New-York tribune., 1878-04-03
THE AFFIDAVIT AND ARGUMENT.

Rumors were afoat in the court room, yester-
day that exJudge Black had retired from the case an"
that q compromise had been proposed by the con'os'
ants counsel Scott Lord emphatically oeheu po'n
rumors There was much consultation between the
counsel ON both sides prior TO the opening OF the court
Inst a the clock indicated noon, Mr. Lord said: 81 am
nrenarlnc papers for an important motion which shail
not he able TO submit before l o'clock The afhdavs
which shall present deal mainly with the conspiracy
branch of the case in which at least hei oozeh WI"
nesses will be called Important facts nave come 10 iS
knowledge within very short time, and there VIII DC
embodied in the afhdavlt, whioA ASK "u nun ' "
finish preparing
objection to adjournment was made by MI Chn'oh'
who wanted the magnetic physician whose examination
was left unfinished Friday, TO be recalled Ihe Sufro
gate declared the Court adjourned until l;3O p H.
Al the afternoon session. Ethan Allen read the affidavit
of Scott Lord the important points OF Whicn "re Us
follows the legal verbage being omitted:
Citv and County Of Nec- York. S. ~. .,,o .o,o
scott Lord being sworn saws That after t@e edef elf
referred to at the a sqk OF S wod start That
night. he received further telegram from nd %
inc night. and would travel by easy stages;
that he also received letter e, o,'d i", dnnbt. m
less leave that night with bis physician IN another e
ter written the same day. Kedein SUES anad & ,ne
persons referred to in the former affidavit Of tnls depo
mont s arriving az Chicago the day before Redburn ar
rived there inqurng for Clark and asking ior desct
zion of his person etc. still there LOOKING lo eark
As anpears from the letters of Redburn. the business I'D
which Clark is engaged Gunning an express west from
Chicago required considerable captt, "h1Su n ,,b &
seemed 10 he pretty well known In Chicago ON MaIcR
23 an advertisement appeared among the personals o1
me Nelr- York HerdLd follows: ,
"If the tail gentleman who on the evening OF IYtn M
inst left Chicago for New acGompaGo Wy b a may may
siciaD will address the advertiser lninealteg ne im
find ample capital TO put his western project Oh s9uh
paying basis address Money pSH S dog' te notce was
NOT inserted as depOnent believes, by any person III e
Of the a Clark R left TSedo that morning
and he should "leave tomorrow" on Marcn - nc
M Bffao Deponent heard nothing further from Red
burn until March 26 when he received teIeSrl sgneu
Agent" saying Redburn has been under arrest since
Friday; is free now; trap dodbtess may get PROOF;
return Instantly" - =, ,,.,
and H. L. Johnson both attoIneys-ataw in Chicago, TO
nOure into circumstances and render Redbarn any
assstance sending them description OF RedDuns per
son Both have written that they could not trace the
arrest but nd tnat Redburn sent the dispatch signed
some one connected with the office, stated that
Redbmn was in great haste ana an4 IN o leiy eia 70 70
him said unrnp0rtant, he was gong lalinedaey
Hertlg wites that at II a. NJ Maie1 ~ euof ~nS @ ~ ~
ll:20 dispatch BY the Atlantic ana fclhc 10 AiI.
Lord signed agent :" also that the description gwen
OF p office talies exactly with the description ele-
graphed Nlr. Lord the A. & F. folks say Agent ap-
peared nervous and anxious"
Deponcnt heard nothing from Redburn until the
evening of March 81, when he received uspch atcu
at Buffalo ON that day directed No 81 West Seven
teenthst where deponent resides land which fact was
known to said Redburn) follows: -" thinks what Is
left of him is safe c. left here FRIDAY Dut Ieit me no
line; presume he had given me up"
THE ALLEGED PRESERVATION CONSPIRACY.
Depopent has no doubt but that such dispatch
sent by RedburD, and either that he is seriously Ill or
otherwise injured he further that after the dsco
sures relating TO the false personacn OF Cornelius j.
