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1869-'70.J Document No. 33. 45
of an}" bill or bills through the Legislature of this State, if so
state all the facts fully ?
Ans. I liave neither used bonds or proceeds of bonds for
such purpose. I have no such information as to others ervcept
from report.
Ques. 10. Please to look over the Treasurer's statement
again and inform the commission what, if anything, you may
know in regard to the disposal of any other of the State
bonds, charged thereupon, or of their proceeds, including in
such information, what, if any thing you may have heard said
by any person, and whom, as to his transactions with said bonds
or proceeds. You are aware of the purpose for which this
commission was raised, give us any information which you may
have, that may aid us in our investigation ?
Ans. I have no personal knowledge of the disposal of any
bonds, or the proceeds of any bonds, by the parties named in the
treasurer's statement. I heard A. J. Jones, sometime in Sept-ember,
1869, while in New York, say that he had sold twenty
bonds, but he did not state at what price. I am not sure it
was in September, but am certain it was sometime in the Fall
of 1869. He said that these were all that he had sold, and had
sold these in order to have his bonds made a good delivery at
the stock board. I know that what is called & " pool " was
formed, the object said to be to keep up the price of North Car-olina
bonds. I was requested to draw up the agreement. I
did so. I did not sign it ; it was signed I thiuk by Swepson,
A. J. Jones, Dr. Sloan, General Littlefield and some others
not connected with any of our railroads. The agreement was
in substance, that the bonds owned by the eignors, as they said,
and which it was also said they had purchased at the stock
board, should be held in common stock and kept off the market,
and in that way the price of the bonds would be kept up as it
was thought. I wrote on the back of the agreement that I
would not sell any bonds 1 held as an individual, faster than
they sold the joint bonds, provided they would place all their
said bonds in some respectable house, which should make tlie
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| Full Text | 1869-'70.J Document No. 33. 45 of an}" bill or bills through the Legislature of this State, if so state all the facts fully ? Ans. I liave neither used bonds or proceeds of bonds for such purpose. I have no such information as to others ervcept from report. Ques. 10. Please to look over the Treasurer's statement again and inform the commission what, if anything, you may know in regard to the disposal of any other of the State bonds, charged thereupon, or of their proceeds, including in such information, what, if any thing you may have heard said by any person, and whom, as to his transactions with said bonds or proceeds. You are aware of the purpose for which this commission was raised, give us any information which you may have, that may aid us in our investigation ? Ans. I have no personal knowledge of the disposal of any bonds, or the proceeds of any bonds, by the parties named in the treasurer's statement. I heard A. J. Jones, sometime in Sept-ember, 1869, while in New York, say that he had sold twenty bonds, but he did not state at what price. I am not sure it was in September, but am certain it was sometime in the Fall of 1869. He said that these were all that he had sold, and had sold these in order to have his bonds made a good delivery at the stock board. I know that what is called & " pool " was formed, the object said to be to keep up the price of North Car-olina bonds. I was requested to draw up the agreement. I did so. I did not sign it ; it was signed I thiuk by Swepson, A. J. Jones, Dr. Sloan, General Littlefield and some others not connected with any of our railroads. The agreement was in substance, that the bonds owned by the eignors, as they said, and which it was also said they had purchased at the stock board, should be held in common stock and kept off the market, and in that way the price of the bonds would be kept up as it was thought. I wrote on the back of the agreement that I would not sell any bonds 1 held as an individual, faster than they sold the joint bonds, provided they would place all their said bonds in some respectable house, which should make tlie |
