The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-12
FIRST BLOOD FOR
CAPT. ROBINSON,
Osterberg Refused a
Personal Deed.
The Hooper, Bill
Sustained.
The Case Referred to the Mas
ter in ChanCery.
And if the Charges shall be
Sustained, Out Goes the
Wandering Jew.

wandering Jew.
Under some sort of mental or moral
halluciuation J. Meredith Davies tele-
graphed to the Uaiom, the Osterberg or
gan, the following:
CHICAGO, May II Three cheers for the Rock
ford road! The decision of the court to-day was
ia favor Of Mr.. Osterberg, thus securing an indie
pendent route for Rock Island and Moline
This telegram is in accord with the
known policy of the present management
of the Rockford road, viz: to ''lie it
through and run her on time or run her
to hell, The facts, however, don't war.
rant any cheers for the Osterberg gang
at present:
From he Inter ocean, 11th.
THE ROCKFORD, ROCK ISLAND & ST LOUIS
RAILROAD COMPANY.
The affairs Of this insolvent railway
company were before Judge Drummond
all day yesterday on the hearing of the
motion to strike from the files the vollmi
nous supplemental bills Of Miss Jessica Z.
Hooper and I. j. Robinson. lately filed in
the foreclosure suit of the Union Trust
Company of New York against the rail-
road. The contents of these bills were
reported at great length in these columns
at the time of their filing. They charge
Osterberg with fraud and mismanage-
ment, and ask the court to decree an
account and grant receiver
! A lengthy answer to these bills has been
| filed by Mr.. Osterberg, in which he de-
MES the charges of fraud made against
him. He claims that he has the full con-
fidence of the German bondholders of the
railroad, representing some $6,5OO,0O0
and charges that the very parties who
squandered the money of the bondholders
are now endeavoring to defraud them of
the trif1ing balance OF 10 per cent left out
of their original investment.
Judge Trumbull, on the arguments yes
terday. objected to the filing Of these bills
on the ground that the compliments we're
not the parties to the original suit. Also
that their bills had no relation to the fore
closure suit, for which reason there was no
connection between the original and sup
Elemental bills. The arguments of Judge
Trumbull took up most of the day, and the
hearing will continue this morning
CHICAGO, May ll.-In the United States
circuit court to-day Judge Drummond re-
fused the application of Mr.. Osterberg
| for personal deed Of the Rockford, Rock
Island and St. Louis railroad, but stated that
such deed would be given him as trustee
| for the bondholders, provided the court
was convinced, by an examination Of Oster-
berg accounts, which has been ordered,
that be is proper person to be entrusted
with such deed.
! CHICAGO, May I'LL P, Nudge
Drummond to-day decided to issue deed
of the Rockford railroad to Mr. Osterbere
as trustee for the bondholders, and not q:
an iadiUidual, but an investigation of his
accounts must first show he is proper
person for the trust. The examination il
now going on before Mr.. Bishop, master
in chancery. Mr. Osterberg as dissatis
rcd, as he cannot nOeC sell tie road on HI.
indiUidudi authority.
If the evidence now being heard before
Mr.. Bishop sustains the charges made b!
Capt. j. T, R6binson of this city, tn,
Wandering Jew" and all his gang will
doubtless, have leave to pack their grip
sacks and silently steal away. The,
boosted that they would demurr tn
Robinson Hooper. bills out of court in abou.
20 minutes. Instead of doing that thei
demurrer has failed, and their application
for deed has failed, and the bills have bee
sustained. If sthe charges smade in thos
bills shall be proven true, Osterberg wi
be kicked out. If they shall not
proven true he will get no personal deed
but only a of deed trust, which, as tn
telegram says, is not satisfactory to him
{ because he can not Individually dispose O
| the road to suit himself and his Jumping
Jacks, and run away with the proceeds
Judge Drummond evidently intends
keep his hands on the little rascal and pro
tect the owners Of the property.
By the y,-we hear that Mr.. Trumbu
read all the ARGUS articles to the court
, which was very kind in him, as it gave Judg
, Drummond an opportunity to learn som
things he might not otherwise hav
; known. Judge Trumbull will please &C
cept our thanks for thus aiding in dissen
mating correct information, aud for adyel
Using a paper which proposes to tell thing
as they are if the devil stands at the door
Mr.. Hawley is managing the case fc
Capt. Robinson with tact aud ability, aaC
so far, has not been defeated in anythin
he has undertaken in the case,
|
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Coolers ombiDed, will make it clear, an
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