The sun., 1879-02-22
STILL MORE OF VANDERBILT
OPERA TING IN ALBANY AMI ELSE
WHERE AGAINST the ERIE
Mr.. Lord and Mr.. Clinton Hnving Another
Ttt-The Surrogate on the Possible Durn-
tion Of the Procc edIngs-Mrs. Vanderbilt.

Mr.. Lord and MIR. Ciinton Having Another
Ttit-The Surrogate On the Possible Darn.
tion Of the cedIngs-Mrs. Vanderbilt.
In the Vanderbilt will case yesterday the
examination Of ex-Judge james c. Spen-
Ger. which was dropped week ago. WINS rc-
sumed by Mr.. Lord. The witness detailed parts
OF tho first conversation that he eyer held with
Commodore Vanderbilt. The Commodore had
then inquired whether he knew his son Will
liam and tho witness replying in the negative.
had told the witness to consult with him. Tho
Commodore had also spoken to the witness OF
Judge Rapao. whom he called Rap" and
had said was very reserved man. Ho had
urged the witness to consult with Wm II. Van
derbilt concerning the roads. for no was very
anxious that the latter should understand all
about these matters.
The witness was next called upon to detail
subsequent conversation that he had with the
Commodore in regard to the Erie Railway. This
the witness was 10th to do. but the Surrogate
decided that the conversation. II II had assisted
in forming the wtness's estimate Of the Com
modoro. must come out. The witness went on.
then. TO say that the Commodore sent for him to
confer about the Erie. The decedcnt declared
that the Erie Railroad ms carried on 10y Daniel
Drew. was a " serious trouble and drawback TO
us ALL" that it had become football in the
operations had done serious injury in the stock
market and To the freight and passenger bus-
ness; that he believed it had violated and for
fetcd its charter: that the whole concern ought
to he wound up and the management changed.
and that he and his friends had about made up
their minds to 10 IT, lie had asked the witness
10 try and bring suit against the company In
the courts in order TO find out II these men
could swindle and cheat the public.
Intrr. II resolution was offered IN the Sennte
In Albany TO inv"stigaie the Erie htllway. ana
possibly the Hudson River road. Commodore
Vanderbilt then sent for the witness. and re-
qnrsted him to go 90 Albany nnd represent his
Interests III asked the witness whit Senators
he know. and he read over u list OF the majors
seriatim. inqutring Of the witness his knOwl-
edge OF and his acquaintance with ench one.
He gave witness u number OF letters to persons
| in Albany 50 that my friends Will Know the
| Commodore said. that you represent me-"
| The witness w.nt To Albany. and Augustus
| SrheN Horace T. Clark. and others went with
| him. The witness advised TINT Charles O'ConOr
| should also be Induced TO gO up.
Mr. Lord-Not as the bearer OF letters to dif-
| ferent Senators. presume. That WIS not to be
| nart oi his duties in connection with the ease.
| Mr.. Clinton-l' has not been snid thnt the let
ters carried hy Judge Spencer were addressed
The witness. smiling. continued that only
| one Of the letters he Carried was addressed T. a
| Senator. and that senator was Mr., La Bnu. the
! Commodor.'s son-in-aw. One Letter was TO
er and another 10 sydney p. Fnirchild. There
We're thirteen letters lin all. He wished Mr.
| OConor 10 be engaged Tor the purpose VI adNls-
At another time tho Commodore nsked the
| witness why no didn't put y snt on bill in
| the charter of the Erie Railway.
Robert l.. Crawford, a brother oi the Commo-
! dorrs widow WIS called next rs witness. In re-
! ply TO a question hy Mr.. Clinton IA To whore Mr..
| Vanderbilt WAS in Ot0urr 1858. he said IN Mo-
| bile. Mr, Lord objected, wh"reupon Mr.. Gin
ton explained TINT his Object in asking the ques-
! tion was to disprov- the testimony OF two wit
nesses, Eliza Campbell AMI Fora Lyons. who
| had said that NJ the time in question Mrs. NHn-
derbilt was boarding In house in Fourth
| street. Although these witnesses. Mr.. Clinton
said, had been shut on, they had declared 50
! much. The proponrnt had right 10 disprove
! that much. and moreover right 10 expose one
| OF the ha-est cUnspracirs that was ever at
/ TEMPTED The motive trat crrpt out in the tes-
| timony % thrsr two witnessas wins plain. not
| withstanding they failed 70 gt IN the chiei
| perjury. tue main ialsehood." Mr.. Clinton said
! that his side proposed TO prove that the trsti.
| mony ot these witnesses was wickedly ana
| wantony false.
| tion from the dead. II is so long since Brother
| Clinton has broken out in this fashion about
The Court-Counsel please address himself to
| ths question and not rldcue.
Mr.. Lorl-l attempted simply TO answer In a
pleasant mnnner, your honor, II seems To- me
That ridicule IL proper in reply 10 IN = assaut L.
| But should like T. brand this Infamous cow
What is Henry l.. Clinton that he should pre-.
tend 70 Judge those two Witnesses, that h,
should stand IN tue place OF Omnisciencr nnd
| Henry l.. Clinton. hRrksd under the shadow o
these hundred millions. has dared TO do thu
which whi'h he will never do again after ht
has come out OF this case.
Mr.. Clinton replied with some heat. askin
whether il WAS 10 be permitted that the trsti
mouy Of these fugitive witnesses. these birds
/ Of passage" SHOULD 20 on record. and no op
/ poriunty he accorded to reiute IT,
Mr.. Choute spoke nj some length urging III,
admss on ~ the question. but the Court de-
cided that the question and tne fragmsntari
testimony upon which II bore we're immn
| trrinl. Mrs. Vanderbilt. the Court said stoO
| uuaspersnd. There was not the slight's
shadow of proof rom beginning 70 end that sh'
was innurn 'ed by William II. Vanderbilt. an.
all that had been attempted as proof in thil
! hearing WIS sheer nonsense. The Court Won,
s'rupul0usly rule out hereafter eyeryhin.
! that WAS not pertinent 10 the cuse. for Il hAl
| become only too evident that II ull that WA
offered as testimony were to b" admitted lh
contest would not mud an end in ilfty years.
! Mr.. 'lntoa gave over the witness then to Mr
Lord. who endeavorrd unsuccresiully 10 draw
from him an admission that he had receive,
$4,000 from either the Commodore or tn
! CnmmOdore's widow The deniais Of tn
witness were point blank. and their pat fiurnc
| evidently puzzled the qurstloner. As he a
last gave over and dismissed the witness JudS
Comsork qu city remarked: Another case .
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