National Republican., 1878-06-26

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to SriLsoN, stuck.sticker Of his partners
profits into his pocket.
| The particulars Of this littb break. up are rs
follows: May 1S 1873, In tn, st. Louis Circuit
Court, JoHS HoDSErT, R his attorney.
GEORGE MILLS, began suit against STIIsoS
| HUTCuINs:
The counts Of the petition an seven In number
the first OF which alleges n ouSe Of action that
one JAMES I. BECK paid TO S;IIsoS IIUTCHISs Us
OF s. 5GO for services rendered, which sum HrTCM.
ms failed to account for ani the plaintiff asks
Judgment for one.thlrd Of thatnim and interest.
| The next five counts are all n similar form, the
sums demanded being as follows: One.thirl Of
$4,000 paid by the North Missouri Railroad Com.
Rsniy to sTIi2s % :, HrTchIS; y n o, about July p
nERT To srfLsos lirrcIiISs Il ISL and 1877; one.
third of a tmct OF land decidedly LEVIN II: BAKER
TO SrIisoS HuTCnrSs for services rendered by tho
Times Company To BAKER and Others in lsT2 This
claim ha' reference to the forest Park act, and
plaintiff estimate of the vale OF the property he
Tho next and hnh cause II action set forth is
that SilS O. HENESwAY pail HrrciiiNs 5000, Of
the sixth count plainti asls for one.third of tho
sum OF 5000 paid to HrTCiTSs In 1870 or 1871 by
the 81 Louis Gas Light Company. The last count
rccitcs at length the alcgol fraudulent conceal.
ment by HrrcHtSs Of profts made by the Times
Company whereby HurCHns II is alleged, made
1t appear that the company was losing money,
whereas In fact 1t was mailing large profits and
that by this alleged fraudulent concealment and
conversion of profits to hisown use the defendant,
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the Times Company to borrow money from him,
whereas that money, so pretended TO be loaned by
him were The actual profit Of the Time, Company
This last count the plaintiff asks Judgment for soO
1t Is understood that the above suit Is but com.
mencemcmt Another. 1t h stated. is In course Of
preDamtlon.
STItsoS says that the editor Of this paper Is
disorganizcr So Is every honest man who
attacks thief. The law is disorganizer of
such plans as those nearly every Democrat of
prominence Is engaged in, and we had rather
he disOrganizer than dead beat q bullion
bagger, trickster, a back-pay thief or a swim
dler like SrILsoN, who now has an opportunity
to rise and explain, providing he does not skip
off to Europe with his pockets full of bonds as
the result Of his plundering, leaving some
other thief to teach Democratic discipline.
But we leave PoMERoY and the Post to
settle their quarrel among themselves-for
they are Of the same woodland turn our
attention to the Globe Democrat, which ele-
Yates in the scale of journalism. As the
Democrat has set forth above, Mr.. HoDNETT
has sued Mr.. HUTcHTSs to recover his share
of the plunder that has been used in estab-
fishing the Post, and q Globe Democrat re-
porter has recently interviewed Mr.. HoD-
NETT on the subject. The interview is
somewhat lengthy, and we must be content
with few extracts therefrom, as follows:
But Mr.. HoDSErr, your petition shows moth
ing on its face about the profits made by
HUTCHINs out of the old gambling ring.
= No. 1t does not. You see in arranging the
counts of that petition we were not so much
embarrassed by want of material as by the se-
lection Of material which should make il re-
spectacle. As tho late HENRY EWING said,
HuTcHISs had got his arms elbow deep in filth,
but did not want to have dirty matters or
dirty money. know now all about that money
he received from tho gamblers; didn't know
1t at the time, and wouldn't believe 1t possible
that he could prostitute our paper to such pur.
poses. If had known 1t, would soon have
put stop to the business and now, while I
am advised that could get judgment for
my share of the money thus made, have coin.
ciied In the views Of my attorneys in not SUI
ing for that money. We don't want to get into
a dirty fight unless compelled.
Here Mr.. HODNErT showed the reporter a
memorandum of agreement entered into June
%, 1875, and signed by CELSIUS PRICE, JOHN
L. CRISP, and FRANK J. BOWMAN, the men,
orandum being in the handwriting of FRANK
J. BOWMAN. Before the reporter read this
curious document Mr.. HoDSETT explained
that HUTcHINs, then manager of the Dispatch,
had been called In by him and CHARLES A.
MANTZ, In November, 1874, to manage the
7hHc'. During the winter and spring
Of 1S7i-5 HUTcHISs had control of that
paper, and caused to DO issued, on the
, plea of funding the Indebtedness of the
concern, $i25OO0 of bonds, secured by a
mortgage on the entire property. These bonds
HUrCHINs without consulting his employers
, and without their authority, distributed broad,
cast among people subservient to his interest
at ruinoGs prices sometimes placing them, as
l am Informed for less than ten cents on the
oil To-, I,,.n nn.... il.l .,,.
the aid Of the proprietors Mr. MANTZ having
by that time become aware of the game
HUTCHiNs was playing, and he (BowMAN), by
4 an adroit move, suddenly forced uUrCHISi
out of his position.
On the day following the appearance ol
this interview in the Globe Democrat, Mr.
FRANK ]. BOWMAN, whose name appear
. in Mr.. HODNETT's narrative comes to the
: front in a card which in no degree amelio
, rates the condition of HUTcHINs. Thi,
, statement of Mr.. BOWMAN is strikingl,
. analogous in one respect to the statement o
. the proprietor of the Post as to its circula
I ton. For instance:
After obtaining possession of the Times
- first interested myself in securing reliable in
: formation and knowledge of its real value.
n ascertained that its daily circulation, that had
+. been reported at 1000, was only about 1000
/ caused an abstract to be made of its income
! and expenses for the twelve months previous
It and an examination of its machinery and prop
critics. | found that, in the opinion of expert
capable Of judging the Times newspaper ant
everything to it appertaining, including IT.
rights IN the Western Associated Press did no
A exceed S5OOOO one apprasement of well
known newspaper men was as low as $4,000
after u careful inspection. Having asccrtainct
IS these facts, | informed the stockholders that /
n would be impossible to save the paper from il
h, bonded debt, US it was not even paying run
ming expenses, excluding the interest on ii
&C bonds; and unsecured creditors were clamor
n Gus for payment-the gas, rent, and paper bill
all being in arrears when took possession.
y have no doubt that HoDNETr is correct in as
: scrting that HUTCHISs has failed to make
d fair "dIvide" in many of his transactions
=. and If Mr.. ioDNErT really wishes to ascertain
- the amounts of money received by Mr.. HUTCH
= ms could no doubt furnish him with som
n interesting items.
n | still have in my possession among tn
n Opera House papers" the little book
" showing the collection of the $500 per mont
i from the gamblers, aud | could also refer Nj
l. lIODNErT to pages 7G3 aud 76i, of volume
# of the record of testimony in the case of tn
superintendent of insurance against the Go
! lumbia Life Insurance Company, from whic
o he will ascertain that there was paid TO MI
l. liUTCIIISs, at different times BY the Culumbi