Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-25
The Pan Electric Suit.
TESTIMONY OF HARRIS ROGERS BEFORE
EXAMINER IN cHANCERY

TESTIMONY OF HARRIS ROGERS BEFORE THE
EXAMINER IN cHANCERY.
The testimony for the complainant in the
case of J. Harris Harris agt. A. II. Garland ct al
is being taken by Mr.. W. Herbert Smith as ex-
aminer IN chancery. The complainant testi-
fed yesterday that when there was a sum of
$4,000 in the treasury Senator Vest and MIR.
Howard and two widow ladies were proposed
to be let in the company by Senator Harris
but TO keep them from acquiring any part o.
the money the directors divided and pocketed
the money. saying that they would hold il to
develop the patents. Mr.. Rogers said he agreed
10 Mr.. Vests proposition, for the ladies held
shares in all the patents outside the telephone
and that the directors after pocke.ing the
money refused to apply it for the pur poses in
tended and compelled him to use his own
funds. At subsequent meeting he proposed
to appropriate $500 TO promote the electric
light project, but they refused to pay more
than 800. and o. this he was to furnish about
$40. He says that he then became Disguised
with the parsimony; that he told them TO drop
the business, and went on with his own money
to do whatever he could for himself, Mr. Vest
and the others, but the interest in the tele-
phone company sold TO Mr.. Vest and others
was impaired by the previous sale to the
amount of their ratio in the $4,000. which
would not have been the case if the directors
and defendants had concurred with him in
disgorging the money that had been pocketed.
Mr.. Rogers claims that he would carry on the
Pan Electric company as soon as he could get
rid of his associates now in the concern.
AcAIL FOR BOOKS AND PAPERS,
During the examination yesterday a call was
made for the books and papers of the Pam
Electric association joint stock company. the
Pan-Electric telephone company. and the Pam
Electric telegraph company. The counsel for
the defendants expressed doubts as to whether
they could be found.
This morning the parties went into the
Equity Court and and made a motion for the
production of the papers, and il was granted,
as also a motion to limit the taking of testi-
mony 10 sixty days.
THE HEARING WAS RESUMED TO-DAY.
Mr.. Critcher for the complainants. and Gen.
johnson, of the defendants, with Messrs.
Eppa Hunton, Mr.. Earle, and Mr.. Flippin.
Mr.. ]. Harris, Rogers resumed the stand and
stated that the defendants first took out 81. 600
OF the funds on the claim that they had
expended before-not on the telephone, but on
the twenty other patents; that in selling states
rights they put it in the power of Chicago, st.
Louis, Texas, Alabama and Tennessee to sell
stock In the telephone, the only itigated
patent of the lot; in other words, put in the
power OF other people to do what they did not
do themselves.
Mr.. Rogers was asked here what was the
difference in morals to sell the stock them
selves or to sell by agent. An objection was
raised that this was not q question Of morals
they were considering.
A SUSPICIOUS CHARAcTER ARREsrED.-A we'll
dressed negro about twenty-five years old was
before the Police Court to-day for carrying
razor. He was arrested this morning about
o'clock near 18th. and X streets. Policeman
Maddox noticed the man standing in an area
way, and his account OF himself not proving
satisfactory he was placed under arrest. Then
he put his hand In his pocket a. IL to draw q
weapon. The Officer grabbed his arm and took
from him an open razor. At the station the
prisoner gave his name as Philip johnson, and
said his home vas in LeWinsville. Va To-day
u the Police Court johnson was 1ned 80 q
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