New-York tribune., 1868-04-14

RAILWAY STOCK is MANIftLAlLD-NN"iN N"iN'"
REVELATIONS.
THE examination of the al. C. Bancroft Davis
Contempt Case" which has grown out Oh lne EIie ~
yersy continued Gay aceSrahg % of Horn
ito ~ Davis Secretary Of the company Nts feshS, S M
yanGSGPSSeIr yS6 1gS rcs SPFeS for e Sr defense
Question Ivy Mr.. Vanderpoel-state me huluers @ ~ W
those certacates dated March ls TO which yon nave
referred in your former testimony as having @ 9een @ 80
A. To the best Of reGpNecton they WTie o T S. co. ~
e9,o5 Inclusive Witnessconnued as follows me Ger
tiGrates we're filed up, when signed ueIn Mith tue
names ~ Fske. Belden Co., ana sliI h"Itin ~ ~,
.aw the books containing the certncales oul VI my
hands ON ouy two occasions these were Wnen L was
before the Senate Committee OF inyesue%en % iai .ne eo
yertblo bonds delivered TO Mr. EidrldsS, ihe IrSsio
bore seven per cent interest as expressed on w W.
loan tsOOOO0 Is now Outstandipg the tomptly ~ % e ~
ee bonds to the amount of about SVT on piSSe 90 O
Tbs road between Arnoldsvie aud Atcai the slur'V"
OF convertible bonds issued IN Mareh last are pa!a9 ~
1889 with interest seml-aDnualiy Tue 'Oiul'hS n"s
sTsy ,y ne Pe fbe bonds Was xed by tie Executive Com
mitee at not less than l2t per cent VIVA What t ,iTt
age bonds 100000, of the second MORTGAGE st"2mn;
Of the third sG,OOO0O0 Of the fourth oigHai3 snV 49,
,,.re is-uod OF which part about SyoOC have bcch
Converted othe fh the full amount originally intended
10 be issued vas s5CSoo OF Thch @ on! csn%cyicd INTO
stock leaving 5000 worth outstanding Inc HtnSss
zen Mr. Drcw and Mi. Fisbe in Jersey City about Ten
ctS &C ,in dfhniuiaO jBe road at Long Dock and
2tn1I IN jersey Cy: oat NnefS ne @ 1id & 6ot &I'meor;
tructed gwen in exchange To various persons who
hvld the Companys bonds previously issued witness lid
MI Burtlcll knew The handwriting of Mr.. Drew Lad
seen It frequently. Question by Mr. Vandcrpoels this
his signature Showing witness papeuf A. nave 10
doubt Of The paper shown is as follows: .. go.
a.. 10. s,,eqs 70 sep,.l ,oo .,a.
tie Rlray C"aPsry y pe otri
date Tie bearer entitled all dividends
dividend, declared during ilaiIpe. H. DAEw.
Martin T. Green the witness called by the pro
socuOn He testified that W 10 the st OF last February
ofce Of David Groesbeck n Co M February aud March
last and dealt in Erie stock during those months The
here.
pended in order to take that OF Mr.. William Beden aud
Horace r. Clarke esq. assumed the examination on the
part of the prosecution; David d. keld esq appeared on
Mr. Reldcn being sworn testified that he was q banker
and toekbroker. member OF TIE firm ot Fske, Bcldcn
s Co, at NO 81 Broadst that Jas; fiskc, ir wm b.
