Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-17
Saturday, July I7, 1886.
THE CONsPIRACY CASES.

THE CONSPIRACY CASES.
 terestfng Disclosures - The Argu-
 ments of Counsel -Scathing Arraign-
 ment of the Boycotters by Ex-Judge
 Blydenburgh and NIT. Altng-The
 Opposing Arguments - Adjourned
 Until this Morning at 10-The Case
 to be Given te the Jury This MorR-
 ing.
 President John B. Darlington of the COURIER was recalled in the conspiracy cases at the opening of the Superior court yester- day morning, Judge Stoddard presiding, to identify an article in the News relative to the settlement of the News boycott.
 MT. Alling-Did you see the article of January 27, 1886, in the Morning News in regard to the News folks paying $500 to the boycetters9 Witness-Yes, sir. MT. AL Iing-Did you see the said article at the time it was printed? Witness-Yes, sir. Mir. Alling-Whether or not it was the same ar ticle used in the evidence in this case? Wit ness-It was.
 The defense then cross-examined.
 MT. Platt-Did you read in the Morning News from day to day the various steps in the controversy and the final settlement the News made with the Typographical union? Witness-I did.
 Charles H. Ayres was called by Sheriff Gates, but failed to appear. An officer was sent after him with a capias. MT. Ayres, it seems, misunderstood the time at which he was to appear in court. He testified that he had been shown one of the boycotting circu- lars in his Chapel street store by Glidden and was asked to cease his patronage of the COURIER. Glidden came again and witness agreed to take his advertisement out after the expiration of the contract. The State rested at that point.
 John Mccarthy, an attache of the Morn ing News, was the first witness He said q am acquainted with Editor Pratt of the COURIER and heard his testimony in court recently. Had several conversations with him about the time of the termination of the News boycott, and after it had been an nounced in the COURIER that they were ready to make their office 8 union office. MT. Pratt said that the CoURIER's foreman, John E. Skinner, hadn't been square with them and they would be glad to have him go. The COURIER expected that all their men would go except those the union re- tained. The men had no claim upon the COURIER. They did not propose to lose any subscriptions or advertisers, as they were not fools like the News managers. Witness was also present at the interview about the money demand made on the News and MT. Glidden and MT. Muleahy said they were not in favor of the money being paid. MT. Lane and the cigarmakers seemed to want the money paid. On the cross examination Mir. Mccarthy ad- mitted that he was a member of the Knights of Labor.
 Wn. G. Cox, foreman of the Register of fee, testified that a union office was one that hired union men and paid union prices. The proprietors of the paper had full power to employ or discharge competitors.
 Jacob Sprague testified that Mrs. Bertha Palm had expressed an ill-feeling against MT. Mulcahy and made threats against him. Further questions as to threats were ex- cluded by Judge Stoddard.
 Frederick Hunie, wheelmaker, was called to testify as to the conference between the grand committee and the COURIER people April 9th in the evening. Witness spoke for the committee at that interview. MT. Conklin seemed to be spokesman for the oth- CT side. Conklin made threat to Glidden that he would land him behind the bars and damned him and said: 'Brother Hunie, all your eloquence won't save one." He also called Glidden de- serter from the United States army. Witness said that no threat of boycott was made on that evening. They did not say they would pursue the same methods with the COURIER as with the News.
 Cross-examined by ex-Judge Blydenburgh witness said he went as a representative of the Knights of Labor to demand that the office be made a union office. The word boycott was used by the COURIER people. Being asked who were the other delegates who were Knights witness refused to say and was sustained by Judge Stoddard.
 John HanQafiQ of Fair Haven. another member of the committee, testified that MT. Hunie was spokesman for one side end Mr. Conklin for the other at the interview at the COURIER office. He said that threats were used by Mr. Conklin towards MT. Gid most pleasant gathering and all parted on the best of terms Witness said there was no talk about the boycott, but when cross-exam ined and was asked what they were talking about he replied: ''Well, they were talking principally about the boycott" This answer created much merriment in the court room, in which the court attorneys, jury and spec tators joined.
 Theodore Sucher, employed at Peck Bros foundry, ard captain of the Light Guard, re- peated Conklin's threat to Glidden and sub stantiated the testimony of other witnesses about the interview.
 Harry Kidd, 8 printer, denied that he
 
 the expense of the boycott would not be re- mitted in the case of the COURIER as it had been in the case of the News. Professor Platt said the defense had no more testimo- ny.
 Editer Pratt of the COURIER was recalled and testified that he had nothing to change in his evidence concerning the Mccarthy in terviev.
 This concluded the testimony oN both sides, and after short recess ex-Judge Bly, commenced the opening argument for the State. JUDGE BLYDENBURGH's SPEECH TO THE JURY.
 Judge Blydenburgh opened his address to the jury by saying: l have tried 6 great many cases of almost all descriptions known | to the criminal law, and this is the most i'm \ portant of any regarding which have stood | before the bar of this court, for the reason I that it involves great public interests. The | ordinary crimes tried at this court involve \ personal injury inflicted by one person upon \ another which do not affect the general pub \ lie. This is @ case of great public interest," Y more important than murder trial, because p it involves the whole business community \ and the ouastiOn of Gharfv N