Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-05
ROYCOTTERs IN COUR'
The Hearing SaturdaY-TestimO Oh
Several Merchants - Interesting
Facts.

| Ting Attorney DalIey prosecuted nllu coAh
| W. Alling, counsel for the JOURNAL AND
COURIER, assisted. Prof. J. T. Platt and
young Lawyer Moran appeared for Glidden.
Mr.. E. w. Baldwin, of the COURIER, testi-
fed that two weeks ago the accused met him
on the street and handed him one of the cir
culars complained of. The circular in ques-
ton was exhibited to the court nd opposing
counsel and was marked exhibit A. Mr.
Baldwin testified that he watched Glidden
further and saw him when passing up the
street distributing more circulars. The wit
ness then went to the Office of Assistant
Prosecuting Attorney Daley and had war
rant sworn out for the arrest of Glidden.
Treasurer Edwin H. Williams, of the New
Haven Opera House, was called. The ques-
ton "Did you have conversation with Glid-
den last spring." was objected, to but was
admitted when Mr. Alling said that he pro-
posed to show by the conversation that it
| was part of the general scheme to injure
| the business of the JOURNAL AND COURIER. 1t
| would show the intent of Glidden.
Williams testified that Glidden came to
| him and requested him to tell Manager Wall
| to take his advertisement out of the JOURNAL
| AND COURIER
Attorney A1ling at this point produced the
| orange colorsd circular issued last spring and
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| RIER.' Despite objections the witness
said the circular was handed to
him by Glidden. Professor Platt thought
| the case would last forever if it went on this
way.
| Judge Deming believed that the orange
colorsd circular was very clearly in the line
of the series of acts showing the intent of
hostility to the paper.
| Policeman Rice testified that he saw Gid
| den spreading the circulars on which this
present action is based. Some one OF the
| COURIER officials had informed Rice that
there was warrant out for Glidden's arrest.
| Rice told Glidden that he would have to go
| to the police office. The line of Professor
| Platt's cross examination was te bring out an
| admission from Rice that he arrested Gid
| den without a warrant and that Glidden was
| compelled to go to the station after he had
| insisted on seeing Rice's authority for the ar
| rest.
| A discussion ensued between Lawyers AL
| ling and Platt, the former claiming that the
| latter was diverging from the issue. 'FWe
can arrest" said Mr.. Alling emphatically,
1--WE can arrest any man on sight for boycott
| ting, or I'm very much mistaken. Private
| corporations will not be placed in the
road to employ force to quell interference
| with its business. The State of course viii
/ step in and take care of its citizens.
| The next witness was Paul Jente of Broad
| way who testified that the accused appeared
l at his store three weeks ago and asked him
when his advertisement contract with the
| COURIER expired, Glidden adding that he was
| the walking delegate and requesting witness
| to discontinue advertising in the COURIER.
| President John B. Darlington of the CoU
| RIER Publishing company went into long re
| vi of the origin of the difficulties between
his paper and the Typographical union, with
which the readers Of the JOURNAL AND CoU-
| RIER are familiar.
| Mr.. Daley, assistant city attorney, stated
| to the court the circumstances regarding the
| demand of Mr.. Baldwin, bookkeeper for the
| COURIER, for a warrant for the arrest of
| Glidden. He said also that he heard that
| Glidden had remarked that as soon as he got
on the street again he would resume the dis
tribution of the circulars. CT told him, :"
continued Mr.. Daley, elf he did would ar
rest him every fifteen minutes until his trial
came Off"
Manager A. J. Crawford of the Troy steam
laundry on Center street testified that a
| month ago the accused came to him. Wit
ness told Glidden that his disposition was to
| advertise in the JOURNAL AND COURIER.
Glidden gave him to understand that he
| would be put down on the list as ''doubt
| full in his friendship for the COURIER.
| Mr.. W. d. Judson, the meat and provision
| dealer on State street, near foot of Elm,
| testified to having been approached by
| Glidden several weeks ago and that he told
| Glidden that he did not propose to take his
| advertisement out of the COURIER to suit the
| accused or anybody else. Mr.. Judson also
| testified that Glidden made the claim that he
| expected to have control of the COURIER in
| two weeks.
| Charles H. Ayres, proprietor of the boot
| and shoe store S14 Chapel street. testified
| that Glidden wished to have him place at
/ the head of his advertisement in the CoUR-
/ TER the words, sThis is free country" At
1 sol 10 11x,4I a1
| what he understood as inferred by the words.
| Ayres said he believed it to be a boycotting
signal indicating that he had agreed Dot to
| renew the contract with the COURIER. His
honor agreed to let in the testimony condi-
| tionally.
To Mr. Alling further he said that the pa
| per he signed agreeing to cease
advertising in the COURIER was signed
| by one other person, Silverthau, he believed.
| That was the last witness had seen of the
| paper. The talk Glidden had with the wit
| ness was understood by witness to refer to like
boycotting done the News. Lawyer Platt OBJ
| jected, but Mr.. Alling held that it was clear
| derstood the accused to mean. Mr.. Alling
read from Hoxie VS.. Home Insurance com
| pany and briefly argued the point. The
court allowed the question subject to objec-
ton. Witness reiterated that he I'M
derstood by Glidde1's talk that boy
cotting was to be done as in the case
of the News. The substance was that it
would be better for me financially to take the
advertisement cut. To Mr.. Plat: l can't
say accused used the word boycott, but that
was in effect the meaning. came to sign
the agreement as otherwise I might be boy
cotted. To Mr.. Plat: don't think any
open threat was made by Glidden, but he
brought to my mind the News case and by
direct inference I inferred what was meant
No, sir; no inducement was offered by Gid
den.
Theodore Keller, the undertaken, was
sworn and testified. He wanted to tell his
story in his own way that was the best
way for him. He detailed in a terse, vigor-
Gus way that on April Goth, at request of
two men who called upon him at his Office,
one of whom was j. E. Norton, he took from
the Starin dock the remains of Captain A.
johnson which had been brought by the
boat and attended the interment of the same
When they paid the bill they talked to me
that I should take my removal no.
tice out of the COURIER. I did not
hear to it. Later Glidden came to me
and asked the same. I asked him if he
would pay for the unexpired time of the con-
tract. He said no, not muck. The week af-
ter Glidden came in and asked me to strike
all out of my advertisement and leave it
blank all except my name. 1 declined and
said that wouldn't be much of advertise
ment of my business. Glidden also handed
IlS 1OuF udI1upllIS 4uey were,
boycotting circulars. I didn't read
them. threw them into
the waste basket. Well, the last
time Glidden came in I got vexed. I said
again, will you pay for the advertisement for
the time unexpired? He came once more
and this time brought a book with few
namesin it and wanted me to add my name.
1 didn't read the names. said ARE you 60
ing to bother the life out of man because
your folks gave me little job to do on
which 1 threw off $2.752 He
read off the names. He said he
didn't come to me alone, but
was going to see the other people whose
names he had read off 70 me and was going
to try to get them to stop Advertising in the
COURIER and stop taking the COURIER. At
ter that he brought paper with names at
tached. The name of Silverthau was upon
it and another, Reisinger, another, P. We'll.
believe he wanted me to promise to stop
advertising in the COURIER after my adver-
Using contract had expired. I said had
contracted with the paper for three months
and it should stay there three months. To
get rid of him I signed the paper and have
never seen him since.
Mr.. AIling-Why did you sign the papera
A. To get rid of him and not be toFmented