Bradford and himself composed the firm, q. Who was
the hookkeeper cashier Of that firm Ia March last
ness decline answers .Air. Clarke asked the referee
TO require the witness 10 answer The referee
the advice OF counsel refused 10 he Obe TeeTec
could compel him The fact Of the refusal TO answer
paSnHv; G H was SrV eecad peci"r m FeIary Ig lf
1 and is now. @ Mas the ii1n Of f.fe Bcden c. ,So
Of Ere Railway stock NJ any time in February March,
lido not understand whether you the
firm for others. COunselI mean Ia inquire whether
they short eitherfo their account for the
account of their customers deaicI-i Nitness-We |
were not short for 0ur own account and what
did fof others and what We may have
some discussion here took place between counsel as
10 the propnety OF the inteUoGuory, when the queS
having been repeated. The witness said decline TO
further answer 10 thai question. THE ap
pcatCn was made To compel an answer and tho same
decision gwen by the rciefee Witness, amer consulta
ton with MS cou1te Ar tied also declined to answer
dual members of the trn ~ Fske, Bcden & Go. sc
with the firm during either OF the months OF Feb
ruaIy and March, 1861 Had James Fske, Jr any stock
account during those two months, any part thereof
firm Of Fske, Belden Co. with your firm kept' witness
then testified that he AT the office o his nIm the
the Directors of the Erie Railway Company. q. |
Dld you see any OF mem or We Sth or Ilh |
irrelevant. unless confined TO Mr.. j. G. Bancroft Davis
A. probably did unable to say positively witness
not say whether or not he saw any Of the |
directors on that day. a. he met them fre-
believed that he Mr.. Fiske at the office on
where, it is difficult to say had 10 recollection OF having
seen any directors at ms office on that day. O. Were
there at your Office on the OH Of March any certificates
OF stock OF the Erie Railway Company dated March 2,
1868! Acting under The advice Of counsel the witness
declined TO that question, state the ground
OF his refusal 10 answer lie also declined TO the
following Was there not large number OF certificates
OF stock in the Erie Railway Company, dated March T.
1861 delivered out Of your office ON that dayf Did
not the directors some officer OF the Company send
your office, or bring there certificates OF stock dated
q Did you see MN on Mdrch =, ana whcftI rms TIE
witness declined TO answer rs also the following Did
test subscribing witness, the signature Of the Of
Flske Beden Co. 10 the transfer OF large number of
certificates Of stock OF The Erie Railway Go. dated March
T. 1861 DID your irn issue on the N any certificates
of stock Of that date he 7th ConnseLook at the sig
showing paper for 100 shares OF the Erie Railway
Company, dated March q 1865 aud the signature Of
whose handriting il is. Witness-It in mine O. Where
did you make III A. In my Office. The following questions
were then put, but objection 10 them having been
made the witness declined 20 answer Where did you get
the certifcatei Did execute transfers Of any other
Of that character te 9TH How long
had this certificate G32i9 for shares, the sigma
ture to the transfer OF which You have recognized been
possession a the time signed The transfer
Were there certificates of 10000 shares and upward of
this class OF stock dated March = transferred by you
hon the transfer signed what amount o stock rep
resented by certificates issued from his office that
day. whether he held Erie stock ~ the early part Of
March last, and whether his firm held aDy. Witness
testified that in March he commenced action In the
Supreme Court, Kings County, before Judge Gilbert,
mat case Judge X. Porter David d. Field, Dud-
ey Field, and Mr. Jno. y. Burrii q. DID any director
bring that action A. Not from Information that
gave them witness authorized the action 10 Dc brought
aud t was brought in the interest OF the Erie Railway
JO did not remember giving directions as to when IT
hould be cOmmenced gave direction 10 the parties TO
made defendants knew by sight most Of the persons
did not personally Cornelius Vanderbilt VIM
H. Vanderbilt Richard Schci, Augustus Schell. George
D Barnard, Vim. Il. skdmoTe, aud Marshall D. Chain |
Dln witness did not recOllect stating his counsel by
whom he had been informed as 10 combination 10 spec.
Hate IN Erie stock and 10 the OF the Courts
aid of that speculation as stated IN nus complaint IN
hat action; did recOlect that his counsel made In
lury OF him as 20 whom that party was.
Question by MT Carke-WhO was the party that gave
'Ou the informatiOn1
MItness-I do remember what gentleman told me
hat MT Parker had told him that In the month OF jan
,st Judge George c. Barnard had told him lr Parker
hat there going % great strife 10 get possession
4 the Ere Railway and that me should side with the
lhhdtTDnJ party was crediby informed that Mr.. y
rane stated that Judge Barnard himself had lest
cton owing TO the fall the price OF tine siOckthey
ayng expected that II would rise upOn the injunction
udge Barnard consulting with Mr.. George A. osgood,
LIZ MI Osg0od has repeatedly told LIE that be ! 81