New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-07
COLONEL PELTON'S STORY
Continued from Third Page.

understand any Thing about T. A.. 49,. ,,,dorstood
O--Didu't you suppose az tHe uu'o tne' UNIV
az i aid not CONSIDER IT, .,.,,
o-Ddu't you suppose your corresroI1ho'S ou heran
IN taIk about $4,000 to SSOo00l A-lh3t was ,ntii
own matter. II they were Wiling 10 lake ID! s'"''
tpdn't Won think it singular II they were talking
ahoat Won ndivT"9g f5i didn't stTsc my attention
O-Yon Thought they had no douht OF our r1 orc
20 out and gct such sans at any uulV' - ANY w.
Wiling to take he risk. $50 T., ,,o,
"STn thought thai they were willing 10 rely upon
the National Committee Al doh h"o" "''' '"''
III they thought you were acting on voHr own do1 re-
spOnsibhty, how DO You account iVr II -
account for IT, don't Try to.
MONEY FOR THE BALTIMORE BARGAIN
n Won had given Mr.. Weed To understand that you
1crc going to BALTIMORE with property IN th'ee pacAS
had von prior to your departure 10 that placer A.
don't rccclect that sand woud have the property ID
three packs,
o-You recollcct his asking you 10 put up part ID
three packages FOR convenience AYES, SIR.
O-You rccollect answering that you did IT, III gen
.raI FERNS don't youi Am general terms, but not III
specific terms.
When Won called for Mr. Cooper, and wanted to
SOC him IN regard to going South It on account oil
II being sunday YOU only cdlcdon ana o' n'
res Of thcml Al did not care TO see anybody eso
on d not carly ont Your Intention of seeing the
committee this $4,000 BUSINESS A-No' OH '""'
oIOn What day did you carry 1t out A-Not at all
The ma ter fcll Through the next day. 49,, -s..o
CcSmifc, or Privcccs and Elections in Januaryle77
VIZ & have brought that work with YOU have youl
Nh MI Won kiudly turn to page ola IEcadnCl
HO-WaS there - dispatch shown 10 yOu. or have you
sry knowledge Of q dispatch III which the qne(-
whether he was at liberty pay $4,000 FOR an Liec,
tolsl vo:cl Al don't fsmInbcr any sucH 'N'"e'
C-Thcrc Seem. to been Offer for an electoral
vote. Where wasui A-Wnat 90 Won mean ,St y, weed
Ii Returning Board can be procured absoln'eS uv-
p S- Gy c innc Is iha true or not AThat
tIuc ms lar a. Mr. Weed concerned entirely dld h"t
Gnd[rsSnG as TO Si lf Mr Weed d ySH know
O-icfc is the question Was dispatch shown Won,
o or Was a' ASKED Nv nan in south Carolina
whether he was at merry 10 pay jF oo,UUV t ipi
dispach Nh weed sent TO you on the l3h day OF NO
Vembcrl Al took that to be an ehtieiy 1ut ~
thing from what take II to be- mtenueolI 10 IT,
70 mat 0ncstIon exactly Described the proposition
Nj we'd iesdcto yoni Al don't know whether it
does or not This dispatch about $4,000 IS an
swcrcd refer To TIE question immediately preceding II
you separate them and do not make NY answer the
Ono; the previous question is, "Wis dispatch
shown to YOU 10y ANYBODY sent hy ne ptcstht pI ~
Charottcyillc and Augusta troa3 49, il'lh o,,
Then follows the question, Wa Gisla'ch sho"H you"
etc. etc.' . oh, ,. ~.,, ain l,,oyr n
ht time az 81, patch Offering 70 sell the electoral N"'e
Tor $50 OOOi A.-Ihat Iptch was bcioi" the Return
' Is mol nat question an exact description Of The
transaction recorded there in M TRIBI NEi No.
