, 1870-03-22
VANDERBILT AND ERIE
OF Fisk Concluded.

~
he csse OF the Erie Railway Company *Ga.nst t
,orpcluis Vanderbilt. The cfoss examination y
II Mr. Fisk VA. completed. that gsntleman ;
giving lis testimony IN the same sn9eteeus
ind readv manner which chafactenzeh fun On :
,he previous lav, II covered very much the
.,nr ground that had been trayeIsed before,
ber;nninr Vith the 1irst interview with Wander
sie rT1,aT, the enbiect of the settlement was
iii ,h,t Gentleman. when the tender OF fifty
,1u ,,,aus.na IN. sh.raa ~ stock Wss msde.
49,. ,..,.,~.,,,x.1ox
~" - 80 80 -. ;-,a--;a,r ui.,, the
WITH iesaf't 10 20 ne n1ss a...aI As .ha unhst,ncs
Of the conversation as ~ aIea"s e!ssaa1 e;a WILL
counsel asked: Is that al that was sa,d
Witness. No, presume nc, M1 1,s1 nsu I'LL
an hours conse!sal9n 1 anu ~ aA1lA >'|A'o
more thsl1 tna. N ~. x q. nux,h;nc mo,o that
was saih or dohe ,,o,s x.a
Witness. doh fesnemtNt % Hna' ~ ~ ~, h;s
fald. iremeHoel tns SoiilnoS .1,nS. sS,arns m ~
other shoe Ie,neaaoSt N.oe1 aaa t,sr, Tere four
buckles on that shoe ana rnnn Hno" xo1o ~ s,',t
through my msho t'a a. - eu.' ~, ,,o no. n.ir Ths
kind OF shoes, Mnss get 1nS 81 r ~. z,a.p
passed thfonEn my laind' ", n,s - xcW c;ril n
q It 70 .na & IN ~. ts,;i. "a. in tl,s trout
nm. Tooia -. 1iot, Nm t1,ers aud fouud
loon; sotpJeffa Hpst a,,,t tnoT Vhe.e he might
nun these' =. ~ 80 ~ maspt-oo Altar r,tur,,fnr
"a tna fT5.nt - roon toid Gould what had been
n.san,. ~ saT i,rtween 1nyreIf and The Commodore
pA,e Snn6.oI Wau vhat did you say?
h,ra mat c;rsn IA ~ occnr1inc i, he other |
room s(aso and that tho Commodore lad
Counsel No. hut stato what 20 usaid.
W;tnesa an falling you ~ nesf a. can.
II von 11nt tha exact words can't give them
r.n rive tho subatanee Of tho conyorsation.
II 70 Tou 81 insist IT, On the precise words, / don't
know. You mrst take it one way or the other.
(Fiually the substance Of the talk w1s given,
viii po nateria1 variation from the sersion a.
ready reported
| a week or Ten aays afte1. this. I don't know
lust how long. / can't FIX the time. No. I
can't give tLo dav, nor tho. week, nor tho
month, nor the year, without reference.
| Counsel. What reference doyou meAna
| the various events Of ny life TO SEQ Just where
| HAT dsy comes IN. Tho event mos, Impressed
| On nv mind Curing that seven 1pon:ha vas the
strnen3ons robbefy that was beng pe.petrated
hv this 1nan ynuderblt aeaiust tho Era Rail-
~ - rNl7s rnmn.nv ma ~''-''o' '''N
| tounsel. Well, refer to these events, viii
| von and aee yhere that ucctinc came in ?
Witness, Certainly, il you desire it. o, I
| can't do it here 1t would take me al day.
;. Counsel. Can't you state tho time when
this riefrepout interview occurred:
Witness. No, sir, I canuot iou ask posi-
tive and precise questions, and l answer &C
cortlinelT. I have some idea, but you don't
ark for my idea
The witness then gave = minute account OF
the meeting at pior1epouts, and his conyetsA-
ton witl Drew and EIdridge after ho had
.'slippcd into the drawing room aud found the
corspi{xto1s.''
Witness. told Eldridge had been At the
Fifth Avenue Hotel to SEQ him, but did not
find him, He said he wasn't there. Then
asked him what WIS going on He said they
were trying 10 arrange these cutie Ihen l
told him it was no use trying to fofce thla
thing through "!thent our concu1!ence' ~
Was piece of robbery Well, he ssiti, no had
done everything ne could loF Us. end now =! ~
Arrangement had been made with >anaernut,
and i waa al tight lhen Drew, he took
hand in, and told uH how hc had suffered dur
| ing his pilgrimage IN Jersey. he saul they
had arranged these matsons together.
