New-York tribune., 1885-01-21
Mr. HUNTINGTON TESTIFIEs.
nvA1INGs IN CENTRAL PACIFIC STOCK.

Coll;s p Huntington, whose counsel did not
M him TO the witness stand in the suit of David Stewart
Gas asked yesterday by Mr. Bangs to give his testmony
IN the Patton action. He was a calm ana coilecteu
ness and gave Mr.. Choate abundant exercise on tne
sro.sexaminaton Justice Lawrence's court room was
crowded. o,
"Yo are one Of the defendants In this suit are you
,ot9y was Mr. Bangss first question.
.Iam. was the response. Mr.. Huntington then con-
tnueds ., ..,.o.,
was brought up in the hardware and metal business
connected In that trade Win M m the lime Of his
death a., o,rth,,o e,.e, A-Not
exactly partner We had business Transaction Onares
Cracker and Leland sanford were not my
es, hsSnnS At was organized in 1861 it was
not begun until 1858. IT'S proposed route Was st to %e
i4 niles The original capital $500 600 and thIs
WIS increased to 900 and then 70 tH
,efore $50 MY recollection Of the conversation ~
Messrs stewart Patton and Agnew on April q is5o:
distinctly deIentOm that given in their and sng
cesson your conversations with those various persons
Mr. ,s called ThSioas at NO Ia told 6% Would
give him par for the stock. Mr. Stewart subsequehty
said wd %s tasss Sss s dms s mo sSsred
for the stock and interest cent for tae time t@y
in,re.t hse esa from m Certain date think 1854 accepted
the offer They said they would all sell hi .,
the sane price ON that Mr. Aspinwal cent around 500
shares paid him in first mortgage bonds OF the Cen
a PasaS SaNs RaToe OH Si The next day Mr.
Agnew came and said he concerned about the
SSers SrSea as wSo home Sed See the stock about
afraid would give them more % f4ay y. ne @sse
Isaia: "Yes. If give them more | will give you
more" - .,,
Edward NJ. Shelton, John b. r. Prime and Mr. Patterson.
tion came up that If gave them should give Mr.
Agnew more. said would Then afterTaTd ward the. tney
sI back. would aR give it to them finally said yes:
Q-Dii you say anything to these gentlemen ao1a' si @ m
over-issuei Al mentioned no such thing ala say
that the cost building the road had been very much
than had calculated upon Material haa gone ha R
been obliged to Increase our issue OF stock.
my msmofy 1s1' s'GesPe% that ApnT
said going to California won't yon give us lhe
answered mo viii make this offer may buy the
after you get there. will give you no option
A TELEGRAM FROM Mr.. AsPINwALL-
Q-what ne xt A-Ths distinctly remember: Mr.
avid Stewart showed me telegram from Mr.. Aspin-
wall reading this way ave have made great mistake
in selling our stock to Huntington Go and see him and
see If you can't get it back by giving him the money!
said TO Mr. Stewart "You ha the shares When
Mr. Aspinwa returned. he and David stewart SAID 10
me that they wanted stock back said: You can
have the stock" They said: The same stock = J.
had them to sacramento. said they could have
Central Pacific stock They afterward demanded & &the
paid no one else more for Central Pacific stock
Odd you give them snythingi A-oh' no, SIR
Q.~What is the highest the stock has been worth
since A.-That would be dificult 10 say:
o. mean in the market. A.-The highest figure |
Q.-What did You get for that stock you bought Of
these parties Ave may have il to-day. | do not |
know what became OF it. sent 1t 10 the company to
have 1t transferred.
Q.-Did Mr. Hopkins have any powerof attorney from
yOul Al don't believe he had.
QHe used TO act for you and You acted for him A
Did you have any knowledge Of the Finance and |
Contract Company's transactions IN California I'm |
settling the Brannsn and Lambsrd SUITS Al did |
Q-On whose account did youmaka there purchases OF
the cOmplainants A-On my own. Messrs Hopkins,
ton The transfer office OF the Central Pacific Railroad
Company then in Sacramento.
Q.Have you ever been IN the Office OF the Contract
and Finance Company A.-No.
Odd you ever attend any OF che meetings or It's
directors : A.-No have not.
Odd you have any communication from Mr. Hop
kns Mr. Crocker regarding any proposed settlement
negotiations with Messrs Patton. Agnew and
others were pending here Al think
from the newspapers that there was trouble
Stanford teegrapned me there was & some ntganGm h,
TO settle; that the idea was doing good deal OF
got only telegram from him l telegraphed him
Q-What was the order OF the kilograms A.-The one
Q.-Then you had changed your mind Al had. ! |
had matters hand which led me 10 conclude that IL
o-When did you first see the Governor face face
California The Governor said he wanted to explain tho
matter, and answered that did not care 10 hear any
Q9Do you remember any occasion when you and Mr.
Patton got into temper IN the matter Of settlngf Al
do not.
Q.-You were always pleasant A.-well: was al
Mr. Stewart was sometimes little excited He thought
should treat the matter more seriously always did
Q.-Are you acquainted with General Aspinwalll A
NO know him by sight, as have seen him on horse
Odd you ever tell him that you had paid 800 "a
In settle the LamDard suit A.-NO, told
him what have already detailed.
Q.-The whole contract was oral A-Yes.
QAnd you carried it out Al did, 10 the letter, as
It,
William H. Aspnwan and General Lloyd Aspinwall
had been somewhat mixed up in the testimony So. to
distinguish the two Mr. Bangs exclaimed: Well I'll
call the younger Aspinwall Horseback Aspinwal! Now,
Mr. Huntington. what did you say TO Mr. Horseback
Aspnwalll" lLaughter The witness's answers thence
forward indicated plainly which Aspinwal was meant
TIE CRoss-EXAMINAnoN
Mr. Choate. on the cross-examination first asked Mr.
If he knew General Aspinwal Il did not
Enow him except he pointed out to me in tho
street." the answer al born October %,
1921 was the response incidental to Mr. Choates
Attempt 10 ascertain the state Of Mr.. HuntngtOn's
Mr. Choate-Do you understand that in your testi.
imony yon are in direct conflict with Mr.. Agnew, Will
Not so much in conflict with Mr.. Agnew.
Mr.. Choate then sought to ascertain II Mt. Hunting
ons counsel had called his attention to Mr. Choae's de
nand for all the books papers etc. bearing the suits
The witness had heard Of the demands he had
ooked somewhat in his Office for the books. He had
ooked in the drawers
Mr. Choate-And you did notSxpect to find themi
Mr.. HuntiDgton-I did not find them. / told my clerk
o look FOR them.
Q-And you yourself have made effort In good faith
o ind them Ayes, looked In my desk
Q-Where are the books of the Contract Company
Ill do not know. The last knew OF them they we're
n California They were covered up under a vast
Il paper, etc. saw earthly for them and sug-
ested that they might as well go waste paper be-
ieye they were destroyed, yet sm not positive.
Mr Huntington insisted that he had nothing todo with
ance Company.
Mr.. Choate-Were there distributions A.
have no recollection Of IL.
Odd you not receive even quarter Of each dis s
ribution Al received according to my amount OF
tock u such distributions made.
Q-Wnl you swear that the sums you 10 received did