, 1877-12-27
Financial Operations Of o Dead-Beat with
Great Expectations,


young nlan namel
0EoH0B cooKE,
who went With him to New Orleans: Cooke
bad business OF bis own. He paid the expenses
Of both, and the witneas eavs bis noto for thd
amount. Cooke got his note, Endorsed 1t, and
borrowed the money. The amount WAS about
$4,000 or $3,000. CookI novcr lent him as n,uct,
~ gil. COO from tlme to time. The witncss, In
fact, never owed Cooke anything. The balance, ,ho
believed, was In bis favor. lie never owed
my other man named Cooks $1,000 that ho
was .auare of.s
Q.--DLd you, IN
TOUR PETITION or BANKRUPTCY,
put him down as creditor for 5000 and swear
Jou owed him tint amount
Al don't think did.
Q--Did you not give him your promtssory
note, or notes, for upward Of $10,o0o1
Al am pretty positive did not.
Q.-DM you ever promise to pny Him over
$1,000 for what You owed him, or what be
claimed you owed hitnl
Al am not certain about It.
Q.-Do you not rccollcct that th.t 10 90
Al recol!eet that thati so.
Mr.. Cllntou-1hat answcts It,
The witncss was sskc,1 whether he bad not
BORROWED MONEY FROM HIS QUESTS
after entertaining thtni. Flu denied, except In
the casc Ut ONO man whom be wanted to ret rid
OF. He borrowed from him couple Of hundred
doliars. lie nuvcr patti him back ILaugh,cr,l
lie lid not borrow from any other stranrcr,.
but might have borrowed money from 1rfcuils
In Hartford. Tho witness mentioned sey-
cral PERSONS from whom ho said
lie did not think that ho had tried to borrow
money, but his answers were not absolute d.
n!als, except in tho caso Of Senator Dixou. lie
Can ovi"w =, s,rata nua tr.eu Ess 10 potfo" ltom
in thrco years past, ho had borrowed a, much rs
&1oo
~, IT,, .,,,.,,,,,''e rnoa u, Dn: i,ssLnr:
,t,h, nsr.,.on.t% .hn. ea ''. sa"e " ~. Alna'ey
'"'eas atRfesa1e 'naE n1hoant' Ito believed he
owed hin TINT amount now. lie borrowed
about 500 from Otis W, Booth. aon.fn.
tnv lntroilncc., tn h,r, IT, ~ W
.s.,s..N ALL ~, t'e ola not
leeonse. R'',nS 'osepn fitzpatrick q check On
. pana III Fn'iaoelpha IN Which be had no
but
nv see1no a ,.Iv,lr ~ ,-o,,,i..l'.,,' -.
:. ~ p.on7SosJ note WIN h!s
na'lo ~ IL. ne haa gwen ehecks on bunk
where Ills checks wore paid. lie had alto given
achcek ou bank whero he hal TO ACCOUNT
Az Az meyer nea a regular bank accouut iu Lis
!itc. 1e hat a'l arrangement With banks 10
20 could not soy how many times
ho had made such an arrangement. Tl.s ar
rangcnsne was undo subsequent to 1ruwlug tic
GaeeK, ae 4ept|sltisK Tue money 1Ur !ts payment.
14c alu not think hn had Etrcn any checks on thu
bahRs slhce Ao Won't through bankruptcy. TllCru
werc tousas't!s VI easos where ha did not try to
bolf0T nnnoy "hiel
Hs THOUGHT ns MIGHT HAVE PROCURED.
~ oo9to@su eefY seldGnl after Ills discharge
af0 few oaakFapsy tops9a 15e de,,,a eorr9we caiy
royca from him 81, 600 Of $4,000. Ills vic
ilaa borrowed nonsy S ft9m Mr. urcc!cy fur tho
payment y' o. her ollla; lie let her have $a00.
edEe. ae could not g!yo tho tcrms OF the note.
.se ~as Tn wdttte w hs nv xis Or tae wltness and
obligation to pay It.
x,ttn4.. .o,a ~ ~ h,a III ~, lat Msa asa TEAMS
So0 S year. TnsFo ha.l been ycats ouside4 thls
!ast ole @ 10 which hs had not lost 5000
y n ogamniig n11 =, ~ ~ la n9t LOST le believed,
sioMv ~ Ms Wtoe il!e' During tae past four
year Ha
DID NOT KNOW THAT III HAD LIVED OK HIS
iScoMa
asah siar 70 IT, az tn1 mS Of hs
from what hs fande in buancs&, lo hau not lad
an incnnle amounting 10 as nuci. a. t350O
year.
Tho witness Was no1t asked whether tl,cre
NUS any city tn tho United statea In which hy
taa NOT borrowed noasy aud uot paid il, and
ansE cred TINT thesu wGra aayeral. liz could
Gull to mind many In which ha had borrowed
money and not paid 1t. Tbs counsel mcntIuncii
HATCH or TOWNS
In Connecticut tn Which the witness admitted
he bud borrowed hluuey and nut 'Teturuul It.
lie llnl a1so borrowed tn Boston and Iittst,ld,
and u Providence, Hheru he borrowed money
frDul physician, Us. Miller, 10 ganble
with. Tho money for which Dr..
Miller was put down in lis
1le believed Il was for fees a. q physician.
Tho counsel took the Wltness back to several
at NJ. IL Ann street withiu tl,p past IVA yenrss
but had not, ha said, galublcl at euY plsea wiih
tn year anu half.
the uoHRofylao HINTS
OF the wltnrsa wure returned to. and hs sid
that he hal borrowed moncY which be ind nal
repaid at Utlca, buffalo, Chicago. Ht. In,ts'
he owed an. Tarry frnfr ssi i1,n x
eaU,0oU. That, l1o 1aid. VA inciudeti In thr
$l00, ,0Nl Vt which 49 pstiuatsd hfs debt. At ths
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