The Sun (New York) Newspaper, August 21, 1872, Page 1

NEW | om —— : THIRTY-NINTH TRAR ee | GRANT'S PARTY. | feysstspaee sonny stertera ers | ans PRICE TWO CENTS, nittee of the Pennsylvania Legista- | account printed below. The committee was nee In collecting the war claire, « vee for the sinking fund a: Fecent, allowed by on advanced | their friends, protesting loudly against going to special com pont of the 10 p price, and pocketing the profits, The affidavits | prison as ture on March 2 i Vs we Speedal t he ANE “ “ *, | be March 2), 1872, as follows + vidently amazed at the rep, quiescence 1 the request fur temporary abxdica- Een EAT Bia iL | OME. Yerkes, printed below, fully establish this & bloantote eebraann — Did you keep any account withthe frm of Yerkes, | question as maxed at the reply, and repoated the | Hon. Seott added his own persuasive eloquence, | {Peygnn rae her Hieicolagtecs'toepay | System of fraud, fon theis xi C aDitaderpnia broker? % vale ‘ r thelr sina, This th twas kept as Q.—You received no money for stock accounts? A. } assured him by every. | \Q.—Was that kept in yout name> A, CAUSE AND EXTENT OF THEIR DISCOMFITURE. | nd the thing was fixed, Forney goes off to | tothe sal Harteantt the aun of $7500 luwdvauce, od | Ti \ Thoin a id nee i thing good and holy he should not doy that they | Mlother accounts are’ kept W. Mackey, State | [never received a dollar for stock accounts | ‘ ' ’ exas or California with ‘Pom Scotts is hat be- | accouit ur tice deortuiedon. | 0 MANO Having these ample facilities for apecuiation | weet itd holy he should : {that they | eater " 3 p Sis or authorise ihe wee of monet \ The Science of Addition, Divi- | tne'risived sti vonch ond roruin” and “ Georon otras. | gina hahaa att apnaneny got ly | Pee that ne didnot He'analiy"prarntced | yer Mokaeeiaat manent with 1. Nerkes co.a8 | toleug tole dongiongenti inthe purckine ot stotaa | , ordinate, who in dt ; rake fe Fine t ranft produces this as the genuing agrees | swinnilnaly until the fullure of the Fourth Nas | toassume the odin and soared ie aie Mackey. State Treasurer 7 A. Yen, air. P AvNever, alt. sion, and Silence, ordinate, who in due tine will make Wringin | 2 Hhesuaneon, Maren gem, | GOUEBALK OF Philadelphia oreasioned i weake friends would insure him against Incarceration | Maker, StateTreraite Moreean cat Ske Leeais | Mr. Mackey probably did not Imagine at the i co ation of this arrangement, Its columns Tannranr rr ren 4 tt OO wed by a temporary ¢ the penitentiary. dily agreed to | I eailed timony that the light of when I did pot get them. time he gave that te kept Ine your indlytdaal | Ayr} gould s It is hereby agrord thac the comp stuck market. pi do, and even p r ; cipitated by thi 1% SUN would so soon penetrate the covers of ' Promise that — are a jlent as the grave rewards | George 0. uit of the corny ire q tug Stat ; Miowed by Jolut revolution of the Tee SA ete ae A OO a 1 sentence hy (Yerkes) unt with bin 19 | Yerkes's ledgers, else he would have been more THE PENNSYLVANIA ROBBERIES. nish inte te PARNSTEVINT: i Ala dat ty Sil tnele poor brokurt esha tan ean ong | Bhowld he vardonad before he enuld ‘be pit in fiiarded tn ia'statoments.. Ho snysy under a a em. oF ” his pledge es stood his trial and na oount th, that he never had any private account | Now, [propose to she isely what a ‘onx float them or himself through. In this emers | remalned quiet. He was convicted, of course, Wiha | with Yerkes, nor ever had any stock transactions med equitabl tie hey Che Treasurer of the city of Philadelphia, ) and sentenced to aterm of two years and. hive clous set they are whom Gr . Joseph 'F: Marcer, was appealed to, and came | monthe in tre menitenciace. Teka und nue der to sec Jou Any account with Yerkes for socks? | with him. Nor did he ever receive a dollar from Ww « | his own ret cally support. | Mt ‘ h f The Great War Claims Swin-| oq ae behalt he 1s Anny ay Ae State omccra from avd after | to thelr aid with & temporary loan to Yerkes, or | rotcally, having faith, in ther written pledes wad to account with bim for stocks? A.=No, | jyGiKemibtes cloves Wie aneck thane onayemeng dles Exposed putting forth, as ver fils utmost efforts, | peices incirred by George « bvane for printings acy. | &ADECHAL Sse 00. wpich rag punted to tho ame | which the friends of Hartranft and Mackey hag been profitable, but rathe: _ ith offical docu nits, sworn adidavita, and | imturaed fo the eu teorge 0 tvany i dation to | Eat Marcer got fri phfened. and without notice sasuring bie Keepers that the Governor's men Feply will be seen by reference to the broker's er incontestable evidence ie ahve heron roferredto. tt rs farther ageeed | ta one! thd Ar ravtel evearea 2k - - - JONN F. WARTRANET AS A STOCK JOBBER, he State of Ponnsyt kes its Governor, | Milt if nothing Is collected notiniug te 19 be paid His check thus suddenly made without notice | befure they could reach thelr gloomy destivas Mackey's Private Account with ¥ ee = agitated ~ | Auditor-General, and State Treasurer a Board «sla Groner 0. EVAS or warning, burst the concern completely, and | tion. But no. messenger overtook. them, and R. w., private, — of Commiss ners of the General Fund and at THE POINT OF THE NEW DEA Yerkes went up; and his books, accounts, and | poor Yerkes was turned over to the custody of | Pi ——$ — in Account wiih C. T. YERKES, Jn, & CO. the Sinking Fund, ‘This board has the custody | The difference between these two documenta | assets went into the warden of the penitentiary. That official | guar’ 1, To 9 Penneyteanta Raltrond at 61% 890.8 Aug. 3. Ry 1,009 Reading, § Heavy Speculations with Public | sud control of the sinking Hund of the state, | is and it will not he attempted | tuptey. Here wasn eetty kettle of eh! Here | was sonssuted by the prisoners abiding conf. | June BToluviatiog Ralrood angie sexes Oy Get 3 Byun ivan Funds. Genefal