The New York herald., 1865-02-03

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LAYS HIS DAAA0ns At xIvry-Nnu MILLIONS
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Before Judge Insraham.
FES 2-Lxthsr c. Tbbsts o. Wi1iam II Ib11 Ddvid
Dudley Field implsaded ArcAibaJd Banter and Gtyss
Others This il action for conspiracy the plaintiff
alleging that he has suffered unheard Of wrongs ct the
hands OF the defendants who chiefly merchants and
members Of the Produce Exchange The complaint seems
based generally upon the idea that the Defendants
consisting or bss Of the Produce Exchange, editors
Of several newspaper in this city and Boston, divers
lawyers in this city and Boston, deputy sheriff and two
justices OF the peace In Connecticut besides several
ladies living in different parts Of the country, have COM
bined in gigantic conspiracy against tne person and
and unInteligible Il evidently the handi,
there It bears the traces Of lawyers hand II begins
by introducing the reader 70 Hiram Fogg Of Shanghae
who died IN My ssvos oss 70 sns Sssn
the influence Of David Dudley Field, however,
ss Sees p'0psnlss Children nsS out Il Ss cold
Ill feeling between Tbbets and his wfes relations
which finally LED 70 trouble T1oss Dss, YVES e. o,n msm sns
aspred TO be the leading spirit among gram dealers
Possessed Of good education, and being well up IN
for 1894 and TO the conclusion that the demand
would be greater than the supply Corn then selling
eighty cents bushe and Tisoes believing snsi
expectation Of realizing princey fortune He paid
liberal prices for all the grain he could secure,
s ali
grain that aoat in New York, and was about enter
them half million bushels Of corn, when the whole
Produce Exchange conspred against him and ''sod
short, as the saying ia, thereby preventing him selling
The plaintiff then goes on to say that subsequently he
was expelled from the Produce Exchange, because he
was in the habit Of denouncing the gambling that was
going there complains bitterly Of his arrest and
Incarceration in the Tombs What he feels most dis
tressed about though the report that has been clr
ONea, to the neglect Of his wife and children It is
claimed that the reports relative to this ladys being
without foundation, and wholly untrue. In con
cusion he proposes to show that during
the last five years all his business operations have been
perfectly honorable that he had made several hundred
thousand dollars, and would have made half million
dollars BESIDES if he had not been nterered with 6y the
defendants He also complains of the reports that have
been circulated relative to his insanity and says that
even his wife has deserted him and joined the conspra
tors taking with her his children and household furn
ture For these and many other injuries the plaintiff
claims damages against each OF the defendants IN the
of 000 000 and prays for the judgment OF the
court. -
Mr. David Dudley Field the part Of the defendants
to strike portions Of the complaint as scanda
lous mpernent irrelevant and redundant, and To make
more definite and certain five several part cuars
Judge Ingraham held that great portion of the COM
plant consisted Of matters which should not be alleged
In the peadinga II should contain only statement OF
the cause OF action and the facts which show the mode
in which the conspiracy was carried out TO retain this
prevent the plaintiff from obtaining tho object Of his
action.
Among the defendants in this extraordinary complaint
we noticed the Of George Cragn President OF
the New York Commercial Association; Edward Hinckin
Vice President Of do Jesse Hoyt, Archibald Baxter
n Fiske, Augustus E. Masters Brett, Sons Co., ship
ping mershants; James Gordon Bennett editor OF the
NEw YoRK HERALD, and the plaintiffs three brothersin
law and their wives.