New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-04-15
THE COURTS.
THE ERIE INQUEST.


c. Tho ooorcb for the stolen shares of Ere
,a.ao tool ,,as becun before tho Master In Equity
=, ,as imnoss,le until Thursday evening 10 ilu % a.
mt, the Transfer Clerk and Mr.. W. D. Hlton' 'no as
sisant Transfer Clerk OF that road oh 'ia' e'o.s
Denuty United States Marshal smith, armou VIZ"
pena for W. j. Hilton, went to ms resiuen'o " -,
Iltv Knowing that II IL very diElcut 10 inaA0 '! 80
concealed i'm the LARS Of Erie" break cover, Il" ~
10 draw out the object Of his search Inc ,i"p
niece n, blank paper in an envelope direoleu " po
hand 20 Hilton In answer to the Marshafs ring h'on
camc to the door whore the following coh'oIsd''o '
place: A.. rru,or corld
The Marshal Holding the envelope so that ii'on oo"'u
read ills this Mr.. W. j. Hitohf
MarshalAre you in the employ of the Erie Railroad
Company
Hton-I am 5000,
The Marshal then put the envelope in his pocket and
handed the subpoena to Hilton. lie took 1t, ana ater nc
had read IT, no was favored with view OF the original
Uiton-Does a subpoena from Master III Equity III
New-York reach "a far as JerSeyf
Marshal-It reaches 100 miles from the district In winch
It was issued.
Tho Marshal then handed Hilton g. as witness and
travelling fees, and left
voung man, about 10 years OF age, specially depu-
tized for the OCCASION and provided like the Marshal
with subpoena and trap called at the house OF D. a.
Hilton who also resides in Jersey City lady answered
bis summons at the door, the following colloguy
ensued:
Young man--Is Mr.. J. A. Hilton in
Iady-Are YOU from the Erie Railroad Company
Young Mani am.
Lady-Walk into the paror.
The invitation was accepted and Hilton soon appeared
Young Mau-Mr Hilton, here Is letter Tor you
Hilton takes the letter, opens it, and is Immensely aa-
tonshedl
Young Man taking the subpoena out OF his pockeH-
Mr. Hilton here is subpoena for YOU
Unton-You came here under false pretenses, and L
won't take it,
Young Mani have shown you INC COPY 'li' h"'
now show you the original
hilton then picked up the copy. which had fallen on
the floor and threw it down again. The young man here
rendered s. as witness and travelling ICES ana hoh
three times said that he would neither accept nor ret
IT, The unwecome visitor then id the " on the V@oc
At the opening of the investigation, yesterday, Mr.
T.H he iooi. which order rei last sysai-r r. -,
Mozan-No, Sir; Mr lon ha chnr-e OF lem a, an one o.
felif ts1E he win Frgei 6c'a Va, to III. rre Rail-
Y, have no control over bool, ths Ccnpan and
wish to understood the Company does n' decline +" pf'1'
a. both thc Htons were present in obedience to the
subpen1s served upon them Mr. SOunnayd then exam,
ncd John a. Hilton Ere'' Transfer CifA ho 'o''iNo"
2o1 appear here in subpoena served uPoa you last
O. Flow onl have you been IN uor e Erie E'lo' Com
paSyl A have been eHro ed rs transfer eer' Ia tat oes 'f "
o. Have you charge Of the transfer bools have bal charge Of
o. up to what time A. within week meant by this ta have
O. .Ve you any tie les, n {o hTe had during
the year A. Not tua Ano" Of M bro '" j. "n Is my
Q Who charge Of matters connected with the reg rpn Of
stock with IL, and Truss Company A. have charge
O. When Of the Frer Loan ani Trust Com
psny opened a. About sepiemaer o. / 90 .,,,.. ,
q What i I'gr Conar ia-e Il-' S' ny " M a. tsn
outstanding with the number Of shares embraced IN eeh crr
rrgsryi ole to- as having nothing to 20 "A the
o Have Yea furnished Farmers Lo'n md Tra com''ny
tine record OF fny .'oc iora 70 ii Th W en-
ice given Loan AMI Tst Company Of tie issue Of
they 5a wiz F s5 sS Of ' it, no. sSi. We.
done in resSr to hat part.cuiar matter
opcl t IN f Pq amy Loan sd f conasy (0beieI
Jet oerd A can't we'll answer that question without my
O Don't YOU rocoect as matter ,beer beilr issue
Tary there hs ,nue Of tie shares Of the Re Comp-ari
You OF ia and know A 10 that
question shall have refer books eoang record Of What
Q by the M',ern yon say you cannot without your books.
tI9t question: .y ths The hoo.' v u show ,.
HIM, aiTsi no." bs roiS Sid in low tone: Nre
We represented by counsel hercf He then answered
The Mastcr-Tnat is not the question. The question
i. whether You can testify the facts without tn hooks,
whether yOu cannot. n. VIII Jon please state the
question agini The question was then repeated, and
Hilton answered, 81 can. The examination WAS then
Q You then know whether enlargement the stock
q. Nheul A. ! can't without books.
Q. Do YOU krow to what tnounh 4. lesI 70.
= Wien wa. that do-eI A. In order 20 answer that question mus;
o Can you De, .nber
,, T sG mot that rS ne from S ff loan sa . ,7 Com
Q DO recolc tie Of tn transfer Of stock which bad
been LETT the iH Company hy Van tan on behalf Of
n,a.h AMI Raj Incl, james u. Coleman Iecsei A. no.
le. by Hoffman whose possession Did YOU them A. It
a.. on The dag they wee Transferred To- Coleman a. receiver that Int
O. What VS. en- done with the original cei caesl They
far two or moah did not have chlrg u posting tien back over
or al ctcu. We control 81 n & ca n rcsrl to Jc.,n, the
ertea's for tie Tnn'e Cek a to en them and thea hand
in The % oer certificates also kept there's when the
' das 5o Si' mae " ' man as receiver at the transfers were entered
. When th, book eosei A. Feb IT, 1870 remained
q il rcoI~pedi A or 18th Of October Iso
VIA has practice since the Farmers Loan and Trust
the Of yeur ohele reu red 70 orer get bs stock
present ny oBce 70 Az them cIamaei
myslf qOher; Il found
. What had Mr Harm, to % With certificates for
snnaion pr9r.V to der being registered the Farmers Loan aud
~ IN 49,, i e, e o' Iu o aol A. va, not
Ps bnt am Tos .fs that Mr. a bad an a GI s c [ C
am Ma' s. ~. p i Im IF nT to 1l r I @ for '
hs W, 5 ID 90 10 90 ,i vas ss exception to ,a
shJ ~ 5 - t ,", 'eiTal A. I'm not aware that
ss ia september la' AID when Coemaa signed bis
th,t,ny ese there. '-' ''" '"''
QIhrr ar remaining
Autos done with them there
| A. Itey all canceiel
. By whom A. Either BY myself OF brother
q Was not that doe having from
| tni new certificates issued instead A.
" hga before A. 1 the
escee the Cancellation generally the time the transfer IL
| made.
q Vas his custom departed from to the COZ share. u
HeaDsnd Ralhaeli Objected To and
BOT cancelled at The time the transfer they
,o cancelled With the knife don't eOect low long after the
trans the srrei thus - $3.50 49,
Mr. Hilton here began To whisper TO his brother and
the Master poremptorily ordered him To stop it.
y y the rule cancel A. =
universal rule persons making the transfer will writ across
the certificates the woni canc.lel."
q Ws there ANYTHING OF the Kind done