Fund." Any. member of the board, | they bath recognize the ‘shligation of themtaes | rubt. and his ofice, with allies damaging re- | he vetearneg foreeceed Tee Teer aieg, (uae | Sept. W. To Ley Reading Ralitoad ACSF. SHO 00 et, 1. FL Reading | wu 5 1 nobody else but legistative commit: | to pay ten per cent, on the collections, while yrds, in the hands of the law, Then up in acell, though @nally that humiliation was TOAD. creseecses “ ‘Total a ee, has free access to all the books and | Hartranft’s version allows further compensation WHAT A SCATTERING THERE WAS. put upon him, and he stilt remains a prisoner: " bAcsrdAbh ld A) td counts of the State. The Governor ts, of | Inthe way of reimbursement for expenses in | frartrantt. disappeared — {i a aired | while one of' the principals in. thia serles of _To balance down, »-++-+++ersse00e ne if The Deficiencies of the State Treasury, | Qiurses the chief oxecutive of the State: the | curred. Cnder his frst commission from the | aackoy ii anther: while thele tries eat | crimes ts now the candidate of Grant's party for == ————— = —_— | ¢ te Tre Auditor General Je the custidian of the ac. | Governor, Evans pald his awn expenses. Hart. | rounded poot Yerkes on every hand, beseoching | Governor Of the state, and the other expects to | way MACKRY NEVER RECEIVED A DOLLAR ON | administered, does not presuppose the possess sip counts and vouchers, and the Treasurer has the ranft was evidently preparing fora big gtab.asit | him ts” horlder the Fesnomaretiiey ane | be retlected State Treasurer. BTOCR ACCOUNT. sion of great Wealth at that time, But that Harte q ceplng of the money. In the year IS67 this | would have been very easy to have made these | mim” it wns very worm acu tne, an KOENEW: DICEEY, HEAEW FRMAGGRET: Cu: ety MIRREY over recatted Etotne | Ieee Vee sie. roanttoss, frony hia lores 4 be r . | Governor; J. Usirep Srates Horen, ATLANTIC CITY, | ditor-General, and present ‘Administration can- rd consisted of John W. Geary, the waar cans | expenses Amount to she total of the collections. | finds had been used In speculations, which it i , criminal offence in the eyes of the Pensylvania | of the foregoing facts a brief digresston is heces- statutes, Proceedings were promptly begun | sary to give alittle of the history of Robert W. Nat againat Yerkes, who was arrested and indicted | Mackey, Mackey was first elected Treasurer by ooreaere for this tutsuse of the public money, and with | the Legislature of 185-9 tosucceed Kemble, Th ee gt S Barman, OF Faber 8p him the Philadelphia Treasurer, who had pr Legislature of the following year disturbed th Hartrantt, ts adiitied and tie explaried py | etted the calamity and lose’ his money King arrangements by refusing to reélect, but B : bh well. Yerkes's bouks, rding to ine | electing Gen.W.W, Irwin.an honest man, instead, the tel his) testimes befor the Wa mie ClaimaFraud Comnitien, Ta thecsursetut is | seeuctlouss ad been eg inter, 1870-71, Mackey borrowed $20.00) operations in stocks and bonds. His connection ows Hi te. ba Alonee De The ds 4 with the war clainis frauds has been sufficiently the mount or Sls soe for whieh amount ieape | Hoticed already. “He swears that he had no pare penis that he is ait indebted to his broker, | tleipation in the proceeds of that grant swindle, But after this exhibit, in the face of Mackey s | Perbaps he had not; but the public will demand sh statement that he never bad a_private | other evidence of his Innocence than his own Account With Yerkes nor ever had any stock | statement when his character Is fully exposed. transactions with him, what dependence can be | WHAT THE RING BROKER SAYS OF HARTRANFT, placed on his word, whether given on oath or] Tp regard to Hartranft's atock operations, Cotrespondence of The Sun. fore adducing some documentary evidence | from Yerkes on this account, since the account tranft, then, as now, Aus | One word in sup) ement. It will be noticed that that ve Hs for an advance payment to Hartrar ‘Tho coast of Now Jersey | didate for Governor: and Wm. HL. Kemble, State Hp asenthd Oeey | Treasurer, All matters relating to the General easity. according of the N. J. Aug. 19, 18 furnishes several attractive resorts for the overs | Cregiirer., Al worked and anxious politicians of other States, | to law, come ur Atlantic City is the favorite recreative Mecca of | Members of the al Penneylvania politicians, especially those of the Te WAR CLAT opt as to rei the sn Silence school At that tisne (1867) the State wa - ‘ ¢ der obscure the part Hartranft and Mac. his individual note, which sum was advanced | otherwise? Js that the man to be entrusted | yerkes, “s broker, makes th OL OE A esl ae er eee se rove in | the, General Government for it testimony Hartrantt swore as follows key had in the business, and if he woud | by Yerkes, With this money he went to Harrias | with the fundsof the second state Inthe Union? | Amdaeite ns hae ® broker makes the following Last night E was sitting tn the cedar grove In | (ire t tax laid the fret ear of th Is one other thing T would i consent to keep still they were safe. But if he | burg and sec nwhelection, Assoon ashe | Tt is sufficient to add that K. W. Mackey Is a pare | ite verkes, Je.,of the city of Philadelphia, helm front of the hotel, indulging in private medita- | ing in round nutubers to $LQO00. fhe ever ope hs mouth they were sure to | had got comfortably reinstalled In the ofice,the | ticular friend and confidante of Win. H. Keme | aay worn asconiiiy to lee, dath depres : 1b fice WAR ny niment was ursing the paymi are accompany him to the penitentiary, In | term commencing tho Ist of May, he began de- | ble, and an ardent admirer and supporter of | forsome y at fre hae been aca tion and a twenty-cent flor tree, when a brusque looking fellow accosted | tive may disclose, the that he denies on | Hartranft, Auditor-General