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Show PACIFIC MAIL. Confirressiiiau Parsoni on the i Ntuiitl A Large Money Transaction Tran-saction Vliu t tlil be do wtlli it ? ' Washington, 8. The committee ' on ways and means resumed the Racine Ra-cine iail investigation to day. Con- ' greesman Parsons read a statement, under oath, to the effect that he waa ' employed by Stockwell, personally, 1 as a lawyer to aid him in presenting to 1 congress the application for increased subsidy; that his employment in and 1 connection with the matter was open ( and well known in Wash ington and ' in Ohio; that he received $12,000 i from Stockwell, $2,000 for traveling i expenses and $10,000 as feo. He also received $1,500 from Irwin, j which he gave to his brother-in-law, ( who assisted him in gathering Btatia- tics, etc. He did not know q$ any members of oongresa receiving money t or being approached corruptly, or j that Irwin waa expending any money in that or any other way except for : household expenses.. As su'jh coun- "j sel he received a check1 for $275,000 ( in confidential relations, $10,000 of the amount was for professional ser- j vices. By direction of his clients he . took the check to the Brooklyn, Truit ' company, had it converted into, checks. wb,ich by direction of his -clients, were sent by' the Trust com- J pany to another client. ( After repeated protests against in- ( vading the privileges of confidential ; communications, witness finally etat- ( ed that three checks for $50,000 each were sent to the Paoiflc Mail oom- j pany in New York; also that $125,- . 000 wai by a mistake-of the Trust ; company plaoed to his individual f oredit. He therefore checked out all but $10,000 and sent it all in one direction by order ot bis clients, but to whom he refused to say without consent of his clients, and from this ( position he refused to recede, decV ; ing he would rather leave congress if '. neocasiyjf thin not preserve his pro- "i fessidnah honor. Ho would state, 1 however, that he never bribed, or at- ( tempted to bribe any member or , oflloer of the forty-second congress. Finally Beok remarked to iho witness wit-ness that he evidently intended to place himself in conflict with the committe, and he wished to have the matter brought before the house, Congressman Schumaker, of New York, testified that he was attorney for the i'acilic Mail company during the years 1871, '72 and '73; he was . also attorney for Stockwell and Irwin individually. |