The New York herald., 1867-04-04
THE WALL STREET 'ImsRoolIo.

Amdavits Of De1iel Drew. Fisk e. BcSaen,
WIN. 4. Dornin. ,E. D. Burr and Samuel
Boocock-lnterestin ns Recriusinations- &c.
The complaint in abe cfJoscph B. Stewart against
Daniel Drew and otters charging these gentemcn with
collision and fraud in regard the Eric Stock pool
and which. resulted the arrest of Drew
and Fisk Belden hss ecissd from the defesdapts IN
the action series Ok vo!uminous anBdavits denying
under oath almost cry material allegation contained
In the saiementcf MIR. Stewart S8
Daniel Drew, eeinE sworu deposes that he never TO
bis knowledge hsd doarbslonging 70 Lsoossdf fHuyck
or Stewart which s'saerof shem hsd saiutsress;
that both the .Tri$ poos' resulted in iess; that he
never any trc stated Stewart that preas had been
made IN those tssAsactons amounting about 3zco 000
or any other sum; that he Drew he'd not kept .
complete account Of ali purchases and sales Of Eric
stock; that every charge Of fraudulent dealing made
against h by Stewart falss that three four weeks
art was xse,ing up grcas suit assinss aim about the
sErie poss Land that Stewart owed hm $1,000 which
he IVES trying 70 GET and thought stewart could os
would pay u0hng The afant further declares that u
sabsessens interview with stewart depsaens told him
became convinced that Stewards object 10 extort
money from him. through his dislike Of the scandal
woke thssAls nrs, pool was controlled entirely by T. D.
Burr that deponont had nothing TO do with t beyond
subscrbng with Burr 500 shares that Burrs absence
from town Was upon business upon railroad, and
not pretended or unneceseary AFFAIR that 1t the time
pool No. formed the stock merged into 10 from
pool No had fallen and worth less tnan that
other written agreement made Wth Baxter; that
deponenf din make authorize know any repre-
being made 70 Huyck that most OF the Gales
we're made through Groesbeck 4 Co. and that in not
making them through Fisk Belden there in.
en,on % defraud or deceive any one that nothing was
concealed from any parties thar depoacnt did furnish
the IS 900 shares TO pool No and bought and sold for
the joint benefit Of his associates, but the losses
were much greater than the profits; that he Drew
never combined with any up the transac-
tons; that neither Huyck nor Stewart demanded
an account from him. and that since the close OF
transactions he had always becn ready and willing TO
accsunt and had made such declaration TO those who
inquired.
TO BIN, which has been published, always con-
sdered by HIM confidential. and used without his
knowledge consent; two three weeks.ago Stewart
went into bic Office and asked s:ier he had
received from Belden; Mr. Dornn says that after being
positively assured BY Stewart that the letter should not
be shown used in any way against Drew, Fisk Bel
den he handed IL 70 i'm, and left IL for time Stew.
arts possession; upon his return from tho Board he
found that NJ stewart had taken the with
him; IL vas returned late in the afternoon
Of the same day, Mr.. Stewart ststing that
n y. so0sa Dorsn a.ssS sus
thai Is had been photographer; Mr. Ssswsn has also
repeatedly endsawcrsa through oshsr parties % ndaes
,osher dsfsndanss, bat he be- refused . 70 -.
eaSnsl ". Boocsck depssss thss he IN shs once
declared thst he had not copied sbsvn Il 70 any
one except Mr. BrdSsye, and that eoSts made BY
..ar 2 ndaes hun 70 ,Sin s y the ssi.
hss known Stewart for many years. and haf NE time
when, as be now ohaFsss. hs thought dsponeut was
rowing money ptable prstsncss, even 70 sums Of IS
70 $40 for his butcher, and that stewart now owes
ors.,v naess. . him FOR Balances on socosD snc
borrowed money, upon which stewHs aid he was
sseong work 81 tho Eric pool" and would soonhavs
come money upon stewart being asked what he meant
an angry discussion ensusd and Immediately thereafter
money loaned Fisk further dsposss thai he sever ssS
Stewart that the profits rom the pool operations ex-
cssAsd q 900 ooo 9. aay other amount or thai the
chsaxsd derauded his associates the pool that hs
(Fsk never sald that with Dsews money and The man.
Of al other parties the poo that he never stated %
Stewart that Fisk BstAcn had received from Huyck
than $50 900 % be invested in Erie; that in point
OF fact Flax Belden ncver received any sum from
Huyck for that purpose but had placed bal noe OF
S260Os which was in Their hands, in favor Of Huyck,
suited IN q ess ana were fairly managed
William Beden deposee that the letter annexed to the
complaint and which has bssn pusshed, was written
.ion with the Emo pools thal Il Was written hastily ana
an intimate friend; that though daponent was then
sincere In what he wrote he has since been convinced OF
his mistass and he expressed 70 Drew and DOrnn his
the transacious wese still open, and that he had been
wrongfuy LED 20 suspect Mr. Drews sincerity; that Mr.
nr0W buUr5Vusy 'SkYssnou cVofy tnlDE 70 0cpOucnta
satisfaction ard ihat he 10 equally convinced that Mr.
Burr had acted with strict integrity; that hs eIden)
had never secn copy OF the let4ss from the time II
was written until Y was reproduced in the eompIsius
and chat upcn reading now he psrcevss that s sus.
cspthle Of meann which he did NOT intend 70 convey:
thsA tho expreamon contained In the Istscr-
s'rssslpct the nnf pesi stood a . pso0r'--
meant only tbat - Me time - which he
refsrrs1 the seoo4 csnlA haze beea sol4 a. A
AnA the pst re1uh ~ each and both pools was 1oes
thaA Iisk = bsldeA aver ytseived sny spesinc sum
from Huyoa - b. use4 In sAs sld poois aad that the
osy Interest huysk had IN the pools was a. stated by
Mr.. Fisk inss deponenl mover conceded any OF the
transactions y reeen y fhe poels that he does not
believe or hnoS 0f ny frAnd or deceit in connection
with the pools; hasthe Arm Of Fisk b Bsldsu never
realized any prens - Of The rAnsacons nor did they
ever hold forth any 16ucemsns 70 Huysk 10 enter into
pool No beyond sFessns belief that the spscala-
tisn vouh resun s4vsntageousy; that on the I'd Of
June, 1900 huycn nwxneA all bic ntsrset In the opera
ton 70 Fsk beleeR fos valnable consideration and
wuheos any cendue4 - rNsegvo1on IN feves Of any
persee Whatever aaA Ass ncslhsg unvsk nsv stewart
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