of the 8 Grant, It should also be add: reclaim frauds and | vania. Tliat he las at various times pu th any knowledye of the w Says he had no share in the swag, although itis | stocks of differents Kinds, andcarried the game wi positing public funds with Yerkes. fo deposited on the Ist of May, ‘I cording to Verkes's books, $250,00 moi hes of a young | with and had been urging it for some tin it success. For reasons that this narra. tate Treasury was never | Joan the this trying crisis they prudently kept at a safe distance and out of sight, but kept thelr friends continually beside the ‘The amount ry et plot itat the time the made tt atv and before the lat of April T t resting upon the lower bra him of $7,090, for which T way , bel ec Ith of Pes 1. found to be indvondition to spare so large a | bit, Tulduot see him agai exploded banker, begging him to say no-| of June the balance was $220.00; $190,000 ou | known that be contributed to make good the | Movey belonging to the ‘Comibonwoalth of Pennayle ' y me thus: _ sum of money, When the story opens, the dee | be came to make bis tenort, thing. But Yerkes's only defence and escape | June 30, and $i43.60.31 on Aug. L Then came a | #iW,0% defclency in the State Treasury result. | \aula. wtich the sald JF. Hartran{t has caused to be ’ " diwith this dcponent. by the State Treasurer. 4 “You seem to be taking your comfort, Gen- | mands of the General Government had become | With interest to that date from the penitentiary was in letting the truth | check for $%.000, a transaction that la ex. | log (rom those operations, yt J. F. Hartranft, Audito eral. Are there any mosquitoes here? So Urgent that It was absolutely necessary that That ioan be Known, and he knew it. And so he an. plained by the following letter, wbich accom: | GuANt's CANDIDATE. FOR GOVRRNOR OF PENS- ny ot Docerhber, 160, the sum o& Now, I don't mind being called General; in | Sometliing should be done, During the wy : swered Hart nd Mackey's appeals through | panied It: SYLVAMIA, 82-10) dollars, which eum was t Tam quite used to it, although I am no | Michueledr, of Gov. Cartin's st is . 3 Manthey PAIL But there Is another character in this comedy uking fun tao n quite to Italthough T a Michael, Jrovf Gov. Curtin's staff How Mackey Pays bis Debte Ol iraude whieh chailéhees actention, aaa ences je ob the 20th day of April, 18%, That more a General than Tie SUN is an organ, But ers for expenditures m #nid deponent maid toeald JF, Hartranft various ne the war in entistl j "4 4 exploit will require more space for develop. | cuousis of money for prodie arising from. stock spect T always like to know why Lam so sddreased, troops for the Ger the due bill Mt some future tii ceagtyy votre nt of We wut ment. That character is John F. Hartranft, at | tone with inoncy aeqosited with this deponent ty the Tn this instance Twas about demanding explanae ited ad m claiin. agi bu present rr eae We Wicks Whe cormuneuaent State Treasurer at the stance of the sala J. F, Harte | on, when I observed my brus d plant. | Government to offset the latter's ¢ inst | ‘Thus there was a transaction had about that sylvan , orrespondent | rantt 7 ea dibcheidtah anid bao od ed me lene | The Atate tor neatly two; mulling of Motlate: oie | Gene cureesnoRAine: iter Ore ee called: forint vig Of THE SUN Was 80 singularly mistaken. Mr. | "“Sigued) ner CT. Seng ‘ ng a chair in the sand beside mine; and having | is nor necessary to relate the history of MoM. | the Evana Ment: a circumstance whteh Oasis , db Hartrantt bas been Auditor-General of Penn= | | Sworn and subscribed before me. tile aid ¢ { planted the chair, he planted himself tn it, and | cluel’s operations, which haye already been | despite the weak explanation of Hartrantt, goes na Avene (Bes pucorer or years Desh nae ya ar aaa Ou.8 i sot up into the same tre ost | full fy overnors’ mes to sustaluthe a ticity of Evans ¢ version o since Eval . ey ewung his feot up into the same tree Inthe most | fully, Tavera latiored eon dineelencn fc ecm ne bkee ine ee 2 He served asa Brigadier-General during the r The extent of these operations will be seen by } soctal manner possible. It then occurred to me | Journ: gathered a letue aaa ely fon two ¢ bellion. and bis haste to secure a poll the following statement of his account with i that the gentleman bad made collected $112.0 from the ral Governine THE VOUCHERS MANDED OVER. SY UfKea c » at the close of the war, and big acceptanc | Yerkes for one year. ibe your preceding Yerkes j ; 0 * Rta , tuburdinate State office th: ne noticed that, ‘A MISTAKE IN 1S MAN, for the expenses attending which the Stats the narrative. Aftér con- J honor nor Iarge pecuniary profits, iM honestly | case, the account Is kept under initial that T was not the General he took mo to be. | Sfunsettied vouchers with the Auditor-General | (2 a Ex ercea nits BG 1GE Z eee) ——e Bot eae bed Faas on and seo wise Pee aud retired from the business. 5 oie onaaaal ative senators: tM ‘ John F, Hartraufi's Accouot with Yerkes. H Jar military hero I so strikingly resembled. Hav- NOE 0. EVANS APPEARS. vitinued laboring in that office, arrangity Cet ph haat TERLES, 38, 6 CO. Ce ing thus arranged my defensive campal I nt resotution was passed by the Le- vouchers, and preparing a statement ut tIClete, THO Oo x 0. y Mf Isl authorizing the Governor te ape | claims until May following, when be had re ; sper ace’trendered.., €82,651 25 ¥ 12. By 200 Reading, 5 % 810,288 merely replied point a special agent to settle thene © disa batch amounting to “ABS which were on’ a ‘0 P. and o0 St, 4. iy coupons off Pan ‘S15, “I haven't observed any to-night. I think | and’ suspended * war claine, the agent amined and approved by the Governor, and SG oa , OCP. by 44 bsote L oi Xt Ih: By dividend ou 80 Ol Creek: Ee they are on the other side of the house with the | allowed » commission not exceeding 1 p at the Treasury Department in Washington, - hen. 6 Sonate 0.8 Hart ms Sct, 1 BY Uividend on 100 OW cr is ladies.” I referred, of course, to the mos- | (Eh amount he should collect, Mr. ¢ Pa re. heated oy eRproving these clalms l , “Ke 7 ANE at, To lumuon§ Caritas, i & cota: 743 {105 By deposits... 