Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-06-26

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IS the transaction.
e A. My judgment of the transat
e ton is just as have told you; thel
g is but one thing about it.
+ @. That account has never bee
h repaid to you? You did not SUI
: pose you had any right to it or an
!. claim to it?
: A. No, sir.
e @. You regarded that as none
8 belonging to him after the stoc
: was paid for?
e A. Yes, sir.
@. There were dividends of Unio
: Pacific railroad stock on these tel
: shares? ?
t A. Yes, sir.
: @. Did Gen. Garfield ever receiv
, these?
A. No, sir; never received bu
: 329 dollars.
Q. And that he received as hi
own money?
/ A. l suppose so; itdid not belon,
, to me. L should not have given i
, to him if it had not belonged t,
him.
@. You did not understand it tt
belong to you as a loan-you never
!, called for it and you never received
it back ?
A. No, sir.
Q. Has there been any converse
tion between you and him in refer
ence to the Pacific stock he was en-
titled to?
A, No, sir.
! @. He has never called for it?
A. No.
Q. Have you ever offered it tc
him?
A. No.
| @. Has there been any conversa-
ton in relation to it?
A. No.
@. Has there ever been an con-
versation between you and him
about resembling the purchase of
the ten shares of credit mobilier
stock ? Has there anything been
said to you of its being thrown up
or abandoned or surrendered?
A. No, sir; not until recently.
O. How recently?
A. Since the matter came up.
q. Since this investigation COM
menced /?
A. Yes, sir.
[Some of the later questions had
been put by members of the COM
mittee, and Mr.. Merrick resumed
his questioning by asking:]
@. Did you consider at the COM
mencement of this Investigation
that you held three other dividends
which you say you did not pay to
him in his behalf? Did you regard
yourself as the custodian of these
dividends for him?
A. Yes, sir. He paid for them
as stock, and is entitled to the diyi-
dends.
@. Will the dividends come to
him at any time on his demand?
A. Yes, sir, as soon as this suit is
settled.
@. You say that 329 dollars was
paid to him. How was it paid :?
A. L presume by check on the
some checks filed without any let
ters or initials indicating who they
were for.
@. Have you any correspondence
since this dividend was paid with
him in regard to the matter?
A. / do not know what matter
you refer to.
Q. If you had any correspond
ence between you | would like to
see it. Rs ro
a. / have no copy of it.
@. Have you the original?
a. No, sir. Mr.. Garfield showed
me letter which he said heintend-
ed to inclose with some money sent
me. / did not know who the
money came from. He showed me
a letter which he said he intended
to have put in. l indorsed on the
back of that letter my reply. ]
just turned the letter and wrote
what | wrote on the back of il and
let him have it.
9 @. Your answer indorsed on the
back of the letter, was published in
the newspapers?
A. Yes, sir he published the let
ter / believe. eia /
@. AS published did they CORES
pond with your recollections Of the
papers as written?
A. Yes, sir. 1 wrote it off hasti-
ly. He came to my room and said
he. had been accused of all kinds of
crimes and miSdemeanors. | told
him / had made no such statements
as he represented. He wanted me
to say in writing that had not.
took his letter, which he said he in
tended to have incloSed with the
money, and wrote on the back of it
that [ had made no such state
ment. s HiH
@. The published letters on the
morning of the next day is your
recollection of what occurred ?
A. 1t agrees with my recollection
except that he says he left a letter
for me at the Arlington l never
received that / only saw the let
ter on which Endorsed my answer.
@. Did heinclose the money?
A. Some money came to me in
closed in an envelope which he said
he had sent; / gave it back to him.
~ @. How much money was in the
envelope? ag slaa
A. -Four hundred dollars.
This closed the evidence of Oakes
Ames on the direct transactions
with Gen. Garfield. The following
is the memorandum of this transac-
tion referred to by the witness. and
added to the evidence.
1865. DR..
To ten shares Credit MobilieI, $1,000
Jnneis1To JniSsfSI, cash ~. s25
Total 49, =. sl,s76
1868. Or.
By dividends U. p. r., 81 600 at 50 per.
june Gn9,i ii7@By le dividend collected for ~
your acct, "a .- 900
Total -a.t sl,s7e
The cases of Judge Kelly, of
Pennsylvania, and Mr.. Garfield are
very similar in the evidence, and
committee in their findings detail
the transaction Of Mr.. Kelly and
then, attach it with '.ditto" to Mr..
Garfield. The committee says:
"They can find from the evidence
that in the early par1 of the second
session of the Fortieth Congress, and
probably in December, 1867, Mr.,
Ames agreed with Mr.. Kelly to sell
him ten shares of credit mohilier
stock and interest from July !, 1867.
Mr.. Kelly was not then prepared TO
pay for the stock, and Mr.. Ames
agreed to carry the stock for him
until he could pay for it. On Jan.
3, 1868, there was dividend of 80
per. cent. on credit mobilier stock in
Pacific bonds. Mr.. Ames received
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