The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-20
MuLLIGAN MELANGE.
scANpALous PAPERS sNsAkEo
Mullignn's Revelations In n House Com
mlttec Hooin-Thc plumcd Knight
Sot Aycrsc ton Dirty Deal
How Il Was Done.

of the late lamontcd James
Mulllgan before the House committee,
which investigated the railroad transac-
tons of James O.. blaine. Mr.. Mulligan,
ID will DO remembered, was the private
secretary of Warren Fisher, Jr., with
whom Mr.. Blaine had numerous trans
actions, and In that relation Mullignn
came into the possession of Mr.. Fishers
books and papers, which he was coill-
PEELED by d subpoena duccs tecum To
bring 10 Washington.
4 PAINFUL S"ATEMENr.
Tho day after he came Mr.. Mulligan
appeared before the committee and asked
permission to mnkc 81 painful state
incnt." He said; "Within fifteen
minutes after my arrival In the
city there came n communication
from Mr.. Blaine, inviting Mr. Fisher and
mo up TO his residence; declined 10 go
for the reason that did not wish II said
that / had gone To see Mr.. Blaine;
wanted To come into this committee room
untrammollcd by amy influence; Mr..
Fisher went up 10 Mr.. lilainc's house, or
nj least he So reported TO me, and no told
Mr.. Blaine about certain facts that !
could prove and certain letters that had
got; Mr.. Blaine said that If | should
publish them or that IL this committee
should get hold of them they would ruin
him for life, and wanted To know II
would surrender them; | told him no,
and that would not give them To tho
committee unless IL should turn out that
II was necessary for mo to produce them
after my examination; here, yesterday,
Mr.. Blaine came to the Riggs House and
there had conference with Mr.. Atkins,
Mr.. Fisher and myself; he wanted to
have those letters | had; | declined to
let him see them; he praycd-almost, |
would say, went on his knces-nnd inn
porcd me To think of his six children
and his wife, and that, If the committee
should get hold of this communication,
IL would sink him immediately and ruin
him forever.
THE TELI.-TALE LETTERS.
~ told him | should not give them
10 him; he asked me If would lot him
read them; / said I would If he would
promise me on the word of II gentleman
That he would return them To me; did
let him read them overs he read them
over once and called for them again and
read them over again; he still impor-
tuned me 10 give those papers up; !
declined to do it; | retired TO my
own room and he followed me up
and went over the same history
about his family and implorcd mo To
give them up TO him, and oven contem-
plated suicide; he asked uc II / wanted
10 see his children left in that state, and
he then asked me again If / would not
let him look over those papers consecu-
lively, i lliiu titli 4 N'ld
him would if he would return them to
me; he took the papers, read them all
o,cr, and among them | had u memo
randum that ! had made by way of
synopsis of the letters, and referring To
the numbers of the letters--a synopsis
containing the points of the letters;
had made that memorandum so as to be
able to refer to il here when questioned;
he asked me to let him read the letters,
and / showed him this statement, too;
after he had read them he asked me
what / wanted to do with those papers;
il / wanted to use them; told him !
never wanted to use the papers, and
would not show them to tho committee
unless when i was called upon TO do so;
then he asked me if | would not give
them to him; there was one letter in
particular that he wanted mo
10 give him; / told him that ! would
not do IL, and the only reason would
not do 1t was because ! saw IL stated in
ono evening Of the papers here, the
Star, think, that the Blaine party were
going completely to break down the tes-
timony that had given yesterday; that
they were satisfied about that; said
that / should not publish these letters
unless my testimony. was impeached or
impugned; that was the only reason that
wanted to keep them; but | wanted to
keep them for that purpose; these are
tho facts, gentlemen, and ] leave them
to YOU; If / understand the order under
which this committee has power TO send
for persons and papers, ] want this com"
mitice to get for me those papers; Mr.
Blaine has them, and would not give
them up TO me-"
STATEMENTS OVER MS SIGNATURE.
q. How many letters did you sur
render to Mr.. Blaine? A. There were
fourteen that | had numbered, and
there were about four more In another
IL INN atfrltt Or utit N
letters, and one statement about the
Northern Pacific railroad.
q. Whose statement was that
mean, who made it? \. II came from
Mr.. Blaine; they tie all from Mr.. Blaine,
and under his own signature.
q. Who was present when you first
delivered the letters to Mr.. Blaine to
read on the promise that he would re-
turn them? A. Mr.. Atkins, and i think
Mr.. Fisher was in the room when ] first
gave them To him on tho promise that he
would return them to me. | then re-
tired from that room and he came up to
my room and asked If J would not let
him see them again, and told him had
let him see them once and there was
nothing in them that he had not read
he said he wanted to see them againj
asked him whether, upon the word of n
gentleman, he would give them back to
me, and he said he would. He admitted
to Mr.. Fisher and Mr.. Atkins that the
only thing that made him not give up
the papers to me was the remark that,
il any reports were made where the
veracity ofmy testimony was impugned,
/ should publish these letters; told MIR.
Fisher and Mr.. Atkins that | said that
/ say so now, too.
Bv Mr.. Ashc: What became of the
memoranda that were with these letters?
A. He (Mr. Blainc) has them.
BY the Chairman: Who was present
when YOU gave up the letters To Mr..
Blaine the last time? A. No person ex-
cept he and / he followed me up to my
own room.
@. What time was that? A. | should
say about . o'clock in the afternoon.
q. Upon what evening did you come
to town? A. On Tuesday evening last.
q. When Mr.. Blaine wrote To you or
Mr.. Fisher asking that you and he come
to his room, you did not go? A. No,
sir.
AN INTERVIEW IN BARBER SHOP.
@. Did you have an interview with
Mr.. Blaine before you were summoned
Yesterday? A. Yes; he came to me
when / was getting shaved in the barber
shop.
went back to say would not go up, he
came down; was not in the hotel prob
ably more than half an hour.
q. What occurred between you in
the interview? A. He shook hands
with me and asked If | was summoned;
told him yes and showed him my sum
mons and he read IL; he told me that he
had been advised by parties here that l
was coming on from Boston.
@. Who heard this conversation be-
tween you and Mr.. BlaincY. a. Mr..
Fisher was sitting In the BARRIERS CHAIR;
/ do not know whether he heard II or
not; i was in one BARRIERS char ana Mr..