100 0 red; , vans was highly re ended to Ge he Govertior learned of the ne sth ce ‘a D cash, dr xo quitoes. by Junn We Bornes ana uter promin had been had with Hartranft, and thereupon is- Wee wae BA LG (Peete Jy Jeazsgoper | Mihi Testu et Carolinas, Wand cow, You Ry covnone of 00 P. and E.%.... SIS ' “Did Bill come down to-night?” asked the na fot the b sitionof State Agent under this y 1a ey the airy reeags tag Bvans, beartr Cc Sept. § To aN Readiug. 48 aud.com. a R} 328 4 gaia ni 50 Oll Creek sopkpat hi wee solution s went to Gov. Geary with: hi oil 13, 1870, the effect of which was to supers 4,054 om. 1.81 Le aver aes | jue gentloman, as he reached over for a | Teslution. Evans went ty Gov. Geary Bnpotnts cede the contract or agreement with Hartranft, Asttstsul. Ack Wnt. * “4 By one light. Now, what Bill did he mean? Being | ment, Miscommisaion was dated March 2.ias7, | aud which merely empowered Evans to act Cot Peas ce a } PrN 01 jublous on that point, ond ed The account at that time between the State pe Governor as bis duly authorized agent, un- ° ¥ 4 o é By coup. of St, Louls water boi 203 pormerrnay Gauious on that. bulit t ooaaluded)t 106 suena auvemmenta stood ws followal der the act of Congress, July 27, tail, te preven bya bhidcol em ithe} cape RY baliice down. sae to tight 1 “Thaven't the claims for settement, an 3 due to y replied: to collect an he State, but without ). To M0 Reading. 4100 and com State Dr. to Untied § Tan. (To $8 Reading, 49% and co Due to General ¢ The gentiomian very Imprudently stopped at veagh pel in 18d Het ss ssetre we | Another Installment at caine amount ng to une Spe sneteee t this point to secure the light in his cigar, which | Caen advanced by Geu. Government in ise CO i 101. d ily appr ave the Governor, was a0) be did by several vigorous puffs, which afforded F - Hied at Washington, June ah 10; and’ stil i ; me the opportunity of studying him, and gat! Py eotlection tmade by McMichael on war” aS? was Sled May Mar. '}. Hy 30 Upton Paci, in th an gate the Gover . seite, 214 ant com. Wal (2, OU at dig lug up my own mental forces ready for actl an T spotted him as a politician,but his exact staty Total indebtedness p aepate ithe f ledge of Hart. Wana RT 6.0) 9518 WO. 1th 8h Wy a ° was dificult to determine, Ihad got as far as To ofiset this MeMichael had filed vouchers | Tantt ne xO Rober a Pariic—ae at 2%, By 100) Colon Pacific,’ this, and hed resolved to feht it out on that | 9%, War stalin auwountiing £1160 PORE ON EY cree > Y KB WA os iy at 3) ce 900 00 enh La O11 { and Which he had collected. $11s.% leaving the On the Mth of August, 1870, Evans. proe: AOC (sete fierce Jain Calon Fecidce- 0 al oi, ig enore, 110i 1 line if it touk all night, when he opened a direct. | of claims “disallowed and suspended” $2115 | settlement on these clalina, by which th 10. To {00 new South Car i May 17. DY $00 Lake Shore, 103 ! and I may say general engagement, which ran fone i . ae Ce yar ik ‘ ine pre WrinibS of sim 48.0) was allowed » the State. a et eeepc ss eA BaD RUHL, LAD BL GAN, SUD at Gir, May £9. By 1,200 OM Creek“1 10 a | ist evans expected to devote himse: the following day av tfor at amount was 7 = == Vat 6s, ” Berks pate on as follows: ; TION, DIVISION, AND SILENCE. tirawn, payable to the order of th vernor, THE STATE TREASURER'S DRAFT. ent er Keading—Aprii 17, 00, April ing 800, 24/355, 30." 5 pas os ia me y aving Marrishirg for Washineton | Anis warrant was en i raed "George 0. Evans, wing is anexact fac stmile of the dratt | Aa a ¥ id S16 ne Pa ta ‘ eporter—I really thnow, alled upon William H. Kemble, then i epdthg Blt Rl And was! pale him e losed | money w it Lake Shore, 1005, Sige sx" pons off So Politician—Well, we euchred him finely in his Treasurer Comin re | oe etis ee ty er a per eey the | Profit 08 stocks wal P 4 duly of P and K little game. rd, SRTEAGA, SuORING lee all's total oP $515.- | hog nino fro Mloned uy sy porter— ai his new appointment, an ep the aceotts : ‘Aug. of Reporter—I think we did. Fis boeintatsniae ttn for iutereet and protic pfiowne of a, 83% Sept. 2) By LOM Reading, S74 ; : Politician—And it insures your election to a ection ten per cent. would have been te Commonwealth iim I tnangee thet it tC aretiase, bs Ochs 16 By MBL SoULN Caroling aj) dead certainty. Hon. Titlan J. Coffey. then | ganas. OF thie there w him under the tedueta ons ipa toes ABE Te fissding oct ite, Reporter—There’s nothing certain in polities, at that tiue jigeneral prace | Arst. commission §35,an8 i dut when de ‘ ‘ c.T ) South Carolinas, 63 Politician—At all events they have got to sup : city of Washington. Kemble swears | Ain duneing to $shsde OO Met eee conver A belts ae enone: a the 8 fares fi ania allot port you ns earnestly as they do Grant. The job | sat the following is the letter he wrote tu Cofs | tio the State Tre lh on the most | 1} W. W. Ds tetock subscribed iural par. Oct 7026 4 works well too, Forney’s guns are spiked. TREASURY Derantwest or Prewsvtvanta,) c e him But ee , 4 tuan. Tah porte! ‘orney ts going aw nae Hanmisnt ne, March 2 ‘ ained from the UN reporter !s Just at present, of all men, cr aoe rter—Mr. Forney ts going away I under. My Draw Tittas m the te lutroduce to" you mny st palpable fraud and | the last oneto be permitted ¢ fac tha booke este is } ti ee avlena » Evans. He haeaclaiin fof authority ate Treasurer or A r-Genoral, but ee me Polititian Tom Seott Is a square fellow, For- some t at he wishes you to belp hiv have it from those who have examined these — r } Pat him He understands a WHO SHARED IN THR STEAL if ‘ Total | ney don't