We were Il was very glad 10 hear him BAY ttlat)
and that it was no uncommon thing ioE gTeat
corporations TO make arrangements ot tns
sort told him II th1t WAS the Gag. thoush! @
, our State Prison ought to oe enlarged. but
. mon, and, another thing. these lawEeEs Ee1e
: all in the interest Of one slae. 1"antea y
! consult my eounael. He said that was no gool-
We must come into the arrangement: tlnns
talked with E!dr1dGe three times. "ent 70
him for the basis Of the arrangement. and he
told me repeating the terms Of the settlement
:. AZ already repozted). l presume lave moi
: stated ali that was said We were there two
!, hou1s mud 4 half. and this was two Years ago
d / can't give the exact words which were used
: I'm I'm teliing @ " v,u liz substance IT What va:
d eail-what wss said in the tir.t conversation, =
8 md that in the second can't state separately
Q R.nslio vas Writing nt 1 table. and Schell va.
9 buzsing around, Interested in getting hi
i sosa ,,,nst ~ tha tins ha1 nothinr to 10 a,
i Inn I'm, NAto'' - Wv ''1''~*
4 =, .,,o conversation, zxore c;ro,
o,ner aesAls oi tne conss,seua ~ ss.;on;n "e' ~,
| LII
conEsTi uAs nunu1oss ~ ',i ~ a,.n h1n1 =
ing feneseo ~ tns enoi1 W Ja- ~ pu '11 -, ~
81 eaEncis answer, anu st;lna .s.us T =, ~
otnel haho 70 81 nto e.I'ana.'as ~. ,'s.,. ~
Ic Inc witness pfesee.s ."a'a usahs .asa ..,t1[ ~
=. me ne Aaa concHuea - eohseh' jt :! tIo ~
ment, aug Ssked "s Il, "outu sleI to.,., ~ T.
I'm eeo1,a ~ aa. u, " ~, ~ ,n;,d ~ ,.;ve Ii
tolu me ne nau toue ~, n1 .1io,,t aid;ns
told lin we had 70 counseitlen anil 'lla. ;.a
oenese tne ps'Hes.tnes TN @ s,a ~G1o ~ Ed-;ra bnol
N Nels tnste saa' Tsaa ~ ~. ~ EIi43Sra 81,
!uto Iuu rtnAeI - e.s.,ita5 - ti,Sr i,
M ~ 6.a bsen nea tse
pau LIN S+vteVo ~ ~ .:5 s:5 liz non -. =
10 rght, and Eaton laa neen Paan eioV" ~ -os
ID oplnlon showing .nh1 .as ~ otraSns ~ ~
le Ilm taouent I;,';',s. y %a E;15,1iv ~ sfont
classifying opltnons. a 1ns. n3om
ar ocIecx, Tape1 "ns paesIo :s,H: 80
signed IT, ! don Ano" MnA1 s.;se,a ~ eon.ue mas
r. didn't read 1t. don tn!nk not.ce1 w u
!is ef it. l remember thas tne spaee 'Pr h- 4 i
IN names was efeatcr tnan LIN .T'et ea - - J..
WnhcE. Ay impression u tn11 80, io1A G+ia ~ - =
nd and left At onre N dle5nss- tolo uou.a .,,,s
m bad sold ourselves 20 tue uesn- tie71. u
that WIS mol the onlE ucsonlsua etsuse- :.
IT, memnet eccihe AZ. VINE, tne as;1 l. ". ~
m N WIN tAe eoecA-pooa. Auo 49, ~: 49,. ~
aft lou arc nea1tnS u sne aa:,a. 5e ..hT ~ ~ -
en- pnrahon 10 pe put IN sanuetou, ~ 1u.
"a didn't know the contenta OF tne pApTs ~. Mts
m signed, and nave MMass oceh elA. IGH ~.
to hAse tnous11 " Il .Aous - .;.aJ e;r,,
al know what other documents slenea. ssfn n. -
his everything inat Mas Eus peao1e luz ~ =, 10
once tn9 aesn n1a no.a =, h-, Lno I'D b,Ee m Il
lie ing: diin reaa any o. tneh, ano Law ~ ~
lie what they we're t "un tear 1noT tha Grst ons
ate signed. Eept no eoun. at'ei anc 49, e.
al went Eath Tue rot'pela u1sn, Aae @ -
he WIN tnen ever tISe: - unfi 49, pnt
he alter sho eaemnG leit AZ ONCE IIn:. H,s ~
lev whether We eat aoMn OF no'' We e'o'' "'
)e- anxtnnnS 70 eat klio~: ,,-,, =,
his Counsel Well, but didnt sou Ell ao~n a
ca tAk the maf1oT over -,,o.ho
An Nhnese- ton remember Hoee1aa ~
ate down or not. :,
m Counsel. Eut DIDN'T the company e'e
M have chat: -
he Witness. don't remember
NJ Counsel. Did they hare glass Of wine
something Of that sort
lev Witnees- ! don't remember.
mi Counsel. lou wo1ld De LIKELY 10 Ecmelnt
,si that, wouldn't you
Ia Witness. No. cir: never drink.
aaa Counsel Do you mean to tel me that
be W;+rass NJ air
ght Mikness' ~; ~; ", s.a 80 IA .or, ,o+7
ing M. M;ulsea ~ t,a;9 ~, ,.s4nh;y y. ~
az This Interesting dialogue went On until
!1 Ms witness stated that be had answered the On