The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-05-21

you are II {our right mind' tLsushtorl Al thought
Mr. Skater triSmphsnty,-"Thstsa all"
This Chairman dormahy,-Anything moro, Senator
%itno:sHit. Source Of resr., to me- ana will b.
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to "a I f' no SSt
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'h sfs Tse s' think Sfs S.s r o.nn s,
put up these charges on your Al do
Then Mr.. Shafer said he wanted to mako a
statement. 1t was as follows:
ssHs S1ns %ES to %
raj d ' s and to ms,' ms ion to the Sa,
once from that n. % This. h.nins nc 10
liz ali about out S. :ls1n casa .E; and
read rs the .tenographie notes Of my argument,
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manner that these charges were to be made. think
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saf. and founG him S%'
mined aud aggressive and he couldn't UNDERESTIMATE
thu as h2n MS
" don't care what, you'd like" said Mr.. Sha-
fer who continued thus:
NJ Eecis.ns yesterday %orhins and he told me
Sf. not Re on w es 'as !;
Juds. Grsndih and he said YOU ouEh, 70 Claim your
SSs:, IA g, ~ a
hs';
Who M sas mi. hn ae han nave SaF
proceed win make 'a.iacsSry This Judge has ruled
s
Mr. tndTsS: snss.silysiSs%judr. or.ndin had better
M shst.rII wsnt to #; room thi. ming to sec
anythnr about the matter and il he here he'd say
M roasnor.Ria he say when # W. and where tha.
yetora Hotel and Mr.. Grandin can state the fact that
he called there.
Herbert F. Andrews, who said he was clerk
roborated his fathers testimony as to much OF
what occurred in the office between his father
ton:
S ,psss sr,nan sstS.: s. but
81. s ia S has been there six
Mr.. Shafer made another statement In tho
course OF which he said: went with the Hon;
S. G., Young to see Mr.! Grandin yesterday and
told him what Ecclesine said to me about the
charges being prepared in my ,offico, and he
said that was a falsehood. and that knew no
more about the matter than a child unborn
He said it was mere fishing excursion goa up
by Andrews"
HsS IL
Ia. sE.. into sn ssd 'S. to
| him get out OF IL as easily IS possible.
M Eeee.ine-Did no. say YOU could do that by not
tee; yourself. po you mean 10 say asked hat
ECE Eg ss me so
that the charges prepared in your ONCE ~ and you
Tr. shsfor@rh.ts alright wsdent differ.
| Arc the counsel for the committee at liberty
e resume the original investiEationf Mr.
,h "A, thiPk So the Chairman man answered; all
Later on Mr.. Shafer asked II there were
going to be any more witnesses in his case
MI P9ncher said he th12ught net: ,,, Wa,
| said that he would like to go upon the stand in
behalf Of his client. inasmueh as he had been
had personal knowledge OF many OF the trans
actions already referred to in tho evidence;
| Counsellor Perry. for the committee. said:
,ss: sH&Sass haven't ne :iiss,.:; qS3jsSson 10
Nj 81 F1 Il: sf o II: hnn it
Ia. been shoTn IN regard to The conduct Of Ai,orney
in hi, sxculpation seems to m. that the testimony
any nseondct Or indisere.on in the exec OF the
duties Of hi; once SO far as they have been 9rSught
associate concurs with me in this view
Counsellor stetson was hardly able to go so
| far. He would not say there had been no dis
closure of anything that might not be consid-
| cred unusual and improper. but he did not
know, OF anything, tending to show that Dir.
| opinion the change by the Attorney General
from the first to the SECOND suit. in the case OF
| the People against the Manhattan Elevated
| Railroad COmDnly not such n
commended itself to his Judgment.
Mr. Ruggles then took the stand and testi-
| fed in substance as follows:
1t was he who suggested TO the Attorney General tho
SPrs,y Of o SeEnnH a to the a @
thu! he had begun the action and som. DAYS later the
SAVING that he Thought had
mae-one IL laying the Venue in New York city and the
o OF action S sna. Complaint se. Of %SSa
5 Mr. ard thai sGi the ssno s' s
. wG s h be custom. H' o ,Os % for Up ssG
suits ny the people in Albany County where the record
said he laid tho suit Ssw York H Ssesa.s ali the pe.
% ss M s ssS ss eS sTns
step the including the d,continuance the rst
pressed disincnation '''''"S' ''"'''' GA
mony Of Sr Rus.e, whose Word always comands
With me The most explicit assent that as Mr. Ruggles
ads ,es and By him goa 's ai have no
ground for crtcising the change in that action.
Mr.. D. W. McWilliams. Secretary OF the Man
haitian Railway Company produced the stock
book OF the company. and it appeared, that on
| Oct. s. 1881. when the transfer books were
closed. there were transferred by c: f. NJ lller to
| John +. Dillon 100 shares and by W. L. Connor
4 Co. to A. l.. HOPKINS 100 shares. In Novem-
her following both Messrs,, Dillon and Hopkins
| transferred thcir stock to ". Il. Connor 4 Co.
There was nothing in the books TO show how
long tho stock had bcen, held by Mcssrs. Dillon
and Hopkins. 1t might have been held for
months before the entry on Oct. 8.
| There was produced u letter from jay Gould
enclosing statement OF his purchases in
Manhattan stock up to and including, Oct, 81,
| 1881. showing the amount he held at the close
| Of each day. Tine stock being purchased at the
market rates. Tho purchases at the close of
| each day were thus tabulated:
SHARES Shares
Sept. 80. 60 Oct. ,a,u
Oct l.....,........ $3.50 oct, 25u
oct. 4........... +.sn Oct. l4.............lS! 100
Oct 5.........,... $3.50 oct ,7;n
Oct 6............. 5IOl oct, 2l.........,..2 go
| Oct 7. ....,...........l0 10000
This WAS followed by a letter from Mr.. Deyo,
Of the. law firm OF Field Dorshsimer,, BACON,
WINS sick, and had been sway with his si9k
asked for, but that he, Mr.. Deyo would state,
on his own authority. that previous to Oct, II
! MALI had at Tina durinp tho