Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-24
THE TELEGRAPH TROUBLES.
Proceedings Before Judge ShiPman In Hartford Yesterday-A Compro- mise Agreed Upon.

Proceedings Before Judge ShiPman
 Nm Hartford Yesterday-A Compro-
 mise Agreed Upon.
 At Hartford yesterday before Judge Ship
 man appeared small army of lawyers rep resenting tho interests of the parties to the
 suits involving the existence of the Bankers
 and Merchants Telegraph company. Among
 them were Colonel Robert G.. Ingersoll and
 Edward Lauterbach, who appeared for Ed
 ward s. Stokes, the holder of majority of
 the receivers certificates; Hamilton Wallis
 for General Harland, receiver of the Amerl-
 can Telegraph company; Herbert B. Turner
 and David Mcclure for the Farmers Loan
 and Trust company, trustees for the bond
 holders of the Bankers and Merchants Tele-
 graph company; A. J. Simpson and Joseph
 Fettretch, for Newcomb and Smith, receiv- CTS of certain western lines of telegraph which the Bankers and Merchants Telegraph company undertook to build for the Ameri- can Rapid Telegraph company, but failed; Edward Lauterbach for certain holders of receivers certificates; Henry J. Schenck, for General Farnsworth, receiver of the Bankers and Merchants Telegraph company; Charles M DaCosta and William D. Guthrie, for the bondholders' committee of reorganization; {; James E. Chandler, for the American Rapid Telegraph company, and Judge Dillon for the Western Union Telegraph company.
 
 court was 9:30 o'clock but it was 10:30 before Judge Shipman, who had been detained in his chambers by another matter, appeared in the room. Then delay of several minutes
 ensued owing to consultation which several of the lawyers were holding. When the ses-
 sion was finally opened Colonel Ingersoll in dulcet tones began by saying, May it pleas2 your honor," and then proceeding Stated his | reasons for making the mcstion to have last weeks stipulation s6 altered as to have i the western lines returned to the Bankers and Merchants He said he was unaware until last Monday afternoon'of the fact that the Bankers and Merchants were virtually the owners of the lines demanded. ''I desire to say, your honor, that I was as much and possibly more to blame for the failure to make the stipula- tion more perfect. We were all ignorant of Baldwin & Millers contract governing these lnes."
 In conclusion Colonel mgersoll desired the court to so modify the order and stipulation of last week as to cancel any reference to western wires and have it merely refer to those in the East.
 Afidavits in behalf of the Farmers Loan and Trust company and of the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust company were presented in | support of Colonel Ingersoll's argument. MT. Morris Seymour in behalf of the Western Union company questioned the fact of Colonel Ingersolfs protestation that he was ignorant of the existence of the west ern wires He could see no harm in per
 mitting the stipulation to remain as at pres l ent.
 An adjournment was taken at 12:45 until 2 o'clock.
 The court reassembled at 2 o'clock. The lawyers desired an hour in which they be- | lieved they could arrive at compromise. This was fulfilled at the Allyn House after
 nearly two hours session. By it the Bankers and Merchants retain six lines between
 Cleveland and Chicago and give up four to | the Western Union. The latter only agreed 1 to the compromise on condition that they
 receive two lines between New York and | Roeton