Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-20
WITNESSES FOR IVES.
They Contradict Many Important State
ments Made by Woodruff.

49,
In the Ives case in New York yesterday afte
THs SrAs's report had closed Edgar N. John
son, ex-Gov Hosdly's law partner, was
called. He said he had known Mr.. Short, tn,
treasurer Of the Cincinnati, Hamilton snG
Dayton road since boyhood. On June Is, 1886
his firm became general counsel Of the road
Mr.. johnson described the litigation which re-
suited in the dissolution Of the Jewett trust
by which action Ives gained control Of the
road.
'Do you know how many votes Mr.. Ives
ownership of shares gave him?''
"About 1000 or %, O00--e large majority"
1t appeared from the witness story thai
when the new regime came in Shorts action
had embittered Ives against him. and it was
believed by the former tina, Ives would remove
him. johnson interceded for him, and at his
personal request he was made assistant secre-
tary and treasurer. At the conclusion OF the
election Johnson went into Shorts Office and
informed him of his election and congratulated
him. Short then said to him: "By the way,
now that you are general counsel of the road,
l want to know what / shall do? ! have signed
some stock certificates already; what shall /
do? don't want to destroy them"
The witness replied thatit was all right and
that the certificates were proper. He never
knew Mr.. Ives to do anything immoral, i'm
proper or illegal during his entire connection
with him.
On the cross-examination he said that up to
the LIST OF October, 1886, the only authorized
capital stock of the road So, 500, 000 consist
ing of $4,000 shares.
Ex-dov. HoADLY
was the next witness. He had known Mr..
Short for about thirty years well and intimately.
Short spoke to the witness about the certificates
which he had signed in blank and was told that
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to sign certificates ahead and give them to Mr..
Stayner. In fact, no such conversation was
held"
Here Shorts testimony was gone over at that
part OF it in which he testified that he had
signed no certificates until advised to do so by
Gov. Hoadly. The witness swore that the con-
versatlon he had with short was only in regard
to certificates which had been and we're to be
signed. This testimony is directly opposed to
that of Short.
Mr.. johnson, being recalled, stated that in
the state Of Ohio col porate seal was not neces-
sary TO render railroad stock certificates valid.
Mr. brooke used every endeavor to show
that Jay Gould Russell Sage and Sidney Dill
Ion were behind the prosecution and had en-
tered into conspiracy to crush Ives. Recorder
Smyth would not listen to any such statements
and excluded all such testimony.
CELESTIAL NAMED All CHOW,
who has been butler to Stayner, tripped lightly
to the witness chair. He testified that Wood
ruff had breakfasted at Stayner's house, and
that was on an occasion when there was party
there. and Woodruff remained over night. Mrs.
Stayner returned in the family carriage when
she came from Cincinnati. There was no one
with her but Stayner's sister. The witness
looked after the breakfast that morning. On
cross-examination the witness said the
family talked about the railroad, but he did
not quite understand what they said He
was positive that Woodruff did not breakfast
at the house but once, and IT was an entirely
different occasion to that when the family
returned home. He sent carriage to the
Erie depot on June 81 to meet them coming
home. but only Mrs. Stayner and her daughter
returned in it, Mr.. Stayner not coming home
till dinner time. Mr.. Ives cane with him.
George II. Stayner, son Of one of the de-
PENDANTS, was called. He swore that on the
morning when Woodruff claimed he was in
Stayner's house witness found him in the
Office on Nassau street and he told him that
he had breakfasted in Billy Proctor's, at 9
Pine street. MY father was very angry when
Woodruff came with Mr.. Ives to the house
on that Sunday in January, and he and Ives
went upstairs and Woodruff remained with
myself and sister in the parlor," said the wit
ness.