Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-09-30
THEi FACTS.
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SpeCinciI Y " mai tie laCtS constituting IIl> |
charge are, and rs evidence IN support oi
various facts which might be included uu- !
der this general charge may he July con
sidered and commented upon under more
specific charges hereafter considered, your
committee does not now do 50.
Supplemental Charge /. This in the
words OF the charge IS: THAT tile trustees
OF the university, named as Prince, Fiske,
Thornton, Seligman Spiegelberg Gilders-
leeve, With H. y. Ltdd, q congregational
minister, at their head, encouraging them,
were knitting and robbng Mr. Honghton,
the largest benefaCtor of the university"
1t is Admitted that this charge relates
to certain land transactions in Santa Fe
i'll which Mr.. Ladd Cod rs the agent OF
Mr. Houghton, resident OF Boston,
Mass.
70 this charge Mr.. Hood files in his
written answer an unqualified denial,
That the statement ii made as to any
of the trustees was and is false is shown
by tile testimony under oath OF Gov
Prince, and Messrs. Selgman, Fiske,
Ladd, Gildersleeve, ic OK, Gray and
Fisher. Gov Prince declares under oath
that he has never had any dealings di-
corning the Houghton land transactions
and no knowled:e OF any association OF
Mr., Ladd with any person forshe purpose
OF robbng or lnjnling Mr.. tloughton. Mr..
t ske in his sworn statement denies the
truth Of thee barge 50 lar as it relates to
him personally, and states that he does
not know OF any combination or assocla-
ton Tor the purpose OF robbing or knlllng
Mr.. Houghton and does not believe any
such ever existed, aud that the money
paid to him for his services III examining
titles for MIR. rlouglIton was but little
more than one half What such services
were worth. TO the same effect is the tes-
timony OF Mr. Seligman, who testities
among other things that the profits on
sales made through him to Mr. Hough-
ton was but about 10 per cent, which,
when the experience i'll ana facilities OF
Mr.. SeliIman Tor making such purchases
are considered, is not by any means
large profit and indeed is Il small profit in
such transactions where the purchases
ere, as many OF them were i'll the HOugh-
ton purchase. OF small holdings. Without
attempting to mention all the testimony
before your committee rs to the truth or
falsity OF this charge, your committee
adds that the sworn testimony OF the wit
nesses mentioned showing the moderate
profit made, the refusal OF Mr.. Ladd to
accept from Mr.. Seligman any part OF
such profit made by Mr.. Sellgman with
out first obtaining the consent Of Mr.,
Houghton; the t, stimony of dlslnterested
parties as to what other persons paid for
similar land at the time of Mr., Ladd's
purchases for Mr.. Houghton; the &C
counts between Mr. Ladd and Mr. Hough
ton as to these land purchases, and the
further fact disclosed by the testimony
that the greater part OF the purchases
made for Mr.. Houghton by MIR, Ladd
were so made under the immediate direc-
ton of Mr. HOughton, and the purchase
price thereof paid by Mr.. Houghton di-
rect TO the vendors without passing
through the hands OF Mr.. Ladd, together
with the fact that in all this controversy
Mr.. Huughton has never complained, 50
far rs appears by the papers before us,
but has anicably settled the accounts pre-
sented by Laid i'll the matter; all have
weight in leading your committee to the
conclusion that Mr.. Houghton Was not
robbed, or in the words of the charge,
"knifed" by any one as 10 the transact
tons II enioned, and especially not by
any member of the board OF trustees oil
the university named IN the charge under
consideration.
As to whether or not Mr.. Hood made
such false statements as charged there is
no substantial conflict in the testimony.
Mr.. Ladd states under oath positively
that Mr.. Hood did make those false and
&C ln.ialous statements at the time and
place az charged, and in aid of his sworn
s,aemen5 he produces memorandum in
writing made at the time and place when
and where the words Of Mr.. Hood were
uttered. Gov. Prince also testified under
oath that having learned that MIR. Hood
bad declare that lie was actively inter
ested in making money out of Mr.. HDuLh-
ton he questioned Mr.. Hood relative
thereto; that Mr., Hood did not deny the
making oil such statements, but attempted
to excuse their utterance by declaring he
had received such Information from the
Rev. DR.. Bliss; that thereupon he Gov
Prince wrote to the Rev. Dr. Bliss Oh the
subject, and in reply the .eto Mr.. Bliss
sent pointed denial OF the truth OF the
statement OF Mr.. Hood, and in this con-
nection it will be remembered that when
Gov. Prince related these facts and pro-
duced DR.. Bliss letter in the presence OF
Mr.. Hood at q recent meeting of your
board Mr. Hood attempted neither excuse
nor denial Of any single word then stated
by Gov. Prince.
In addition to the evidence and exhibits
referred to concerning this charge your
committee has before it Il letter from the
Rev. Jesse II. Jones, one Of the Middle
sex South ASSOCIATION, before whom the
statement charged to have been made by
Mr.. Hood WAS given, III which lie states
as to language charged to have been used
that such was in rough language what
was told us, but as to the exact language
! neither affirm nor deny"
Thus the testimony stood when these
charges were referred to your former COM
mitee, composed the Revs. VIM. Hayes
Ward, Jos. L. Roy, Simeon Gilbert and
Mr.. W. T. Thornton.
Subsequently, i'll view of the report
dated June 10, 1889, and the request OF
Mr.. Hood for further time to produce fur
ther evidence III rebuttal Of some of the
findings Of that Committee, your board
gave such further time, and Mr.. Hood has
under that authority submitted II number
OF lie tiers bearing upon this charge, which
will now he reviewed.
These letters are all addressed to Mr.
Hood ani are all very evidently written
at the solicitation OF himself or friends to
aid Mr.. Hood in this controversy, The
first of them is from the same Mr.. Jones
whose statement confrmatory of this
charge has already been referred to. 1t
commences by declaring the writer used
great caution in his previous letter,
which was addressed to Mr.. Ladd, ex-
presses doubts as to what that letter con-
tanned aud admits in the following sug-
gestive words that the phrase knit
ing and robbing" was used by Mr..
Hood;