The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-22

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stage the senior counsel Of Mr. Gordon objected to
! the crowd pressing SO close about himself and his
associated. He believed they were spies and caves
droppers and wished that they be ordered to
the suggestion without waiting for the interference
! OF the Court.
one Of his letters; had yOu right to he called
lordy Objected to and sustaned)
O. This letter has corOnet on the top; Is that an
ears or DUKES corOnet. A. An earl's cOronet
O. Had you right to this c0ronet. A. 1t 10 q
cofonet have always used 1t has monogram
under II; II an earls cor0nct IL would have crest
O The question is have you right to use til A.
belongs to my family.
The subject OF family crcsts was discussed at
made up for himself, and he thought any one had
right to do so. He thought that this matter had
been settled BY concession In open Court by mr.,
Earl OF Aberdeen or member Of the british Parlia-
ment.
WORD FROM PHILADELPHIA.
In this connection Mr.. Corlics District Attorney
OF Philadelphia told what witnesses they were pre-
pared to call in that city to show that Mr. Gordon
had represented himself as entitled to the titles
above named. The Judge said that he had nothing
+, TO do with other legal proceedings elsewhere.
MORE ON THE TITLE QUESTION.
O. Did not Mr.. Gould address y0u as Lord Cor
don I, 4: Not ever that remember
O. Did not Mr.. Sears address you as Lord Gordon
Q. Did he not address you in kilograms as fright
A
O. Had you a right to such titleS OBJECTED to
ana eXcluded.)
Senior Counsel for Gordon-Mr Gordon are you
pumped Out-arc you dryf U.anghter.)
Hero again the examination switched of to Cor
dons letters to Jay Could written about the time of
the Erie coup dctat which, like the previous letters
have been published, and consumed considerable
time
THE COMBINATION WITH GOULD.
O. Did you cooperate with Mr. Gould, as stated
Sn Win e sS %hom s' Mr. Horace t% F. Clark, Mr.
Lewis Roberts and others.
banker All M"O 80 '-' ''''''' ~'' ''''S'"""' WIG
O. Were there any otherss A. Ibelieve three;
O. what was the combination ? Tell the whole
programme A. The combination was to carry
sufficient stock TO elect new board jay Gould was
to resign and put the property IN the hands OF the
stockholders.
A. II the stockholders elected him; we had stock
enough with what Mr. Gould had to carry the cleo
tion Mr. Gould was to carry out his part OF the con-
| tract.
| O. What was his part Of the contract9 A. To re-
sign the Presidency; TO place his resignation In my
stockholders; to stop aggressive legislation; to
discontinue bribery ana corruption; to let the Si
Field's assistance. uaughter.)
ON ERIE RAILWAY SUITS.
@. What were the aggressive litigations and suits
into which he said he had been drawn by your con-
n Mr. Field ascsss ihe response mpertnent and
asked that II be stricken out.
Mr.. Porter insisted that the only impcrtlnence
was on the part of counsel.
Mr.. Field said the statement was false. The Court
ordered the latter part to be stricken out.
O. Did Mr.. Gould name the title OF any agrees
sive sutr A: do not remember the title Of any
Q. Do yOu know whether any OF those suits have
been stopped9 objected to and eXcludedJ
THE SICKLEs MOVEMENT.
@. Did you make any effort TO stop the Sfckles
movement eliminating ON the 18th Of March A.
Q. Did you not say that you knew Of this move
ment months before, and came here to cooperate
with Sickles2 A. No, sir.
Q. Did you not tell Mr. Gould that you was the
agent OF Heath, Raphael 4 Co., the English stock
holdersY A. ! never mentioned their names TO
Q. Did you say anything about the English stock
Objected to and eXcluded.)
Q. In the combination spoken Of was any board
Of directors agreed uponf A. No particular names
were mentioned.
q. Have you stated all the programme A. To
the best md Of my belief have. a., -, !, u t,o,
part Of the Hoard Of directors had been agreed
CONTROL OF TIE PRESS.
in one Of your lettersS Objected 10 and ex-
g 3a You m have any controlof the press lob
q. After the robbery mentioned in your complaint
have you not frequently visited Mr.. Beden's
familyS A. think have been there twice.
countrys OBJECTED to and excddcdj J"''' = ''''
G when did you come here a. In 1857.
g pi@ yon come here sp!s,, ~ advice Of Dr. Hrsch-
/
O. You say you owned enough of Erie stock with
MIR. Gould to carry the elections the stock OF the
road $83000 600; 1t would require $420O1,O 900
| TO carry the election; now, where the rest OF
/ this stock to come from? A. From the gentlemen
| In combination with me- / could have made UP
$4,000, G00 some would have got from my family.
@. Mention their names. A. My brother.in-law,
1 Baron Thur and his wife.
! Q. Give tho Earon's residence. A. ] object to
this; II causes me- great annoyance, and my family;
| he wished to protect them.
Judge Brady said that all he could do was to
tion the members OF the press not TO mention their
! names.
| witness stated that the conveyance was through
! kilograms and diCtatIOns.
! The Judge told him that ne must answer the
/ question
Witness answered that the last he heard from
| them they were in Bcrne, Switzerland.
q. Have they any permanent residence? A. l
! cannot tell
| q. Are any other Demt ers Of your family owners
| OF Erie Stock2 a. No others.
| Mr.. Field here ended his examination OF the
/ witness.
Mr.. Strahan entered upon his cross e xamlna ton
Z. why tia you not prefer a complaint against
BeldenY a. believed he was my friend; | had
! given him only short time before $4,000 to re-
lievc him from bankruptcy; he was the tool OF Jay
| Gould.
| After few other questions Mr.. Field put some
| additional mterogati0ns, when the examination,
at few minutes to six O'Clock, declared closed.
1t was subsequently arranged that the argument
OF the other motions be heard on the second Tues
| day OF september. Meantime, upon Gordon's COM
pliance with the agreement mentioned in the fore
part or lhe above report to depOslting the secu
| rites with the Clerk OF the Court the order OF
| arrest against him will be vacated.