The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-15

been for years The man who would Zee ruther than
repeat story he had told 70 save not himself but the
other party from the consequences OF the repetition,
unequal 10 the invention OF the story. Had the
disposition existed, his unaidcd imaanaiion would
he saw. Those who heard II from him believed IL
Though true. u does not follow that the bonds
them TO him. stewart says he did not, and do not
intimate that his Is the position OF who has ro-
name by denial her irailty, do comment upon
the conclusive nature and value OF such evidence
As TO
JOHN X RLAIxE's CONNECTION
with the KnowIton story must 10 tho record Of
the Stewart The Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany, Eastern Division, work Of ITS pages Stew.
from tho company $25l. 900 construction bonds. the
subject Of said suit On page l32 and following In bis
Deposition he says that about ninetysix bonds were
further the interests Of the company, and he
names Charles Sherman private citizen, as one who
1 AZ 70 ns resi- Of wbs s~s
quenty returned to him in trust for the holders AS
neither be nor the company bad wish 70 disclose tner
they not called for. call attention TO me
following quoted from the ninety seventh page OF said
record -
~. agreed In sA. tina. John T. Blaine ~. the
this the construction bonds Of the deendan
Which @ S fss s@
' 50 .s Blame q 1s as
each In a sssaciion Of The fifteen bonds in Of
sani delivery III bonds made
~,
By the psisss July d $50 s. 's"3 s'''''e'
r, USHER. Solicitor for Defendants
JOS. Is. STEWART. ComplSinant In person
This was made In 1870, TO be used evidence by
Stewart Why stewart was Obliged to prove up us
TO other, why exempt this? Would Its actual proof
compromise anybody, or was there no prooiy Why
prove what the other side does not deny would not
nsnaate that this niorpoated into tie case
for any purpose. John f. Blaine is said 10 have re-
ceved these honds in 1864 which is lite funny when
IL Is remembered that Stewart only received them dur
he a O IL
produced on May he says that he became John r.
Bancs attorney to settle his claim wh,cn grew out OF
which he held OF the L., r. and W. X X.
CO., q predecessor the Kansas Pacific, In 1853 IN
confirmation oil which cite IRON page no. the power
OF attorney dated May 49, 1868 Stewart further
that by various expedens this claim finally set
tied by compromise, and John Blaine received
SIS, 900 OF the Union Pacific construction ponds. In
1872 rs will be remembered, the New York Tribune
published statement that James g. Blaine had large
fully referred 20 in General which
General Ewing so enectualiy demolished by letter IN
the print OF October H. 1872 that nobody has rc
SINCE Til James G. Blaine again brought Tor
ward and although has nothing to do with the alleged
Knowlton story, Mr.. Blame inssts II has. recur TO
T. Blame was the owner OF 600 Of that
company, the extent OF his interest and that this was
the only that any member OF the Blame family
ever held This STOCK probably never reached ton IN
any known market For this arc told that he re-
ceved 900 Of these bonds OF well known npprccabe
value. The paper $4,000 increased by III half
and changed Tor security hveold its superior, and
this Joe stewart calls compromise. He ought to
One other curous thing-stewart's power OF attorney
made In 1863. II was executed by him In 1864 by
the delivery to J. Blaine OF these bonds we are
told, but on the slh of December, 1865. by SOLEMN
writing Stewart substituted tins same 7. Ewing for
hmseIto execute this sane already executed power OF
attorney. (See Record, PIP. 10. I'LL Is u indeed
that the stipulation Of Stewart and Usher at page
81 made Tor sinister purposes But am making
against j. f. Blaine or j. g. Blame am only
10 see that they make no case Mr.. Knowlton.
BY reference again to the above stipulation we SEQ
that It purports that the nfteen again
the railroad company gave H. Blaine $i2 900 in land
grant bonds for Them but the company had not that
time received the fiteen construction bonds II will
be how this seemingly made 10 lit another
paper, given hereafter from page 1855 1t appears by
an arrangement between Stewart and other parties,
made January O. 1885, that the holders OF tho $50 bonds
delivered TO Stewart to start with suffered loss OF
nearly twenty per cent on them. +,
ask attention TO the following. tSee REQ, p.
1,130]-
J. D. PERRY. ESQ.,, President Union Pacific Railroad Com
Please deliver 70 Thomas Ewing, Jr. order eight Of
change ssI as the bonds eisSsa ssn
made BY shs and ~ you placed IL tho hands o. y
ssss,pss, ss%ssay ssS. Of :.ia land s,sss
The II land grant bond;
EVEN the !, der Of ds on a~ - s
Of said conssruesion bonds, Instead u twenty
WASHINGTON. Oct -, 1896. JOS. b. STEWART.
Thomas Ewing IN his testimony at page l, 133 says
that he receive ten of the constructions bonds
from Stewart for services This arran cement made
fact he never got any bonds OF any kind. TO
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fcrred To-
NEW YORK Aprl % 1868
Jouv D. PERRY President Of the linton Pacific Rail-
road COMPANY
DEAR srs-In compliance with your request will