St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-30
THE INTEREST INCREASES.

THE INTEREST INCREASES.
Col. Innes' Testimony i'm the Great
King-R emingtOn Suit--Some.
body Lies.
The first witness for the defense was
called yesterday morning in the KingRem-
| ington suit in the district court, and proved
to be Col. Robert S. Innes, the agent OF
Philo Remington, whom the prosecution at
least, holds responsible for the present en-
tanglement. His testimony, it will be no
ticed, is in direct opposition in many essen
tial points to that of Col. King and others,
and the fact is very prominent that some
one is very ''cOnspicuOuSly ineXact' in his
statements. The colonel was cool and de-
liberate in his manner, speaking slowly, and
it was only when he was sharply cross eX-
amined by Mr.. Van Voorhis that he lost his
equanimity and responded sharply, and at
times became somewhat embarrassed.
Col. Innes testified that he came to Min
nesota from New York in November, 1877,
and had previously known Mr.. Remington
for some time. On arriving in Minneapo-
! lis he went out to the pavilion and met Col.
King. They had long conversation about
the property, Col. King doing most of the
which he had acted concerning it, its beau
ties, advantages, and the great possibilities
of the future. At this time the project of
a park was mentioned, the witness thought.
He did not at that time say he was de-
! termined to save the Pioneer Press
stock for Mrs, king, and did not
| have possession of it at that time, but re-
ceived it before he returned to lion in Jan
| uary. He returned to Minneapolis the next
month at the direction of Mr.. Remington,
with the power of an attorney, to formally
take charge of the Lyndale property and
secure him as far as possible for the adj
vanceS he had made. He had converse
tons with Col. King daily, whenever they
met. One of these conversations was con-
corning the Stevens eighty in July, 1881,
when Col. King stopped him on the street
and asked him if he was going to take care
OF it. Witness told him
NOT TO WORRY,
as he intended to protect Remington, and
Immediately went to the bank and got the
money to pay Mrs. Seymour for the land.
The witness denied any recollection of the
| conversations mentioned in Col. Kings teS-
timony concerning the Lake City judgment.
about the Manwarring mortgage the wit
ness said he found Cross 81 Hicks were 60
| ing to forecl0se, and borrowed money of
| Samuel heller to make the payment.
| heller was given deed of the land from
Mrs. Manwarring, and when he was repaid
conveyed the land to Mr.. Remington. All
| Col King did i'll the transaction was to i'll
| trOduce the witness to Capt. Cross. One OF
| the first things done by the witness in 1878
| was to see the insurance company that was
| about to fOreclOSe a mortgage on the AmeS
! forty, and make an arrangement by which
| the land was decided to Mr.. Remington and
a new mortgage given with mortgage on
another party as additional security. Col.
| King had nothing to do with the adjust
ment, and witness said he did not remem-
| Der any conversation with him OH the sub
| ject.
Concerning the Lakewood cemetery trans
| action, the witness testified that Mr..
Barton had told him that he (BartOn) was
ready to deed some land to Mr.. Remington
which had belonged to Col. King, through all
exchange with the Cemetery association,
and the conveyance to Remington was ac-
cOrdingly made.
In May, 1878, Col. King gave up the
| Pavilion where he had been residing, and
the witness took possession of the farm
and leased it to Mr.. Smith. He did not
remember that Col. King advised about the
management of the property.
Continuing, the witness said he was now
in possession and doing the very best he
could to protect Mr.. Remington's interests.
He never made any arrangements to pre-
serve the equities for Col. King. He at
tended the bankruptcy sale. and bought the
right and title for Mr. Remington. He
did not have any conversation with Col.
King about the sale, but had told Mr. Nor
rison that he would buy in the property so
as to perfect Mr.. Remington's title beyond
doubt, and intended to pay as little for it as
| possible.
INNES' HISTORY OF THE MOTOR.
In 1877, when he first came to Minneap-
oils, there was meeting of the Street Cal
company at the Nicollet house. He made
| the suggestion that they should grant to
| Philo Remington a right-of-way to Cal
houn for suburban railroad, and they
made Jan arrangement that Mr.. Osgood
and Mr.. Remington should sign an agree
ment for right-of-way, which was after
wards executed. When he came to Mime
apolis in 1878 witness brought the agree
ment with him, and when they began the
effort to secure right-Of-way this agree
ment was used as basis of negotiations.
When Mr. Lowry purchased SIS, 900 worth
of the stock of the car company, and be-
came president he objected to the terms of
the agreement, and some difficulty was ex-
perienced. Another agreement was finally
drawn up, to which Mr.. Lowry obtained
the signatures of the other directors, and
subsequently the present lease was executed
by Mr.. Lowry. During this time the wit
nest tried, by personal influence, to effect
.bo CnI ., IL
Col. lines was asked about converse
ton with Mr.. King in 1881. when the latter
made an offer to pay Remington $3.50. GOO
in December, 1881, Col. King asked how
much Remington would take to step out,
and said he was prepared to offer $3.50, 600,
remarking that the house of A. Remington
& Sons was in straitened circumstances and
this was great deal of money. The wit
ness answered that the property cost a
great deal more, and that Mr.. Remington
would probably want $500, 900.
FLAT CONTRADICTIONS.
Concerning the inquiries that Mr.. King
testified to having made as 70 the sales of
the property. the witness said he could re-
call no specific conversations but remem-
berer that they had often talked in gen.
eral way about the property. He remem-
bered that Col. King had once said he
thought there were good many ''cats and
dogs in Manages sales" The witness de-
MED that he ever told King he was going to
save the Pioneer Press stock for Mrs. King.
| In May. 1883, Col. King said he had sold
some of Mrs. Kings Pioneer Press stock
for so cents. The witness said he would
not sell the stock for less than par, and
within month from that time did sell it at
par. The witness did not remember the
! conversation in which Col. King had said:
| ''Philo must be pretty well paid up"
| In July. 1879, was in lion. and had made
arrangements with Mr.. Elliott for a loan of
| SO. OOO. and was to give as security a mort