, 1879-02-04

c,penses ri TIN, kind; un,l It wns hts judgment
t}iat the creditors OF Tint Connany would faro
hctter by closing It by tile sale of the stock in
WAS either .cansi.tcnt with thc tica that ttIe
matter had been arranged bctwecn him nnt Mr.
Iiesln9 brforo that time,nr Inconsistent with \.
sse1,'d'nE zee, 70 ones frnmo ot mini. I,9
himsrlt, ami wrute on the bottom Of IT, 1ho
conference tlen hroke IN, ,nl they at went nut,
@ we nto tSe mi eier h" "5
Mr. Woke carried The order there lta dill not
sec u entered; ho aeFcr aaw the mEnute-book in
rs life. The order was mt into the hands Ut tho
not say who nut T. lnto the Clcrs's hands; urot
ably lie did htsclf. That was tho last 1e 1lull
to do With this matter.
Judge nlottvctt'A direction at the ttmu was
that III. stuck should he offered freely md ni,b-
licly to persons who wcrc dealing In that class
OF securities In Cl,tcngo.
u: Mr; IS ,Gieloerson-wi'nt do you mean by 'pub-
(}en. t.cakc-Wel1, generally; to dlssemlnnts
the Information that II was for sale, by circular
or otherwise.
On. further eross,cxnminaitou, witness said
TINT Judge bloagett di not cav TINT Mr. Woke
ple In chicago. nor did he say how many pc.,pfe
It was TO be circulated amongst. 1llctc were
so1nc names mentioned. Probably Judge
i,o.1cett 'an'sa e soInc, A. peIto' af class who
business fnr Mr. 1lestng before hc bceamD Mr..
FOckIfs partner.
On redirect examination by Mr. Cloudy, tho
witness sns'l he learned shortly after the salc
tl'Mf Judge Ho10ett had made inquiries Of MIR.
CooloarEll about the value nf the stoeIs bcfure
tl'G sale or before tue confirmation. Mr.. Cnol-
% hnas, soi,l nm 20. hc kep: his ac'o'1nt at thc
skue Ga 70 lin a aa wnst s 1 Y: sis % va %
wnrth. Mr.: Conlbauah said he thouollt II any
l'otly offered 90 cents on tho dollar for HUT
stoslS i would bc very large bid. There was
stock md notcs together. slr. Co,,lbaurl1 was
a very large creditor Of Mt. 1lcsinr, a,,d had
quite large quantity Of that stock "a collateral
to s1r. IlcstnE's Indebtedness.
III nfiawcr to Tho C1nirtnatl, Gen. l.eakc said
he believed Judge D:otlectt was fa1niar Will,
t1e iact that Sir. lIcslng was fnso1vcnt. Afr.
Ilcslng never rnnsultcl him about the Ger
nanfa matter, but # WAS a'itn1cd to ns MI addt-
topei trouble. The order was written either On
the day IL whs entered or The DAY before. Mr..
1Icsing did mt tell him l1ow he got hIs tBfortna-
tton TINT Judge Dln!gctt wns going 70 enter
such m order. nu Old not know what became
ot the affidavit which he drew Up for Sir. ilcs!nr
10 ahow to judge Bto1gett nnl others, showing
his in'o'ye"cy, aud tho usclcssncas Of cnterIng
Judgment. .-
What was THE use of showing 1t to Judge
Blolsctt, who was ulready perfectly familiar
With the fAct1"
" DO not know"
"Who were tho others 10 whom it was to bo
6HOWHf'
II have nlalnt recollection Il was for some
p,'rpose he wanied to showit 10 Atr. Coolbaugl,
alni Asn to Mr. fockt.''
Witness f1r,lser stated TINT ho did not know
wh1t !ntlucnec Sir. Focku used to secure his
appointment rs Assigned; Tint was done before
b. kncw him. and before they were til partner
ship. 1ie did not know tllat hs secured t!,nt
aappo'n,mo1t through tho influence OF Mr.. lea
i,is, except 20 lln haul been told hy others,
ucu. ueorgc ". smtth wa4 his tntormnnt; altl
hs sad Mr. llcaIng did not know anything
him tl1at .lle wns indebted to Mr.. 1icsine for
his appointment. except ~ he was 10 a
number of "thcr friends. who recommended hts
coullrnlntsnn.
Mr, cullerson asked tho witness IL he had
tfockcl was indebted to Hestng for Ills appoint-
mriit. Witness said bis Impression waa that
fockc had told hin, HcsEn9 had recommend
Cd Ills confirmation after the creditors
haa cseted htn,. 10 thought. It was
order OF Judge Hlodgett's to the Clcrk'a Office.
lic never snw tho mlnutc.book, however, in his
life, mud neycr knew tho order was entered In It
until these proceedings came up. lilo had no
Information from ilcsin1, who Ind bren hts ell
cut, l!lnt would go to s'lnw tlAt tfeslnE had any
knowledge Of tho manner tho order was e1i-
tured.
III response TO- Col. Cooper. Gen. Lcako sail
he believed 10 hntt noticed TINT the nt,ler did
not appear in tho Law Hahetin, but lie didn't any
1n respunso to Alr. Cloudy, no said hc seldom
followed up the records to sro whether orIsrA
wcrc propcrly entered or not, trusting To tic
clerks for tint. As fur rs be- knew, tlcru wns
no suppression, or attempt to suppress, III this
case.
afr. nouhv announced TINT Ar. Burnilam had
returned With tic notebooks for which hs bad
brcn looking.