, 1876-07-02
WALK UP, SAMMY,
And Explain Your Reform Way of
Gobbling Railway Stock.
The Chicago & Alton r. r. Wants You
to Disgorge Your Plnnder.
f7oy Samuel j. Charged Up Ex-
penses He Never Incurred.
An Interesting Chapter from the
Record Of a Reformer.

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Samuel D. !1oen naS oecn II resuueo ~
the Napoleon OF railway lawyers. mat pecul1ar
field of legal practice be has made his own, and
tbronph It he has added numerous "bar'ls of
money" to his earthly treasures: It has been
boldly ana unhes'ta1'ne'y cnarl5co tnat ne has
not been over nice or peculiarly scrupulous in
The manner in which he performed lis duties
=. ~. ,,,1wav c1iopts Tiki Jake Pehm 4he
seems TO na'e tut ln,o sacseselu opelatlon ~
the qutrks and qulbbles OF the most accomplish
I'd lawyer, and Invariably made 1t rule to get
asomcthihe for nothing.n or as near
-s.,.;no % ,r,s ,,oss;hle Tn thu Unit
no1anS a. w. p''''ule' - 'Ae e.,,e NV.
District Of New York, there is bill In equity
flcd By the St. Louis, Alton &; Terre Hantc
Railroad against Samue}J. Tilden, charging him,
IN collnsion with three OF four others, With
having hoeuspocused that corporation in quasi
legal manner out Of about $1,Oo0, 900.
And now comes the Chicago, Alton s. St.
Louis as prominent actor in somewhat slml-
lar suit against slippery Sam" some four
teen esn this then m
fTonhlcs1 With the aid of he machinery Of the
courts r t was reorganized, and Samuel j. Tilden
md Louis e; Meyer were appointed Trustees to
look after the Interests the bondholders who
hadrcorganized the concern sammyWas nothing
l.
10 before, and knew how it was. The Company
tss never been 2b}e to effect a settlement He
Pfesens Dino ~ slG eut ~ - ~ 49, e "e
nos N occapancs " nln, anu lof .r 1le ;e ntie "
elerks VINO omy existed on paper. Inc Chlcaso
Il Alton Company, growing weary OF the re-
peated failures of Sammy, the Reformer, to come
10 the scratch and give an account Of hts
ktzyardshin, some two months ago filed q bill
n the Circuit Court OF this county for an in
taAettou lS' S1.!I5 5a 49, -.o1u nan5 a5<11y ~
aSS! beia 5 II sS and 31r sabe@a s
bin to walk into the Captains Office and settle.
The injunction was accordingly issued, but
Sammy was too busy looking after his Presi-
nn tn 5ate hc has nj fi1ed his answer. 70 the
npnrcindiccti 1ookcr-on It would seem as il St.
IKE a1har 90 the no,nnonent nort;on of
railroad or the neet1ng-place OF corrupt
political party, might, after all, prove
Ss m 70 ed S s7 5S fhe hsasd ten Rail-
road OF which jugs Bes5rtR the Solicitor
re the Honor9tle Judges Of he Circuit Court q
sSeve ssttlsd saess Ssspesttaiy fsplsssnts qPto #;
and organized under the laws Of the State
OF Illinois; that heretofore, 70 MI,
on or, the 1Et day OF November, a. =.
holders and creditors OF the Chicago hlssiesippl
Aailroad Company, and IT'S enccessor known as thc
Lhicago Aiton 81 LOUIS nanroau Compahs' t se
1scea te ~ az aae - nn~a;n ~ dshnd
pose 81 secu53ng tne VI ccIaan ; ~
ness 1as netc ~ astI hat "n sErancement Sas
ast H. a e1aors am nndcF WIKI se;5
cn1clea nl9 " .ne sala eneutnie b ;;;;
"a .n9 40 o. ~ Gh;capp
a e p; ,p;iood ronn mi s,hSo
Alton g St LOUIS Kal5oad company, p, ana cano sMpse
4aent5 known Us Inc e. ~ naar M h
~ sua @ fo,+ - tha 9nit:d statas
o. qecsss % y .e ns,eet " 1lnois snd ot snch
TOT the Northern Ds1fGt OF u!tnols, ano ~ suca
sale, made on or a6ont 6 ne TN Gay o.
5 M.rar era S:n,e1 = ,yiISan hecor,t. Tho
q. Ie5e. 1uu & tla rasso o. +horonf ;r"astad ,y;1b
lie tiie to ssid ai raiiroad aad its appendascs,
a4.ei r. 9s,9 - 10 - .",d u Mororan7
r1aa. - ~, $1,000 .av ~ eo;d ;irn3 thrra ~
toiore Belonging e tae ssd las
Posaos 10 tus -, q 1871 oa td,ora 'oJa
an1 1 ~ n aa;d Eb;c"a., aon n,iIrn.d Goe
RITZ a4b a. .1g rhna ;a Ao arn,d ~ romanv a.
s1 e p s9eEent to pny tie amount paid y the sad
pnrch,se Of said properly md their reasonable
EXPENSES md CHARGES relative to the business.
Fiat h under M and By virtue Of said arrange
ere ne to reeeve zae bends anu md stock OF
the Chicago i Alton Railroad Company
suficient to pay themselves and ali disburscmcDts
4ndcr said arranscneni to sell certain nortions Of
fhe bonds SO to be
DEPOSITED WITH THEM,
" aY7N hFr NH "a. $3+A ~kr1S ArNr
,rhn, - 49, -s,rasonta1 =; sa.;ea"t; ~ ~ - ~ =;
ehtcdness af sch cred;tn h.t ,ha esa ~ ra H.
and Tilden on Of about the lst day OF November.
A D.. 1S6o. conveyed fhe sai7 raiiroad tn thaa
rlaiutiF nnnn condition that fhe n1a;nf;ff shon1d
Enve use and ocrunv said road nn1 tei-e tho ror
enuts thereof: and having Therefor cerra;n bonds
in the said decd of frnst ,nrnt;oned .rh;eh 1ae5
plaintiff hrinrs here into Conrts and Graves thnt
1he same may be taken ms mari of this ,,sf;.;nn
tIe sa11e ns II the sid dee5 rere Isra;n a. fo,tL
q leneth. "e'~ AA>N04 'e* AVA"
Yonr orator further rrnreserts that nndern np5 hv
Eirtue Of the aerecment "a nsde and entercd into
bctwcen the cre;tnrs of the 17jcaro + sf;sx;se;nni
Railroad CcuDauv and its s71cccs,0rs md thc ssid
Louis Il Never and Samuel ], Tildeu, the said de-
Pendants wcre required to nav to certain creditors
Of the sad last named corporation certain Sums in
stocks and bonde, as will more fulIy anpcar br
copy Of said agreement that the p1aint brings here
into Court, and Claims the same benefit thcrefrom
as if It were herein set forth at length
The plaintiff further states that certain PERSONS
creditors Of the said corporations last named did
not become parties to the eaid agreement, but
were, under and By virtue OF the decree of the
Court under which this said railroad and append
ages were sold, entitled their distTbutye bare
Of the proceeds Of the sale, and the plaintiff is and
for long time has been. the owner OF Ger
lain bonds and scrip Of the Chicago |
f. Mississippi Railroad Company amounting to
the sum of over s., 500, and BY reason of such
ownership Of said bonds is entitled to have its dis
t1ibu,ye Share Of the proceeds Of said raroad and
its appcndages in accordance with the agreement |
entered into with the Auditor Of said Company
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