The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-12-22


think signed the name al CD. Vanderbilt.
q Do you know about what difference there ~ oe-
tween your age that OF William Vanderoits
eldest son. CorneIusf A. No sir; have never kept
track OF the age Of his eldest son there must De Ut
teen sixteen years difference.
O. Do YOU xnow Of a debt contracted in respect 10
which fraud was charged and an oracr OF arrest
issued. and an officer went up TO arrest MIN, Coi
ncus Vanderbilt was the name IN which Tue dept was
contractedY A. don't know anything ABOUT mat
know that he has falsely signed his name since nc mas
q DO you say that Cornelius Vanderbilt signed his
name falsely? A. say that his name was Cornelius
vanderbilt and so was mine.
O DO you know that he had no middle namcY A.
don't know that he had no middle name: know
that ho christencd Cornelius vanderbilt, Jr
HORACE GREELEY AGAIN.
The witness was here asked IN reference to the
Horace Greeley claim ana he said that at the time o.
his bankruptcy Mr. Greeley made him present Of all
he owed HIM aud returned him tho notes; witness
wrote Mr. Greeley aetter at tho time returning MN
liabilities.
Mr. Clinton produced list OF these liabilities and
said they footed up $50. 725 S.
Witness said that MIR. Greeley lent his wife, after
the bankruptcy proceedings, few thousand dollars;
peIore MI Greeley surrendered the notes witness
thought he owed MIN about $40, 900 or $50, 900.
GAMBLING AND GAMBLERS.
y Was not great part or this Indebtedness caused
by gambln.s A. No, sir; only q lew thousand dol
lars--a mere nominal sum.
q Did you ever lose as much as 81 900 IN gambling
at ono time A. 1 don't think | did.
q Do you state that you ever lost more than $500
a. tuner A. don't recollcct much about It; / rec.
olect played cards occasionally.
2 For the last four years before your father died
aa you alloy any gamblers 70 draw your monthly
gamblersi A. No; never assigned II Tor that pur-
pose.
year previous to his death, did you permit gambler
or gam 6lers TO draw your monthly ALTO ~anco from Mr.
Wnrdell, his clerkY A. think did.
q Did you assign 1t during the year preceding your
fathers sicknessY A. think aid, two or three
times.
O. Was It 10 person VINO was professional
gambler A. don't know that u was.
O Had you ganoled IN his help A. had gambled
years before IN places whore had seen him in.
Daily.
q Where was his gam bling place at that time? A.
don't know that he had any he lived up Broadway,
somewhere nour Fourteenth street; the number Is IN
the neghborhood OF $40.
a. Do you know whether any gam bling was carried
thereY A. / don't know.
q Has there been any lime, within tho last thirty
one year elapsed that you did not gamble IN gambling
hells, a. Yes sir; over three years. :, ,.,
A. don't recollect that
@ Whom was the last time you gambcd In aplace
kept by George Beorsy A. think In 1868
q. Wero you there in 1869, 1870 ana 1871? A.
think IL was some time before.
Q. Where Is Beers place? A. Corner OF Thirteenth
street and University place.
q. Do you remember, when you lost, going into fits,
30 That you did not pay? a. l don't lecollect any
O. Did you 90 into these opilcptc fits or spasms at
Beers placer A. don't remember that
o. How much did you speculate or risk or put up
A. You seem 10 understand tho business pretty well
perhaps you Will explain what you moan, don't un-
derstand.
q How much did you risk at Beers placcs A.
Perhaps 500 or $500
O. bid you pawn your WHO'S Jewels to obtain
money to gamble wuhY A. don't know that did
Tor that purpose.
q Did you pawn your wife's jewels and other vau
aplesY A. have been IN debt very oiten AMI she
has requested 10 take her ewelry 10 pay debts ia
Hartford
O. Were not your wife's jewels taken out OF pawn
with money advanced by your relatives that she
night nave thenH A. l think that took place only
once; l don't recolect any otnor tiipc.
q. DO you remember when your brother George
diclY A. DO.
ongcd to HIM wore gwen 10 your A. They wore given
me by my mother.
q. DID you pawn them TO raise money 10 gamble
wilhY A. | pawncd them to raise money, nnd found
ana have never been able get Them since; he re-
deemed thom and promised to give them TO mo.
(Lauehter)
Q. Were you charged with taking gold cup from
taking that 10 pawn A. don't know that was.
O. DID you 90 soY A. don't think did.
Did you not 60 there secretly nnd tnkc that cup
A. don't think ever did; have heard II NJ one Ut
DIR. Linsy's stories
30 you know George Thompson, generally known
as Jackscy Tn0mpsouY A. think &c.
q How long have you known himY A. Ever since
fathers death.
q Did you borrow money OF himP A. He says l
did; he says that borrowed money from him some
twenty years ago. that la hed my noto Tor II
tod hin II he would bring my note would pay
II; ne never did bring II
Aller answering somo questions In reference to
gambling and persons he had met ut No. Barclay
street tho crOss-exami nation was adjourned until
Wednesday morning, at eleven O'Clock.
AT the close oil Inc proceedings certain Jays lor mo
further tearing OF this case were entered tho
calendar commencing from the 18th Vi uary 10
the 18th OF April next