like to stultify himself, but when ui, div ce inca Ae SE LhGAE hg Mallave Hat —j Ks shat they are wholly innocent of any en: p Beott gets him out of reach the Press can come | qo Tiz1ax J. Correy, Faq. Washington Oe” | rantt and Mackey were such fc nd the Gove Fi} ph ee Bete al ae Bebe as Nov. i. By balance s boldly as we want it aan Gav a lee crhorso blind as not to see that this large sum ¢ = = 2 s out w ly by saan) ie aye aikemble also gave Evans a Jetter to Dr. Jo Of money belonging to the Beate ‘Treasury ores 2 THE OPSCUNITY OF YERKES'S BOOKS, = = ' a ‘ x abthi ‘ Evans also procured a letter to D.C. Forney of | 20t In its pla e | Jt will be observed that Yerkes swears that he | A MILLION OF STOCKS CARRIED WiTH stare | [he sme Ume we authorized Mr. ¢ i It occurred to me at this point that the actton | Evans also procured letter to DC. borne: Hutthis isnot all, There ts, or was until re- te time to time particularly cautioned to FUNDS, i Re was getting critical, It was evident that I was | this is the substance of his s rae cently, evider show thatthe three subs 5 accounts with these men in an obscure ight be very profitably analyzed, | 3. ee put uiet wl 1 his is the substance of his ementeto pele | Cuant honections madcly tear fy a r A This account might be very p ably analyzed, | but ' mistaken for Hartranft, and would be required | vate friends he first called on Dr. Trimble, and | gyient collections inade by Evan ting t ANS] | Manner. so as to baffle any possible investiga tean be deferred to another sions } To-day we purchased $1,000 of 30 hi tenor f delivered his letter from Kemble. Trimble took vie Were. Os 9 see Ue ane \Y | tion, This circumstance explains the fact that pointing to the fact th the | or which his bids brought out j to play the character of an oficial vil wet ty ian Ravan alin been cee he: | purnort § ve been made, but w i=] ho name appears over any of the accounts aht covert inting | Zed.to oatruct Mr. Yerkes to bid daily up to your limit out of the way. The fellow had let out ao much efore, be givens Trini | intervals J rto thattine. At x | They run thug: —~——rin account with Ct i cone re fs but one | (lsd uaiult Us commission of gag quarter per Ceuta, that It would never do for me to undecetve him graviously, and proinised nim anita cy tke seat) Y 1 er eee ITs Coa But on the Dr, side, in h deposited, and that is for the paltry Very Fesperttully, EM. Lawus, Presideut. what he was talking about and so anxious f ter to Coffey, and also one to D.C, Forney, tis raid inte ic Bits. and the ones. fins the initials’ MR. W.." are found to stand | for Hartranft with the State fun: posited in Tux FaRwens’ ax MecitaNics' Natiox at Bax, Information that I hated to break off, Buty con- | Trimble urged him not to vo near Coffey, adding 4.74) 24 was all paid In, and the addle for RW. Mackey, and “J. F. H." for J. F. Harts | his hands for that purpose by Hartran(ts cous” Pathabetemta, April 2, isi. sidering discretion the better part of valor, I | tat he (Trimble) ant Forney 6 Hates hee tional sum of $2¥.007.43, represented as the bale [ea tsclawing Gaia general abstract from | Bivance? And even thi fun Af $m dep sited , nF fer n Awan era, Harrisburg. ons 4 sucrrers. sritnous 8 ote « wl collection ot ug. UW hile jovos Mm va nm oy #4 27 checked ou ray Sin ¢ enclose herewith bills from Mess: pretended to spy a friend In the region of the | help. For this reason the fetter to Mr. Coffey | ce duejon the collection of Mug. 20, Inu.which 2 Kerkos's ledger of Mackey» account fromthe | ineash ty Hartrantt. ‘Thies certainly a dau | C.t Veckes aco. foreeauot war oa ahd. S400) ad barroom, and hurried away. But my mind was | Was never used. in until July 24, IStl, nearly a year after Evans S | At ot May, 1d when be took the office of State | aging showing for the Auditor-General, | Sve percents purchased by th advised in our Let. full of the riddles Thad heard, which challenged THE FIRST GRAB. had recelved ity And {tina singular fact that lah the pame veer When ae Poeun nae WHAT HE SAYS ABOUT IT RINSED, Check for tite abiount, 811,297 sped totanon, slept butt Las aight, and jut | By means est known to, profeetonal ela | Snail ane, parents under the Su commision I, f] | Sesto ences Restuarant on hen Marchinat Harve as ella [Yetta EM ew, erent . 01 5 maa success led the Joint efforts hid b a a Leh I ‘i Bks' AND Mrcuantes’ NATION AL Bawe, At sunrise this morning, as I was cogitating the bloc ana Preae while on these payments under the second ap: arene Account with Yerkes, | before s special committee of the Pennsylvania Pi LADMLPHIA, ADIL 22, 1890. matter in my little bed on the top story of the | within t hs they secu polntmens no numbers of warrants sre. men ) : c és fagisiavure, when he testifed under c Hon John F. Hav vai Sty Auditor: General, Harrisburg hotel, a pretty bird flew into my room and told | ef €1i0,15.5t of these very Hone. Tae woraconce 2 Slear tna tne intalie = FEeot |S? Dea Sin: We have to rej j bed yr dipeint y Foor & 4 | for'which amount was passed to the er tion was to gobble the whole sum? but a. Tupe ag Sy fy Q.