The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-23
IlAA3 FARMER.
TEE XII 'FORICAL CASE OF JARNDYCE
AND JARNDYCE.
4 Case in Chancery Conceived In Mental
Anguish" Continued by IA Sore
I'll coat and Prolonged by
Judicial Jugglery.

aud Great Northern investigation Al
Galveston discloses the fact that Mr.
Dickens wrote Bleak House in vain
The case of Jarndyce and Jarndyct
had an end; that of Jay Gould VS.
the International and Great Northern
has none. There was a necessity fol
chpncery interference in Jarndyce and
Jarndyce, but for the receivership al
Tyler there is no excuse. The investi
cation also disclcses that nothing has
been accomplished by this litigation
which das been kept up now for nearly
three years. The bondholders, after
trying in vain to secure trial, dis,
missed their suit and went out o.
court. The attorney general, attel
confusing and prolonging the litiga-
ton, mas finally by the supreme court
been ierked out of court, and though
Receiver Campbell and General Solici-
tor Herndon both testified that Jay
GOuld's Judgment could have long
since been paid off, the receivershiI
al Tyler is still in court.
The origin of this unique aggrega-
ton is no less remarkable than its con,
tinuatiou. Gus Taylor testified that
he got his information from Chiffon.
Chiffon testified that he got his ipfor-
nation from Gus Taylor. Chiffon
made his affidavit that Gould's debt
was fictitious upon the representa-
lions OF Gus Taylor. Gus Taylor made
his affidavit that Gould's debt was tic-
stitious upon the representation OF
Horace Chiffon, and thus began the
Tyler receivership. Ieke Hoffman
baptized Roger Williams and then
Roger Williams turned round and
baptized Zeke Hoffman, and thus,
some folks say, started the Baptist
church in America.
Iit,Ie beginnings sometimes have
big endings. Gus Taylors mental
anguish ended in 800 miles of railroad
being ua .ed in the hands of a receiver.
A COW licked over small lamp one
Sunday eyening and Chicago was de-
stroyei
The inyestigation discloses that the
suit was originally brought upon a
debt fyg something over $500, ZOO by
Jay Gould, If the debt was valid he
should lave had Judgment. The de-
PENDANT aid it was just and. offered to
confess Judgment. Chiffon, Herndon,
TAYLOR and others said they knew bet
ter, and hat the defendant who said
IL owed the amount did not know what
ii was .alking about. Herndon filed
an intervention for Cross and Eddy
without the knowledge of these gen
tleman. who, upon hearing of it, repu-
dated lis action. At Galveston he
swore that he had no authority from
them % object, and only did so to get
tuue to 10 something else. When this
muOrnr was disturbed another anchor
''weng % windward" in the shape OF
30 empty wrapper which was filed IN
court. 8iterward withdrawn, carried to
his Office and filed in at leisure, Upon
this petition, charging that Gould's
debt was fictitious anu fraudu-
lent, tha5 Gould was, as everybody
knows, :; very wicked and bad man,
had been unfaithful to his trust, and
was engaged in trying to wreck the L..
End 6. n. the receivers We're APP
pointed. The court holding that the
/. and G.. n. was in a very bad way
and needed protection from the
spoiler o. Gould would get this money,
sUraightway appointed Il. r. Bonner
and n. w. Finley receivers. Finley
said yes On the spot, while Bonner said
he would think abonti it, turned it over
in lgs mind two or three times and
finally said "he'd take it, Meantime
the receivers got together. and Chill
ton. v no had interviewed for Taylor,
Duncan who had interviewed for
Braziel Hernden who had inter
yened for Cross and Eddy, and finally
Come again" for the M, K. and T.,
Get together with them. The
receivers had to have counsel.
Chiffon didn't care whether Hern-
don wore a crown or fiourished a
baton could be either duke, lord,
earl Or baronr-but he was going to be
general attorney" Duncan "pass ed''
but finally came in at $1,000 per annum
which amount was also Chilton's por-
ton. The princely sum of $50, 600 a
wear ell to Herndon with the title of
general solicitor" Whether there
w9s any further investiture of the
royal pufple history does not say, ana
thus began the fight against Gould
The receivers were to be paid 24,OOO
ger annum, and the general attorneys
$25 900 per annnm to see that could
should not get his money.
Meanwhile the old wizard on Wall
street took in the situation, and at
once realized that while all this was
fun for me boys it was death on the
frogs, and while he did not deny the
Great experience of Messrs. Bonner
9nd Finley as railway managers,
vet he was fearful that these
Gentlemen would not under.
stand that the International and
Great Northern had always been used
as feeder to his Iron Mountain road,
and then besides he had his business
eve on that $500, 1000 which he had adj
vanced to meet the interest on the In
ternational and Great Northern in
debtedness, and which some of these
gentlemen had sworn was fictitious.
SO his lawyer, Judge Whitaker, goes
to New ork and comes home with
his poc6 cts full of dynamite. in the
eha5e OF a petition and bond to re-
move the case to the federal courts, in
the event the management of the In
teruattcnal and Great Northern is not
turned over to Mr.. Gould-and that
he have Judgment on that same ficti-
tious Iclnand. Herndon is sent for,
looks over this papers, and they are at
once declared to DO a devil ma
chine in all of its appointments