Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-10-26
A RAILROAD FIGHT.
rrr JsUsEy UENrRAL LEASE.

Nt YcsteIdaY's examinaLlon in the u

tie testified that hc was member OF the
tirm of Berwiud, White \ Go. from tho
time it was organized, In August, 1874,
Iutil November. 1879. The firm were
shippers uf coal in the Clcathed district.
The shipD'cnts were made over the Tyrone
division OF ths Pennsylvania Ia lruai.
Geo. c wilkins, the superintendent Of the
Tyrone division, aud y. d. Wood, train
master Of that division, were both mem
bers ot the firm, although the fact was
concealed from outsiders. These men con-
tributed 20 capital, but gave extra faCIl
,tics t,r shipping coal. They could always
get all TIE ears they wanted. while others
could no. got the number they asked for.
The ElIpmeuts lur the first year we're $50,
90 iOls. He understood that at present
the tirm shipped about l. l2O0,O tons. II
was the general cnmpIaint through that
section that BerStud, White y Co were
Ryued by the company. IL was not
known that Wilkins and Wood were m'ru.
bers Dt the iirm.
Ii was the custom os the road to ALLOW
drawbacks on coal shipments They were
made to all shippers The rate varied.
r. Wilmington aud Trenton the rebate
vas seventy cents. Every shipper received
that dra" OlcN. In this summer Of 1879.
the witness discovered thai Charles +.
| BeTwlud was receiving secret drawbacks
! from the Pennsylvania on shipments made
by the firm and VI which the witness had
no kuowIcdEc, although he was a member
{ the irm The witness madn the dis
| q very IN peculiar manner. Il was the
rule OF the hOus that all letters, oils and
even tCle-rams should be copied. Mr..
| Begwtnd bad large private correspond
! eDce and he kept copies OF It Il . private
book. Olo dag Mr.. Byrwiud, after using
the copying press, left the room, lyav'
ing the BOOK lying up,u on the table The
! witness ~ passing By, E.Aucl ~ Il and
saw the u.m's name NJ the bottom OF a
page. He supposed that il WAS buslnsss
10. Yet settled up, aad which Mg. Bcg.
| wind did not wish the clerks - see, 50 he
said pnthlu, about Il. \ sIolt time after
ward lie saw the book aEau, aud saw IN o.
sta-emtntS Of drawbacks On plain
paper. The drawbacks we're % slip.
meuts mado by the lrm. aS he
knew by cJmpar.uy the list with the regu.
lar list OF the irms : shipments. He then
examined the book and found 'hI, the
! extra drawbacks so received amounted -
800, OJO IN two years. OF this money he
had not received cyut. lie took legal
counsel. and by advice took the book home.
\ few days after that hs told B,rwtnd
about il, and the latter prJicsssd not -
know what he meant. However, wleu
BarH.ud mis- ed the book, he dckuOwl.
cd yed il. The witness demanded bis share
OF the money. but Bc-viCd hgsitatcd, and
So ID tina, thyre had been heavy expenses
Mr.. BerwiUd always took the statements
OF the amount duo for the secret draw
! backs 20 the Citics Of the Psuusy yauia
railroad Letters and papers were often
| brought to the office of the firm by black
sam, Mr. Cassatt's servant. Il Mr. Bsr.
! wind was in the servant G.lyersl the
| paper, bI: II Le was not be took Il away
| with him. II never left The paper. The
! bills fog d-awb3ck, we're generally made
| oIr 10 the firms name. y few had been
made yuj IL the name Of Nm. SLlirEsJu,
VINO was a boy IN the Office Of
tho firm a. No. 81 Broadway,
New IOck. The bills were made
out N Ar. BeTwind's bludwr.ting
| Faulkner cJltiCuiug his testimony said &:
WHgn Mr. .Berwind asked the what would
take tor my interest IN the urn. ! told
him that I wanted every penny for my
share 20 the private draw backs, aud that if
be WAS not willing % give It | would,
under advice OF counsel ,pp.y 10. 4 re-
ceIyer and have the uEm's 8 affairs settled
up. Mr.. BeTwIld objected to my getting
a iull share and said tll: he bad 10 spend
a great deal Of II Duey o e: them.
I tA A4yA HApf1NS " q Lb.As.a Lts LLNNt
dga y backs without pIy.n- for them, do
you p" asked NJ. BeTwiud Of the witness.
- got al, 400 10 cash and notes which
uetted me some S2J 900.
Mr. Fau.kUes said that be lived at -.
44O North ThiIty-eighth street, PLIiadel
ph!a, Originally he was a carpenter, then
be became foreman ia a planning mill, ana
soon succeeded 70 the business. which he
conducted for tweuty.one years. In 1871
he sold the mill to the Baldwin locomotive
company, Who wanted the grounds for
their works. Then he vent - kentucky
and altorHards embarked IN the coal Dusl
ness. A. present he is a builder aud
Is constructing number OF build
ings at TlUga The members Of the
coal firm were Charles F. Berwiud \ IlisOu
White, J. 4. q. White, Mr.. Lingle, Geo.
w. SCh0heid George G. Wilkins, D. d.
Wood and himself The names Of Wilkins
AMI Wood did not appear in tie copart ler.
ship articles, They were represented by
Mr.. Ljngic. The firm was made up Of two
others. Lingle and the two Whites owned
the Eureka COilierY and S3hOtield aud him.
self owned the MaplewOOd cUliery. Mr.
Berwlnd did not put in penny aud re
ceiyed D 20th interest in the business.
The business Of the firm had grown from
10000 tons in 1874 10 | 200, 600 last year,
and the interests Of all the original mem.
bers have been absorbed by Allison White,
Charles T. aud L. j. Berwind.
Mr. Faulkner was questioned as To the
manner in which he obtained possession of
the book containing the entries of the
secret drawbacks. The witness said that
there was desk in the room, which lock.
ed itself when the lid was shut down. The
book was kept in drawer, and by means
OF steel he could relieve tue hook and
opened the drawer
Mr. Faulkner went on 10 say that ho
heard that Berwind was slanderng him, SO
he determined to expose tho whole thing
TO the public. He went to William
h. Lockwood, who sent him to Mr.. Cow.
| en-.
At this point Mr.. Conklng desired to
consult with Mr. Seward. AS an appeal.
ance must be made bsfoce the court at
Trenton tomorrow, the further examiu.
alton Of Mr.. Faulkner was postponed.
AFRAID or HIMSELF
Pursued Tor Weeks by an Imaginary Avan-
ger, Shrlhlopher Ihhle Shoots himself.
Christopher Iakle, demented Austrian
committed suicide at an early hour yester
day morning by shooting himself through
the head. He was "a years old and board
ed at 5,4ll Wyalusing avenue, Philadel.
phla. He was weaver by trade aud has