—It seems you have bad Peet inca report the following purchase, j me the whole mystery. the State on the books of the national Treas- | ture among the conspirators led to an exposure, ee RE CE # Yerkes & Co. etate what the Raceok at i6t, GRANT'S LITTLE GAME THAT WOULDN'T Work. ry. Evans al eded in securing an abate. | Compelling a settlement, when such aniounts 4 a ' ’ punt bee ere. tee 190 of Coupon 58 ab ION, + It seems that just before Grant started away nt of 15 pe on the G f were paid |, id be obtained, the alleged ? F 3 2 Pa nbecene, One Sona, $4.0N of coupon 5a wt 101) . ‘ 'Y | for direct tax, so that his collection not only | payments he attered to make It appear as 3: FF Be epost, | Inall $8900, on his pilgrimage with Coakling, when it was so paid the entire indebtedness of the State to the | Hf the money had just been collected, Bi: £3 t & He would Very respectfully, E. M. Lewis, President, commonly reported that he was making every | General Government, but left the agent. the 2 ae Spas Pi L Be imine the amount o ‘eording to. his c FAnMEns’ aND Mecitantos’ Nation st Bank, ; 5 snug sum of $78,516.89, which he claims to have A DEFICIENCY OF 8708,722,( 3 3 3 .. Lgenerally had a margio there. Sometimes Paitaveceuts, April 85, 189. efort to reconcile Forney to Hartrents aad eo | SOS OUd on account of commissions, Thtaecr. | However this be, th f ioe ee i Would’buy and self, and vive meno notice util the | you, John B. Hartranft, Auditors General, Harrtsdrer cure the State of Pennsylvania for himself, he | flement wis officially antounced an the these collections was. $2.{10,00.81, on which He ee! Hy Bed Gics aise Bes saved sof Weleresl bonpeat; kad whom | D2 ara: We have lo toport a further pareuaae } sent for Forney to visit him at Long Branch. | Legislature Inthe annual m - | there might have bee alned mmiss! ‘ae 23 3 SO eae : Mr. Yerkes of Pengsylvania 9 pe ight ha nn f n Pa 5 Twanted money t drew . of $100 of Penasylvauln 9 per cept Forney found it convenient to be unable to ac- | S'hOF submitt 11,005.64, leaving due te the State Treasury f3 z: Q.--Were theae transactions converted directly or in. | Why. * * : ‘ y le to w y ‘ ~ MORE NO! eran, 100,05, ‘The State actually received in all H ei H aiteetly with your cuntiol of the publle fuuds? "Ae ta ery Feapectfully, E, M, Lewis, Prosident. ! cept the invitation, but, divining the object, re- 2 ? 10.58 163, still in somebody's hands H F i ili Wo Way whaler er Tus Fauaans' asd Mectanicn' NatioN aL BAN doubled his assaults on Hartranft and the State | ),0) Oct-27, Int, Evans secured a further col- | fin sum of Sumter for a cleat steal H : bier i sl bt eet eg Br wnscrt (he purchases made at any time with funds Purtapeneuta Apel tine | Dronsury ring, But while Forney would not go | to ghioaitas. The draft for this amount Was | tus far have followed closely the develop- i A Ha the coatroff the Biate Treasurce > Ace Nor in eect | ome de Be Mavtvanse, Audiior. ener al, Harris personally to Long Branch, he did send acon- | mide payable to the Governor, butit. was ens | Ments of the committee appointed by the Lezis~ H a} : Q__ Did you have muy contract or agreement: directty | ing, we have to ivise pou t ts Norsed Gr Beanies Grecia tne if lature to investigate this matter, It ts plain ; g H rladirectiy, with Wim through Mr. Mackey, by which | ottred hy a arty in See 00 war Joan at Adential frlend—a Philadelphia politician duly | Wored ty Evans as Speclal Avent and the money | that'that committes was Faised “expressly. te i Fy Je use of State funds should be conceded to hin for | $ua,uy oF § tier Cente wt i0n, ahd inieeere ah eee accredited to speak for his principal, This repre- | State Treasury. ‘The Governor says tat Evan, | Whitewash Hartranft, Kemble, | Mav } H thargin OUteide of ¥.06K (rauANefions. . A—N9, sir, Iie liable to 4 toa, when Pennsylvania affairs were fully dis- | Missions.) The preeee a sae, Gaal hs ind | without di ng this bt defeteney of | ye viiny , A ‘ 2 483 TERE Ce tittee of tha eee ee | tiriog | as he President expressed his views and | the collection of which” was abandoned. | SX. But net so the Tr 7 Pg TROY | ae een Het tr atetae k formmal State 4 =| neal? AW Sot ¥ ment of mines of | iver the : f wrhey’s nun expressed Forney's vie’ oy hus Evans collected 2 n haw saw the defcies al were pain~ |g rawn eas Lalas sis COUTRE Ae would use the money deported tn hs U at iq Peet aa caressed Formey’a views, The | 78, one which he claimed 8 Gomngisnan | {ully aware of the necensity. for covering te-up | State’ funds. I Ones | MARTRANFT'S WOSDEMEUL INNOCENCE. (wee , President assured Forney's man that Forney | 10° wh n red a comm Nn |'before more prying eyes ehould penetente tho | & prival ” by R.WoM. | riggs Lihat Mainssueme, Apri 28, 1970, of 1 per cent., 410.40, On account of } y 7 private note was the one sa | To be sure he would use these public funds, | Zo BM, Leer. Peli 28, 1970, would be everlastingly remembered and most | which he had from his collections, | Vaults of the Treasury, And that they 4 1 f oa oe ‘ and Hartranft knew that if he had not these |. The julgnent of tt Nisietavanate ‘i generously rewarded if he would withdraw his the t n lge of the Governor MADE IT UP WITH CATS AND DOGS Yerkes toenable RW, Mackey to purchase his| 3 3g 2 €# ga State deposits he could not and would not carry [ terine mentioned 4 your letter of yesterday, uulessy. hostility to Hartranft and let the latter be clected | Smbthe Wmylied knowledge of the other stat teuing aviense Of thal ig election as State Treasurer. Thus the St ¢ a 8 | these large amounts of stock fora State oftiver, » SH He Beiter } FP MARr BANE? MAE hls tear rersar estate officers. Sis leaving still due hin, if he | ts strong evidence of thelr complicity in creating | dineetiy, though by a frntd, for the corti: a & er r & Bf Without a margin in cash especially deposited A VERY THIN DISGUISE, t vernor and 60 he State for Grant in No- | was al 110 per cent. on his collections, | | _ vane was made a scapegoat for a while. | of fis legislators, and the election of the very | =: SF CJ Fy i ul that HL ny is worth | This tnstructive and ne rasard willbe Yember, Forney's man said there was no use of | the sum. of 25,0085, ‘This ey ho never | But as econ as the Legislative committee got | rian who by the act renders mimseit quatited | €: 2 | oF bf B | kexanding this account, other than its implied | completed. by. the. 9M Lements. of Mr ! talking about that, as Forney was possessed BPEIG TOE led Investigations the Wing | for aterm inthe penttentiary, Therelsnoevads| gg z z gz adinission that the account ts genuine, It is | Lewds, the author of the foregoing