, 1877-02-16

Samuel J. Tftden'a Part In It-Test1tuonJ
fae tho Plaintiff In tho Suit OIL. II. Doouy,


fos tho rlaintlr In tho Suit OF II. II. Doouy,
The .at i 'f ney Ss5 hsBBseu Bseuy r. sssnst william
3. Ogden, Samuel ]. rtldcn, and George N.
ssdswex i saps5s1 se'ets1 eaa seS Ss er
tbs substance Of afr. Boody's complaint Is rs
agent lor tho chicago d Northwestern Kailway,
a,a William =. osien, the presidcnt, used Us
siicsci advisable to ret control Of It.
A pool was made BY tho plaintiff and defendants
to buy up enough stock Of tho Cinema Company
taeS G g. sapes is s'Gne IT, fien Ha q sa1es as H.
Bartholomew 1,000 alarcs. anA Ms. Doody as
many shares a - = might I1 DO NECESSARY, which
d saecessiaily. 7be elcstion vas s sl sesrrlsd and
tho consolidation made, tho Chicago & North
weatsrn Fawey Gonp3ny mp; gsing 90 md
for eheh Share IN tae O. 0alena Company.
tue pool ol,-part Of tho new stock being sold so
meet The cost Of tha stock purchased bY tho
pool, and part being d!sldcl among the n'clu-
befs ot tho pool Mr: Dooly s4ys e all thls te
10 il the POOL III. Bartho! !omsw ient Il ao,oSo tor
thirty days at ! per cent. 8fr. Ti)lcn was pt
ono time In debt to the pool 900. and bis
average Indebtedness was u, :9a9.19 Nj.
I.5, and avoraEed sis,74It. These is - esn,e S !.
Ss'' Ress ss 81 tS@1 as aS e', Tug soey s'sy
says la, had 70 rlsk eo1no stock and sac-
10 fis lin en Ssua steSk 81 T. liz as tss o s1Ressf
stock ranged mcunwh!le from 1eesX to ~, and
the whole amount which le was Carrying tllcu
Was nearly N,000.o0o.
When tho distribution came, by tue careless.
amount tilan was due his partners in tho pool
was puid them. There wns change lu his books
coon after, and he did not discover tho error Tor
solnc tinc., As soon. ~ It was discovered be
in 70 nav, BE- broneit II is tS st 'A'S
Only the pIatntl1fs side Of tho casa Was pre-.
scented yesterday In court, though some objeo.
tons by the defense In tho coslrse Of the ttial
shoMSa tna o1 s Of dse.u ~ tna ho
fchtlauta, but between tho plaIntltf at,d tho Chi
caso g. Northwestern Railway Cuulpany. DrI'
ter 4. uawklnt optned tho case Tor the plain.
tl,t briefly, and callcl Nix. Doody Is t!ie first
ills testimony was to the effect TINT ho WAS In
1851 a I!lctnbor ct tho Executive Committee Of
tue Chicago g. Northwestern Company. and
its bunker aud agent in tlls Slty, while
tho company, and bad thu run Of l!ts ol1lcc, tho
company paying half lts rent, On siurch y,
16IA, Nj. QRdcn snggostcd u pool to control tho
tla!ena lailroat! stuck. sfr. boxiy continued;
" t0ltl NlH 10 10 tU Hc Mutt klCp OuF OWL
counsel, and he must taka a0D xharrs, 70
which l'g ilnal1y asscntssl, but told no to con
provetl, to 10 ahoad. sir. Booth approved, blt
would take no part H. i. ~. Ii!det' expressed
tercst he would take, his lace closct 70
mine !a tho ma,,ueE habltnal 10 a!m, aud sal5, .d,
faxs S4ase3: o 1 s1t1ss rs It once ordered the
The Witness stated that lt,000 shares were
bought that day, but, to keep person quiet
who had some er.p'clons, he Ind to let hlm and
hia friends In part Into the pool. About Aprl!
Alr. Iillen suggested ttAt 1t was dangerous %
carry 80 much IN vaa1 loans, ana Some bhoeM
bo put on time loans. Mr. Ogden aud. Dir. lfl-
den put up their 1900 ahares Of stoek, ard =
chcck for GIG, 90 Was given, which via Ill that
thcY contributed.
The afternoon session was almost wholly COR
sumcd In explaining how Alr. Young, secretary
Of tho compauy, and MI. O4leu's confidential
clerk, had agccas 10 the whole accounts, and
how tho nIatake occurred In thsln, Tho cssc
will be continued today. Hawkins i Cottseu
appear for plaintiff; Niles & Bsgley for tho ds-
PENDANTS.