National Republican., 1881-10-25

hour that should notify him. his stenogmpher,
who could take quick copy thereof. Mr., Wiman
copy OF the contract and begged me to send him
word 70 his place Of business as soon as | ascer-
ieiped whether thc clerk in John Q. Moore &
COS Office could get It. During the fol-
lowing two or three days Mr.. wiman
called at my office couple of times,
nesday, the 18th of october, 1851 called and found
me H. and snid that he had revised the letter for
Mr.. Lord to send to George W. Ballou, and that the
lawyers had re- revised IL, and IL had been very
much modified, but that II would make very
inc paragraph for the newspapers and that, as
soon as IL had been sent to Mr.. Ballou
the Associated Press. He then stated that It
would be necessary, u possible, to obtain the copy
ihe 10th Of Octoberl, as Mr.. Lords assessment
then called for would be due on that day, and II
not paid he would be in default, and then urged
me TO offer the said clerk in John O. Moore & Co.'S
Office larger sum than that already made
the could, previous TO Saturday, obtain the said
Mr.. Wlman then len aud thecvening of this day
sent him note asking him to call at my office
day (Thursday, October is). when believed The
said clerk would have copy Of the contract ready
~ the hour OF four o'clock p. m. on said following
the personal printed card of Mr.. Wimnn, on the
back OF which was written In Mr. Wimau's hand.
writing as follows:
DEAR PLUMB. This Ia my phonographer
SSnnoi S Ia EeI TO you until @ DO What you can with
uliu MI NlmhnA pnOnOgrapner MS services
would not be needed. and he len my Office AZ
4:3 y IN. "a half hour later Mr. wiman came in,
and stated TO him that the copy of the contract
T. / Thought, for $50, the FIRST sum sum he he
mad Offered rs above when he took out
Sio,n o. MS pocket and gave to me three United
states legal tender notes, each of the dcnominn.
Ton Or so, and numbered respectively as follows
32l,1l series of 1874; Y iDOG7. series of 1862
me rs from him to said clerk in the employ Of
John q. Moore 4 Co., whose name was Henry q.
rearing Mr. Wiman then, also in. fulillmcnt of
ehcc pcuned letter US follows:
NEW YoRS, oct. 10, 1881.
MIR Plumb says II may be necessary for you TO
change your location and may want employment
want party, and ify you get out Of cnpioymcht You
may Sonnton me for employment ~ least copper an
ERAsTUs wfMAN.
Upon writing this letter to Mr.. Fearing, Mr.. WI
mar, said that If practicable had better retain
tho letter in my possession, show it to Mr.. Fear
ing, and hold IL In escrow MS IA pledge between
,ncm, for, he said, he was now director of the
was a Western Union matter, but that if
Fearing INSISTED upon holding II he could have
4 H., NJ NE Wiman then stated That he was to leave
y. m. the same evening, aud al(er requesting me
TO get The copy of contract from said Fearing as
Office. then said that might miss him there and
requested that bring IL TO the Grand Central
Depot previous to the departure of the half.past
reach the depot In time previous to the departure
OF said train, and sent II note to Mr.. Wiman,
winch note read as follows:
tPcrsonal1
NEW York Oct. 49, 1881.
DEAR Mn. WIMAS: haveseen Fearing and shown
@ rgy ySgT n5 letter us o Offering , him smgoymSnl lie Is all
psie bnt Insists that, as he stole T. he Is running
been excited by the newspaper talk about this matter
what shall do with the contract when get III
Hastily yours,
Csigncd) BDL PLUMB.
New York Central and Hudson River Rairoad
depot and delivered my note TO him, aud brought
me rom him areply TO the same, which was in tue
handwriting of Mr.. WimOn, and read as follows
DEAR P Give him the $50 alter he has read It over
70 yo1, u yon ma u very favorable to contractors
Keep 4 tll come, or hand il 70 the Gsni 'O' INV
tSighed) E.w.