opiates . fslilag 9 katy a Forney was postosaad of Uiaeniues cekien Cae. Het up on bin, and bets how in full favor with | ing this issue, Norcantheenarmitvertiwatence| Bi ei FB F 4 fore established that thes stocks wero | [emis the author of tho foregoing epistles, F) nee fartranft's eriminality, and Ta Filet ieee ere i x rem, with a mouth as close asa barn door after [ he increased by any Hine writing. Lam told that g 3 5 ¥ arried with Stale money, with Hartranft's | & 4c n hong tacen oy War Cluime Frane ‘1 would, under no inistandea; OOnaant’a ask he 180, Evans r the Governor | a horse has been stolen. ‘This does not look as 8 of nelther the State Treasurer or the | : 8 : knowledge and conseut, if not by his express | . te ' hin slatted anveenan ss : y sre Had ottior laine: ay t th if he was the only rascal in the State of Penn. Hcontain any record of this bold | * instruct , Edwin M, Lewis, being duly eworn, teatitled as fol- t d Governor by the Republican party noral Government whiloh tig lected, | sylvania. If he were, why did Col. Tom Seott ees tery lie eaen al : g But Yerkes swears that he operated in state ' ANOTHER LITTER GAME THAT WAS RUCHERRD, Nouehers forowhich wers on tle with the | deposit. #10040) in Penaytvania Raliroad bonds | (id wicked transiotiin te, while the © | loans for Hartrantt's bonetite Buying them with | gatian nero § Pay ibhtlagetphia 4 aun Prout } Porney's determin tebe 5 hie snats laralo as Cullawe . a deficiency hy wall of Kemble Tare pr positive of the t tion I ; H hem at an advance to the Sinking Fund Com- IAP Aw Yee, ait termined roness in this ma ral for $30,000 wi pald by a note, which note | NAN ie Ril be proftable to look little Lé H missioners, of which Hartran{t was one, at an | Q-~Ani were at the time of the purchase of the Penae i i exper 4 | 4 i . roposed another dof adjustinent Hane eCUTIR Coamnnn, |) was su discounted at the People’s ¢ into the transactions of Mackey and. Hartr m5 i advanced price, the profits being pald to H oalvaula loans? A.—See, alr s in 149 He referred to the Democratic support of Dr. ABA Hy anh E vain D ran sonie down with with this man Yerkes. And first, since abegin- | m3 i ranft. The above account does not show these » aifetwe parse of throne ot dhe A. Immodiatel Grooley, remarking that the Baltimore nominee | > on Gt antag ab Waele ben Le eeaitee loa ee ae ck Nr Seay A CSAC et transactions. probably be: i OE tho instruc. | Ruste {t_came into the bagk and commus tepubl fe 2 % | esting to el ‘ well to go through with hin ‘ollow H stare es ions Yerkes had received to keop his books in | nieated ome his listrictons froin the Comblasone Was 4 more determined Repub than he, PiSka needed ty hin He prennging | © tin to know who elue conte nated te affidavit, duly aworn to by Yurkes, plvoa a ve H thet 40 obscure a manner as to defy Investigation and | ofthe Sinki i, @ 1 With Me ae tat Grant was, “There is, therefore,” he urged, junbarasnent from the Eoited IE LEP teaa Rear anaes Ana PaStIOUIARTY ony mul eral Insight Into the nature of these. trans. ate detection, hat fur all thi Netkes's aM@davit ts | proper, way Of luviating wits anate Tha 20 reason why the Democrats of Penn vania oMce for this purpose ir contributions were made, actions: ss g ‘ ‘ ee H BAAR OR kUe FONO TUE total pure + 64%, heu they wer pees Annot aupDOre Tt wall'as Gresley, Haw.if Yours respectfully, JNO. W. Seany, Governor, ‘ AFFIDAVIT OF THE RING BROKER, =, | ments prove: by the new Treasurer, G Mr. Furnsy wil intuca tho Democrats Uf is | ggff@ftnnft deelined to recognize thicanthority. | HR RING aPECULATIONS, | Charlee T. Nerker, dt of Philadel, being. dol ef on TUR MERING FOND swiNDLES. ie GAME BLOCKED. a i 4 nd etused oO surrend vou e ttemp oO trac a of eae ‘cording to. pose and say, that he 0G OF Com mised 9 OF SINKING FUND, a e re pre 5 piter of pe tosuppert me ior Procident, Twillengage to | tlitmed that Evans was only appointed to eol- | operations, by which the S naytvanin | ha nequatited with toby ¢ We Mackey Yreasuree Thmasuay Devantueys ov Pa Hl ava ghe reader here rotor to Tawis'e letter of Ay ne of my friends in that State support | lect the “suspended and disaliowed” claima, | has beens heavily fl dst heratfairs fell | Of the Commonwealth of Penusylvania, for a numoer of | the Journal at thisaste I and thc ps AMPISBU KG, April 14 18it REST LDH OOO, BAG HOLS ie. ADEIDUR sige i toreat. ae Pet | and could not undertake ‘& new commission | into the keeping of these men, the discovery is | Pate vant. That he has tad wtuck anit other tralirae RABAtE PUES Weld te contider the oseeea forribia sovuree CY ig Linas Hue ae Leet ¥ for Governor and throwHartranftover- | With dit ene, 4 Selina ns for account of said H.W. Mackey during that Radaivahie ahd, be the pro} terrible scourge to the Ting. Mut Mr, Lewis's b a Ninkeae si irhiegy oe haepting y ithout pela} suthority from he 1 juade st the at ot, thee le That said RW. Mackey hae placed paey of the | Or etka fon the act of As Ye approved April Li: 1si0, testimony proceeds: * ind. We willimake the camp dgn for Buckalew |B: ‘8 that he withheld the vouc peneit anybody, The inte ith in deponent's. ha and it has bec r i PASAY SOF, ) Pappearing that there are at least half a initit nt co with , rather than for Hartranft and Grant.’ ake terms with bim for adivisionof the | Some sort of an arrangement with a yo! pri ‘ood that Interest at the rate Of a RE T | Foltosis, R, We Macks), Bt CER racy dollars on haiid over and above what is necessary t (nb Paarery co ean rors Soe with f lanteanty ee tg _Forney’s man promised to submit the propos eds, and that both Hartranft and Kemble, | vate banker of Philadelphia named C.'T. Yerkes, pate the wal H.W Mackey for fh | For draft ‘on the Commouweatthe Ordered thet honda ite eeuUn cate weet (S nerefore | Lemployed Mr har snow sition his chief, and left, Forney receiy then Treastrer, were in collusion inthe mat- | Jr. in whom they had reason to repose trust, Eas also 4 account #7000000} purchased With as ititis dele oe Crecerut competent man, tp iny ene: proposition und entertained It-s0 far as to Thore are circumstances that corroborate | possibly because he was willing to Wink at thelr and eatd It | ‘This tethe way Mackey paid is election bills aud Snountot halt a lll ra, aw required M00 age purchase, suceced, Init tacounioama rate ya cerends i revard to | thio assertion. ‘the wrangia continued for noar- | Fascalities and share the profits of thelr plums eoney were toy private notes. u nection Of sald a nt the a kitlior= Gene Sep iae te abroker in ‘good at nee ml tesound some ot Mr, Buckatew'sfnendsin | ly a year, when, on March 24 170, the Governor | ders thus placing himself on a footing with aithon aed lo execute b ron behalf of the Com Cty food « gue ¢ jtandiug that el wy fie matter: then finding that he could not make | wrote another letter ty Hartrautt urging tho | them as robbers af the Commonwealth. By this A It will be observed that the above account ty | tinue Bank hae foaned bun baba) ivary buat eePRYe it work, he 1 to Mr. Grant deciining the | surrsuder of the vouchers arrangement an indefinite amount of the funds | for the same, aud dividing the profits, betw | headed by the cabalistic initials * M W..8. The above beng put in form of motion by F. Jordon, | \ien'we Y ORCRTTOR orn n Lee eee arrangemel 1 this Hurtrantt has been in Of the State Was placed on doposit. in Yerkes's | ponent eH, W. Mackey and'd. hy Mantrantt, Auditor. | which, being interpreted in the light of | Secretary of Commonwealth, 1 was agreed to ; lwit “dt n-particulne orders| Adaluioee Pigs ae ata Haricanrt tas bean io HARTHANPT BECURRS 118 DRATa hands, to be used by him in speculations forthe | General. ‘thas tile deponent did, onthe ai or apni, | Yerkes's aM@davit and other elreumstances, | OM Wulion adjourned, ee | ni CORREA OM REET he tee cule when taker rant, w ; foll day it would seem that Hart- | benefit of Hartranft and Mackey... Th 1810, well to the sinking fund of the’ Commonwealth one | means It. W, Mackey. State Treasurer. Tn ut aAlheot Gh Wo Mane | secure the services of some gentleman whe in tet fo know all about y ws supposed to | nt ree iiccoeded tn making cermn | neegy, of Hartrantt and Mackey, ‘They may 1 hundred elgmy-ning thourand Ave hundred | words, it is an account with the Treasury Bo. Hartrarnte eet Commissioners of 8, fund ty POW IN Cie Dost Way meee ee EO te Bttod fo Yr also have placed some of their stolen fi ) Of the Com: | Words: Qu 8 0 n authorized. to. purchase | A ie bese way, THM CATTLN GANS THAT Was By | with Avans, to whom the vouchers urven~ | his hands, though [have thus far tailed. to di fi) vasiyinn) | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the bonus ombelat of thou sinking Fund Gonuictse | aSoytit fatkes eceupteid iat posttion at enat t WA ALLY AGREED vat not until a written nt was | cover that they ever made uny considerabl | with which It Is credited Is money bol sloners. ‘That ts woud so far as Ie gues. Lat ue | Montene ee UY lekters Will show that Mr. Ye Rusduieh ahh AA aa executed hy which Hartranft was reoogntaed an | vate dey th im. Buty although th Beard? He Ny Mackey, but to the Treasury of the | juok further, ‘The following letters explain | Q¥er our books af the State loan, “Vut' ke aeut f k shows t ¢ played ty | the princt that their stc at the themselves; erkes to take off from our bonis ence Fe ole id Cameron Has acer | latitude in determinin npensatton to be unted to millions of dollars, hargins draft of R. W, State Treasurer, of Aug. 4 took off the narios and went ta Gie part tain hold on € Voor 4s hailead Come | paid. 4 agreement was en- 0, a8 Yorkos swoars, drawn front’ the State HIS SHARK OF PROFITS 5. 187, by which R.V Mackoy paid his individe FASLOYMENT OF THE RING HROKER, aka rivane, ite oftered to give thei apy chloe Hl Hag dercppraN wd 1 es outhole | tered Into tf admitted sworn to by Hart- ping: ‘he tmpudence of the | arising from the foregolug.transactions, ‘That this de. | Wal Hote, Is charged against this public account; Tue Vaan ann Mneyanion Nariowan Mann, p | Hep maul ie Ne bad she fullest Coubiieuce tu Mie Tatters with Porney, Cane: ye TUst Ket ranfl buts unfortunately, the versions of that | fellows went further than this, Ax Commisston- it did-on the 25th of August, 186, pay €0i7.-0 as ine | thus showing conclusively that that. note was PunLaveienia, April &, 180, Inbegrity at the ime, Reliione with Fo ney, ¢ ement vary, while the original Is carefully | ers of the Sinking Fund they used that sacred deposited with b for account of | paid out of funds belonging to the State, But | fon. John & Hartran(t, Auditor-General, Harrisburg, | VERKES'S AFFIDAVIT CORROBORATE ha ho trouble Ing tn ptoutof sight. Evans produces the follow- | trust for thelr own advantage, buying up the fy) ane gsi Hy fr, the | Sais by not all, Dean Stn: Your tele te re 1, and, as you| This is enough to show that Yerkes did really Iniich an tlre teu, teal ee fie taal dah Mey ak: ite ison 1s ace ak Suggent, we make the following rep make these purchases, It was wonderfully eave lade personal wi ch part we ed Were likely (o sell thelr War loan OF Gye per couls,, DUL IM CVErY Case W910 Uusuccesst ry the Commonwealth mout, And this depo: Mr, Mackey testified undor oath before @ Gayeron Ine | Tie uoderalgued herey weroeg to nay to.J.¥ Mart: | could make. paying for them with public fund 30, ‘uetod Bolt lo take Forney away, authorizing | rauft, Auditor Generel of the Btate of Penmsyivanis, | dopositod with Yorkes, and thon walling thou to nied’ with dhs” | shrewd in Hartranit to conduct the busines: deposited with 4 in Hartran. con ne business ‘ai | Continued on Third Mage, om ing as the document he signed ; bonds of the State at the best bargains in |