New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-01-22
THE HUNTINGTON SUIT.
. SEALED VERDICT TO BE RENDERED.
vuRrBrR TESTIMONY FROM THE DEFENDANi-hh'
nASGs AND Mr. CHoATE SUM UP.


n.SGs AND Mr.. CHoATE SUM UP.
MI poton- Uuntin ptOn suit advanced yester-
far rs an order from Justice Lawrence at p M
-, ho nrv should give sealed verdict. The jury re-
tired at $3.50 o'clock 49,,
Al the opening of the court Mr. Cnoa'e resumed i'
ossexaminaton of Mr.. Huntington. The witness s"iu
>, had never ordered the destruction OF the oooASo
Az. contract and Finance Company, and couthuou'
al cannot tell what my profit in Central Paclhc'
M Cboate-Can you tell within $2o,00oOoof A.
MIL 40 600 600 would he within $20,OOo,ooo
OWN you swear that 1t was S-oooV0V0' "
cont think II was
Own you swear
Mr. Huntington swore. 80
Mr. Cboate-You say $40 100000 would cover H' a.
v.s less than $4,000, 00o Il good deal
- vrou how much was it I Al cannot tell. Ihero
q, mo, have been so much coming from the central
pacific II there was wo''u W
rtcber man to-day than am an '0,y
snro that made mnch less than $8'Ooo'ooo Won"
not do the work over again OF Duhuns '"' 0''''''
Pacific Railroad for Ss0o0,OOO
Mr. Huntington learned on inquiry that Mr. ohoa'e Wy
bic line OF ouestons was seeking to test the Wltess
memorv He therefore declared that his Central RACINE
profts had been less than So'ooo,ooo' %
Choato inquired regarding the motive OF lriehushp
which it had been said, actuated MT hun'i"o-
ton in paying $l30 share to Messrs ru'oD'
Arnew. Aspinwan and Stewart for stock when
had cost them $40 Mot exactly for friendship
ro,,cd Mr. Huntington "They had been friends OF
mine and done many little favOrs for me- and thoueh'
7 wouId buy their stock and give them a gooo price
for it,"
Mr. Huntington turned upon Mr.. Choate at TINS point
md accused him of building foundation OF questions
unon matters of which he he witness) was ignorant III
order 10 place him at an apparent disadvantage In points
in regard TO which his memory clear lie insisted la
his memory was clear subjects of which ne had , naa
personal knowledge and not SO muCn 81 "Po" '"''e'
WIFI hs kDe
On the redirect examinaon by r Bshg ,n r., least
ten different business enterprises MIA pou
and steamship ventures and ana not ms manage all the
details relied his suOdTdnae ties for tnS a ali iS
ali aIf or not OF at an That is quotation"
Mr. Choate-From where ,,,u,
Mr. Hunting ton.-From TennysoD, think or.,
Mr. Bangs9You don't know ANYTHING about ha dr"'h
crushed to earth except what you nave 9esT
Mr Bangs then took up the saSioTts of
and gpt this Jey % hs Course OF yoa
active life had your faculties in such condon that
you could remember anything you n9TeT Comfortable
laugh. ,.,,.r,
Mr. Bapgs-Oh he laughed. That is ALL That IS ms
answer. TO Mr.. huntingdon What amount gid you
fnever got as much as paid them IL was CLOSING
0i oDo Won know much about bookkeeping Al do
not carried my bookkeeping In high nat Tor goou
oSyire You an easy wrteri A.-well no. am not
Wien to school had the credit o. being h cd 1he
poorest writer in the school. woulu rather pe oon
PEELED to saw wood than write. never write unless
"' Re-eXamined by Mr. Choate, Mr. Huntington said he
himself never paid any money directly mo tne ne
and Finance Company was not IN CaIlDrnia, NE
continued 81 was officer of the Central Paclic ana
wa,seng their certificates and sending the money to Mt
Hopkins. The railroad cost over SlOO,OOO nle tho
contract company paid the debt. could not have got
the money unless Il was paid by the stGckholdeTs l
cannot say that the Central Pacific Com,
pamy ever paid in anything | say here D.,
paid in by the Central pacnG 70 eO think nroba
Div there was but can't tell what It was;
Mir Choate-Wl you tell the jury how there could he
distribution the assets or a company IN which no cap
Mr. Conkling objected and Justice Lawrence said lie
thought this line had been exhausted
Mr. ChOate (balmily)-Wel, think so, too,
ton After calling attention TO the course ana vulgar
IT huntington he said that to him more than to any
other man was due the carrying ont OF the great prcs
which unite the two sides Of this continent lie was
prcnared to stand up manully when unjusiy assaled
always ready TO compromise when there was sntdo"
of n inst claim against him. The history OF
The nre,ent matter and surrounding circumstances
H. po we've without foundation Mr. Bangs urged
he inv 10 REGARD the merits of and not the
mean. uunannered and ungentlemaullRc apuso Vi inc
Mr. Choate diScaimed any desire call Mr.: Hunting
ton names. says. remarked the plaintiffs counsel
.. that he cannot remember how many millions
of money he has made. lie belongs to
the type of man who Black Friday drew
whether il was for $1,000 900 SlO,0O0OO0. His
counsel refused let HIM testify ana theh lhey
let him swear his case away the theory that you'll be
hionEcd If Won do ana youl be BANKED If you don't"
tr,r Of The nress" EXCLAIMED: 1.-THE terrors OF the
press Gentlemen if a charge made against you. aud
you know it's true then you may well iec AFRAID OF me
terrors Of the pres. Mr Bangs IN oinens Pi sO
rors of the press But Mr. Huntington, with his hand
heart declares that the press has no tcrror7 Tor
him. You can take your choice"