, 1876-06-03
Witness sail blaine sent for Mulllgan twiic,

Q.--Dd you ever write to Blano n',nnt n att
tlclncnt between ynu a.,l h!1,i A.-fca, str.
did he Isp1y to yo that he Ind l1st t,5'n! ,ro;n
fricnl. tu Ma.nei A,-lle Didn't reply by let
ter; 1le said 80 by wor,l Of mouth.
op yon rey T. I b,ane hat ads s "I ngic r'f
something IKE thast Al think dId,
Q.-W,lat lid yon mean by thati Al mesnt
uEifAp ngsoLp THEN.
D,-Tp whuIpl Al Ito mt know.
| G.-Did yot, mention, when tint conversation
took place, that they had been solL 10 the Union
Pacific Rolroai Cornpnnys A.-fhat was what
! l intended Ia convey.
| Ind not lost ,nuclt TN threG bombs, because he
hati got l,nrtun u them uff Mt good price tu
! The tnIon 'PntiIlci A.-ics, sir.
Q.-i(ow lti you understanl tint he got t1rm
oil to thr IuIon paci1cl Al sltl not Under
Q.-Fsm whom did you understand whntyou
! did understand. .A.-'fhrough Mr.. Atkins.
Q.--Tllcn Mr. Atkins dill tel you that Ilafnc
llal gotten n{r sunt of these Little luuk hnlnls
10 the Union pat!I1cl A.-No, sir; he didn't
trll mt any s,tcf, thing.
.,Q-lIow then, did yuu understand It: A.
That WIS tllc Inference drew from hts rctnurks
precisely; hut give It to yuu us ca,I.
Mr.. Atklua WAS speaking about q reorganization
of the Little Rock y Fnrt Anitll Railroad. That
reorganization was that .lle ull lonal.ultlers,
tHb SlluRtll EU ltlu
nrgan!zation on certain basis, do nut re-"
snrrnbcr what the basis was. tfc spoke to III.
nbu,t thu Hhondhof,lcrs,-askcln me II knew uf
my tu,TaltulsiGTs tfiat they didn't knoH. Tie
.llcni, snd gayc him vi the information In re-
gard to 1t thAt had 1T the time. said tn lin:
.tWilt you get uii the bo'His mi ani he said
If they got three-luarters III 1t would bc s,l1tl
grncrnl talk about It. III fail that liz Unlol,
Pacific Roatl Ind g0nle Ut thc bonls, nnl sud
! that they would cunc In. asked where the
t,un1s csJnc fsun, and tho Inference TINT gut
u.-State what he sail. Al don't rcIi,rn-
brr wl,at lie sud, but tllc infcrcucu that got
| was that
THEY wrRE n1.A1SE's noNps:.
Odd ilr tell you lu,w ,nnny the Union Pa-
ellie hnsl A.-No, sir; he did nut,-that il, l
| think he dbl not.
A.-D!i h. mention the name Of Tho,uas a.
Scott | Al ,lon't know that he did, ind don't
J know but hr t!itl. f1rt-ct all ABDUL that. 1t
| Is four or i've years sgo-l!ve years ngo, very
| likely.
Q.--Then IN this correspondence between sou
anil Blaine touching settlement about THE Lit
tic Rocl Il Fort Smith bonds you treated the
matter Us II Blaine laaa gotten oil portion Of
them upon the Union rnrif1c Company ut n
1t, might have Indirectly Or dirrctfy referred
to 1t IN that way.
Q.-Dn you rcco1lect my references to this
matter in reply TINT Blalnc wrote you A.
Q.-You do not reeolcet that he said III ono
OF Ills letters that II he ll1! gutten tlcm oiT 1T
gooa prize be had not held thn lnoncy long, but
! ilcurG TINT part VI letter read while WIS OH
the why either from BustoR to New York. or
frun New York to Washington, OIL this present
trip to Washington.
