The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-06-03

Q-Can you state the words of it?
A.-"You and Mr.. Mulligan come to the
house this evening"
Q.-That was all that was in it?
Al think so.
By Mr.. Blaine-Didn't L say in that note
that wanted to see you in regard to that
Aquia Adams publication about the Northern
Pacific railroad?
as you did. almost forget about it
@ by the chairman-You went up there?
Ayes sir.
Odd Mulligan go with yon?
A--No sir.
Odd he go up afterwards?
Q.-Was he sent for second time?
Ale was.
Q.-Was he sent for third time?
A.-Possibly, think not though.
Q-How came Mulligan in possession of
those letters that are now in possession of Mr..
Blaine?
Ale has always had possession of them.
Odd you know that he was bringing them
on to Washington?
Al did.
Odd you object to his bringing them?
Gle brought them then with your consent
and appreciation?
Ale did sir.
Q-By Mr.. Lawrence-You had had settle
ment with Blaine?
A.-Yes.
On that settlement, was it agreed or ar
ranged that Blaine should tear up all papers
relating to the subject matter OF the settlement
including these letters in question.
Al supposed that gave up to Mr.. Blaine
all the documents and papers that he asked
for, AID as to these letters didn't really know
they were in existence.
By Mr.. Blaine-Your understanding was that
when we settled up had got everything?
Avery business paper think you did, in
fact feel sure Won did I think they wera de-
stroyed in my Office.
By the chairman-You say that he got all the
papers that it was agreed that he should have?
A-That was my impression.
By Mr.. Lawrence-Wasu't he to have those
letters also?
V-If had known of their being there I
think should have mentioned the fact, and
if he desired them should have given them to
him without doubt.
Q-By the chairmau-Did you keep letter
book at that time?
A.-No sir.
Q-Have you heard Mr.. Muligan's state.
meDt about the correspondence between you
and Blaine?
Al did not sir.
Q-You didn't hear his statement on that
subject?
Al could Mt hear word sir.
Odd you ever write toiBlaine, or can you
recollect that you ever did so about settlement
between you and him?
Ayes sir.
Q-Did he reply to you that he had lost up
on these bonds which he had to take back
| from his friends in Maine?
Ale didn't reply by letter; he said SO by
| word of mouth.
Odd you reply to Mr.. Blaine that he had
gotten off some of these bonds at good price
or anything like that?
Al think I did.
Q-What did you mean by that?
Al meant that he had resold them.
Q-TO whom?
Al didn't know.
Q-Did'nt you mention when that conversa-
| ton took place that they had been sold to the
Union Pacific Railroad Co?
| A-That is what intended to convey,
Q-YOu intended to convey to Blaine that he
had rot lost much on these bonds because he
had got a portion of them off at good price to
the Union Pacific?
Ayes sir.
Q-How many did you understand that he
| got off to the Union Pacific?
Al did not understand any.
| Q-From whom did you understand what you
did understand?
Although Mr. Atkins.
Q-Mr. Atkins did not tell ycu then that
| Blaine had gotten off some of these Little Rock
bonds to the Union Pacific?
A-No sir, he did Mt tell me any such thing
Q-How then did you understand it?
A-That was the inference drew from his
remark.
i w udt w as I6Ludrk.
Al can't say precisely but give it to you
as near as can. Mr.. Atkins was speaking
| about a reorganization of the Little Rock g
Fort Smith Railroad; that reorganization was
| that the old bond-holders, the original bond
! holders, should go into this organization on a
certain basis, 1 do not remember what that
basis was. He spoke to me about the bond
holders and asked me if knew of any bond
holders that they did mt know. he thought 1
might be familiar with some of them and 1
oil fhn info -
that had at the time. I said to him, Twill
you get all the bonds i'm and he said that if
they got three quarters in it would be sufficient
or something like that There was a general
talk about it. He said the Union Pacific road
had some of the bonds, and said they would
come in, I asked where the bonds came from
and the inference that got
estate what he said?
Al don't remember what he said, but the
inference got was that they were Blaine s
bonds.
Q.Did he tell tell you how many the Union
Pacific had?
.A-No, sir, he did not. That is think he
did not.
Q-Did he mention the name of Thomas A.
Scott?
Al don't know that he did, and don't know
but he did, forget all about that, it is fou: or
five years ago. five years very likely.
Citizen in thus correspondence between you
and Blaine touching settlement about Little
hUCk o. Il u. Dmltu JULIUS you lIGdG6Q the mat
ter as it Blaine had gotten off portion of them
upon the Union Pacific Company at good
price.
Al don't know how treated it. I might
have indirectly or directly referred to it il that
way.
Q-Do you recollect any reference to this
matter in reply that Blaine wrote you?
A-No sir, | do not.
Q-You do not recollect that he said in one of
his letters that if he had gotten them off at a
good price he had not held the money long, but
that it went to his friends in Maine?
Al heard that part of the letter read
Q-When?
Awhile was on the way either from Bos-
ton to New York or from New York to Wash.
ington.
Q-On this present trip of yours to Wang
ton?
Ayes.
Q-And within the last few days?
Ayes.
Odd you hear any other letter than this
read?
Ayes. sir.
Q-Can you state the points of the letters
which you heard read. don't mean with YER
bal accuracy, substantially so.
A-No, sir, could not
QIBqt you recollecs substantially that in
one OF them Blaine said that if he did get these
bonds off as you had suggested in your letter
he did not hold the money long, but that it
went to his Maine friends?
A-Words to that effect.
Q-How long have you known Mr.. Multi
gan?
Al have known Mulligan sixteen or twen-
ty years.
Q-Have you known him intimately?
Al have sir.
Q-What is his character?
A-His character is the best. I would say
that it is as good as or perhaps better than that
of any man that l ever knew.
Q-What is his reputation for truth and YER
acity?
Al never heard it questioned.
Q-Have you ever demanded of Mulligan the
possession of these letters?
| Al have sir.
Q-When?
A-Since / have been in this city.
Q-Had you ever demanded them until
Blaine got possession of them?
Al had sir.
Q-When?
A-Since have been in this city.
Cat whose instance did you make the de-
mand for those letters?
Al made it at my own instance.
Q-Was it not suggested to you?
A-No, sir.
Q-Were you not requested to make that de-
mand?
A-Not the first time made the demand.
Q-Were you ever requested by anybody to
make that demand after the first time?
Al was