New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-04

to pay his debt II the information was secured oun
ningham broker and promoter, %d not conc
ON here, so that Donald who bore witness eAp 80
paid the 300 for nothing 0ynsey saa mt ~ .A' That
was done in order 10 keep wtne,ss accounts al .p
bank straght until after settlement on Vn1 d nad
never paiG witness anything the silver OIL
The examination reverted TO the c0hVeTsa'iV t. me-
Donald had Information of 100000 ounces VI 49,
being purchased by the five banks and brohefaee
the persons for whom the purchases "Gie duc, I
witness mentioned the name on heP To id led
on hi, statement when questioned and again Wanyu
10 give names 10 make his Story Clcd D,a' t
race 10 hermit the names Of any respectable men 70
be given unless witness had other than hcafsa' VS"
Donald. ownbey said, told him that the parties 70
the silver pool had got IN wIangle Iat NJ nv
had got out Of Sqd reiI pSps ST took that method
Of repudating the arrangement with witness; ,nS
silver purchasers sold out at ~ ana "n a45 900
ounces or between $4,000 and $4,000 ne D uc
that he Was TO receive only $3.50; and SAID DC hdu
already received more than that amount. Atom ,ro,,
Ownbcy said he had also received Information" ~
David r. Litter Billy" Hail. assistant cashier OF 1s
Hanover Bank, and j. l. Cunningham OF persons os in
being interested o ,v 5 ps SemcmSc doe but said
that silver 100 when he talked WIN d and
littler assenied and ais" mentioned the canes OF
congressman Ownbey said lie haq No. al.egsi
knowledge of any Confessional silver ePSSul@uO.I
After recess 6wnSey examined win regard to
letter he had written TO stevens ad ihe ts
mOny of stevens reported was subsaHnas3 tha,
rect, except that be ownbey had not st aH had
oG isvSS ha one Western Senator made $4,000
that the least made $1,000 by western hcpic
3e a Re n fSTs i:" ai 4Oo65
sGsether noo Tas bdI GGOOaS o Margin and
lateme eereh he s nGf' based upon
with Donald Jennings Crninga ana ., 4, as
what would have the gains If the pools lad 5Qu
out at the highest price reached me Ti Trs Com
ranv as being i'm any pool. The statement in MI;
evens's publication that the largest pool was one OF
senators and New York capitalists and mat u wa III
teresed 10 The extent Of 100000 ounces was iaSed
by witness principally on statements maze Dy Ltaci
Who said the men were freGuenters of Chambern $
lie had stated to stevens that impscunOue congress
men were permitted to borrow money on thslr ~
carving silver Donald gave him that information:
witness said he could not remember exactly S, ,ne
reading the silver pool article through until ye>day
sisted aI thai the statement was true. lie did tell
not i'm the pool His statement about CuIom Was
from personal knowledge Witness went to Se iI1y@r
purchases and in polite way stated that nnhncr
Of congressman vera Interested senator Sui' Snt
he MIR Cullom) never specuated, ana that ne WOMB
never allow any one TO carry silver Tor nm lIc
Tae Gone oVer carefully item by item and witness
in each said he had made substantially thso S,a
miner as another one Of his inforInant, roar OF
laughter greeted the reply OF witness tlat Ha wa w.
the paragraph had been read saving that the damned
fool Democrats were not wanted for ths wciv nT f
any senator or Representative with regard 70 buynE
or selling silver; and did not believe nc had an! PI
subject Of silver than that contained in tho Donald
letters and kilograms.