The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-09-29

Of ,Je Times.
HIS answer, herewith Submitted 10 Che
pubic, shows hat ont of ,hiileen pretend
ed "ems OF income, amounting to $4,000
eleven I,emS, amuud,iug 10 SS4. 600, aie
wholly fictitious. while of the o,her rwo
Ouly one or 81, 900 is eu,iTely ,rue, aUd The
second OF S25, 600 is only ,ialiy irue.
he following is tie.
REPLY OF JUDGE sINNoTT.
New YORK, Sept. 90 1896.
Hon. Abram S. He,oitt, Chairman:
My DEAR SIR Il have received your
no e. with the copy of the Times of Sep
tcmber 5. in reference to Mr.. TitdeD's in-
come return for 1862, and bave taLen the
earliest !ine which my official engage
uen,i would permit to send you tbe infor-
NATION you solicit
| was iH Mr.. Tilden's' law office during
the whole period covered by I've allega-
touS of the Times, aud was more FAM liar
than any other perSou-perbapS, even,
Jbad Alr. Tilden himself-whh bis pIoles
sioual services and wi n the earnings of
his office, j. being among my du les 20 keep
such reco, d OF memoranda Of tuem was
Dtesetv we'd.
The charges 10 wl;ch you specially refer
are epi um ized ard 1lacdrded on fhe fl ont
page of rhe Times, where. in parallel col
umns, are displayed a fac sin1tIe of Mr..
. IQeD income lax IelJf1 Tor the year
1862, coutIas,ed wi h pretended 81 ate
merit Of his real income for that year.
| have examined this siaiement with
I'd e, aud from my pei sonal knowledge,
fluid it 80 be false in every impor iant par
ticular.
The first hing in This fabrication of ihe
Times which arrests ed my attention, was
the evident intent TO miSlead which char
acterizeS it,. 1t puvports to be maue up of
In diIrr nf oh iu
varied in order to give the reader the idea
that .hese items had been taken directly
from bills or accounts which had been
rendered to some one or had been entered
in some book of account.
For example, the first item reads, ''Feb-
ruary 19. Fee for rus; ees aud mast er com
missiouers' deed" &c bot the wording
Of The second item is made different, and
| reads :-''Febi uary %. Fees aod expenses
with reference to deed &c. and the
! th d item is put in still auotber and diff
/ feren5 mode Of expression, thus: "March
! l. For drdf,irg, &c. list gage deed {;
while in the fourth i.em rhe word ''fees'
| ,tud ,'ris time without the ''eXpenses'') is
bought inio requ'si,ion.
| The obvious intent Of tbeEe contrivaDces
| is so give color 10 these bogus mems and
the aDpea ance OF being copied f.om some
! real per.
Tie II st six i,ems Of ihis statement re-
! late TO mai i'eIs counecs ed with the Pitts
| burgb Fort Wayne and Chicago railway,
! and a right understanding of Mr.. Tildeu' $
rela ious TO that en- eiprise, prior to ana
do ing he year 1869, is important at The
| on set.
Now, the fact is that no such accounts as
! are contained in these six iiems ever ex-
! isied. aud 10 one of these pretended items
| has ever been made ihe subject of a specific
charge by Mr.. Tilden against any individu-
nj or corporation whatever
Mr.. TiIden became counsel for tie bold
ers of various classes of bonds secured upon
the PIT. sburgl. Fort Wayne aud Chicago
railroad. which was aud is railroad run
ming through four different states, and
built in sections. by three different corpo-
ralions. which were afterwards conso'ida-
ted When Mr.. Tildeu became counsel
for the bondholders in 1893, It had out
standing nine different classes of bonds,
upon all of which default bad been made,
! and it's affairs in general were IN appaI ent
ly hopeless bankruptcy aud confusion. 10
rescue this enterprise, Mr.. 1iiden labored
continually, and much more laJoronsy
than lawyer ordinarily does in regard 10
anv one particular case. from 1859 To The
carly part of 1862. The labor was particu-
larry arduous during the years 1860 and
1861.
Suits of foreclosure were instituted early
in each of tue s. iates. and these nan so iar
progressed uy June, 1861, that DEGREES OF
foreclosure aud sale were ihen entered. .
The road was actually sold on the Gath of
October. 1861, and possession taken under
the sale OF course this could not be ac
complisbed until ali the conflicting inter
; esis. the nine different classes OF boudhold-
ers. the secured creditors. the unsecured
creditors and the stockholders bad been
harmonized and satisfied, not until legIsla-
tive acts adequate 10 meet case such as
had never before arisen, either here or in
England, had been devised, prepared and
successfully passed in four different states.
All this was accomplished principally un-
der the advice and with the labor of Mr..
Tiiden before the close of the year 1861.
His euga agements on account of this rail-
road during that whole period were con-
slant and engrossiug. Whatever pay he
received was for the entire service a
whole il was not itemiZed or apportioDed.