Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-09

! Now that the railroaders have fallen
out among themselves, there i. Il good
| prospec: Of the forthcoming oi some long
| concealed facts concerning their ways
! tina, are dark In San Francisco dis
patch 10 the Ea.erprise We find the fol-
lowing:
Charles Cracker If sh, Central Pacific
Railroad, i'll al interview This morning,
made some statements i'll relation to the
suit brought by tn. company aSains; A.
4. Cohen. In addition TO the allega-
lions contair-i III the complaint filed
and among ~ 5.er instances he cited one
III which Cohen some three years ago.
being then in the employ OF the company,
went TO MeIcs 4 Gawiey lumber dealers
who were delivering lumber to the com
psny, and told them he couli take the
company's business away If Ire chose.
but he would allow it to remain Il they
would supply him with lumber IL built
a house and would also get them better
prices. He baigered them INTO com
plying with his terms and 90. lumber
from them gratis to- Euild larSa house
across the bay and when ii WIS compisi
ed he had about one hundred thousand
fe.t Jeff, which lie sold TO ". c. E.leton.
ami it vent either into HE house on Pine
street or into the Palace Hotel Tie also
stated that when the company were build
ing Assertion OF the road lu Southern
California III hurry to et the Gov
eminent conditions, Meg x tiawley
hai a contrac, :or the transportation II
. 900 tons Of iron to san Pedro. tJhcn
sBdeayorrd 10 ge, them IL make arrange
rents by which they couli ot,sin a
much larger price for transportation. I
giving him some consideration for his |
services in the matter. In this case. 7
however, Meirs 4 Gawley stood Ivy their I
contract. He also stated that the fraud (
ulent margin If fifty cents per ton which !
the complaint alleges Cohen made on :
the Transportation of coal fur III" com :
pany was also made by him IN supply ,
Ing the Southern and California Pacific I
Railroads Crocher intinaird tLa. sill |
other revelations might be expected. {;
This statemer. would sem - have
been made in explanation c: The tcl.us
ing:
4 complain, has been filed in the /
I veltth District Court by thu Central /
Pacific Railroad Company nrs,ns! A \.
Cohen. charging him with having en-
bezzled funds of the company tn the
amount Of $100, J1J or more. Tie com
plant alleges in substance that Cohen,
while employed as the agent and at.or
ney of the company, purchased Iiecs
Of property from Henry b. Tichenor FOR
plaintiff for $500. 900. but had the papers
made ont for S25O, 900. and pockeied the
difference. Also, that in the purchase
Of coal for the use Of the company, which
vas Intrusted 70 Cohen. lie swindled
them on transportation fifty cents per
ton. amounting to S56,3I6. The com
pany therefore asks judgment tor Sl06,-
316, interest snd costs of action.
L. may be possible that this squabh.e
will eventually justify the paraphrasins
Of az old aiaSe into the saying that
Shen railroad sharpers fall out the hon
IS, public get their dues J
Secretary Robson seems 70 stand .
he searching investigation Of his affairs
low making ty Congress, with sue
,ess. A dispatch from New York
March : says;
Reliable private advices from Wash
ngtou say the House Committee on
Naval Affairs find nothing against
Robson in their investigation, but
Norman WARDS accounts for ord
rance experiments. amounting To over
go. 200, are of such character that
lis testimony - wanted; while rumUr
avs he went 10 China by the last
steamer from San Francisco, His
testified before the committee