The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-06-08

want tDem YOU Cdh haNO 'h0 "N'N
history now.
Bv the Chairman-In whose hand
writing is this book2 A.-Jamts u.
Blaine's,
The Chairman-Now proceed to an
swer the question. Witness-The Sl3O,' |
600 bonds that were sold to these differ
ent parties here were first mortgage |
bonds by Mr.. Blaine /
Q.-rhey were first mortgages and moi
land grant bOnds2 A--Yes, the next sale
was on different lay from that other.
BY the Chairman Was that to the
Maine partiesP Ayes, and sold on
different basis; one man had $4,000 land
grant bonds and $4,000 for one man;
another man had ST. 900 land grant bonds,
and $500 first mortgage bonds; another
had $1,000 land grant bonds, and S6 25O
first mortgage bonds; another had $1,000
land grant and $ll ,25O first mortgage
bonds ....
Q-Were all the sales which yon have
referred to made by or through BlaineT
A-Yes. .........
Q--And in addition to the bonds you
have just spoken of as coming to these
purchasers. What sort of bonds did
Blaine get2 Ale was to gel $4,000 OF
land grant bondsand $95, ,OOO oftirst mort
gage bonds.
By Blaine-You do not testify that ]
actually got thesef A-No, sir, | say
there is about $4,000 that are due you
yet.
By the Chairman-T is, that he got
all except tnirtv six bonds? Ayes.
By Frye-Do you know whether they
were sent to him or to the Maine menY
Al know that the aine men PAID
their own subscriptions to me, and gave
receipts for them.
Q-But do you not know that Blaine
got his. Al sent other parties bonds
to them by express, and Mr.. Blaine got
his.
By the Chairman You sentby express
the bonds to the Maine party and deliv.
cred to Blaine his in person? A-No,
didn't deliver them to him in person, but
Fisher did so. Mr.. Blaine has acknowl- |
edged that he got all those | gave him
myself, one LOT of 40.
At the conclusion of Mulligan's exam
ination, Mr.. Blaine took the stand, and,
with the utmost emphasis, denied. under
oath, all of MuIigan's statement that he
(BIaine) had offered him any ConsulShip,
or that he had told MulIigan that the
publication of the letters or of Mulligan's
testimony would rum him. All this sort
of thing, Mr.. Blaine said, was pure fancy
He denied he obtained letters under the
pledge to return them. He called on
Messrs. Atkins, Fisher and Mulligan at
their hotel, and talked with all of them
for some time together. He had known
Mr.. Muligan for twenty-five years. de
had been private secretary for two of
Blaine's brothers-in-law, and in that ca.
pacity had obtained possession of many
private matters not in any way connect
ed with this case, but concerning other
persons, and many dating back long be-
fore Blaine came to Congress. In exam
lining the letters Blaine found that only
one of them had anything to do with
this case, and that he returned to Multi
gan but kept the others for the reason
that he was exasperated by Mulligan AN
nouncing his determination to publish
them if anybody impugned his charac-
ter. Blaine then, in the presence of At
kins and Fisher, told Mulligan that as
these letters had no bearing upon the
case, and were improperly in his (Mulli-
gan's) possession, he (Blaine) would not
return them.
The Chairman-I ask at your hands
the production of those letters for the Pc
rusal of the committee and not for pub {
LEGATION, that the committee may see for {
themselves whether they bear upon the
question?
Baine-In private.
Tie Chairm~n-No, sir; with no pri
vacy, but certainly will not make them
public unless they bear on the question
Blaine-I will take occasion to consult
my counsel concerning it,
The Chairman-You decline then to
produce them?
Blalne-For the present decline.
The Chairman then asked Blaine to
produce the memorandum made by Mul-
ligan containing summary Of the letters
Elaine replied that if Mulligan had no
right to the letters he had noright to the
memorandum. If he had no right to
private letter, he had no right to
copy Oft, ....
Lawrence-Yo have said that certain
of Mulligan were fancy.
Blane--Yes, l will explain that. The
was a long one. have
known Mulligan for long time, and we
have had good deal of conversation at I
various times On this occasion we got
to talking about public matters and he
spoke of the miseries of public life, and
said he did not see how anybody could
be induced to enter it. He spoke at the
same time about going abroad to visit his
friends. | said | wonder that you have
not got tired of the humdrum of the
room, and / jokingy remark ed
he would not have liked to go
abroad in some official capacity. AS
Mulligan has presented it here, it would
seem that had asked him to accept
a Consrlship There was nothing of that
whatever. s
Lawrence-Was anything said about
suicidep
Baine-Not a word in the world.
Mulligan asked Blaine whether on his |
oath he would say that he had not used
the word suicide
BIaine-I do most decidedly.
Blaine then called III two of his friends,
both lawyers, and read all the letters to
them, and informed them that he would
also to day lay the letters before the two
wisest legal counsellors in Washington,
and if they said there was anything in
the letters bearing on The case in the re-
hottest way, he would relinquish them.
He considered Mnlligan might just as
well 90 to his house and take his other t
private letters, and lay them before this l
committee.
The ESCAPED MURDERER