The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-05-25

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THE BLAINE LNYEsTIGA ITO N.


Washington, May 24.-The sub
judiciary committee continued their
examination of the Blaine bond mat
ter to-day. Blaine was present. Asa
P. Robinson, of Arkansas. testified
that he was chief engineer of the Fort
Smith & Little Rock railroad from
1869 10 1871. Witness gave the state
ment of the contract made between
the directors of the road and Mr..
Fisher, which was afterwards trans
ferred to Caldwell. All the assets and
bonds of the company were under the
control of Fisher and afterwards under
Caldwell. In 1871 witness brought a
package from Caldwell in Bosi on to
Blaine in Washington. He called
Blaine out into the lobby and deliv-
cred the package to him. Witness
knew nothing about the contents of
the package and had no conversation
with either Caldwell or Blaine that
would indicate what was in the pack
age held few minutes conversation
with Mr.. Blaine at the time of deliver
ing the package, in which Mr.. Blaine
made some casual inquiry about the
Fort Smith road. and spoke of the coal
interest out there which some one had
asked him to take an interest in. Wit
ness knew nothing whatever about
Blaine having connection with the
Fort Smith road; never told any per-
son in the world that the package
contained 20 bonds, and knew abso-
lutely nothing about Blaine's owner
ship of any bonds or interest in the
Fort Smith & Little Rock road. In
answer to questions, witness said he
brought the package to Blaine in his
hands as it was too large to carry in
his pocket; it was a ream of paper
unsealed, and was directed to Blaine;
witness came here at that time to
attend to some matters about building
bridge for the company; there was
nothing about the package to indicate
that it might not be some papers re-
lating to the building of the bridge.
Witness further testified that he has
known Blaine about 25 years, having
become acquainted with him when
Blaine was editor in Portland; he had
an office in the same building with
Blaine, and considers him an old in
innate acquaintance; delivered the
package to Blaine in the speakers
public parlor without any conceal
ment; there was quite a crowd of
people there it was thrown down on
the sofa by Blaine and was not treated
like valuable package; If it had con-
tanned bonds it was large enough to
contain a large number; it might
have contained plat of the coal lands
referred to by Blaine; it was a roll
open at both ends.
Amos P. Curry, of Little Rock,
Ark, testified that about five weeks
ago Robinson told him he had carried
a package of bonds. $4,000. from
Josiah Caldwell and delivered it to
Blaine previous to this Robinson said
he believed $4,000 worth of bonds
was in the package, and that his un-
derstanding was that these bonds were
only an installment to Blaine; he did
not say that Caldwell told him the
object of delivering these bonds; said
he did not know how the committee
heard of the fact that he had had this
conversation with Robinson. In re-
ply to questions by Blaine, witness
stated tina. the Republicans of Arkan-
sas were very bitter against Blaine on
account of his course on the Poland
report concerning Arkansas affairs,
but that he had never heard or made
any threats against Blaine. The ex-
animation of d. B. Sickles was begun,
but as he claimed to know nothing
except what he had heard, the ques-
tion of receiving hearsay evidence was
debated by the committee. Blaine, in
few remarks, said that he was en-
titled to have the judgment of the
committee on the S64 900 SANDER. He
wanted judgment as to the point on
which he was charged namely, that he
had an interest in the Arkansas bonds
that went to the U. P. r. r. Co. Hun
ton said he was not willing to make a
report until he became fully satisfied
of all the facts in the case. Tarbox,
who offered the resolution in the
House directing this inquiry, said that
his aim was to strike somebody in
New Hampshire. Blaine-"Yes, hut
it was aimed at me in a cowardly
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