Show QUEER bookkeeping developments in the northern pacific no records of transactions up in thai millions the witness yesterdays had a faulty memory i york lay 11 in the northern pacific investigation today permission wa given too W wetmore the north american company to appear as conniel for edward edes secretary oath acock ed es produced the books of the oregon transcontinental tin which were put in evidence the book showed that when the chicago and northern pacific issued bonda for the purchase of various proper tip the oregon transcontinental advanced it or sold most of the bonds at 00 cents on the dollar and received a corn mission ofa per cent the minutes of the meeting of the oregon transcontinental directory on january 10 1890 created a bensadon sen sadon as they showed that the plan of leasher the chicago northern pacific the northern pa ciha was fully understood before the formation of the former and it was formed with an intention leafing the louse to the wisconsin central this has always been denied the bonds the chicago A northern pacific sold at 90 per cent should have brought but only about the books as received and there is no ord of what alif purchasers paid mr edes said mr pettit on the list of subscribers to these bonds I 1 find n subscription of over bythe deatcher Dent cher J H S steams henry villard and associates was tills subscription ever paid 1 I dont know replied edee 1 I suppose it formed part of a lump credited to the case have yon nothing to show that it was 11 not here said edes the check book anav show very well replied mr pettit now here is a subscription ol 01 himself mr rockefeller sir abbott and mr colgate for have yon anything to show that this was ever paid nothing replied the witness unless the check book doea so but my dear sir said pettit you did not receive millions without making record where they came from well they camo from the subscribers to the bands said edes but there 1 no record of separate payments by them all the receipts from the subscriber were lumped and no itemized list of payments were kept so far as can be learned it was very to show whether the villard syndicate did or did not pay for their bonde wille mr edes was on the stand the search for the persona who did not pay for their bonds grew warm and the law and witnesses got very much tangled up in the intricate questions mostly on figures finally Nc Naught counsel for the receivers suggested suge ested that perhaps the records of the transactions with the united states trust company with the chicago fc northern pacific would throw some light 01 the subject and asked their production tomorrow morning the meeting then adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 hl afterward explained that it would probably appear that alie missing for the bonds had been obtained through the united states trust company and of course would not appear on the books of the oregon and transcontinental |