New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-15
THE COURTS
CA1ENA RAILWAY POOL.

,-urp TESTIMONY FROM MIR. BOoDY IN HIS SUIT
The trial of the suit of Henry II. Body
.~.rst william p. Ogden. Samuel J. Tilden, and George
~ bartholomew begun Tuesday, was continued yes
,sray bfore Judge sedrwick I'm Superior Court speca
term the plaintiffs examination and crossexarIination
,,g urotractcd through the whole day. Following Ia
an outline Of Mr. BoSly's testimony
H. division Of the supposed profits Of the pool was on
enc 5asis OF 1000 shares for Mr.. Bartholomew, 2ooV
shares for M. nen 5000 shares for Mr. Ogdeh' anu
10 shares for himself On crossexAnnation be said
b sorc the complaint 10 1856 and in II ana anotnsr
AFFIDAVIT spoke OF Mr. Tiden rs DIRECTOR menoero OF e
TXScutve Committee, and trustee of the Chicago ana
North Western Railroad Company memoe. OF I, 1ne
i,See he meant Mr. Tlden trustee Of the MORTGAGES
An that lad nothing 10 DO with this pool lie naa nnaer
snd that the secretary OF the company had recently
sworn that Mr. deu was not director or seneet o OF
the Executive Committee that year he had nov si, &C
ooked M Minutes for he had not now free access 70
the books of the company aud could not say more pos
lively than Tuesday whether or not Mr. dsn was . ~
m,ttee OF the Northwestern Railroad. 80 -.
In the conversations with MI ogden ana Will =, NE No
Tdcu nothing said to the number OF shares 10 pe
bought, and he said nothing TO Mr. Tden about sno
Barihoomews becoming interested 5y s socs and did
rot tell them t later Of his ownership OF Ihas M
Re mentioned before Mr. sands MT lien no an He
rut into the pool 1900 shares of MS own priVdtS
sGcA bought at t5 irS% n rs 12s when he threw
them in In June Galeua stock was worth I22. ne W.
PS SGq SSn G sse that his neSe%
He opened books IN 1854 In mSrcn, Iso9 w
10
bs,Ucc Of s1s4i0o which he paid with money Dor
rawrd frem Mr. Ogden. he paid MI Ogden II iuli. AH
ms was two years after MI. Ogden ana MI:
ridden got their preferred stock IN settleuient
M the POOL. Tho witness had pare MS ereuvoIs
brt had had no final settlement VIII tneu.
A. the time of the pool he carrying stock on MS own
account bat could carry through both ms own no
me pOoi reply Mr. Iaw kins he said ne los
e. GOO in the panic OF April 1854, TO carry vac pool
,ocS he mad 100000, bus that was insufficient to
ssry both he got help from his associates ana tee
all NATIVE was 10 sacrifice his own STOCK OF tne
pOol stock. He gave up ms own 70 raisS
neoj oans He thought himself rich thea ny ms saefL
aee to save The pool he lost $7l,5OO lie dld nor
stafe tAis on his first settlement. During TIC IaiS
~ ga he received from the American ENcnangC bdh
80 O00 borrowed by Mr.. Ogden, and repaid II 10 jun.
lie used II to carry pool stock This was 10 take up
loan of $4,000 from Henry Cews. Some OF tne OaiS
lad 70 be paid during the panic, some reiDneu u'i'
aster the consolidation or the companies
Much Of the afternoon spent IN discussions oe'Ween
counsel As to the form Of questions. which Judge sedg
wick tried to suppress with little success aud once or
tvlce the Judge spoke with asper1ty as to the
oues-fons and discussions Of counsel prolonsiDg the
examination Mr.. Body gave The facts as to his ae-
abundance with Mr.. Ogden and Mr.. Ilden, ana
~ reasons believing thai Mr., Ogden was resilient
81 Cirggo He found his books in one day Mr. Ogden
Mr. bartholomew with $4,000 for supposed profits Oh
he pool lie ia the habit OF reading ma account
books he had bookSecpcrs, and was onN aIter ne
went out of bus tt he discovered the mlshe III
The accounts. -. ..;..o,-o
Mr. Niles stated that he proposed to show tAe mistake
was ou the other side, but II being cco-K Tie court
adjourned.