Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-04-24


haps last week, when | think there were
two days that | worked most of the time
q. Anybody else engaged with you
A. Yes sir
q. Who A. A gentleman by the
name of Bonnithorpe, he is one of the rail
road officials | think
q. What length of time has he been en-
gagged A: He has been there with me
those two days that speak of. / believe
that is all, unless he may have come in
once or twice to look up some particular
item.
O. Have you been engaged on it this
week? A. | cannot tell whether | finish
ed Saturday or Monday.
g. Finished the work that you were
engaged upon? \. Yes sir.
O. What was that A. | was looking
up the credits to the account of j. b. Page
and seeing what they were made up from.
O. You were furnished the data by
the other side to look out a. No
sir; we began with the 3lst. of August,
1883, and took each credit, and where it
indicated that it might possibly have
been railroad funds, made Il copy of the
date and what it was made up of on the
cash book and of each credit.
q. You ran that back how far? A.
About the middle of the year 1877.
y. From August, 1888 to the year 1877
A. Yes sir.
q. Did Mr.. Bunnycombe, or whatever
q. Have you got that statement that
you made up this money of the credits to
Gov. Page? Objected to-
Judge Neazey-We think we will let
you 90 on. Further exceptions by plain
tiffs.
e. In making that examination from Au-
gust, 1888, back to 1877, were you obstruct-
ed or prevented in any way from getting
that information out of these books a.
No sir
q. Had perfect opportunity and means
of dlnqqirlng did you? a: Yes sir,
y. Reference to any of the books that
you wanted to see? a. Yes sir.
y. Did you put that on paper, your in
vestigatiOn, the result that you reached
did you put down on II statement a. Yes
sir.
Q. Who did you deliver that to? A.
/ The railroad company.
q. What one of the RAILROAD com
pany. \. think the gentleman that
was working with me have heard his
name ! don't know how to pronounce it.
q. What did the investigation and
statement of yours cover You have given
me the date, running back from August,
1883, to 1871. Now, what did it comprise,
what did 1t cover? a. Took each credit
from MI Pages account and put it on the
cash book ; first, if it was Il credit marked
as coming from any bank in New York or
Boston, made separate list of those the
and credits and proceeds of notes discount
ed in the National bank of Rutland
q. All ofthe discounts y. We look
ed each one up and where they were his
own "a the Howe Scale company or any
thing except railroad matter we did not
touch them. Ii they happened to be any
thing that might pertain to the railroad
we took Il minute of them.
/ 4. Took all that bore any relation to
the Rutland Railroad company. y. Yes
sir
q. What next? A. We took each
credit which had no memorandum.
/ Z. You mean no designation of what it
related to-. y. Yes sir. And if it was Il
credit from the city it would have the
name of the bank land if others, it would
have dis" We looked at the cash book,
and if there was any chance of its being
railroad money, took minute OF it;
q; If there was any chance that it
could be railroad money you made an en-
try of it A. Yes sir
=. Took off the amount and date, if
that was the case . \. Yes sir.
=. What else a. That is all, | be
lieVe,
.. Would there he anything to get ont
of this book A. Nothing on the credit
side, | guess.
Z. Have you made up any statement of
the debt side. A No sir, except to take
the credits of the Rutland Railroad com
pany, j.. NJ. Haven, treasurer and where
ever there was credit to his account
made by. a check of Pages, we made a
minute of that
e. Then understand the substance of
1t to be, that everything that should be
charged in the way of money that he had
had, going to his credit in your bank, has
been covered ? A. Yes sir
z. And it is only the offset to that
that which should go to the credit of the
account-that being the debit account
has not been entered upon \. Yes sill
u. And that is matter that is left foI
HIM to make out. How long ago did you
deliver that paper A. / don't know
had 1t until have had one or two times
since, trying to look up one or two items
Dut dld not succeed | cannot tell you the
date when we finished it; but | think ii
was the latter part of last week.
y, Then it was deiN cred to them and
subsequently brought to you with the re-
quest TO look up some special items A
some t9lngs that appeared to have gone
INTO the cash items OF the bank; but those
could tell nothing about.
" Have you been prevented or has
any representative of the railroad been
prevented from making the fullest exam
nation IN reference to Gov. Pages ac-
count y. Not since had permission to
go ahead and make up such IL statement
us did make.
" since then you had the fullest OPP
portunlty? A. Yes sir.
e. That you think was about two
weeks ago ? a. Col. Walker, Mr.. Bar
rett and Mr. Baker who were in the court
mouse when they gave me permission, out
i'll the lobby.
Z, You think two weeks ago ? A. May
not have been as long ago as that guess
1t was the first of last week
q. | understand You to say there i,
noIhlng IN the account so far rs you have
been able to discover, yet to pick out in
reference to those matters A. Nothing
IN reference to the credit side of the ac
count.
q. You have not the possession of that
paper? A. No sir
This whole affair is simply the Clement
family's attempt to crush Gov, Page, and
they succeeded in getting the help of the
State of Vermont to do it. 1t is not an at
tempt to vindicate outraged law, or to re
cover railroad money. If they had beer
seeking railroad money they would hav,
hshed in other waters. The public here
abouts, however, seems to have caught