The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-04-20
THE ERIE FIGHT.
STARTLING REVELATIONS CONNECTED WITH
THE ISSUE OF ADDITIONAL STOCK
THREE MORE MILLIONS THROWN
ON THE MARKET.
From the New York Times, April Is

From the New York Times, April 15
1t was st lted in Yesterdays Times, as
developed by the examination of the pre-.
vious day in the litigation regarding the
disposition of 60,054 shares of the Erie
stock claimed by Heath and Raphael,
English shareholders of the Erie Railroad
Company, and which is alleged to have
been fraudulently seized and held posses
sion of by James Fisk, Jr., Jay Gould
and others, that an unaccountable cpl
demic seemed to have attacked the off
Gals connected with the Grand Opera
House, as soon as it was intimated that
their attendance as witnesses before the
master was desirable On Thursday it
became pretty evident that the further
prosecution of the litigation must be sus
pended, in the absence of the transfer
books OF the company, which were rep
resented to be accessible through Mr..
John &. Hilton, the transfer clerk, and
his assistant, w J. Hilton, and it was de-
termined, at all hazards, to serve them
with subpmnas from the master. Pre-
vious experiences made it apparent that
strategy must be resorted to in the accom-
plishment of the purpose, and decoy let
the Erie Company, was furnished the
Deputy Marshals, together with
the subpenas directing the presence OF
the witnesses. Both John A. Hilton and
his brother fell into the trap thus laid,
and they presented themselves to the
officers, when the latter called upon them
at their residences in New Jersey City
on Thursday evening. The subpeuas
were served upon them IN the usual form
to their intense anger and disgust, the
former declaring that the jurisdiction OF
the master did not extend to Jersey City
and he would neither refuse nor comply
with the order 1t would appear, how
ever, that better counsel induced him Il
abandon this determination, and yester
day morning he attended the examination
before the master His testimony occu
pied the entire day, aud developed the
most important circumstances yet adduc
ed in the trial The witness gave q com
pletc history of the robbery Of Heath anc
Raphael, and admitted the remarkable
fact that besides the five millions of new
stock issued, and which has been already
referred to, three millions were also is
sued in the months of December and Jan
uary last, of which neither the Farmers
Loan and Trust Company nor the public
generally were cognizant
The witness gave his testimony with 81
much hesitation, unwillingness, and actua
anguish, as to create very unfavorabl
impression, and necessitated the repeti
ton of important question three or fou
times by Mr. Southmayd and the mas
ter.
When the proceedings commenced Mr
Southmayd asked if the books, for which
an order had been issued the previou
evening, were produced?
Mr.. Morgau-No, sir; Mr.. Hilton, a
an officer of the Company, has charge o
them, and if a subpoena is served upo1
him in regular manner, [ suppose h
will produce them.
Master-The order | issued last eve
ming was to the Erie Railway Company
through you as it's counsel.
Mr.. Morgan have no control owe
the books, and wish it to be understood,
the Erie Company does not decline t
produce them
Mr.. Southmayd then asked the maste
to furnish him with certificate Of tn
facts upon which to base an application
to the Court for an attachment agains
the officers of the Company for contu
macy.
The order was granted att later stag
of the proceedings.
John A. Hilton was then examined a
great length, his testimony establishin,
the facts as above stated.