, 1879-01-30

VlEIif III I'VE t1tE Oh ltE SUCK NiM Q1tt8 NI NE.
l3csihg tie witness would have rcnrlcd Il II It
had come 10 'lts attention. 1l,r witncss said hc
atlrlsoscd III. Tic nevrr saw tic letters pre-
dnsra .'.t'' s''e day preceding the oub'seasan Of
them in inrtant as snatterof news. So'ne onr
tnllcd Ills attention to tile fact tllat some cun.
Gus letters lad been f1cu It, thIs Ease, md he
locked lite matter UP: Ills article pusported 10
give the lctters In full.
W. II. SULLIVAN.
William D. Sullivan, 1aw-rrpurter Of tfe Iaftr.
OtfnH, Tas then sworn. Ills rFpOrt, he Rntd, wrs
supposed to con!uih erctv minute. cyrrr order,
and erery new cas". Orlcrs IN bankruptcy mrrt
gotten from 1ntHutc-took In tic Clcrk's rpotn.
lie read from his report published April =,
lS74,--what was done April 5,-nn Item about the
Gestnanta rasc, In which mention vas made nt
the Hing Of the Asstguce's report, and NJ an
order for the Assignee 10 sell certain desperate
clat,ns al public auction, md 10 deliver The
sherer Il I1oEwtz notes to Mcnzc,, as never bc-
longing to The Company. WIiness Thought this
hatl been taken from tu. Minute book, bit
had no recollection about 1t. There
was nothing IN the litter 0ctaa Of April
y, 1874, about the application Of iockc to rett
stock, Or Of tir ordcr Win rcfcrcnee ''!erelo.
He did not menttnn tElMt. because lie lid nut
knuH anything aln,ut It. lie presumed tilat
was ,le case. II !e ha1 known of IL l'e certain-
{
icr scetng the order In il.e minutc.t,ook Aurii
7, anil c,uld not say whether It was there or
not. There wus nothing III The Iatrr-Ottan OF
April II about what occurred IN tic tfcsi'lg
Of sale camc to his notice. 1t was Que II t.ost:
things lint wuuId hayc been goEe int0anl writ
ten UP At more Or less length II he had known
of tile urdrr he would l,nyo put It Into his
mtnu,e-book. lie vas vetf careful In
looking up orders. etc, n bankruptcy,
Keeping the run Of tho cascs from i!'e CUM
rnclIcrilcnt. lie slwAys tucked ut the u!iuu.c-
buox, and gaso IN abstract ol ull The or.irrs llc
| foutni there. II The order Ut sale was IN lila,
bOuk April !, lie euutdn't kce how he cOu!tl hive
missed i. in the ia|er-OtoM of Apr1l .l, 1871,
t'e published tle order Of sale. The drst 1e
k,es u II, he thought, was April o.
Mr.. Goudv stated tLas he would he atlt 10
show that at acrcditurs' meeting occurring "tln-
| mcliateiy afterwards" the 1Nuton wa. l,,Atlc Lv
otr Of tic CREDITORS to have t sate set nrtLc.
but thls Was bcatcn, all tho creditors ex .cpt two
being III iayor oE letting The safc st1l,d.
vi cross-cxalnia;ion by slr. Goudy, witness
ago. and from wt'at TIC heard outside "and
what he heard tl'crc," he was 10 nli1rd up IN
'.'s mind l!as he was Unable t" distinguish fact
from nction, ur to tett IFS sources vi fnfor.na
tim. liz remembered l,earint: some public dis
cuaston unuut the sails Of lllc notes. An Intrr-
View betwcrn reporter and air. 1lesing WIS
published In rnE In1HrxE, In which tue wlIo!c
Ssen se fs: eaasei s ~ fa @
prrssta.l ou Ills mind as 10 what he
| did remember. He wss III the halG&
u gu'pr 10 the Cut.ea State: Courts
| afternoon, u!ways leaving there At s o'clock or
after. II MI cn,ry we.e ,llar after + O'clock he
prehun,ed ',e weu'h not yet It. Tic Was III tle
habit OF loking buck the next day to tlc pr,-
| rccdipas Ut tllt day bcforc to ste whether lie
lud omitted anyttlI,g. That was regular prac-
lice. No onv ever solicited hun to suppress The
urdcrs In question. lie knew nuthlnv about
1 tSI H., Iii -.
lie talk about tic tracr Of sale he went tn thu
| minute -boak and exa,nineL 1t. The Tina Ind
published lie petition of ttr Assig1,ce antl The
| irttr9s III full, ,-"nallc Eprcau, ,"-and he wis
| "uatuTnlly cuoIrh utiu0yetl' NJ nut having
heard anything about tic matter n,,l he trhcd
| into tlc clerks. Witness mas ubulit 10 state
wllat t,u eerka said, but Mr. Knott stuppru
| lin.
Continuing wfkpces sutlf tho petition uMt let
trrs wera III, re nil tic tllue ''snMc here" hut
he ,,,estiopcd whether hu luoktd for tct,l, BE-
cause he knew they were there,
could not apparently understand u tue. tton nut
tn liu nv WE, Knutt " 10 whether tlw entsjr
| Of Apr aud Ib were On the tnint!tc-took wten
lie went to luok up tic matter wicn ho hear,i of
| II fur ,lu int time.
| Ills 1pind, he said, was "e4ual1y aIyideln a.
| to whcther they we're or not. Ills recollection
vas VI .ha1 thev wyrc not ilcre ..at the in,nca,at.
ling and lhat leu Il, hts not beI,r iuforu,r,i
eI,ou't Is' them. Tie publics,tou Ia tims 1im.s was
thc tlay after ttl,. rt,1ls,.utnatiu OF the sale
| 1'he Committee, at III o'rtock, touk a RECESS
! for ha.i au ptt1r.
| Nr. Inllfyun VIVA subsequently RECALLED atul
n thr tniuIte .book. IND tu tI,r fuur entries
made thereon. After hasinE rcal! these to The
Witness, Col. Cooper asked him tu turn tu tt,r
Infer.tHhn nt Apfi' 10 acs u NJ hau t't items
m.sn ,'ans, ~ nr, W s''es" oA VII "''"a'e
Tic witness went ut lila tlIc agatu and sad ho
found tn tho law rcport Ut April y tho order
numbered y, ~, relating 10 the R@k ls!aild 4
Mes1as Man.1tastuta,e t,,. ,nmtan! ,"' os'e'
~'TaI f'nn,rI ntr,.' h,m II h.. j, Id M, .,,,r.
times find that he had ft,tiittElD IN the nrurceu.
iugs Of ! certain ivy rer.uln ordcrh or H'Attc'ss
=! the Court nrnl%rls helnitens 70 la; oaY: att'!
~ . on ~ o.sSsetS s, Ell. ..,n, u NV ~ "" "o' Ps
Nr. Sullivan ryplc,I That il was atwa,s Gus.
tonary 81, hts part to look back anil seq II nIt
uc orders at tt!c t1ay hcfoie, ~ entered n1Hcre
pao!is.aea', ~, H. s.se i"cs "ets IT, Go., ~ m
As Ws Ia,,,n,a ~ asksI sir' suiltr,n # h., Ind
Afterwards published these particular urtprt rs
! a.. tL..