~ " ,rhe,
nortIlnity ,,fTcrs,l Rainr t,otifch witnrss nhnSt
It. In ncycr sunnnscd That this sttmk hclnnged
to Blnine, It'll Ind been his mid Lecn IN Fla
nvsecesion, i,c vo,ll have delivered il. of cursc.
ffc never doubted That he slitnld rct his 1notry
hack. at,.. m acnt. 81. 1sTs I, was rct,irncJ'
cycry % r.nt of #. Nth intrTcsf' ~ ma '''''"e"'
III Hunton-He lid moi yeco)1cct that any Of
tho letters bru,irh. hire l,y Mnjiran reIatei to
them recently. Tic letters hc read dtd not re-
fer in any n,anncr to anr Of tic different Pacific
ratIroafs which bn,a hcnn mrntjoncd this after
nuon ,ia '$40 ''''' ''' '''D A'A'''A'N 'A'' A'e'
was recalled, anI said nnong tho paners OBJ
tailed by B,ntno from lin Tas ono containing
copy Of tic law relating to grants to Tic
Northern tucff1c lsaiiroad. There were a,soeot,,
figures on IT, showing that Il rrlutet tn tie IL
u IA t,art m Which hnd been @ spoken Of. lis I'D
not know whose handwriting It VIVA In. but Il
Wus not in J,ln!ue's,
Flsiler yas asked at this point What tho papcr
VAS and where lie received It, anti hE tcueu lie
ind no RECOLLECTION Of any such papcr,
s1uilgan said llc found It in tic desk among
Ppe Wb e Ga o
tic papers.
Witness was requested to read the receipt
given by Blaine to Fisher at the time Fisher mild
eycr tilt s25,O00, This reccipt wns nuh!islcd
IN the AquIlla-Adams correspondence, May q.
Aftcr rcadiug II, witness said ti.at this was all
tho contract There was between FISHER and
| Blninc. He did not know why tho stuck was
not delivered by Blaine. mud affcr wattinc about
q ycnr Fisher refused to take tho stock becausc
| 90 long time had clapsed.
O.EAnd Ills ia nj you know abo,1t this trans
| actIonl A.-Ycs, s,T, i ONLY know that hit,
Fisher paid money to Blaine, ind Blaine paid II
back to Fisher Scit 81, 1871.
| D.-T(I Won ever hcar anytflfne more than
yn1i huyn tsst}flci nhnut TIM innttcr alluded Ia
| from anv nnn| -Nn air
'gs,, r., I,s w. ~, 0i. n.Lo ~ .r,,r o,,
,onS,s .vth vo tx1,cn ~ yn vrs " ~
tsErNo' sir ""04 'oA
| O.-]thv tlid you bring ttcso letters of mine
1 u dti 1ot If;;nu. whaf was n hn oya,ninna
ahout w sunnnso' thnt II wo,,lI - h" ~ shn"t III