Evening journal., 1896-04-25
CARLlslE,s ANSWER.
The Secretary OF the Treasury Tiles a.
Ahidavit In the Graves Bond Case.

Ahidavit In the Graves Bond Case.
WASHINGTON. April 25.-In the suit
brought hy William Graves in the supreme
court OF the District Of Columbia against
the secretary Of the treasury, in which lie
claims that be wac, through the unlawful
and hostile action of the treasury depart
ment officials, prevented from securing
81, 800, coo of the recent issue OF per cent
bonds, Mr. Carlisle has filed an affidavit
showing his side of the case.
The affidavit charges Graves with with
holding from the court full recital of the
facts and with making wrong impressions
by false recltals and by garbling CORE
spondence.
The main ground Of Graves complaint,
it is stated, is that he did not promptly
receive notice OF the acceptance of his bid
because it was simply directed to him at
New York, and that by reason of this and
the refusal of the secretary to extend the
time for depositing the first instalment Of
gold OF send the bonds to New York so
that they could be delivered simultaneous
ly with the deposit he was wrongfully de-
prived of the benefits OF his contract
This contention is denied by the score
tary.
The affidavit set out that Graves after
he failed to get an extension of time fol
payment and to get the bonds sent to New
York before payment, made second bid
on Feb. Is of 1875 for all bonds that the
secretary might consider in default on
that date, including those awarded him
on his first bid.
No reference to this new bid is made in
his petition.
The most striking feature of the aff
davit is the charge that Graves files as an
70 1,r
a COPY of a letter written by him Feb. ID
to the secretary, but which contains state.
ments which, it is said, were not in the
original letter and omits statements which
were.
The affidavit states: "In addition TO sup
pressing and falsifying material portions
of the history of this transaction, as above
set forth, Graves, in his petition, imposes
upon the court a gai bed letter"
The letter exhibited with the petition
and what purports TO be the original let
ter are printed side by side.
The copy of the original letter given in
the affidavit contains the following:
IL inclose 90 Mr.. Nailor the sealed let
ter from you that you may see because OF
this delay, caused by clerical error,
could not get my gold from the Bank OF
California, 10 whom l referred you, until
l produced the letter of acceptance from
you. Then bonds went down. and l could
not collateral them at the price, and l was
not on the market as a borrower.
Again "DO not allow me to lose my
good name because Of my failure to meet
conditions over which l had no control
viz The drop in values after your notice
came TO hand; but, on the other hand,
give me what you are in position to do,
in justice allow, and believe me-.
Neither of these passages, it Is said, ap-
pears in the letter as it appears in exhibit
J of the petition
All of the charges in the petition that
Graves was treated in anywise differently
from other bidders are denied, as is the
statement that bonds were sent to the
subtreasury at New York for other per-
sons hefnre their dennsits warn mada