The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-11-24

NEW York, November 23.-The
Tribune gives to-day statement IN
relation to the elction of Aug Belmont
before Judge Sutherland, of which
the following is the material part:
That closing the books OF the Com
pany sixty days before the election,
instead OF thirty days as usual, ard by
excluding every stockholder from
voting by proxy, and by other fraud
nlent devices, said Gould, Fiske and
Lane succeeded at the regular annual
election on the 18th of October, 1868,
in continuing and perfecting their
course of the Company, and are now
wasting and misappropriating its
funds and exposing the Company to
forfeit its charter. Said Gould,
Eiske and Lane, prior to the election
in 1868, issue unlawtully S3,OOO,OOO OF
additional stock, and since then have
issued $23 100000 more. The COM
mon stock of the Company now ex-
.eeeds sixty millions of dollars,
snrd its value has fallen from $50 per
share down to $35 per share. Said
inerease of stock has all been traudu-
lently issued, and the proceeds thereof
are now controlled by Gould and
Eiske. The amount is about $16,-
J. O00,0G9 all of which, instead of being
I deposited to the credit of the Com
/ pany, or standing in its name, is In
| the inEividual names and possession
I of said Fiske and Gould; that said
| Gould aud F;ske are using all the re-
sources of said Company in dangerous
and fraudulent speculations in stocks ;
and in buying on behalf OF said Com
many various properties, and are now
/ contracting for leases and other
| purchases. on all of which said
Gould, Fiske, and Lane have
received private bonuses In fraud
| of the Company mounting 60 $l0O,-
| 600 to their own use. That since the
| election of said Gould, Fisk and Lane
in October, 1867, the debts OF said
Company have increased from $639,
1I2 10 to $1.032 1863 10, In addition to
the 50, 100000 stock issued for .Octo'
her election, 1868, and exclusive Of
| aceeptances issued for the Boston
| Hartford and Erie stock, and variou;
| leases aud other matters. That tho
receipts of the Company during The
mast year was $38, 600, 600; wherefore
4 the plaintiffs pray that the Director
be removed aud a receiver appointed
that defendants be restrained iron
\ increasing stock, or from the re
moval of books, papers or funds, O.
h impeding their examination, or allow
I 4 ing them to remain beyond the Jurls
i diction of the Court. The complain
I is verified by August Belmont an
is followed by affidayits corroboratln
its statements and facts by Au
gustus Q. Brown. Daniel DreN
drank Work, and @. s. Sloane. .
4 .ese Justice Sutherland grants tn
Injunction and order to show caus
: Drayed for as above described.
The case OF Mr.. Mcintosh versu
the Erie Company came up to day be
fore Judge Sutherland, and after cor
siderable argument decision wa
given bv the Judge vaeating the OF
ders issued by Judge Barnard, whic
n lappointed JAY Gould receiver an
: permitted him to sell 10000 share
f of stock
: Judge Barnard in his. charge to th
J, grand jury in the Court of OTier an
z Terminer to-day, called attention
n the alleged eorruptiOns of the judi
}. ciary here, and to the action of Gel
tain newspapers in New York in pei
y petrating daily and hourly libels. [
: to days Tribune and Tunes, In Ne
Jersey papers and elsewhere, he saiC
$ are charges of the most atrociou
e character against corruption in il
terfering with the duties of election
q and charging him (Barnard) wit
: being In combination in Wa
q Street. He had never bough
owned or sold q share of stoc
: in his life; has not. separated fro
!. his wife q single dollars worth