, 1876-06-04
PRICE FIVE CENTS.

in no event produce any Of the letters e1ecpt
such as directly bear upon tile inquiry.
ANOTHER TACK.
Alter the adjournment Of the judiciary Cnu
mittec this afternoon special meeting Of t!'t'
Committee on the Real Estate Pool was held to
exam examine Mr Mullisan. The examination w.;s
from alr. Aullisan calculated to be OF va1u. 10
the Committee or to explain to Mr.. Mull;~.n
Why ne Tas called before the Committee T',e
Gommlttee made some inquiries with regard to
Obtained ut list hana, and and i't the "a; Commit. s.
tee was not able to approach, tho
subject S7t IN such q manner as to bring, out Mr.
Blalne's contract through which he il alleged to
have made $4,000 The Committee .,sSeJ
Mulligan some questions about Jay Cook a:ll
the Treasury Department, hut kc knew nothing.
THK INVESTIGATION.
To the Wtssera dssocfufed Fresa
WASHINGTON, D. c., June a-Tne House Ju-
dietary Committee met at 10 o'clock this morn
ing, to consider the matter submitted to them
by the Hunton Sub Committee, concerning
Blaige's refusal to produce letters obtained frun
Alulligan. at II: IS the Committee are still In
session, with closed doors.
The full judiciary Committee adjourned at
o'clock. A long discussion took place upon
the question Of compelling Mr. Blaine to pro-
duce the letters before the Sub Committee, but,
without coming to any conclusion, the whole
matter was postponed till Tuesday next
THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
The Sub-Judcinry Committee met nt o'clock
to-day.
Elisha Atkins Was recalled. Said he does not
know anything about any sales Of my rail-
road bonds Of any railroad which received sub
OF Northern Pacific bonds. He was acquainted
with the Aquilla Adams transaction, to which
allusion had been made. Fisher proposed to
witness at one time to take some Northern
3ru$& H. r-{Ar, \
The firm Of E. Atkins & CO. agreed to
take $l5,000 worth OF them. Witness did not
recollect what the firm was to receive for this
amount Was to receive them through Fisher
from Blaine, but never got them, and the money
other transactions in Northern Pacific, nor any
transaction in Central Pacific, Kansas Pacific,
Central Branch, Western Branch, Southern
Branch, Sioux City & Pacific or Texas g. Pacific
Roads
Blaine-Did ever have any money interest
in transaction you alludc to in Northern Paciffce
A.-No, sir.
Q.-You got your money back With INTEREST,"
Ayes, sir.
Q.-Then 1t was impossible for me to have de-
rived any benefit from it3 Ayes, sir.
Mr. Bfaine asked that the letter written by
Atkins 10Th May, 1876, heretofore published in
regard to this ease, be put in evidence, which
was done.
WARREN FISHER, IT,,
Dec. i, 1S70, an interest In the Northern Pacific
Road, and paid s25, 600 for it. He did not now
recollect what that interest was, but knew at
that time The attention OF witness was called
to q letter published in the New York Sun
May g. 1S16, purporting to have been written
by Blaine to witness, asking him to purchase
ue-eiyhth or one twenty-fourth part Of an in-
terest in the Northern Pacific Road, and he was
asked II that WAS correct cupy OF the letter IT.
ceivcd by him from Blaine
Witness said it was. The original was de-
st1oyed Sept q, 1877, when witness and Blaine
had the final settlement. Hc gave copy Of
among the letters brought here By Mulligan.
Witness never received his certificate Ut stock
for his interest, and the money was afterwards
returned by Blaine. He did not know why ho
did not receive his certificate. He never asked
about it, but presumed 1t was because it wAs
not I profitable enterprise. He cid not know
why the transaction was not consunl1natc.l,
nor
HOW BLAINE WAS ABLE TO CONTROL SUCH ~
TEREST.
Witness always understood that this was y
purely friendly act Oh the part OF Blaine, a'nl
that Blaine was not to have any interest in it in
any way whatever: On the contrary, Blaine a.
! ways said he could not take an interest in It ut
| all. It had frequently been spoken IT wien
| Blaine visited his counting room, and Wheu Or
| portunity offered Blaine notified witness about
| it. He never supposed that this stock belonged
to Blaine. II it had been bis and been in :.is
possession, be could have delivered it, OF coursc.
| He never doubted that he should &c: his money
! back, and on Sept. 81, 1872, it was returned,
every cent Of It, with interest.
By Hunton-He did Lot reeo!lect that my OF
the letters brought here by Nulltgan related to
this transaction. He read only four or five OF
them recently. The letters be read did not re-
fer in any manner to any Ut the different Pacific
railroads which had been mentioned this after
noon.
JAMES MuL11oAN
was recalled, and said among the papers OBJ
tained BY Blaine from him was one containing
copy Of the Law relating to grants to tho
Northern Pacific Railroad There were also
OF 1-24 part which Ind been spoken Of. he did
not know whose handwriting 1t was In, but it
was not In Blaine's-
Fisher was asked at this point what the paper
was, and where he received it, and lie replied he
had no recollection Of any such paper
A1ulligan said he found 1t in the desk among
other papers, not particularly among the CORE
spondcnce Of Blaine with Fisher, but among all
Witness was requested to read the receipt
given by Blaine to Fisher ut the time Fisher paid
over that $25, 600 This receipt was published
III the Aquilla-Adams correspondence, May H..
After reading 1t, witness said that this was all
Blaine He did not know why the stock WIS
not delivered by Blaine, and after waiting about
year Fisher refused to take the stock because
so long time had elapsed.
tl-AnQ TINS ID ali you kn0" aDOu1 tulB tr1ns-
action9 Ayes, sir: only know that Ml.
Fisher paid money to Blaine, and Blaine paid it
back to Fisher Sept. 81, 1871.
Q.-Did you ever hear anything more than
you have testified about the matter alluded to
from any ote4 A--No, SIR
By Blaine-Werc you asked to bring any
papers with you when you were summonedf
A--No, sir
Q.-Why did you bring these letters Of mlne9
Al did not know what was to be examined
about I supposed that 1t would be about the
matter referred to in the Aqull1a Adams letters,
and SO brought these letters to refresh my
memory. brought them because they wero
written BY you, and there might be something
in them that should be asked to explain.
Q.-Had yon any reason to think that wrote
the memorandum Of law you spoke aboutl
A.-None at all, sir. Only l found it among
the papers in the desk, and it related to the
Northern Pacific
Q.-You say you are not unfriendly to mc.
Do you know Of any OCCASION for holding
grudge against me! Al nrver had ans ocras-
sion to feel unfriendly, but thought WAS not
treated fairly on the occasion alluded to BY Mr.
Atkins yesterday.
Mr.. Blaine was proceeding to make further
inquiry on this point, when witness saId, DO
,.e., cro ruor o11 thnf3 7 xe1t rnY,