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Show NAN KACIStO. 'liim?y. Hie DelauUlni: Clerk I -Sn)-uMiu Tliu Uuuaum i-'irm iTill 1'a.y 1'hxvh. I Sun Francisco, 5. George M. Piu-l Piu-l Dey surrendertd himself to tho au-Itliorities au-Itliorities today, aud waa held in bail Jof $20,000 to answer two charges oi j forgery of government certificates of indebtedness. Piuuey is very reticent 'and declines to be interviewed, but I District Attorney Murphy and Captain Cap-tain Lees, detective, slate that he arrived in Oakland a week ago yesterday, yes-terday, coming from Montreal. As to the object ol his return it is admitted admit-ted that he comes by tho intercession of prominent bankers and capitalists of the city, who hold certificates of purchase bearing the alleged signature signa-ture of Pay Inspector Spalding, and the intimation is given that the contractor's con-tractor's political associates, etc., had no connection with the negotiations for his return. Pinney avers that he was directed to isBuo tho certificates produced in evidence at the trial of I Spalding before the nava! court martial. mar-tial. So far as the certilicates which hafPinney) hypothecated aro concerned, con-cerned, he says he lelt the money for their redemption, and the tiial will! show in whose hands the money to' take them up was placed. This is one point be is anxious to establish. He wants the public to know the facts, and wants tho bankers to get their money. Captain Lees says that Pinaey look away with him but about $10,000. Pinney Bays that the story to the efloct that he has returned re-turned with tho purpose ol getting oven on his enemies and stirring up j a terrible tempest in tho political field is all nonsense. Ho has a Btory to tell, uutuecimcs to ujuUo u pubiij until called upon to givo his testimony testi-mony in court. It is also stated that I he has entered into no negotiations with the United States except so far as to obtain assurances that the iVuai.SD ui utrnei uuu BUOUiU lie UTOppeu, ! which he claims is his only ollense .against the government. United 'District Attorney Coghlan says that ! he has received no instructions to proceed against Pinney, and is cog- nizact of no negotiations between the government and Pinney for the sup-i ' pression of suits. It is understood. hewevcr, that tho government has igivenPinnoy assurances of protection, protec-tion, provided ho became states witness wit-ness in the suits for tho recovery of the amounts loaned on certificates. jHe knows who got the money, and oan render valuable aid in recovering it. He will be arraigned early next week, but the trial may not commence com-mence until the next term of court. Hubbard & Co., stock brokers, of ; the big board, suspended to-day. ; Their assets are claimed to be in ox-cess ox-cess of liabilities, and they expect to resume in a week or two. A Virginia city press dispatch says: I An attorney for the Bonanza firm to-;day, to-;day, in court announced their readiness readi-ness to confess judgment for the j amount duo by Ihetu for delinquent! . taxes, amounting, with fees aud costs, ' ; to $300,000. : ! . I |