New-York tribune., 1891-02-07
CASHIER DONALD DENIES 1T ALL
owNBEY's TESTIMONY FLATLY CoNTRAD1CTED
AT ALL POINTS.

AT ALL POINTS.
Washington Feb. (speciaD.-Only one Witness
Cashier Donald Of the Hanover National Bank OF New
York. was examined by the silverpool" committee
today Mr.. Donald's denomination was careiul anu
thorough and his replies to the questions asked were
apparently frank and straightforward. HIS teSumohJ
fatty contradicted that of Ownbey, the Noc'u o'P
italist7 on every point in respect to whlch 'he i"
had testified that Mr. Donald had Informed MIN '""'
he was in a silver "deal in which senators ana hep-
resentatyes were concerned 1t was made GEAR tidt
~ Ownbey knew no more about silver speculatlohs
than he found out from Donald he knew nothing at
ALL In fact. Ownbey seems TO have been compeley
eliminated as a factor in the pending lnVesueauoi'
and the committee will now be able 10 deVo'e al i9
time and energy efforts to discover what o'er SUI
ators and Representatives besides Mcsrs cameron anu
Tayor did speculate In silver and the time ana nature
-. those snoculat,ons II is extremely doubtful whether
the inoniry which the committee proposes To MAKE Ill
New York CITY next week will throw any adultoha'
light on the subject. AS has been repeatedly s'seu -
tbeee dispatcbes there is only way by whlch the
committee can get all the facts and that Is 10 eAa"0
each Senator and Representative under oa'h'
Mr. Donald today denied absolutely ownDeS : su''0
rorts NJ an arrangement with witness by which OWL
hoy was 10 receive share OF the prohls i'll siIN0'
specuation In consideration OF informauon' o"Ho7S
hal asked the witness to carry silver ior MIN vi
margin and the witness had absolutely rcluseu "
do So He also denied all the statements "a
that Congressmen interested in silver speca''o'
and further declared that he had never had silver
transaction in his life. Tho witnesS had hoU 'Ho
srchtast interest in the Silver bill except as 10 Ne
s53 600 900 National Bank redemption clause anu
the making OF silver certificates legal tehuer' 50
that they could form part OF the banks reserve
ua tes,ifed that or day Ownbey was IN MS ONCE
and saw q senate envelope. Ownbey eyed anu
remarked: al know the handwriting. II IS tlat oi
The secretary OF so and So" witness dd ho' say
whose writing it was, but did say to OwhDey t'a'
- he dared ask the Senator he would tell witness
all about tile silver bill The witness eApiaiheu MS
statement to Ownbey by saying that he had previously
asked the Senator several questions ana du ho' TIL ri
IiIo taJnc up his time with further inquiries iihs
was in June. 49, -. oo-o -, ,ho aroornt the
,,a;,.r ad; Rank through witness had paid Ownoey
mos Gov information regarding the silver DH @SOo
,nnra was bv direction Of a North Carolina BANK COT
reonondent for whom Ownbey had Done some selMHCc 49,
I'D through whom the witness met Ownoey ana tleIc
,vnre S0me smaller amounts paid As loans anu 20. 20
nenses The principal thing Ownbey sent Wltner5 i Ma
printed copy mot written one) OF ihe oileii,.. .
Silver hin Ownbey never claimed any sha!e ~ az, az
silver profits from witness and there was 10 u'Iui'
hetween them when they came TO settle up. ~, ,..n
To Mr. Dngley the witness stated thaJ the le'to'
fnm a senator of which he had testihed dld nOI r.
late IN speculation but was response 10 leqnugn'
for information TO the progress OF the SlNr pm
Ills testimony general and speclhc uelld vi III
he s1byantiA points of Ownbcys testimony.