Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-08
PINNEYS STORY.

By telegraph to the Gold Hill News of last
evening, We have the following statement of
story told by George NJ. Pinney concerning
certain parties known to the politics of Cali
fornia:
San Francisco May THE Chronicle this
morning publishes version of the Pinney
story, occupying some four columns. 1t is
dated Washington, May 9th The gist of it
is to the effect that Pinney, when the failure
of the Bank of California about to precip-
itate his difficulties, on account of large
amounts due the Masonic and Clay street
banks and others on certificates of indebted
ness, put his property in the hands of Billy
Carr, with instructions to settle with the
banks and save what he could from the
wreck, and left the country. His wandering
has been already outlined. Why he left is
not very clearly explained on his own assump-
ton that he had not defrauded the Govern
ment out of a cent, and owed the banks
nothing that he had not assets to cover; but
he leaves the public to infer that he was
induced to leave by Carr and others. Once
he was out of the way, they kept him away
by holding over him a charge of desertion
from the navy, until recently, when on the
accession of Secretary Thompson to the con-
jIOl VI UIlc navy DG pdI uIietI vas SlCdl
ed up He alleges that Secretary Robson
was hand in glove with Carr, Gorham, Sar-
gent, Lagrange, Shannon and the contract
ors ring that Sargent, Gorham and Page
had Robson give Pay Inspector Spalding
permission to employ an additional clerk in
the pay Office SO that Pinney could give his
whole time to politics, stocks, etc. that he
advanced money 20 assist Page i'll his second
election, to purchase newspapers in his dis
tlict, buy votes, etc, charges Page also with
guilty knowled re of other unlawful transac-
tions connected with his second election tina
would oust him from Congress also with the
knowledge of fraudulent mail contracts in his
district charges Lagrange with having rob
bed the extraordinary fund. of the Mint to
the amount of twenty thousand dollars in
sixteen months, besides other speculations.
Lagrange, he says, also understands the
doings of the whisky ring. Pinney also init
ma jes that If necessary can tell something
about affairs at Mare Isl nd, and in the Gus
TOM house. The general purport of the pub
LEGATION is that Carr, the HanscOms, MOnta-
que Jordan and others were robbing the Gov
eminent, while Sargent, Gorham and Page
were defending them in Washington.
The probability is that it will be developed,
before this matter finally fades out of sight,
that the political machine run by Bill
Higgins, Jim Cannon & Co., is behind this
Pinney business. The imputations cast upon
Senator Sargent and Secretary Gorham are
simply preposterous, as events will show. No
man in public life can more fearlessly invite
the very closest scrutiny of his official acts
than Senator Sargent. The same may be
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a man to place himself at the mercy of self
confessed rogue like Pinney. The parties
who have made Pinney their torpedo will, We
predict, discover, before they get through
with him, that the recoil will be vastly more
disastrous to themselves than the explosion
will be to the objects against whom they
sought to direct its effects