The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-17
c. P.HUNTIAGTON.
The Case of Brady Against HuiiiihgE
1!.ss Tor SsO 900,

NEW YORK Jan. 12.-The Slni - I'ra'Ev VS..
G.. r. Remington for 5000. for services IN lie
entiEting q purchase of 10000 shares OF the
stock OF Norgan's Railroad aud Steains ~, nlp
supreme court. ia Brooklyn. Lawyers crowd
ed Inc baf tn listen. Mr.. huntington testified
in substance az f"lowsS So o o9t 10 hay re-,
tance Of 2i's miss, The road Ccntrf'ted by
the MORGAN heirs co7s1ed only ~ miles
There was an interview over HE NV lef 'lI tlle
er, Young, 4IUrgall aiI myself. They wanted
$50. QOs0; with the Indebtedness taken out.
| said we I9hltld giye ST,OOn,UO1. We diu not
agree. A traIiiC soHtraAti h9NeSer, was maue
for s. ,00O.OOO took place in April. lsNj. never
had any connection with any one except me
heirs. 1t has been my habit TO deal with the
owners OF property. | never authorized Fierce
tu negOtiate with Brady. ! never told Brady
to 90 ahe:ld aud see What he could do. don't
make = ct"gsy9 br sssD0,000 purchases that
Gross examined by lawyer f!-4Have, on
any recollection Of the Interview Win bradi
He came To my Office with Pierce. The
interview lasted not longer thah lWshiy MN
uteS. soon discovered that Brady had moth
inc 20 SELL
You are a lawyer"
Il went 10 scnool untij was twelve years OF
age; ahl then left and never went 10 school
again. 1 ne err teisi twelve pages ct q law
book IN my life. .,ri.r.....t.,..
You had solid reasons Tor nesotlat hg for
the purchase OF tails property
"Dishonest men hnyc niSc0nStruedm my mean
ing of solid reasons. but homes men have not.
This thing has been published in the papers,
and / am the man ref rred 10. Honest men
don't miScOnStrIe me-
Were you NOT engaged before Congress in
respect to land grants Ill 1874 up to 1871?
Were You not corresponding on the sub
ject?".
Il was opposed 10 land grants.
Ibid YOU not write letters i'll which You
CT hat
known that the parties interested IN the 'cn-
trail Pacific were also interested in the Sonth-
ern Pacitc?'
DO You denr it,
al wrote to ON OF cur people i'll California
that they were making some Things prominent
which were not facts. Some OF my people we're
Il little vain to control 4 great many ran roads
ard l set them so. l said, Don't make out that
you are running these things, because u are
not. They will DRIFT away from you. and your
property will drift away. Don't be climbing
up to show yOursrlvcs-to AIRY cur vanity IN
these matters We have l3oJ inileS OF road
between San Diego and PedraS Segras. oil
wild country that we had to run over. IL WIS
inhabited by wild Indians. and has been in
habited by wild Indians from the time that the
memory of man rIInneth not to the contrary.
/ said we had solved the question; we had in
vested $40. OC0 there and had a road over the
q eat Colorado desert; We had al least slO.-
000, 900 invested between there and the san
| GorJ;ena pass. Col. Scott, with Il rival enter
| prise, was in Washington asking the govern
NEXT to indorSe SGA0OO,0CC in bonds. SAID,
| we will build the road and solve the question
| without government bonds, We could not do
it. Our Investment was lying in Washington
| year after year. | said, we VIII 90 on ana
| take the Sl000G,0O) and utilize L, anu we VIII
| take care of the country
"Has anybody got anything to say against
! it ?''
| Mr.. Huntington shook his gold-headed cane
| Indignantly as he uttered the last sentence
| On leaving the stand he was congratulated .by
| his lawyers on the manner in which he replied
| 10 Mr.. HIS inquiry.
| Thomas W. PIERCE. cO-defendant with Hunt
| lngton, testified that before meeting Brady III
had already considered Z; connection between
| the Central Pacific and the Morgan road
Brady frequently talked on the subject. Hunt
ington chatechiZed Brady and found tina
Brady had not the power TO sell the Deg0tla
| lions then terminated.