, 1879-02-05

He never said, at nny meeting at The lnterna-
tional Bank. or anr olhts place. thai lie hatI no
oDJections to Mr. Hcsfng getting nut of the
great lo@aes, hui if,at he would obEett TO nny
oiher deh,oss being fixed IN the autnc way, ns
they were MI abie To ray. III Tn: frat place,
there was ITO such meeting at which he was
prrsent; IN the second place, he never had sucll
hHt m thu CONTRARY, lid everything he could
tu make him fay os much rs ttic ulhers: n1ItI, in
ihr third rIarv. l.c ro!!1d not Acc tlsn object Ut
t a NH ~ a 1rc ".r s1'"r;
nny such arrangement, an'l never heard It tntl-
mated. AL the stuekllo!tlers knew lf.ut he
pushed them up pretty lirsir.
On erosse1atninat1ou. Fitness suited Tint
bis efents. 1IItir liability was about S15D.NE.
lie lItsn't know tho amount pail never inning
cxnlnfnca the agrounts. lie attended only 10
tic legal busIncss; hut knew It 1ns large
amount. The Company wa. put Into bat,t;-
ruptcy In tie early part 1877. probably March.
ffe was somewhat active II. xcI ting authority u
rcprcectt the polcJ-holdcrs. lse wautcd Woke
!r son,e other person to be Assignee, thinking
fees rs anrbodv else. Woke wasclsetcl i,v u
large majority. liz dtdu't rceoIleet how lung
afterwards lie was confirmed.
"Do you remember tho circumstance Of your
hclnt anxious a.td impatient With Judge U,4al.
gett tEat he should hold thr nomination anil
give Indications That he didn't Intend to con.
1rm itf''
.'Isn't It true that you werc \ little bl. I'M
patient ~
~ don't remember the stute Of my feelings
now, hut judge was, OIL tovkfng back"
Blodccti or what Judge poles.t said 10 h!tI,.
but hu knew Jul1c@3iodErtt was tlf.lncllnetl To
apptdnt Woke, Anll referred to tn atfurucyts
fees, md witness trle.l tn explain the tn>ster
how much The tecs were. He considered them
0eoS' ID to Jdse s I'oauc.t A' that t''eii": tney
were too much took special r1easurc, witness
1t was Homer Cook, who had lived in Waukc-
guf. 'Wttncas knew tioth1g Of the re!Atous
between Cook and Judge Blodgett. Tic couldn't
say tlnt Cook was rcenrdcd as \ .pro;cge ur
npposn.cA Cook III Assignee ii out case. Wit
ness dfdn't kuow tint he had an ontnion about
Cooks being q protcgc or special frtend of
Judge Blud0ttt, but he knew that tie was rcrv
mad a. tt,at titnr and threatened to kick Cot,k.
H. did not know that Cook used to be in Ju,lee
B!odEctts oil1cc before tie latter went
on tile bcnch. Under the stipulation. judy
ment could have been entered instanter
IN February, March, or April. lie wrote ihr
letter to v6ekc occ4,!ss he thought he tVockc)
felt ueak-Entcd. md needed backsnR UP, nnd
lie (witncss) felt Indignant that lieslue should
even mako tic suggestion tllat he should bc let
ofr. Witness didn't know that he {tiestng) could
not pay.
"Wsrcns you fearful that lIesine would over
II !',ouaht yoeKa needed little moral sup.
port {lauet,'eFl, md ny lct;er would probably
10 bis dnty; think bc did, and rantr,l to-,
"WhY didn't yuu 70 to judge Hjodgctt II
you were fearful OF thls thing, nix, warn him OF
the relations between Iicstng anil Woke, aud
that Vocke was getting wcals-knect1'
ain the first place, was not called on, as
attorney, to 60, ,na, In The second place, the
Judge knew nibrc at,out II thun dil--k,rw
wtsht was going on, ind didn't yoekc told inc
he was going 10 tako sters to rot q Judgment
asutnst Hcsing." 's~ - 7s' :
Witness Thought It was after the confirmation
Of tue satc, md lust letora tho creditors mcot-
,ur, tllnt Vockp came tU his house, Wttues. told
se"ueners,': @ m 1''' '''1 "e '''1 ~ '4"' %''' W."
saJ u lad ta acted undcr the or-r of ,c
Courl. untl lad done thc Lest hc co,t.d. Iin
aecmcd 10 bo suuoYctt and exctcl--frIt had
ntt,lIt II. becnu8c lIa Ind been ttrnt-hnuIr1,
"rbe creditors u,cettng had mt been held ~
"That was .cat.lan,ine III ,tat t lv Si% fcarsJ'" %
,ectetl tot" " '''''''@ "AA A' VIVA 'A''
uIlIJ you piyr-bim stnt-,aul[not for what
he had tiunci',
"Yes. for what he.ulght do. didn't want
UfEuiEEfHE1lt
tween Mcs[nr and judge BIoirctt IL the efT,.rt
thut Judgment ,sa4 not 10 bc entered Gu lies.
fnr's tDtes,
lyon probably would not have known any.
thing about it}'f ~
Vi lcuyn tiIut to yo,..'
Witness did all the legal bustness for yockc
lawyer. could nitcu to himself. Ify had heard
of the y. y. Solomon note fQr 81 QUO, SECURED by
sida,.. AeHMng stosK Of ti!e par valne ol t!oo,
uus H"s ,,ct, II ~. s,,xr".." -. @ H. :. ~
Zetuhu Eou,pauy, liz lind ueycr sccu llcs,nrts
pcti.i,l setting forth that It's plrdging was III.
| lawful aiHl fraudulent, being Old stuck which
nav ocsh eailea ~ ann IepiaeGu " new eerti'.
I'M vnrI', Ind rsfnsnJ t" snr,nfy W. wi9 H.
,tland for its return, but intended 10 sclI thc
stock to makt good the note; u,ul praying fo.
an injunction 10 restrain him run selllug
atn u.,,..'. au oucF 'os u'e setufn W
the eetInea.es ~, ~ Inc pcln'onef; ~
aaa ~li!ess eeep ~, i'e .spuat o. tne hGs.slet nt
inc lhat'e5, VI uMo uessss entstSu ~ 1uuct
bousett' liz "as never coasultea soout these
taaucts. 49,.
Mt' Culnetsoa-ho" many lawyers arc inert
IN CuWaHtt