New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-17

number OF shares standing in the OF stocknoue'
down to $4,000 Mr. Ives and I went oyer the hst
together and would confer to how much STOCK " No
any mans Ives put marks opposite Nariou
would then eliminate as much stock from 'no'
names as / conveniently could.
Q.-was the stock eliminated in the names OF chi
ploycs and associates Of Ivesl Ayes, sir.
Mr. Woodruff next identified the transfer book ana
a large number of entries made therein In Ives
handwriting.
In the afternoon Woodruff told about conversations
he had had with in regard to ofsettng the over
issue of stock. Mr.. Ives and his company at that
time he'd 9S. 900 shares-a large majority-and ives
said to Woodruff Inasmuch as own nearly all of
the stock of the railroad whatever we do IS all right
In accordance with this plausible theory, Ives, at
a time when there were afiOat about an over
issue, ana when Eugene Zimmerman had placed his
Initials several certificates, In order that they
might not 10 used against any Overissue, carefully
punched out the initials OF Mr. zimmerman from
these certificates.
Mr. Woodruff spent considerable time in the re,
citsl Of the amusing adventures OF Ives aua hnsell
National panh. That where they registered the
by descended xpectediy on the Ives office, greatly
excited. AID demanded IN" cancelled certhcaes Inc
pair put off Mr.. burns for little while; ana, rushing
over tu the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton once,
prepared the certificates required and sent ue ~
acros, to the bank. The Job took I'LL between ~
william Nelson Cromwell was on the stand before
Woodruff aud was cross-eXamned by MI BiooAc'
do you remember a suit in which Albert Meter
was plaintiff and Christopher Meyer, Henry ,. ives
and George H. stayner, IT, were the defendanisP
81 do"
." DO you know that Mr. Ives and Mr. Stayner
were Witnesses In that suit ~
a can tell great many things from hearSay' Dut
don't know, because / not present.
d" Did not the examination take place In your
office ,"
q morally certain Of that from reading testi-
mony, and 50 forth but don't know IT.
As was briefly announced In Sundays Tribune, one
OF NewIorks enterprislng evening papers published
on Saturday exclusive account OF how Ives al
tempted to gain control OF the 81 100000 Christopher
Meyer estate by forging the Initials OF Christopher
Meyer Several Of the morning dallies reproduced
the evening papers beat I'm fun. Judge Wilson, OF
Cincinnati. laughed when a Tribune reporter asked
him Or his client had anything to say about IT.,
away hehrl. Tho story was published fully
in Cincinnati in July. Woodruff was exam,
incd by Judge Harmon witness In
the case # Meter against Meyer aud others. Wood
half Of Meter. Afterward William Ramsey took Wood
rufus dep ostiOn I'm the case, in which he con
tradctcd HIS first deposition We have MS nrst DC
pOson IN our possession. II has been stated that the
forgery story came from Mr. Brooke. II dh nor. /
suggested to Mr. Brooke that might Introduce the
Never matter to show the untrstworthiness OF Wood
rIrf's testimony. but Mr. Brooke not the source
from which the story as printed sprang."
Ives feels bitterly about the accusation that has
been made against him, and he put il TO The Tribune
reporter whether tho face OF II the story could be
regarded as plausible or possible.
Ives said In court last week that his address was
No $50 PierrepOnt-st. Brooklyn. This Is the home
of the Brooklyn Club, and Ives was then a member
NJ II end rented rooms IN the clubhouse. But the
directors decided that he was no longer wanted and
meeting was called to cxpel him. Ives heard of tho
proposed action and hastily forwarded his resignation
as member Of the club and gave up his rooms