The daily gazette., 1880-12-06
WILMINGTON. DEL MONDAY. DECEMBER 6. $780,


time before and he asked Mr.: Myers if
that claim was there and he said no it
was not there. Then he SAID the next |
day he saw it lying upon the table.
The inference was that they were at
tempting to conceal something which
he suddenly discovered? On CROSS
examination found that the next day
Mr.. Myers had showed it to him and
said it had come in in his absence.
Was there any concealment Mr..
Muir with his mind poisoned. came
there resolved to break down that in
stitution and shut its doors. He was
not a sworn officer and he recommend
ed to John r. McFee steps be takon to
close it because he found irregularities.
Did John X. McFee believe himP bee
cause if he did Mr.. McFee has not done
his duty. If he has reasonable cause
to believe that it is fraud his duty is
to shut it up or report it to the Attor-
ney General. John r. McFee saw the
poison in that mans mind and DIS
credited him. He followed the dictates
of his o"n honest conscience. The
officer of this company asked Mr.. Muir
to make thorough examination and
if there was anything wrong they
would like to know it. When press
ed Mr.. Muir to tell me whether in re-
sponse to those repeated requests he
reported anything wrong, all he said
was he thought they were mistaken
about the Dauphin county land and
they ought to have the matter thor
oughly investigated. Another thing
that man deliberately comes here from
Philadelphia, knowing nothing OF VIM.
Bright and DR.. Tantum and throws
out $4,000 of the notes of such men as
VIM. Bright and DR.. Tantum and
John Wood and Mr.. Gustine whom JOS
L. Carpenter tells you are as good as
gold. say to you that the testimony
of this man Muir is utterly unworthy
of credit Mr.. McFee discredited 1t
and threw his recommendation to the
winds. Why? Because he saw there
was something wrong about Mr.. Muir.
And you must take one or the other
horn of the dilemma. Either Muir
was prejudiced and made an improper
recommendation or John r. McFee is
an unfaithful officer and did not do his
duty. McFee has lived in Delaware
i all his life, his head is whitening for
the harvest ; his face speaks the truth
written upon every lineament oft, and
, when it comes to question of credi-
/ bility between John r. McFee and this
| man, we take John r. McFee.
| There are the three Investigations.
s Their own Investigations don't say it
d is fraud they say emphatically eve
S don't say it is a fraud - Joseph L
;. Carpenter, Gregg Chandler, Samuel
y Murphy and Thomas Darlington don't
). say it is fraud. On the contrary Mr..
e Carpenter says it is substantial in
Il stitution, and takes out SIS, 500 of in
+ surance in these Every Evening stock
t holders companies and puts it in this
John r. McFee don't say it is fraud
II and he licensed it, and said emphati-
u cally it is not fraud.
e In that list of $50, 900 of mortgages
u they question $4,000, which leavei
y y $50, 900 clear. Do the mortgages show
. . that they are fraud : Has there beer
, anything in this case to show that they
i were put in there fraudulently
70 Weren't they there from the begin
:, ming, haven't they been there all thu
, time, aren't they there nowe Th'
r. notes were there the notes are ther'
I to-day the assets are there of ever.
" kind, the premium notes are there
IS say the facts taking them as they stant
or before you don't show that this is
rs fraud. On the contrary these fact
IN show conclusively that this institution
n is founded upon just and fair basis
le they are mountains of fact and coul'
Is not be moved by my learned friend
st ten hours of labored legal technical
ne ties and innuendoes The inyesliqa
% tions, Carpenters, McFee's and MI
u Bright's statements show that $3l ,O0
ed of these mortgages were entirely safe
Mt Now then what were not safe Why
IN the Dauphin county mortgages. The
I'd have brought Mr.. Spayd and MI
ID Lance they have brought Mr.. None
US who told you just why he droppe
er them-becanse he found no minerals
Il, he supposed they had minerals an
" Mr.. Lance made an examination b
III found it mountain land-no minerals
10 because he found no minerals he wan
d ed to drop it, and did SO. On eros
,ir examination Mr.. Money said the Ian
Ia- was represented to contain mineral Oh
va and Mr.. Lance's business was to ez
de anime it for such ore, and to report
no and for no other purpose. MIR. Lance
ed and MIR. Moneys testimony go to ths
no point. With Mr.. Moneys connectio
en- with that land have very little con
lid ment to make ; it was while this inst
no tuition was at Delaware City wit
.aI which we have nothing to do exec
ng that we have that mortgage amol
mis- our assets.
ere ICON tiltted on third pdDe,)