The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06
Often Advanced Tt,nds&for Com
pany's Bust 'il,!' .;.s Il
&.5 ness. @ y a a 3E
CONSIDERED HIS 4. \. ~
SERVICES Vll UABL E.
Got All He Gould, Bus. Didn't
Think It Was Vas. Such u. \ q Large
Amount asst: IS !. Nov iy,' Gone
tended Majeor Martin Dad
Has:no Further State
III ment to$Make ;.3i "a sF2


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Captain Andrew Pizzlni, Jr., was seen
at his home last Mig ht. and he gAveSout
a most Interesting statement concerning
the pa per which was before the Com.
Snittee OF Municipal lnvesug : ton on3SFrt
day might, purport.ng TO show the various
Items in cash and bonds paid him y5,Mr.
George E.. Fisher. as y a, d result $of sthelr
Joint connection with the Passenger and
Power Company. 'fss5 Isl sS 3si:sE%
IiS,ssInt;i discussingythe subject. plain Pti.
zini said Hi II N.
gs83s''l have read the Statement Furnished
to- Chairman n Minor BY, Mi. ~ w. liam Eott
ythorp. secretar of the RI richmond Fasser-
ger and Power Compan ". but mote that
there lis no i sta tementlth vouchers Tor
the several Items. claimed to s,ha We teen
furnished BY Mr. George 3 F: Ftsl.er are !,
ltiit.s possession, or we're 2. pplied shy
2as blows IN sS' 81 mi 2s..ssS#S
Charged, against me for NJ. sssss.s S
NJ al. ,6SQ9o
Charged against me Tor fran:
S cfises n. "a. Z.
Cha rged galnst me tor SER.
AZ $ " 4. ! ssag
Charged aga inst me Il for lectric
caf Com 4 10000 Y q
S.:.The first item Was evidently intendsdS
show that set cash, for IS a5o z:
M \ M. Martini q do not kno " wy tia
true or not r. have AREA dy. testifiedfSteNs
$4,000 In cash was ST ant In he franchtses
fight for legitimate purposes NJ y. memory
was sufficiently Accnrate,lts ppear SSa
NOV, for the large tens. charged
against mo for. servI ces. ~ aga in say
that the account shol1ld h hay been ac g.
cumpa ned by III Lrop vouc ers. st Mr.
Fisher was not the ma 10 pay ou ,sthoH-
ceipts for same II he submitted my res
ceipts for services i have only to say
that III considered myself .valua BILE and
cl1,rged all i could GET yet never rsa-#
Lied that ! had re- eived 50 much.
Il FURNls SHED MUCH MON Ely. ls8i
e .The facts are that my , associate With
Mr. sFis her#w was Of such nature as to-
n axe 1t necessary attmany times to- fur
i,lish, along with him. to the com pany.
large sums Of money varying from $l0. 0sO h
& to- 500 900, for " hich he would issue the n
company s notes I'M sums OF 5000 $l0,00
SlC,cC0, &C., and when these notes 4lna- u
jtuled. I often had to receive his u New New
York checks deposit them. j and get N w
check certified to il pay them Sometimes
j hid to draw on Mr. Fisl, er5 at sig and
deposit the drafts Y and y check a gAirst
them, and In this. way ther think the 4
slnrge sums charged q q galnst me ca n bo y
account ed for Again, ma ny. many times,
j would loan Mr.. I. Fisher. n for the Mcora-5s
pany, sums varying from, $2,t0os to slo, co.,
OF my own funds and take his checks. 4 4
o, the checks Of the company IN ex-ss
change and hold them for days. weeks
and sometimes months. So u thai II q Il
highly probab BILE that TIE sums CHARGED
against me for services and otherwlsei'.tSaa
were OF this ratur .. NJ The YOU cheers alone IA
can tell the story; let them be produced.
NOW as to thoghond and preferred no II
io-un., It puts ne. y. mind OF the story "
onco heard about q certain man iclai m-B8 y.
about million head OF cattle. " and I !
turned out that he owned bout ten and 4,
the other man the rema incer." So With
the items charged against "a Ptzz!nisi "a
Miles M. Martin and others amounting
to $e540I. It does appear to me that 4
specific statement should be mnce as A
to each party. and more especially 'ths553
NOW HOLDS BONDS, sfs5
4 IT have testified that lFreceived about
100000 OF bonds. and which went TO- the
Vlr~irlas Conduit Company. and llson, 81
OF New York. Mr., W. F. Jenkins mo y rs
A. B, Gulgon,f and as Mr.. tsher's q -
soc.ats In the enterprise Iireceyed also an
mount OF bonds. some (which now Nv
hold, and there is yet due me q. large
sum which expect to collect In the rear
future The public has nothing TO do With
this, except to know that not a co,la,'AH
worth OF bonds. etc. were ever used by
me In any Legitimate m nner. # 3ls KIT s;
,NAIy 20 ltion as associate and lncnl ra,,-sSS
Representative Of Mr.. g, E, Fisher who 3
p actlc lily owned and cont. oiled tie an, &
5terp.ise here was a most difficult one to II
f1ll was held responsible for the src-
cessful lssu. OF the many flshts for
rights, privileges, ETC.. and felt myself 4
bound to do everything legal In my power,
t, achieve success, and the great eTter- Z
prizes now existing In electric steel ~ ~
days. lisht and power. shows tho val ~
my services but to Mr.. Fisher AM Ia
a. soclNtes, and to the Richmond publ 1
/ worked hard day and nlght trayefed &
backwards and forwards from New YORK q
to Richmond. In al. seasons. PLEDGED Z
every dollar am worth, at times, to y "
the company cute holes. and shoulders
cd all the Kicks Of the Council an the NJ
public for fourteen years, and AZ tho Il
unpleasant notoT.ety attached 70 y ana +,
surely deserved a large ompense.
MAJOR MARTIN SEEN.
i Ma 1or5 NJ. NJ. Martin was seen and de- "A
cla,ed that there was nothing further y
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