New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-03-18
LEGISLATIVE INQUIRIES.


The Judiciary Committee took important
..,san.o ON FRIDAY and saturday in Judge Barnards
- Andrew Boariman of the firm of Benedict u
pardman testified that he counsel for the defend
ants IN the suit of Emerdorf agt. Savage ana
game which involved the possession of large
,rnount Of real estate. and in which j. Ingrahan'
=, was appointed receiver against the will Of all three
Of the tgauts The suit Of Savage agt Kane was theh
instituted aud Terence Farley appointed receiver
by BARNARD in COLLISION with Cardozo, ana received
,I2COo services Certain other instances were
.tcd in which receivers appointed when unncces
sry aud ia which T. Ingraham received Sl6o0; culver
a Bright slsOO Terence Farley. extra receiver s75o
Graft Nathan counsel for Farley. $780, smaller $500
commissions to InCraham, 500 total $500, MT Board
man also testified to Illegal decision made 10y Barnard
upon appealing from which the witness was committed
for contcmpt oi Court
Capt Irving Of the detective force testified that the
years scs and he had been engaged IN hunting up
large number Of Tammany rCpeGters and fraudulent No
tcrs be captured them. and they were tried ana COZ
Nced at the Court Of General Sessions soon after"""
Judge Barnard released them writs Of habeas eoi"7
aud they were free without having given bonds l"s
testimony was cOrrobOrated by cxOlce COinhlSs"h'i
Acton. i. Thaycr gave evidence that IN 1909 III wa
counsel ia the suit Of Bowles agt DON, ion bdI
nard preiudced. giving wrong decision against '"o
facts elected the evidence sAfterward Harhru re-
the decision but Gefcrred the hhai loI al
unreasonable time causing great loss TO witnesses ceh
Railroad in 1863. and remembered me appointment "
Couter and Fisk a. receivers OF the Albany and Susqne
hanna Railroad; he had signed document IN reference
10 that appointment. but lad no lecoleeOn as 10 'n'
amount OF money therein specified
On Saturday. Yessrs Prince Tldcn Strahan and Mics
were present Charles H. Tweed, clerk in The once 81
Evarts. southmayd & Choatc, was examined IN refer
encc TO charges made against Judge Barnard ty Heath
and Rlrhael the English holders Of coco Erie shares
lie testified in regard 10 proceedings relating TO ire
appointment Of James H. Coleman. receiver; also ID
reference 10 the appointment Of Charles Robinson as
receiver of stock and the refusal OF Mr. Cole
man 10 tlru over the stock IN his hands to Mr. Robinson
rs successor. MI Tweed sworc that Judge Barnard
granted orders appointing Mr. Coleman receiver IN the
Heath aud Raphael suits.
James IT, Coleman then testified that after having been
appointed receiver he Immediately deposited cttoo
shares in a trust company he proceeded acains; IN
.uts in the supreme Court under orders granted by
Judse Ingraham. and also under orders granted by
Judc, Blatchford IN the United States Court, TIA" he
surrender the stock this he declined 10 do because there
WI, apparently "a conflict Of jurisdiction aud d. held the
sto,kup he time that JUDGE batcAiod rendered ia
de, isiou WHEN ne Surreuderedit
The next witness George Fowler, an oil merchant eS-
tilted that he met MI Stirling OF the firm OF Fleid
ec arman coming out of the Opera onseAuSuS' D. eC'
Stirling vas getting into carriage wien witness "sk'u
him where ne was going 20 which Nj. Stirring ltlHed'
81 am going to look for judge Barnard or some Oih
Judge; witness then said, saw Judge Barnard fr"
minutes ago: I think he las gone into No alS West
ird-st.: witness accompanied stirling 70 NO SIS
West Twenty.thrdst., the house Of James tlNS' IT,
where Barnard was found smoking and reading String
then stated that he had important papers with MN
Which he would like the Judge 20 pcruSc tie Judge loon
n IN papers and after gllucng AZ them asked MI
II read Them himself and signed the order appointing
}Isk and Coulter receives Of me iany ana
Railroad the interview did not last fifteen minutes
nothing done 70 show that u was matter Of grca'
Importance the whole transaction seemed Ike mere
Witness Barnard. ana rfIlng NJ us toIclu-
sion entered into general conversation after which stef-
e1%ninc witness further testified that he house in
Twenty tH.ri-ss. was "a resort Tor cIt"n kuu OF
politicians, Who met there il a casual manner and
United states Commi,,i oner Davenport testified that
ho mad of wits Of habeas corpus granted
hv Judge Barnard. upon which convicted criminals had
btenrcea,ed from the leneutiay without giving bonds
A. III, point Mcssrs. Curtis and Andrews urged that
The Committee had no rgAt 70 receive testimony con
s eo,'nE ~ I% Assembly wa noted in sunpoIt of tbs
po.nt. IN which, although II was proved that CaiLcot
=" his election 10 the Speakership the Assembly
decided that they had no right TO receive any
testimony that charge. The case OF Judge
smith Of Oneida, who was tined and lupeached, was
also cited in support Of this theory and IN conclusion.
Tho coms. brought mp the case OF o. b. Matteson Of
II wa ended that Mr.. seward who AGED counsel
ior Mr. Mateson, had proved that no aets committed
evidence The Committee finally agreed 10 Withhold
lis decision until full meeting OF the members could
JnGcc Barnard stated that he prepared 10 admit
q Association
nst M 10 rccrcHC to me release OF tAt't ll s1hei
and wnef. proper time arrived he would te found
r,.G. 10 urlty that aud all ms other Oft .al acts
TIIDES AND LRIE.
H. reference TO the statement made by jay Gould be
for. the Committee Friday, that Samuel j. Tden had
been EMPLOYED as counsel for the Erie Railroad and had
accepiod retainer Of $1,000 without rendering any
vice Mr.. Tden gives the following account Of his only
connection with Gould or Erie:
The Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad Company was,
IN January the hands of receiver on allegation
of fraud breach OF trust the part OF tie directors
nisavowed the acts complained of, and prepared 10
chOos Board Of Directors, IN order 10 get the man
sCrIpcIt restored TO the Company. majority Of TIE
STOCK " railroad was Gould claimed held ny the
IIie Railway 4 compromise was negotiated 10y which
many OF the old Board Of Directors resigned and new
Board was formed, containing George W. Cass
and others. a part Of the compromise was that
the road should be managed by an Executive
Committee composed Of person Oh each
SIDE with MI Illden 10 act arbltcr. MI McCul-
Road represented one side, Mr.. Could the other ana
Tilden mold the power Tor wear 10 decde every
OF law OF administrative pOhcy Inc EIle
Railway. owner Of the majority OF the stock and
having large interest ia eXtIicatlDg the Cleveland ana
PittsbuTgh Railroad offered through MeSsrs Cass and
MI niden if he undertook the duty. Mr.. Tlden de
'ned again and again, both 10 Mr. Cass and TO Nj Me
GullOugh lrt they nevertheless elected hD, and MI
Cas- and Nj Mccullough finally persuaded him 10 CON
legal question, ana he says he performed all he under
took. The Enc Railway had 10 claim on him III respect
t- matter except siOCkhOIdcr OF tie Cleveland
aDC Pittsburgh Railroad
SlVERINTFNDTNT NIIJFR'S CASE