The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-07-01

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I In 1879 Henry McComb, of Delaware,
who had been o partner IN all the Pa
ciiic Railroad transactions with Cakes
Ames. brought suit in . Pennsylvania
court against various parties for set
Element of accounts. Among the papers
fled was q letter from Cakes Ames.
stating that he had disposed of certain
shares of the Credit Mobilier stock to
certain persons indicated by initials on
. list, and McComb explained that these
initials indicated certain persons, as
follows: sa @ 81
JIG. Blaine, $4,000; Senator Patterson. 5000;
Senator Wilson, $4,000; 8. Colfax, 5000: Eli
oft, Of Massachusetts, $4,000; Dawes, Of Mas
S20O; bingham and GARFIELD, OF Ohio; SEQ:
aeld and Kelley, of Pennsyivania; Fowler, OF
Atthe meeting of Congress in Decem-s
ber, 1872, on motion OF Mr.. Blaine,
Committee was appointed to examine
and report the facts of the case. OF
this Committee, Judge Poland, OF Yer
mont, was the Chairman. The Com
mittee took full evidence of all the par
ties implicated, and Of other persons.
As the result of their investigation they
reported two resolutions, one for the
expulsion of Oakes Ames and the other
for the expulsion of James Brooks. The
whole testimony in the case, so far as it
related to Mr.. Garfield, was given by
Oakes Ames. The statement Of Oakes
Ames concerning Garfield was brief. 1t
Is as follows: -
Q.-In regard to Mr.. Garfield, state to the
COMMITTEES the details of the transactions be
SiIsa Ssot rot foT
shares share Of the Credit Aobiiier stock, for which !
oWen paw Rsr did von a@1ee with him for thss7
A.-That sgreement was in December. iSe1; or
S; ma. About tsss s%s nh al
them. It WAS al about the same time:
Estate what grew out OF II; A:IMI Gar.
a1G nGs so ss of s mating
S778. In June I received dividend in cash on
Of ssSS. Which paid him. That is ali the trans
action between us. did not deliver to him any
stock before or since. That is the transaction,
By Nj. Ne Mesrrick-The sass which you paid him
was the surplus Of earnings on the stock above
Yes. sir. He never had either the Credit Mo-
bflier stock or Union Pacific Railroad stock.
The only thing he realized from the transaction
Q.EI see on this statement in the account
with General Garfield there Is charge Of $f7
It is interest from the July previous, is it2. A.
o.-zsd the .7gson the credit s,dei. the eighty
pea5 oea1 the $50 s on the ered. side is the
| Q.-And after you had received these two
~ fn sScR ~ snd ineerest SS WRich YOU paid
him? A.-Yes, sir.
oMaou did NOT oGc.ese lee. he aid nothinS about
that.
| Q-Why did he not receive cerfincatei A.
90 not III, nn0w, ,s,,e,nter any conversation be.
| tween YOU and him in the adjustment OF these
accounts2 Al do not.
You In6essoSa .1as ySh sir "ete sns no'1'''
ODD he 30 understand itf Al presume
20; It seems to have gone from ms mino' nov
o..was this the only dealing you had with
him in reference to any stocsS Al & think e;sc 20
RsIir,s6 aeaS stocS $50 on these ten sharesi A.-Yes,
Sir.
oNNUo, az, Genere, nerer re1eiScd IS hui -.
o.-Hss there been any conversation b.
twcsn yes ..d atm IN TsfcfenSNS 90 - SO feeihe
s'OAHas he ever called for iii A.-No. si-.
Q.-Have you ever offered it to hima A.
Nc n.e,, .nx conversation in rels-
ton to III A.-No.
Summed up, the statement Is that
Ames made q memorandum that 81 ,OOO
of this stock in his hands was held fof
G.rf;e,S: r. % that the stock earned 81, s29;
That he naid Garfield SS29-the surplus
alter paving for the stock; that during
the five wears following, though the
stock continued to earn dividends, he
never delivered the stock itself, nor any
!. dividends, to Garfield. and had never
.rv conversat;on whatever with him
my 'u.~ asS;,a e., A,,a..
the t% ste stock s was G.rfeld,s, but was neve,
..lrad 20, nor daliverad thoY,0h fo,
years after it was paying dividends, all
!, If which Ames received and kept te
himself. hi -
Mr.. Garfield's explanation was that
elined: ii % that. "a i'm in want want Of money, he OBJ.
, loan he subsequently, paid. Ames said
he na;d Garfiald ASSo: Garfield said he
, borrowed $500, As Ames kept the
, stock which he said belonged to Gar.
field and all the dividends thereon, and
st C.ssI . 81, IL ~. s,,h;ect there +
} Wltn Uatneio on the sanJecss .nc.S :,
unqIes.,na~ .I .nooa.;n,s s waro confo"nSeS @ III =
~ .a;.J
Ames mino.
, full report OF all the testimony. com
l nsd m"n u ~ MoSonS- soS H xmss T let Afte,
: .. naou - s.e 'Ss.s ~ a.se. - NJ
! Blaine. Mr.. Dawes. Mr.. Scofeld, Mr.
Bingham and Mr.. Kelley, it thus com
mented upon the case OF Garfield:
ma. ,.,.. ,r ,...r, 70 NJ c.rnald =. fo,n,
, BY the Committee, are Identical With the cas- .
ch checr I Tor % SIS. = He He greed gree Win IT. A@ee 5
did not pay for the same MT; Ames receives
the eienty Per SenG as csrt In es,S sl.
solo tnem Lof ,t -. css6 3,yiSe 4,
which together psid the price Of the stock an,
interest," and ieft 6alanGe q Ths cnecs sun y,