Q.-You rceo!leet substantially that IN the
letter l3latlc satd that II bc did yet these bonds
ufl, t.s you Ind suggested f1l your letter, he
didn't hold the money lot,g, but that 1t went 10
lii SI,lne friynlsI A.-Worls to that ri1ccl.
| MuLL1GAN.
| Q.-HoW lOuT have yuH known Mr. MulIignn}
Al hayc known Mllligun sixteen or twenty
| ycars.
Q.-1Iaye you knuwn him intimately! Al
| Q.-Wlat Is Ills charncter3 A.-Ilis character
is the best. 1woutu say that 1t IL as gu,nl, "
perhaps better, than that Of uny mnM that ever
| knew.
ver,Mitya Al never heard Il questioned
I Q.-lIava you ever demanded from 1Hr. Null
gan possession Of these lettcrsf Al have,
sir slncc have been In this city and nj my own
Q.-Wrre you not requested to make that t]c-
matld. A.-Sut the first time 1nale thu de-
| lnalll,
Q.-Werv you cycr. requested by anybody to
make that demand after tho first tfmct Al
| Was.
Q.-Dy 'vhon,t AIR. blaine. : .....
Q.-]fe asked you tn demand those lcttcrst
A.-1c !ltl not ask me to demand them.
| Q.--Well, what lid hc snys A.--Alr blaine
Q.-What were yum to do with ttcu If you got
thcmf Al proposed to keep tle.n II got
Q.-Was this after a reference had heeu ,nale
In Ills examination BY Mullegan to tho letters !!
| A.-No, sir; but bcfure that
Q.-Nhen was TT Al think 1t WAS Tuesday
night. ] a1u uutlcr thu impression, though I
blaine and Alullgan about tile Letters until
! "Wednesday.
Q.-Was there anything sail bctwccp Blaine
untl Muligun about thesc letters Nnti! utter the
ttrst examination llrrcf Al think not, sir,
| Q.-Tlrn the request fro1n Blaine to you to
| gct possession vi thesc letters from Mnllgun
| was utter Mulligan had apukeu 0i the letters in
the frat examtnat!onl A.-fes, l think TINT
Q.-Then yon had better ct,rrert your first
| n.lswerl A.-No; ! shy 1 l:,l Hatlo tic request
of Mnlllgan to give ho'n to mc on Tuesday
St-You ha,l, A.-That was my tlrst request,
Q-Was that after you saw bla!nc3 Al
think It WAS.
Q-When you gaw Blaine, vas II mentioned
between you and BlAno that aiulligan hsul
mentioned by Dlatue that Mu!igau bud thesu
Q.-DIa B!alnc ask you to 70 and get these
lrttcrs A.-rhcre was onc letter That Blalnu
vEHY PARTICULAR Tu get.
Q.-Dl hu or mt ,.sk you to 70 down and get
those letters} A.-ycs.
Q.-Antl the request that ynn made of Multi
gan to return these letters to you as after and
III consequence of the request from, blaine
A.-Yrs.
Q.-State what this letter WINS that Blaine was
especially anxious IL get hotE o! A.--A letter
relating ~ tile Surthcrl Pacific Railway.
t,.-WRs TINT tl.e onc 1,o WIS particularly anx-
fuus to get A.-fcs.
Q.-1iow lid hc kilow that MullIgnn had such
lettcrf AL think Inine may lave uakgd
nc tl.o question whether such letter was
tl,crr, mud I probably told hlul that believed
| there WIS.
Q.--DId you tell him thv contents Ut nny Of
tho other letters that Mulllgan hAti Al do
| not think slAI
Witness sniA Ilc Wns In Atkins ruoIn WHEN
B!ulno refused to ,lcllYer thu lettcrs " Multi
Hun.
Odd Or lid not Mnllgan say tn I,lulnc t4t
! hc llAd gotton thtse letters nj stairs III Ills
| roo,n u!dcr y PROMISE to return thelns Al
/ believe Ele tlhl.
Q,-Dhl blaine deny ur assent to the leclara-
ton of Mulligan that he llMl sattcn tfIu lettcTs
uM,ltr promise 10 returnt A.-IIe said that
| he had thu tcttcra.
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