The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-02
THE EMMA NINE SWINDLE.
LYON CHALLENGING sCHENCK TO
MAKE coon MS CHARGE S.


The Attempt to Break Down the Testimony
of Lyon and johnson How thew Propose
10 Prove that Lyon Is Unworthy OF Belief.
WASHINGTON. April 1.-IIiram A. John
SON. counsel for James L. LYON, read to the Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs to-day a statement in
behalf OF his client ~ follows:
GRSTLEMEs When the cV Minister 70 FINLAND 40
18th umo, he obtained permission to read s,atemcn,
whicn he informed the committee he Il I'll ed should
sent explanatory Of bis connection with tie Enma
sler Mining Company fmteSl OF London as en,
sssaIns the character q Mr. johnson and ysaii ana
lion in al the PIT epsl ney.Pspers Of ,he Uated
eate sn bens presn IN he OF room s Of Se
committee. beg to submit the following, VIZ;
Of presenting his SAID statement las he has been
Sompeed to sste to this eSmm,tteemsaa no Psrson,
and that therefore the charges therein contained that
ters AND unworthy Of credit unier oath we're wsnoniy
made ana utterly unbecomnS man who had occupied
have been fun ther characterized DY the reading Of
Of mis- tcstinonywrltten to him. as he rays, 0y man
In London whoin he did not know, ana Of whom he has
having SbscoSded IRON E1siand, which letter
sso sTo1ss9 ss S eou .nH
in Che hand. Of ia %ssosistsd Press from the
sent.uon Of his evidence. pronounce al the state
monts above recited false and untrue aud ehai!ense
mine TO prouuce testimony before this committee that
Billy of Mf. Johnson or inysef or scn as shall in any
sense tend to excuse mis- connection with the sale Of the
ArRiL /, 1876. JANIS +. LYON.
Mr. Lyon was then cross-examined by Mr..
Chittenden, OF counsel for Gen. Schenck Mr..
Lyon said, during his replies, that he had no
bu siness Just now, and was stopping at the st.
Nicholas Hotel IN New York. lie paid hts ex-
penses by borrowing some OF the money aud bv
collecting a Claim due to him In Europe Of
{2D.OOO
lie was asked " In the sworn examination
ri. en- before a New York judge as to your means
when you we're examined In regard to an execu-
tion, what did you say regarding your means to
nay your hotel hill Z" MIR. Lyon replied that he
coubl not recollect. but the paper would show.
turned in o 9eS is Hs eft ' asa1isaed
judgments to the amount OF SjO.ODu, which have
not vet been sltisf ID. lie LETT England IN 1874,
but did not know whether he went to Paris then
or not.
WIN You swear that The last time yog LEI, Lon;
insulted 10 pot Know whether went to Paris the
VIZ your ' name nau Jin,Ss na. ryonp A-Yes.s
Q.-Bcfore you lcit LondoA were BANKRUPTCY pro.
ceedings commenced against yOuY A-Iherc were.
Q-What steps were takcaP
The witness explained a certain stock specu-
lation IN which he was concerned. and out Of
which grew the bankruptcy proceedings against
him.
.o.-Did the oficers OF the bankruptcy court know
that you were gong away Al never saw any Of the
was sw!ndicd ~ An unm.tiglied rascal I never ra n
away. as a letter read to tae committee asserted
IT. "
the object being to show that his statements as
To hlr mining interests In Utah are not entitled
TO credit lie read from the affidavit OF LYON
In the case Of Edward strong agt. James +.
Lyon, before the supreme Court Of New York,
In which he swore:
do not own any real estate anywhere. owned
1888 IN Colorado Territory. It neogged 10 the
nrn OF James L. Ly ON Co. anu not 10 me Individual
fhe other member. own tseir proportion Of H. sold
mine Tor 5000 TO Mr. Ha,es Of Colorado. That was all
the land owned there | nave no Judgments against
ANYBODY thai recolect have ABOUT 81 So had no
last Iisht. i've by borrowing money / do not keep
any oank account have not Kept for three years.
/ have few Worthless petroleum stocks. &C.
The order alluded TO 10y Lyon was concerning
the suit OF strong against Lyon, signed nv Judge
Brady. TO the effect that Judgment had been re-
covered In the action and requiring execution.
The order was dated July 81, 1870.
9As 6s time you swSTs to th1. paper DID y9a own
ihir ever snee ises At one time from that year
sIIs "
ompd you or not owp a. ths time You made your
did not occur to II owned II then certainly for.
Mr.. Chittenden then examined Lyon In refer
ence TO his movements In England concerning
the Emma Nine. he hsvng been Interested IN
making the most damaging statements. and
giving no explanations why he had declared the
Emma Mine nearly exhausted when It was sold
Oct Is, 1871 to ssy thu the mine looks nae /? At
Prof sillmans report.
Mr. Lyon sail he was never IN the mine since
he left II IN ls0s. All lie knew about II was near
say.
Mr. Faulkner, with the concurrence OF the
committee, struck out the personally offensive
parts OF Lyons statement concerning Gen.
Schenck before IL WAS admitted on record. TO
which Lyon and his counsel made no objection,
including the clause that Schenck's charges
against them were utterly unbecoming a man
who mad occupied high positions Of trust aud
honor, and the confidence OF his country and
I'm another case, Instead OF challenging Schcnck
to prove them, the language was changed TO a
mere denial. several other charges were made,
and the committee adjourned until Monday
morning.