Bond Scandal Witnesses
"The various complications of the 'Great Robbery' led to numerous articles and dispatches for several months. Jerome B. Simpoon, vice-president of the 'C. O. C.' and in general charge of the…
Bond Scandal Fallout
"There is little doubt that this affair, aggravated by the financial difficulties of the time and the accumulated irregularities of the past, virtually destroyed the credit of Russell, Majors & Waddell and made…
Payoff to Floyd
"From the very beginning two principal objects seemed to govern the [House Bond Scandal] hearings: to investigate Secretary Floyd's acceptances [given to Russell], and to find the abstracted bonds. The…
Russell’s Guilt
"[Godard Bailey, a clerk in the Interior Department, whose wife was related to Secretary of War Floyd] confessed [to Russell] that the bonds he had given Russell belonged to the…