, 1881-01-27
TIE INTEls-OCEAN.
Revival Of tho Long Slumbering
Case OF FaWcett.
The Inside History Of n Corp0riA-
ton TrnnsnitltatiOn.
How tho Concern Was "sold" for One
Third It's Value.

vcrHus the fHttr- Ocean Company was resumed |
hefore Judge Tnloy, sitting III tho chnnccrr |
brnucl, Of tho Circuit Court. yesterday ort'I1lR
Cyrus bentley. WIN Inns tcnn attorney in tho
caso from tho beginning, and Melville ". Fuller,
recently engaged nssociatc cotisscl. appeared
for tho plaintiff, md George Il. Paddock Ataa
Emery A. Stnrrs for tho defendants. Il. 4.
Small has retired from tho case.
1T his orignnl BILL tietl III tho Superior Court.
and tho f1cts Of which wnro published In T1H
TRtnUSE, tho plaintiff sets forth TINT tc'trctfo
mako tho ftr-Otean Company principal t'cfcn'l-
mt, nntl tho fHstr-Octdu Publishing Con,phny,
Sanluc1 II. lnRhnm, Frnncis ". Palmer tpost-
1nasterj, wiitfnm Penn Nixon, Jonathan Young
HcAmnol, Marin 8. ScunsnOn ny cO-tlcfcntlnnts.
Mr.. Fnwcctt avcrrotl TINT, Fob. 20. 1s11s ho rc'
covered n Judgment III tho Superior Court
against tho principal defendant for $l0.ssD. Fob.
II, OF tho tatnc year, be sued os.t MI execution
ngalnst tho property Of tho defendant, ahtt
Mnrcl, 20, following tho shcrH demanded Of tho
inter- 0rtdn Company, byn tlelnnn'l on william
Penn Nixon, Ms Sccrctary.-tho President being
absent and not to lie found in tho cG'tnty,-
money or property. and returned, "no property
found and no part sntfsttei.
Mr.. Fawcott subsequently flied creditors
bill, charging fraud and cosutIon OH tho tnrt OF
tho defendants, md propountlii1R Hcrlcs or
pertinent tntcrrogatorcs to thcill, which they
answered, Init not satisfactorily. nni I'LL order
was entered for tho taking OF Testimony bcforo
A"a.er II. Inuneess' ne ot..I.s" a., ;n'.a y. "'
.!anunry. ls5s. md published tn tn!! IL TIE
rutnuSE at tho t!iae;, and JAM ~ ~ 9f tMo rs
;ss Nxeuss s'ss e.t,onyP P0fs!os ~ss tatc 81 nui ao
published tn this lourn,l. f!ctoru .he poctor's
Sa on was 81 " ao or et e , se ~ M
rlE TEInCSE reporter cxci.ldct! front tho alns-
s4.9n OF fsssrGGy Gisoa Mr 5 Ssy ;asy
sfe psfoss ss TIC mas astsr a s's {. 'p' @ ) %
| duccd:
| nr NIXON TESTIFIED
.,o+ ~. rnts". f,s. ,,..',%,rt, ,vns s,t1 ,,r,or
III s r,nt,c 5ut snortya~, fnr a and Tia
.nonnt ws ! d II - tMo W &c ecgk: x otc for @
h ~ XIX nn1 M ~ m ~" Sn,1ane} t,n ~ iii
nois 10 hls order. IIc did not knew w,icthor
they wore drawn heforc Or ntter tho sM!e. Tho
She' kep,. sa iii H. S'E'i wosId not w he w ocrnia
aee hssset Or s roa. aff H. sas a' no sssf Ss
seccip. fron panes M M H. was an,o ,, snse thmt '.
no int!atScd tho ctlcck - u ttlo a. tsinu; Ine
witness 1lrtt said he Kept tho se.lttS rhteR. i!Hti
tllen On refreshing his ...c.nory, h9 sate TINT
nttcr hc Yot totno C!ncln,'Atil he hnl .lSttsr
ck to Chtcago at, TINT tho 'octor took t. h1.'.e
with hin and returtoi u tho following week 70
ehses sE''s! fsg s 9esS @ IN saT 's %as Il ~
they wuull sell stock and TO ln funds und pay
him tug money. na Itacrstnna that thof vIns wsre
not press paynci! at thG tIlne they nyn,K I. rS.
tha1 10 in"rsed @ &c to cherE ssnt back
to iits bruthur. Tho 1iot9 given BY tf!G witness
t. norTow Sht tt,sAu y, 4i'n se @ n naes
nl T. might 10 nmoiig htS rapsrs nt cincinnati,
tho nrranKements for tho noie. hut hs brother @
1!ti all tug l!nk!ng na't,ess ,ns, Tor .,,hl, hln
a ,S 3 10 Ss,s 6 te @ INK aa u k n"e sS?n
scf, hut he furnished tho funds llg iurn!shgsl