Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-10-21


mitfee. alter stormy session. postponed
the further investigation 81 the Union Pa
ci6c railroads Little Rock bonds until rue
next session. July 18th Mr. Bla'nc's Gre
dent.als were presented 10 the senate, tne
matter was dropped, and he became conv,-
lescent. Only the presence OF imnicuia.e
danger was sufficient to keep him In state
OF material prosiratiou.
Last August gentleman " Boston wrote
10 personal friend In Kentucky 10 ootho
from j. Proctor Knott. the chairman oil the
House judiciary Committee OF 1876, some
definite Information as 10 why tho investf.
cation was never resumed. The inquiry
,royoked The following characteristic letter
from Mr.. Knott, now Governor OF Hen.
tucky. tie names being left blank in COM
plianee with the request OF the writer's:
FRANKFORT, September 30. 1885,.
Dear sir,--In reilly 10 yours OF the 81
instant, ipclosiDg q letter from - OF
August Goth, have 10 say that neyersaw
Mulliqan's ncmorundum-book. and have
no idea what has become OF II, nor do
know why the testimony In Blaine's Litfie
Rock and Fort Smith investigation taken
subsequent 10 June 10th was never print
ed. You will remember that the investi-
yaijon was conducted by subcommittee.
and MIR. Lawrence. had nothing - do
with the papers. The investigation was
postponed soon after Mr.. Blaine was sun
struck In Washington and Cincinnati until
the next session at the request OF bis
friends FRYE and Hale, upon the alleged
grounds that he desired TO embark in
short time for Europe, and that, In their
Judgment, q further prosecution OF inquiry
bv the committee would permanently un-
hinge his intellect, II il did not destroy his
life.
thought there was rs mucl probability
q. his coming to an untimelv end from that
cause as there was that he would die OF
sunstrose. confidently expected that the
matter would be resumed next session 81
least. WHY Il was not do not know. i
supposed that all the papers had been re-
turned 10 the fle-room. II thew cannot be
found there. IL Is possible that they may be
in the possession Of the yaudal who chs
selled the figure of OF his chllds tomb
stone. felt no personal interest in the
matter. and paid no further attention to 1t
after exposed his ylllaiEy with regard to
the Caldwell telegram.
am very truly your friend,
j. PROCTOR KNOTT.
II is due TO McssIs. Fisher and Mulligan
az several misconceptions regarding them.
First OF MIR. James MullisaD. He is by no
means the necessiious individual whom The
Blaine organs picture as following their
candidate in the character OF q worthless
adyenturer. He is to-day credited in Bos-
ton M being worth at least Sl5O.000 IN his
own right. This hc has accumulated by
frUgaliiy and shrewd small investments.
He Is, moreover. the trustee OF Warren
Fisher, Sr.'s, estate, valued nj somewhere
in the neighborhood OF $500. 900, and also
OF the estate OF Warren Fishers uncle,
placed at as much more. In both these
cases be Is trustee without bonds
a singular mark Of the high estima-
tjon placed upon his integrity. IL is
acknowledged in all quarters here that his
investment for the estates show rare busi-
ness Judgment. Personally, James Multi
gan can best be described as an "odd
fish, He boards and lodges ut the New
England House, an old-fashiOned hotel on
the corner OF Blackstone and Clinton
streets. Ii seems 10 be the resort OF we'll
to-do country folks and captains OF coast
ing schooners. Physically, Mr.. Muliigan
Is below the medium height. lie is thin
favored, and just such man az Julius
Caesar would have been disincllned 10
make coniidant OF. His head Is small
and round. his eyes piercing, his nose
sharp and pugnacious, bis mouth severe,
thn-lipped, and unforgivlng, and his chin
firm.set and obstinate. That MI. Blame
should have gone on hia knees to such a
man shows bow the smmtest men may iail
TO read physloenomies.
Mr.. Warren Fisher presents remarka-
BILE contrast to Mr.. Muligan. lie probably
H.. &. M IT,
plexion bears ford testimony 10 good liy-
ING and a regular habit OF burgundy for
dinner. But he has not dlssipated look.
His ewes are full and protruding. Only
for these defects Mr.. Fisher would be
Hne-looking, gray-baired man OF over fifty.
lie lives in a richly-furnished house on
Marlborough street, one Of the semi-fash-
ionable streets OF Boston. 1t would be
wholly so but for the presence OF
sipgle.track borse-car line. Mr.. Fisher IL
more than comfortably well of. despite
the fact that he lost heavily in Little Rock
and has not yet obtained his discharge in
bankruptcy. He did not consent to the
publication OF the last lot OF Blaine cor
respondence without long reflection and
frequent consultation with trusted friends.
His consent was finally obtained after he
had submitted the facts TO the Rev. James
Freeman Clarke, who is held in rs high
esteem in Boston rs Robert Collyer was
wont to be in Chicago.
As learned from Mr.. Fisher to-day, and
from the papers IN ease in the Arkansas
courts, his attention was first attracted TO
the Little Rock and Fort Smith railroad by
Caldwell in MAY. 1869. At that time Caid'
well was resident Of Boston, and ne
induced Mr.. Fisher. who was entirely
ignorant OF railway construction, 10
embark in the enterprise by very
much such representations as MIR.
Rlaine made TO his Maine friends.
II was on June Q, 1869, that the con-
tracts for the construction OF the Little
Rock were assigned by d. W. c. Wheeler.
trustee, to Dir. Fisher, who from that
time began to furnish FUNDS to Caldwell to
push the work. Not until October, 1870.
! did Mr.. Fisher visit Little Rock, and then
he discovered that he had been mislea Sy
Caldwell. and, as he plaintiveiy remarks,
\ was .in fact bankrupt through loans OF
money and credit to Caldwell"
II has generally been considered that the
settlement between Blaine and Fisher in
September, 1872. included the return OF all
the correspondence. but Mr.. Fisher to-day
assured your correspondent that no such
return was contemplated. The settlement
related to their money differences entirely,
and was completed by the Interchange OF
receipts. 1t was found that Mr.. Blaine was
owing S3S, 900 10 Mr.. Fisher, and this in
| debiedness was met ynotes. Fisher ana
! Mulligsn were therefore rightfuly and
honorably the possess0rs OF Mr.. Blaine
correspondence.