New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-20
RAILWAY INTERESTS.
THE NEW-JERsEY CENTRAL LEASE.
BEGINNING OF THE PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT FOR
ITS ANNULINIENT.
my TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUNE.1 I

! TRENTON, n. j., Oct. 19.-BefOre the United
States Circuit Court Clerk, in this city this morning,
begun the taking Of testimony for the defence in the suit
by which william b. Dlnsmore, as dissatisfied stock
holder seeks to have annulled the recent lease Of the
Central Railroad Of NewJersey to the Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad Company. There were present. Of
! counsel for the Reading Franklin j. Gowen, A. G..
Rchey, exChancellor williamson and Robert Kearcher
Clarence Seward Roscoe COnkllng and Wayne MacVeagh
appeared for Mr. DmsmOre and Edward T. Green for the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
The first witness was William S. Hewitt who said he
stock brokerln Philadelphia Mr. Gowen began to ques
on him as TO affidavit OF his which contained in
the bill Of complaint in case The affidavit to the
value Of certain stocks in the Philadelphia market at
certain me and Mr. Gowen's effort show that this
was made for the purpose OF showing that the stocks
guaranteed by the Reading worthless. After n
question two Mr. Conllng asked :" What do you pro-
pose TO do by all this I"
you wish object to the question that fact be
noted in the record" said Mr.. Gowcn caustlcaly.
1--WE are obliged to the counsel but wc have not
sixty miles this morning to be told that have right
object TO the cOunscs questions" rctorted Mr. COnkng
The objections bengnoCdln In hcrocord, the examination
was resumed but Mr. G0wcn could get little satisfaction
out Of the witness and soon dismissed him.
william Henry Patterson was next called He the
Philadelphia attorney at whose request Hewitt had test
fed that he made the affidavit He said that John c.
Buit Of Philadelphia, had told him that prcpara-
ton for suit about to be started by Mr.. DnsmOre,
the securing OF certain information necessary,
and offered to get for him the work Of getting this
information Upon Pattcr-ons agreeing to do it, Bulitt
What scwcIl ls th!si" inquired NIr. Conkug
"Why, Senator william j. -cwcll OF course rctOred
] 70 "I ,', Won were Tr"dnScd the ore conncccd
with the Pennsylvania Railroad, tho United states scna-
tor from NrW-JrI-ryW ~
% ! don't know but supposed that he was"
" lie didn't wear tOgl" said Nc. COulauG. -
frequent objection the latter rcmarrd I'VE did not cx
pcs To ind the bloody shirt waving In such place as
sharp examination elected frol the witness that he
had been furnished by senator se"cA with particular
received from judge Logan, assistant solicitor OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad written memoranda aS 10 Just
orauda the witness had not with him hut Thought he hal
most Of them. He asked to send them to clerk
Ouphant ~ as he got home, and agreed to do
s5 but Mr. Couklug vigorously objected 10 the intro
dugt0n of cyilcuc" u that way ON crosse Tamhailon
were ToTarLgI @ ~, LOT er @ p, m r or . I1 ''' '' ''
Exstatc senator Edward Bctlc, Of Camden, the next
the original bin lie made it at the request
that Green would ike 10 have his gul-
Of he Pcuu-yIvaun or any other railroad I'm NnwTn-",
himself explaining that he was the secretary of the West
Jersey and Atlantic Railroad Company 0ut ad forgotten
.ii Is not very important office, thcnI" osEcdMr.
Gagged by i's salary. q r. not"
Probably ourruus chiefly for s honors' intcrposcd
Mr. Cuuhliug. .
charles T. smith testified that he had made the affidavit
which was lu the hil 40 The request OF Patterson.
CH.-att testified that hr never heard OF the Dins-
more su,t until the bill l,d, and had never dealt In
Central shares except TO -n short 1000 shares which ne
bal closed ont at d loss Frank Thomson, second
vlrprc-laut the Pruu-y ylyuuiI testified that DE bad
haarl uf tho Dlu-nurH suit until the bill was He'd
He declined no the suggestion OF Mr. tOUus, 70 answer
au questions 20 deals I'm Central stock or any otHcr
matt'r- TO things with which Mr. Dn,moTe had moth
ne 10 do or NJ which be ignorant. At o'clock the
nuprrg aftrT the recess the examination adjourned
10 next tuesday morning I'm New York city.