, 1881-11-13
CITIZENSHIP.
1t Is to BE Settled By Il Mans Acts, and
Not by His Declarations.

1t Is to BE Settled by Il HAMS Acts, and
Not By Ills Decla lions.
It would seem at first sight that the question
OF II mau's citizenship, especially II he were an
American and living all The time here. would oe
euslls settled but ,ir. IL. ". Bishop. Master in
Chancery in Tho uuitcd States Courts, has been
engaged some weeks in bearing evidence to set
tie Il matter OF this kind in which william J..
Watson Is the party specially interested. List
summer J. c. Short and William r. Watson filed
a bill in the Circuit Court aguinst the
New York. New England Il Western
Investment Company charging that they were
stockholders in the company, who were likely
to lose their rights unless assisted by the cnurt,
and asking to have the compauy's affairs wound
up, on the ground that 1t had forfeited its char
ter by leaving inc State OF ILLINOIS and locating
its office in the City of New l"rk. Soon after
the case WIS transferred 10 the Federal Court
By the defendant on the allegation that Wat
ss,n ono OF the plaintiffs, WIS resident Of the
S1ute Ut New ior9, and that tne suit was suGn
Il controversy between cjtlzc1s Of dlt-
tercut States as gave the Federal trlu-
uaI jurisdiction. THIS was disputed. and Judge
Dramtnnnd in Ausust referred ~ miller 70
Supplemental bill was also tiled tt' restrain the
com nl?any trosn issuing more stock and 1t Was
dismissed BY Judge Drufntnond.
OVER 1,3U PAGES OF TESTIMONY
= hive been taken to decide where MIR. Watson
lives, much of the eyideuce being taken in New
York by deposition. anl yesterday Mir. Dsnop
filed bis report Ill which nc reaches the con-
cIuslua that Watson is resident OF New SUTk.
WATSON, 1ur several years pI1r 10 1915, Us 1t np-
ptared. WIS bank examiner here in Chicago.
and III July Of the above year be becAtl.c inter-
Ssw @ Enr1and @ s Western investment Com: n'
puny. They opened an oiijce here, the
spa1A' spsc.al &C, Of ifs the iislrois LeS'slaure.
aud then after time opened y branch office in
New Yurs, to which tho bulk Of their business
wus transferred, aud whcre the company has
tceu dong nrgc ana INCREASING business @ ever
secretary and Treasurer. The latter has always
cli.ned he was resident of Illinois, and that ne
had never changed his residence aud dld notin-
ever since ISIS has always shown Watsuns name
as Of No. LIS Calumet avenue. Chicago. and the
New York directory during the same years has
rep an oGc M as ii and S Pne Street, New
York. .nuuse Chicago" Tho testimony OF
Watson also snuN;ed thut he invariably registered
himself Us of Chicago aud thai when travelling be
took OUT insurance aud accident-lusurance poll-
cies always as living In ChicaEo.
THAT he NEVER VOTED Or ATTEMPTED TO
VOTE
in New York, but that he persstently and inva-
rIabiy asserted that he YVES frcm Illinois.
II further appeared, on the other side; that
~here Watson boarded previous TO gong to
New York to engage IN the pus'ness s;
st the the ssxeP iept SINCE nc A. ef s cnS IT,
met avenue. His wife and family went to
New York some two years ago: and never have
ueen III Chicago or out OF the Stale OF New or6
veen in Chicugo four or six times prior to tho
commencement OF the present suit anu taeh al
the expense OF the company and on IT'S ous1ucss,
stopping Ut the Palmer House. 70 a!teno enc some ha
registered himself Us Of Chicago. Going stll!