New-York tribune., 1876-06-02
DLAINE'S PRIVATE LETTERS.
Continued from First Pnge.

yesterday 1 was asked If had any other testimony
than what Mr.. Atkins had said about these bonds
and said yes that Mr. Blaine had
acknowledged 1t himself in a letter; Mr. Fisher had been
writing TO Mr. Blaine for some time about settlement
and Mr. Blaine always urged about some back bonds que
him commissions the sale Of bonds, and saying
that he short OF money and had lost consider
able this transaction and that he would have to take
up these bonds from parties who had them or that he
had them up Mr. Fisher wrote him back that he
(Nr Baine) had not lost any money because he (Nir
Fisher knew where he had sold the bonds and got this
large amount OF money for them.
@. What large amounti A. These $64 900 Mr. Blaine
wrote back Mr. Fisher that that money which he had
obtained he did not have in his possession as hours that
he had made for himself but that he had turned 1t
to those innocent parties alludng to Maine par
ties) cannot give the date OF the letter.
@. You have made memorandum OF the contents OF
those lettersi A. Yes, OF ii Of them.
Q. And that memo randum Mr.. Blaine obtained from
you last eveningi A. Yea
q. And refused to return ti A. Yes.
@. State how you got possession OF these ettersi A.
Mr.. Fishers confidential clerk; was with the
Adams sugar refinery. but doing some private
writing for Mr. Fisher; the Adams refinery dis
solved in 1871 and all those were in Mr. Fishers
private desk; NJ. Fisher and together in Doane
ST. after left the refinery there nothing secret in
those papers between Mr. Fisher and me; no told me
that these papers mine ho knew about my bringing
them here lie with last Sunday to the safe and
got the papers ont, and told could do what pleased
with them; he them with i the hotel here, and
read them when he was therc have not taken them
surrepttiously otherwise than rs have stated.
Q. Did Mr.. Fisher demand them OF you at any timef
A. No. Sir. He always told that they were at my dis
possl Mt any time.
O. Upon what ground did Mr.. Blaine refuse to return
those letters a memorandum OF theni A. lie asked
for what purpose wanted the letters lie SAID he
did not want them go before the Committee or the
world 1 told him If 1t not absolutely necessary
under my testimony produce those letters to the Com
miitec l should do so; and should not use
them for any purpose excepting that II my veracty and
my honor were al stake should publish them said
in tire presence of Mr. Blaine and Mr. Atkins last night
and say so now; II have those letters and II testi
monv is impnlned in any wav | shall in vindication of
myself make them public; consider have perfect
right TO do so they gwen to mo younl erily; Mt
Fisher is here present and can speak Tor hiniseli'
BOND TRANSACTIONS.
O. Is there anything else in those fourteen letters OF
Mr. Blaine TO Mr.. Fisher which bears upon
tho subject matter OF this inquiry, TO wit,
the Little Rock and Fort Smith bonds
which went afterward into the bonds Of the Union Pa
cAc Railroad Company A. Mind you. Sir do not know
abou. what particular bonds went into the Union fac'
Railroad Company; there are bonds that Mr. Blame
got from Fisher; whether those were the particular
bonds o. not don't know Mr. Blaine himself or un-
derstood from letters that hese bonds that went III
there were bonds that from these parties named
whether they were his bonds that ho got THIS com
mission on do know there was one letter In the
package where he told Mr. Fisher how much was due on
these borGs told him he had received $4,000 OF homes
from aud 100000 from Caldwell on an outside mat
las percentage that he 20 get upon those sale. o
bonds to which testified yesterday aud the s@oooo oi
| bonds which he got from Mr.. Caldwell
q Two making III the aggregate S19oooo oi Donus'
@ Did say that letter that those bonds went into
the banGs Of the Union Paci Railroad company
THROUGH Thomas Scott A. Not IN mt letter Sn, Me- Me-
Fisher wrote TO HIM telling hlm that he fshei) knr"
where ttese bonds went and tlat ne [ c ei @ TPI M h
Fisher tLough lie hr Blancl benefited bY the tranSar
non he was mistaken and that he had not had tue money
4s hours when he passed 1t over to these parties; m
Mr.. Baine-what were the bonds tat writ to me
Maine PARTIES what denomination OF bonds were th'!
4 dcfcrrlng nen randum) can tell you. Sir. and
presume you won't dispute IT. because II rs IN your own
wrrr ,sr igpryn,e whrh he band, To- the
ChairmanI There are sl the parties names; II you
| wan them you can have the whole history now:
BY tine ChairmanIn whose handwriting is this book
me Cnairn1n-Now proceed to answer the question
different parties hero were first mortgi,se bonds
Mr. Dlane-They were first mortgage and not land
grant bondst A. Yes; the next sale was Oh dihIen
e thaiiman-Wns that to the Maine parties a. Ycs
and sold "a dlff rent basis one man had 5000 :"
Land grant bonds $1,000 OF first mortgage bonds tha
land grant bonds and 81 800 Of first mortgage bonds
another had 900 of land grant bonds ana $50 {"
first NOR age houds another Lad $4,000 OF land gi"nt
and 81 25D OF first mortgage bonds 49,.
O. And in addi the bonds you have just spokcn Of
coming 10 these purchasers what sou o. mas aiG
! BINDS. alIi S.;2 800 Of OF First Mortgage bonds
By 9is. liancYou do not tesuiy that actually go
these r.. No. Sr; there are about $4,000 That
BY he airInan-Thet is, that he got all except 30
| By Mr. Frye-Do you know whether they sent to
! him Ia tho Maine men 4. know that The Maine
paid their own subscriptions to Inc, and gave
O. Ba, yon do not know tha, Mr. Blaine got hisi 4.
other parties bonds to them by express ana Mt
| Blaine got his.
By tie CEairnau-You sent by express the bonds TO
the Maine part ana delivered to Mr. Elaine ls III per
sOni A. 30; did not deliver them 10 him n person,
but Mf. Fisher did Mr.. Blaine has acknowledge that
| he got all those. gave him myself one 10, Of 40.
O. lie got ali those $13OOOO land bonds aDI $4,000
first mortgage bonds except S360OO-that Is to say.
| 36 bonds Z J.. Yes
The following are the subscribers to the Fort
Smith and Little Rock Railroad Company Of Arkan-
sas AZ shown by the memorandum-book put in rs
evidence by tho witness. In each instance the sub
scrbcrs TO bonds received an equal amount in bonds
of their cash subscription and of land grand first
mortgage bonds A. Il p. Coburn, Skowbcgan, Me-.
10 pay $4,000, to receive $l50,0O0; Peter
+. Sanborn, Augusta. Me-, TO pay $4,000
and receive $4,000; Anson +. MoIrlll TO
pay $4,000 and receive $4,000; Ralph
c. johnson, s. II. Hasseltine, n. =. Monroe,
A. w. johnson. H. II. johnson. Phlo lIersey, all of
Belfast, Me-, paid $1,000 and received $4,000
with the exception of johnson, who paid $4,000
and received $4,000 Lot NJ. Morrill, of Augusta
paid 81, 900 and received $4,000 A. B. Farwe of
Augusta and c. NJ. Bailey of Winthrop paid $4,000
and received 81 900 esch
| MR. BLAINE'S STATEMENT.
| EMPHATIC DEsIALs-1HE RIGHT To PREVENT THE
PUBLICATION or PRIVATE LETTERS ASSERTED
| THE LETTERS HAVE NO BEARING ON THIS CASE.