The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-15
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, SUNDAY JUN. ~ Ia

At s Which,. wsrs prssea. lowell, Dsslonds. Duba
board VII ahow they syeo| passed Eesol
1 proceed 70 Nav York for funding. At this
special meeting, MI. Baldwin was then in Che
noa Ga os nod eoy ases q
g q full commitIse 70 fund II New YORK. NJ
Speaker Lowell Low and d' pesio1de. Secretary q
State 70 cut the story short, they came
% 70 NeE York gent for B 3ssrs who
Avenue V Hotel. Where q after some pr i'm.
mary conversation, Lieut.. Gov, Antoine
Baldwin stating It was d matter OF great
doubt whether those UGH NerH ba fund
day, and consider the matter IN the meantime
That night. mr.. Baldwin left New York. left
without q quorum, az he said. to break quo
Dor. 1874. On the fifteenth. the other three mem;
bers the Lieutenant a9yeTnoT the Speaker q q
es % nnae
oaa dea g. wes sss and
son. I should state here. was a. myth. There Is
done ee TRay called anohar
the eleventh Ct November. am not certain of
b bs ffe
Baldwin and Gov. Kellogg. Auditor Clinton
having no recollection Of being notified TO at;
made verbal report. that there had been some
funding In New York, without stating what had
been done. There was nothing IN that report
a motion was made that the action Of the COM
That's about tie history Of This attempt 70 fund.
process verb Il was false. stating that they had
destroyed these. vouchers Of s172oOo IN New
York that they had but 100000 OF these vouch-
ces verbal was q fraud L was made 10 here.
Q.-Do you know whether any Of theae y2uc %
ers. alleged to have been DESTROYED In New York.
Al don't know whether they are now. re-
turned some had In my possession 20 the
party got them from those tb mao IN my DOS
Q.-YOu are satisfied the vouchers you nau 10
your possession last summer. pqrportfng to pc
o9n 4 M yak
tion Of them7
A.-Yes. sir.
ties did they give the number Ut the warrants
and the denomtnation Of some that were de-
stroyed In New York?
to some extent, 10 some cases had y list
next refer to the letter OF Mr.. Deslonde,
another member Of the board, then Secretary
Question-were you III New York at the time
of this funding that was done there, or claimed
to have been done there?
Answer was III New York at the time when
never saw any funding.
Q.-You never cav any funding IN New York?
A..No. cir; Y know Hothing about Y: No No
me@bsrs d did iii il. -" 80 aAee' 80 w.
Q-You were not present at the meeting when
IT r1 h at VUhpu T rot huak har In on.
isfAna
Q.-You we're not present there7
room Nara , sa 4 NeT or n n sa nn
matters relating % the funding. and whom II
e a so ea @e e ap sanf
sey I believe. I win not be posit!ye about #.
woad NsM
Ing or the valid known obligations OF the State,
such az bonds b9t when II came , Down A. to cues
AID ii fact there was kind ii panic. M. Bald.
win and myself didn't want to have ANYTHING
to do with II; ] went down to get cigar, and
Lowell sittine III tn han there was fire place
there; they remarked to me that they had
burned some State securities. told them saw
It was paper or not. didn't take any RESPONSE
bility for 1t; didn't want to know anything about
Q.-There was nothing burned?
Al saw. Of course, the destruction OF some
kind Of paper. supposed 1t must be paper
from the residue Of the burning. / believe 1t
not swear. either. to an, thing Of the kind.
ees q nv 9e ores warrants = 0sr'
papers they called vouchers. or something Of
the kind. / supposed them to, BE-, vouchers
legislatlye vopehsrs They ref.laed them say
thing to dO-didn't want to take any action,