Vanderbilt were made by Redburn, and as he believes
after the contestant disclosed to the prOpoDent the
nature of such disclosures Redburn received letter
which lie placed in the hands OF this deponent and OF
which the following is copy:
"FRANKLIN A. REDBURs, Esq:
sIR DO the ethics OF your profession countenance its
members in serving both adverse parties Is it usual
after performing labor for party to report the fact
TO the enemy and thus undo the service were paid
10 render This you have done at least and If you
pcrsevere in your course may for the last time IT
is not too late TO your steps without injury but
Oh the contrary with PecaTy profit to yourself
Deponent further says that an action for conspir-
acy for having Cornelius j. Vanderbilt so personaed for
menced september 10, 1877 this action was based
mainly upon the aidayIts OF Redburn George A Mason
and Wm H. Clark; Redhurn among other things stating
that on October 21 1874, he then being the head of
private detective force in jersey CITY City, Gentleman
Vanderbilt. He replied No." and this per: per
deceiying his father by a pretended reformation,
ana friend Of the family he desired to have him
followed and reported and desired Redburn to furnish
some suitable person for such purpose and bring him TO
the Fifth Avenue Hotel OF NewYork, at eleven O'Clock
and Redburn disclose that at the interviews Fifth
Avenue Hotel the said person repeated in substance
aud an arrangement was made by which Mason was TO
That at the same time a man appeared who was
pointed by such person as Cornelius j. vanderbilt,
and thereupSn rs appears Dy tIe vii o,
j Vanderbilt on several different days down to Thurs
October 90 and on that day met the person who
engaged him and reported to him from diary he Kept
xrions dsreputable places and had very vicious hab-
xsr'0"I .s That after making his report at this
persons request, he proceeded with him to the
Grsnq to W SsnT vanderbilt and in the same %
That VIM II. Vanderbilt then stated in substance that
posed his brother had reformed That the person VINO
engaged Mason then stated that Commod9re vanderbilt
ought TO know such facts Ihat Wu a. NanderDllt re-
piled: "No, he will do better by and by" That such
person then reminded Wm, II. that he mad agreed TO
and he made further objection, and thereupon said
Masop and such person went 10 Commodore WANDER
bits Office, and after an explanatory stateioeht oy le
latter, that he did not wish 10 have the Coinmo-
dOre imposed upon by tue pretended req ma OF DIS
and therefore, OF his notion had caused MN - be
followed by the detective Tno would report t 10 MN
per as TO William H. Vanderbilt Then Commodore
Vanderbilt said that he understood tnat Cornelius had
reformed, and was very sorry 10 near o. MS pa con
duet; that he became very mucA excited, ana SAID,
among other bitter things that he wished Cornens had
Masons AFFIDAVIT further dlscoses that he again fol
lowed the person pointed out as Cornelius No
vember D 1874 10 November p. That November
is lie made report similar to the other to the person
me second. at the request Of Mason. William
ii. Clark had aided him IN such following Oh w ,,
ard present Wnen ne indub LIS
person who engaged him and TO William II. Vanderbilt
mud Commodore Vanderbilt Clark was not detective
but he and Mason had long been friends The andayts
OF Mason and Clark disclose that WIN. H. Nan9erOhl
again professed to hear the report with affected
sorrow but made objection TO the report being madt
10 Commodore Vanderbilt. This report was MADE to
Commodore Vanderbilt, IN the same manner as oei2fe
though disclosing more acts Of vice and immorallty
Commodore Vanderbilt expressed great sorrow as be
Nasons affidavit also diseloses that after Commodore
yandcrbilfs death he discovered lie had Deer pee.
10 him As Cornelius j. Vanderbilt was soDls
other person. and that he reported the fact e
RedburI through whose agency he was employed, and
the adayit Redburn dscloses the steps subsequently
ken 10 disclose facts relating TO such imposition to
Cornelius j. Vanderbilt his counsel That ali those ai
dayits were sworn 10 before September 4, 1877
,rc,,,Y.p pupsONAI CORRFspoSDENCr