The general" referred to at the end of said note
understood to be General Eckert, general mana
ger Of the Western Union Telegraph Company, as
we had IN our conversations always referred TO
General ECkert as the " General"
During the morning Of the next day received
from Mr.. Wiman an official dead- head telegrnphic
dispatch via the Western Union Telegraph Com
ioiioSws " ' Jun" 3 l. W. o''0Oer H. 1851 as
Il, NJ. PLUMB, Finh Floor 10 Nassau street, New
:, Better do nothing further until return Monday.
Retain letter
(signed) E.w.
IN hCcoruance with Mr, Wimans request had
taken the copy OF contract which had received
from Henry g.. Fearing, clerk in the Office of said
John q. Moore K Co., To General Thomas r. Eek
ert, who gave me therefor receipt reading as fol-
lows:
Received of d. NJ Plumb the copy of the contract
lcr the construction Of the lines OF the Mutual Union
through Henry o. Fearing. '''''''"
tsigned) THos. 4. Eek ERT.
On this day I sent an answer to Mr.. wiman's
message as follows:
NEW YoRK Oct H. 1891
E; WIMAS, President &c, Montreal, Que;
received contract Delivered TO General EckSrt MS
per your Instructions.
To this dispatch have received no answer
This message from myself to President Wiman was
sent by the Western Union Telegraph Company
Upon delivering the copy Of said contract to GEN
eral Eckert In his office It was read aloud by Mr..
Bates, his assistant, who, besides himself, was
present, and General Eckert and Mr. bates were
both Informed of the manner in which said copy
of ofcontract was obtained byhlr Wiman, and ofihe
amount Of money that hud been paid for the same
by Mr.. Wiman, and of the fact that Mr. Wiman had
also promised the clerk i'll John g. Moore Il Co.'S
ONCE Henry &. Fearing) position with a salary
Eckert and Mr.. Bates suggested that said Fearing
had better reman fpossbie, In the service of said
Iomn onas ~ M sHorS H r. ior al least month or
additionalan information copies Off papers
&c. i was then requested by General Eckert and
Mr. Bates to get from Fearing, II possible inlor-
nation as TO how nybonds of the Mutual Union
Telegraph Company had been issued under its
subscriptions at the present time the names of the
sureues on the bond given by John q. Moore & Co. |
10 the Mutual Union Telegraph Company for the |
carrying out Of their contact and as TO who was
the trustee for holding the bonds of the Mutual |
Union Telegraph Company and the proceeds |
thereof
twas also suggested at this interview, by Gen
efal Eckert and Mr. Bates, that Mr.. Fearing should |
II possible, obtain the original of the con tract now
In hand and let them have II for few hours and |
,hSt ,, they wonid have Photographic copies made
N n "a n,tn
itwould In any way serve their purposes
Afer leaving General Eckert's Office sent TO
MI Bates MS assistant, note reading rs follows:
n0ar NJ p,r N. Y, Oct. II, 1851.
Mr. Fearing Is here In my Office now, and can get
Is now wanted. have missed one OF the three things
(signeD b. M PLUMB.
and received back by same messenger from Mr.
Bates memoran dunn in his handwriting Name |
of trustees, names OF slretes and what stock and
further state that in this matter never In |
tended TO receive and have not received dollar |
IN money OF any compensation whatever from said |
Erastus Wiman, from the Western Union Tele-
graph Company, from tho Mutual Union Teie- |
graph Company, or any one representing any or |
yidual, and that my interest or part |
taken has been 70 show, II 1t would ever |
set forth, ana whlch the parties carrying IL out |
seemed TO think, as had previously been in the |
employ ofthe American Onion Telegraph Com
hiiBHt III tAccullOn, Ana tufthcf,
that am not now, nor have ever been, m the |
employment of the Mutual Union Telegraph /
Company or any of Its officers, or of the firm of |
John q. Moore x Co.
on the following day afer the delivery of the
contract to General EckeTt and the receiut of The
above mentioned telegraphic dispatch flom Erns-
tus Wiman, called at the executive offices of the
Western Union Telegraph Company in New York |
city, and again saw General Thomas r.
Eckert and Mr.. ID. IL. Bates, the gen
eral manager. and assistant general
ierred to the additional sl6j that Mr.. Wiman