C."Wss there anything Of that kind prc.'nlcd to
yonl A.Np. sir; that leici5 again to lhe question VI
ThS M Was nothing Of the kird A-Thi5 re
o-W hcIcsloufs do you get that Al got that he
cause on TINS cXIn!l 'lI1h IL was Sl"hrH, a., "'' 4
SOM, ~ tuc.c people ol inns tnlnS rs cIn done.
the question was asAed ateI the question aS 10 inc he-
turning Board.
CONFRONTED WITH PREVIOUS ANSWERS
Officiating furtherJ 90 Was there anything of
,hat Kind presented To youI Al don't remember any
such thing.
"Q-Do you think there was not' Al don't re-
member any such thing.
"O-If there Was would y1u remember it, A.-ThcTe
were suggestions, OF that kind made different ways.
"o-nhom were they made by ! Al don't remember
tny particular person MAKING them"
Q-Didn't You remember Mr.. Weed at that timer A
MI Weed was not buying an olcctor Nj, weed came
away from there in ten or fifteen days.
Q-Brt he trying 10, ana would have donelt II
Won had not rather gone back on Lin A.-No don't
know that
O. a;eadncl-"Q -Do you remember whom these
suggestion came from A.Eo, sir, don't remember
any particular one That g. you had sort ofcoufuScd
idea ~ some one but It didn't shape it-tf into Mr.
weed did IT, At that moment A.-N0. sT.
-Doyuuuot remember Whotl thOsr suggestions
trnal one You never Thought of Mr.. wed at tlat
tmcl Ale was not dong anything with TINS at that
0-You never thought OF Mr.. weed on that occasion
ot AN AZ mi. time. when Won were tcs'iNlH-8 Alt
Ms- an entirely different NUil It,.
UEYou we're not t,IrkI1-. of NJ weed IT that time
A.No ,ir. presume thought Of hun Wien saw him
q -Iou ild not nave MuI 10 mind in connection with
ths lnettcrl A-NOt Ia connection "l,h buy ing eject
or eoursc, yon had him IN mind You would have
Morton tnc truth Al Mr. Nccd hHd been dt tiiS
work, but hc not
came from Al don't remember on ana uol thihh q"
.ir Weed tHe Uut If you had supposed fir Norton had
io,rd inns transaction, woudu't Won't A.-Mr weed
Wa doing nothing ct tnat KIND a. tntt tlmc. ..
tint If YOU had supposed Mr.. Morton was referring
10 tni- You would hay e answered unhiniIyi A-G"N-
Morton did ASK me about MI weed ID another
Q-Rcpcatcd A.-Propahly.
such thug; don't inner any particular person;
don't I,ncnohr amy lTttculIr one You were iot N
tentioua.y lodging tie Governor IN any Wayf A-No,
Q.-You were not saving " G!on't remember 50 when
yoS, dld remember. were y"ut A-No'sir
O.-Hcrc another one 249 page. ,
y ;Ac ,nai.man-I am asking yon IN regard 20 Sonth
Soul ,lius Al don't remember That here "da any
dI,t lici proposition aDout south Carolina
Q.-You did not have tins proposition IN your H M
at that time did vou when You were tcSlhA luE-lhS
1874 Al understood aucut this evidence, put not IN
reg nd 40 buy Iu5 ccc,Or Nicr the Board m't ah"
"a IL I, ,eu Did yon get letter from AZ
Suhtn Weed While down there IN reference I" getting
Con.t rcIIcuIrr getting amy such letter" Wa, M.
Suitn Weed ~ South Carolina after this transaction
which took place between y"u and hni-or attempted
q tna., Won, dci.tool Inc question 10 refer 10
th' in, NIr ~uit weed actually tDcrc, didn't your
A-No.sr Iddut understand Il to refer 10 any par
o. course a letter from Mr. Smith weed from
South Carolina would be- while he was thcref Al
IHcn When be asked ven il you got a letter from
Nj smith Weed down iu south Carolina d reference q"
Ec,uu vote from coloTed eiotior lod answered Won
tli NOT get amy letter D't yon tank To yourself
II wa letter, but telegram Al answered We
INV You seen a dieratcni Al don't remember
OF Returning E1lrd can he procured absolutely,
viii you depost -,1""O, ci,! 1oU recover iA'l as