The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-03-14
'EEMRsgE.E TESTIMONY
Tennessee EnVeSsigasIss Conn
skaisteP.

ntstee.
report of the Tennessee Invcs-
tigatiPg Committee brings to lighr
SONG fearfully ugly transactions in
! regaslto the issuing aud sale of Ten
nesss bonds, the deb; from which that
States pow SO sorcly cursed. There
is liile doubt but that the whole thing
was afgiuated and conducted IN plum
der Aibery and corruption. Here IS
ou!ye portion Of that report
Tn "pREsENr" TO BRowNLow.
Gen Mabry recalled. Feb Is. 1879,
befon the sub committee, at Knoxville,
ts*ing sworn, deposed further, as
folIpgs
@ Ibid you and r T. Wilson. Col.
q q MEG bee, John r. Branner and
FAoa Galloway, or either of you. or
ell of you and others, pay or make
q ps4ent OF So 000 or any other sum,
+ 49, sso<Sipgui Governor of the
SfSlS. % his wifesor' fanfffy 70 eithcror
alIof hem? II so, please state where,
10 whom. and for what purpose.
a Well, I want to say that have
been examined and dismissed, aud wish
to be excused from answering the ques-
ton, and require you to show ne
your authority to ask ne any question
Q-Y ou are here shown a certified
copy Of House joint resolution No so
and a certified copy of Senate joint
resolution No 24, and the committee,
bg authority and virtue of the power
given in said resolutions, demand an
answer to the foregoing question.
A-Well, IN answer, and / do so
under protest, being compelled 10 do it.
say sc did Some time IN July or
August, 1868, myself and the four
other gentlemen named in yodA ques
ton made a present of ive 81 900 bills
10 Gov Browulow. | rendered the
money to him, and he told me to hand
it toilis wife Thomas II Galloway
deceised, was present when | did this
spIRIrUALIsT CONSULTED.
What induced this present?
A-Myselfand The gentlemen named
wcrein New York. aGd engaged in bad
spe9lafions Some of Us had sold
b0uks short" and desired to depress
,heii price Suits were instituted by
some parties in New York and Nash
vil.eon some natuged bonds. Some
Of u consulted celebrated New York
Spirsaali>t, Madame Mansfield She
toldtus that bonds would 90 down ;
thatthcre would lie trouble in Ten>
nessee. and not to 60 TO Nashville +;
that wo would be arrested bat that
ge 0uld coutrol "O.5 Scratch " (meao :
ing Governor Brownlow) By money
We saw that the Legislature had been
caIa We came TO Knoxville We
had .pecuIa;ed 10 bonds on account Of
Govenor Brownlow. and had made
nearly -, 600 We then determined
70 MAKE the Governor a present Of
- gll furnishing out of our own pri-
& e Naans wHat VIC had gaincd io
81, 600 Speculation for his benefit, and
notified hlm the day before that we
would Galloway aud myself went up
to present it lie was lying on a
lounge, and told US to give it to his
wife; and we did so, as before stated
Q-Did Gov Brownlow know any
thing Of these specuiations in New
! ork for his benefit or did you in any
manner intimate TO him that you had
speculated for his benefit, or did be
and his wife receive il purely as a pres
ent2
Ale never knew anything OF
these speculations, nor did in any
manner intimate to linn about them,
and il is my opinion that 50, 900 was
received purely as present.
Q as this present made in view
of the advice Of the said spiritualist,
and was it made for the purpose OF
ena bling you to control him
Ave were advised by the spirit
uaist that we could control him, aud
we took this way Of doing it, and en-
tered into the spcculations to make
some money for him. We wanted to
quiet him, and took this way of doing
II.
On whose name, or under what
style, was your speculative accounts III
New York for the Governor kept?
Ally recollection IS that it was
kept iu the name Of J A Mabry & Co
but am not positive to this. | know
managed and controlled the business.
Q-We understand you to say that
Wilson, McGhee, Branner, Galloway
md Yourself each furnished $1,000 Of
he $4,000 given TO the Governor
A We each furnished the balance
1ot made in the speculation.
JOHN c. BURcH
Gen y Mobray recalled at Knox
.;ne, February IS, 1879, and deposed
q 5lows:
:. o. Did you at auy time have cor
res spondence, by telegraph or otherwise
wlthany party or parties at Nashville,
aud pay him or them large sum Of
money to manipulate dispatches, etc i,
aud keep you informed in your bond
sPeeul tions and with respect to con
S "ANG * AtEiSidiIUb. SlC, VI an Eth1
OF this nature? II so, when ana with
whom? State all that occurred in this
regard.
Al answer aud say that [ regard
the question as bearing upon private
and personal matters, and decliue to
answer it.
Q-The committee exhibit to you
resolutions heretofore submitted to you
and beg leave to say that the question
does, legitimacly, bear upon the sub
lect embraced il their inquiries, and
an answer is respectfully demanded to
the Question.
A-Well, I answer under protest.
and DO protest: | did have CORES
pondence by letter and telegraph with
a party in Nashville whom | engaged 4,
before | wen, on to New York, to keep
me Informed hv telerraius and bv let