New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-28
THE COURTS
THE MISSOURI PACIFIC SUIT.

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THE MISSOURI PACIFIC SUIT.
.~-srxAToa coNKLING IN = PLAYFUL AND PACE
TIoUs MOOD. sB
rna continuation of the hearing OF the
s,o, su;t before Professor Dwight, referee ycster
- :, ne Guernsey building, Sufficiently animated.
- the lsss day Of Judge Bakers appearance ON
,d where he has been the rack for three days nv
enc head Of the table sat the referee smiling al over as
,nt after point In Mr.. Days cross-examnssion was
,,ectcd 10 by Roscoe Coakiiug and Mr. Beach In turn
pshind b,. counsel sat Commodore Garrison, ana 10
y,aoe psker tostEa ID under Mr. Conktngs sKita' ms
areusent bow Nj. Garrison got s2oeoo'ooV prooo'v
for e4.Ooo,ODo the Commodore seemed cons'aerao'
amused. A iaughsbe scene occurred ABOUT ocros
"what did the Commodore sell p'eoA " 'o""
Judgei" askod Mr. Conking nrs,.
ar $500, - ss,a Judge Constoek, rising. "Tais Is
subseoueut transaction aad mpertinent to the "so' "
hand" c,a,,,r .tnat II
csuno, enter into mans calculation OF the vins ~
horse at q certain date, as 70 ""a' sum
was subsequently disposed Of fors
The objection was pressed
.osy T v,.bdraw &c then,S said Nj. Conklins; let
Nj. Day proseef" -. :, r,oraay
ssked Mr.. Day. ,,,,, ,oo,,
sThe audacity of you young men saaa NUnAe yo,
IL, across the table and addressing MI ray lou
senior objects TO enterinr intof'
My nav FLUSHED ana whispered TO his senior, an tne
re,eres asked DO object MI. ConKnng M, vet
m a% r iGo %sa His audscy scattered my
brains donf really know waat TO say. oo.pss
,nou,rsosly. "iDi~-wiTadrsw the question:, said Mr.
Day ripple Of sngalsr ran roIaa n leading TO
the ferecicsre OF the and the ding o.
peaon IN 1 hs io,nsd in that suit as defendants Tue
witness was atm attorney for the ROADS "a d noSvn tor
the tine Of the foreclosure ns .ry s"f from sezre in
ssfisactoa Of debts He lad an ntcryeT with Msssrs
Seaariins tse purchase the road. VIVA. d,d ysn
tnins tue road wan worth then Judge u asked MI.
" twenty million dollars"
What DID Garrison think u WORTH
obect,- said Mr.. Comstock
Or being allowed TO answer the witness said ne did not
How much did you think the bonds already Issued
would be worth 81 asked Mr.. ConSins AGAIN
Three hundred per cent 49,
.Whst did Garrison thinkf'
He thoug ht taey would not cell above par"
AT tas unexpected answer Mr. Conkhng ieanec across
the table, Please object TO that Comstock. move 70
have II struck out won't your ,,a..,aor
poked him payfnly in the lbs and ladsneu' anu tne
answer duly went INTO the record. eeoo ooo.
the capital STOCK was y3,5o0ooo Ar. Garrison trans
ferred block 70 Could IN lssS s.,a mat The sale
was properly advertised There was large attenaanee
OF bidders He did not tsnk the property wond nave
brought more.
THE STOKES CONTEST NEARING ITS END.
The case for the proponents In the contest
over the viii OF the lale James Stokes was eoneiudea
before surrogate Rollins yesterday. The eross-exani-
nation Of Jane waitford domestic IN the faiy OF MI
s,osss was frat completed She thought that ne
showed great regularity habits that he gave par
tcnar attention MIA Stokese condition during her
last illness that he intelligent and sensible
and kind not only members Of his own family but
also to tue servants.
Something of asensaton was created by tue testimony
of the last witness for the proponeut. Joseph van
Week. Mr. Dale ne husband Of the contestant, had
testified in Che latter part contestants case that
,u the fan Of 1873 Mr.. Stokes had been seized
with a paraIytic stroke at his house 10 Orange
and had been confined to the honse by 1t and
rendered unable attend 10 any business for about four
weeks Mr.. Van Week was nc that time eonhaentiNi
clerk in Office OF Phelps, Dodge CO. ne tssnea
fsat NOT only a. the time mentioned py MI Dale eat
fhroughout the mouths of September Octoeer and NO
veinber 1878, Mr. stokes was In almost daily auend-
ase AZ the ofce OF the hrm regularly a5enaed 10 pusi
ness and gave evidence OF any paraiy tic atlack
Checks drawn by Mr. Stokes five dnereni banks we're
riuced In court 10 BY their dates that he was
elgr,ng them almost daily during this period MI fan
Week also tes.ed that sr Stokes sgsa s.sds
isb great frequency, and thai amobg his other oues
me puchssing foreign exchanges for the house.
which amounted TO about 81 000,OO0 year.
Diagrams Of NJ Stokcs's house In hadisonaye wees
NUT 80 evidence aud this with soTe formal proof coscu
ne auoooeptS testimony. The Surrogate named June
20 July and days for the bsaeng OF evidence In
SeJuttal