The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-06-03
THE BLAINE INVESTIGATION,
Muliigan COntradicted by Atkins
and Fisher.
More About the Letters.

More ABOUT the Letters.
WASHINGTON, June 2.-The subcommittee
met again this morning. VIM. e. Chandler on
behalf of Mr.. Blaine stated that one of the
counsel before whom Blaine wished to lay the
debatable letters for examination was compell-
ed to wait till this morning for them
to examine the letters. Mr.. Blaine would
come up at the earliest moment and in the
meantime would abide by the action of the
committee whether they should decide to go on
with the examination or adjourn till he could
be present.
Witness Mulligan was served with sum-
mons to appear before the committee investi-
eating the real estate pool of which Mr.. Glover
is chairman. On reaching the committee room
none of the committee were present and the
clerk stated that he was not aware any meeting
was to be held. Messengers were despatched
for Glover and it was ascertained that he was
acting chairman and would be engaged there
till o'clock.
At - o'clock Mr.. Blaine had not arrived at
the Capitol and further postponement took
place till 2 o'clock.
Mr.. Blaine Refuses to Give I'm the LET
The sub-Judciary Committee reassembled
at two o'clock. Great interest was manifest
ed and the committee room was filed with
members OF Congress, newspaper men and 9TH
ers.
mr. huuGOu T6n6W6Q his request 10 MT.
Blaine to present the letters taken from Multi
gan.
Mr.. Blaine recapitulated the statement made
yesterday by Kim in relation to the letters, and
said that he had submitted the letters to emf
nent legal counsel and received from them a
statement which he read. In it Messrs Jere.
miah S. Black and Matt Carpenter, as counsel,
say that they have examined all the letters and
find nothing in them bearing at all upon the
case now pending before the committee and
they advise Mr.. Blaine to assert his rights as
an American citizen and resist to the utmost.
any attempt to take from him any of these pri-
vate letters. They say that the attempt to do
so would be tyrannical and unjust
Mr.. Blaine then informed the committee that
in accordance with this legal advice he declin-
ed to produce the letters or the memorandum of
the contents.
Chairman Hunton then recalled the witness
Mulligan.
MulIigan Again on the Stand.
Mulligan in answer to the Questions of Mr..
Blaine said the letter referred to did not con-
tain any allusion to Tom SCOTS Union Pacific
bonds or the $64, 600. The only bonds witness
knew of going into the bonds of Blaine was
$4,000 which Blaine received on the day of
settlement Sept. 81, 1872,
Elisha Atkins Recalled.
Elisha Atkins was recalled and testified in
answer to a question by Mr.. Blaine that be
was the owner of the Little Rock and Fort
Smith land grant bonds that went to the Union
Pacific Railroad Company. Witness owned
some of the bonds and knew some of the bond.
holders, and Fisher knew some of them, and
witness mentioned that the Union Pacific
Railroad Co. owned Is of the bonds. Witness
could not have said (if Mr.. Mulligan go testi.
fed that Mr.. Blaine's bonds went to the Union
Pacific Railroad Co., because he did not know
anything of the kind.
Witness testified as to what took place at the
Riggs House about the letters in Mullgan's
possession. Mr.. Blaine asked Mr.. Mulligan to
give him the letters, as they were private prop
erty and had no relation to the matter before
the committee. Witness came in as Blaine
was receiving them. Blaine entered the room
of the witness the last time he obtained letters
from Mulligan. Mulligan followed him and
demanded that Blaine return to him the letters
Blaine asked him what he was going to dc
with the letters. to which Mulligan replied he
would publish them if anybody should impeach
his testimony, thus keeping the letters for his
owe purpose.
Blaine asked the witness whether he had any
knowledge before he came here to indicate I'M
friendliness on the part of Mulligan toward
him, to which question witness remarked that
Mulligau apparently labored under sense Of
wrong.
Blaine here said he wanted to establish the
fact that Mulligan came here with malignancy
and Bitterness.
The witness further said that he had had
brief conversations with Mulligan at times, and
that the latter's language left the impression
upon his mind that he was not Blaine's friend.
He had short conversation with Mulligan
three weeks ago in his own Office. He asked
Mulligan how his friend Blaine was getting
along. Mulligan said in general way that he
did not know much of Blaine, and expressed
the opinion that Blaine was not the man for the
Presidential nomination.
In reply to the question by Mr.. Blaine wheth-
or he heard of any reason for Mulligan's not
being friendly to him, witness said Mulligan
thought Blaine did not treat him light in the
settlement of the estate of his blaine 81 broth
er-in-law, lStanwood) Mulligan was STAN
woods confidential clerk, and said that Blaine
went back ON him in the settlement.
The witness in response to question by the
chairman said that he arrived here Monday,
and he did not come in company with Mulligan
and Fisher, though by accident he went to the
same hotel. Recurring to what was said by
Mulligan in the presence of witness about de-
livering up the letters, witness said that Multi
gan's language was very emphatic.
Blaine-Did he not say that he would not
give the letters to God Almighty, or His Faith
er?
Witness-He used language under great ex-
element on that occasion. His language, how.
ever, was usually very different.
Blaine-1 think that's new feature in the
ology.
Witness stated he had known Mullgan since
1865. He never heard anything impeaching his
character for truth and veracity. Last Friday
or Saturday Blaine telegraphed him to come to
will do ne favor" He replied to the tele.
gram, that he did not think it would be well
for him to appear without being summoned.
Blaine then propounded questions to witness
which were answered, the object being to show
that the bonds now in Boston were those which
went from that City to him.
Warren Fisher Re called.
Warren Fisher recalled by Blaine.
Q-Do you recollect ever suggesting to me
in letter that had obtained money through
Thomas A. Scott, by selling Little Rock bonds
to the Union Pacific Railroad?
A-No, sir.
Q-Have you any recollection of ever having
written such thing?
A-No, sir.
Q-Nor of saying any such thing?
A-No, sir.
O. want to know whether, after obtained
the letters from 'Mulligan, 1 said to you in the
presence of Mr.. Atkins, that your title to those
them to you II you wanted to take them?
Al think there were such remarks made.
By the chairman-State what those remarks
were
A-They were what he Mr.. Blaine) said.
O. want you to state them now.
A~Ilo odiu W NAis NluillSdu budt L udQ.
prior right to those letters; that they belonged
to me rather than to Mulligan.
Q-That was said in the presence of Multi
gan?
A-That was said in the presence of Multi
gan.
By Baine-Did not suggest to you that if
you desired those letters I would surrender
them?
Ayes, sir.
Q-And did not you reply that you did not
desire the possession of them?
Al don't think l said that; 1 don't remem-
Der of saying that.
Q-What did you say in response to the sug-
gestion that would give them to you if you
wanted them?
A.-Mulligan said he wouldn't give them up.
Q.-But 1 mean when Mullgan was not
present? OBJECTED to and ruled out)
@. by the chairman-Did you get any tele-
grams from Washington before you left. Boston
Al did.
Q-From whom?
A-From James G. Blaine.
Q-Where are they?
Al don't know that kept them.
Estate whether you have possession of
those telegramS or not?