The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-08-19
HAVE NornING 10 Saw.

HAVE NOlHlN1 4O oA1s
The Iron Hall Attorneys Not Talking for
Pubiication-No Conference Held
The reticence OF the Indianapolis law
yers who went to PHILADELPHIA with snch
mysterious haste is extreme. They have
"nothin to say, my daughter. nothin' at
all to say" having evidently found the
legal lights of the Quaker city entirely
awake upon their arrival and not inclined
TO somnoleney during their stay. The In
dianaDolis attorneys on both sides of the
Iron Hall case were sparing in their con-
versation to the newspaper folks there aud
quite as my sterious as they had been here,
but the reporters apparently got along
quite easily In gathering the news In tho
case without their assistance. When they
arrived In Philadelphia they were looked
upon as party of bandits who had como
all the way from Indiana to run away
with the remaining assets of the bank.
especially the cold cash. and ell Phila-
delphia rose to see that nothing
of the kind was done. And
il wasn't done. The Indianapolis
lawyers promised that the Philadelphia
creditors of the bank should have their
mohcys OOllaf 1OT OOliur, anu tuat tucu
they, the visitors should have what re-
manned turned over to them. This didn't
strike the Philadelphians as anything bet
ter than they already had, if quite so good,
for they had the bank and all it con-
tanned, and II there was anything in hand
ling the funds they proposed to themselves
the enjoyment of the usufruct.
Yesterday afternoon vain endeavor was
made TO learn what the plaintiffs intended
to do when the case would again come be-
Ind Vox-1 nR W a.
rum0red that there would be n cOnsulta-
ton or the attorneys on both sides yester-
day afternoon, but if such Q meeting was
held 1t was in a spot so secluded that no
newspaper person w as able to ind 1t.
The plaintiffs attorneys were disposed to
feeling of citation over the fact that the
Philadelphla bank had gone into the hands
OF an assignee, and said that pointed very
clearly toward a receiver at this end of the
line. They wore not, however, entirely at
their ease and there was much moving to
and fro among the legal gentlemen repre-
senting that side of the case. and numer-
Gus long and secret consultations.
whenever a reporter put in an appear,
ance, whether at the Office of an Iron Hall
attorney or one of the other side. the as
surance was Qiveh that not one word could
DO said about the case. a. they had each
and all coyenanted together, and by an IN
seven seals, had sworn to dlvulge nothing
whatever in the case. 1t Is not likely.
however that there are many moro sur
prises In store, and that the end is at hand.
Down on the Newspapers.
Mr.. Somerby, OF the Iron Hail. is reported
to have said, yesterday. that he had prob
ably given his last interview to newspa.
per reporter, because he had been bounded
down and repeatedly misrepresented. Mr..
Levi Jones, a member of the press commit
tee, "onco newspaper man himself" has
also taken occasion. during his salaried
stay In this city, TO say that the newspaper
men of Indianapolis were the most I'M
principled set of mon he ever met"
If publication Of the facts 40 they ap-
peared above the surface since the diff
Guilty which Will land the Iron Hall in the
hands of q receiver was preclpitated is
misrepresen ia ton. then have Mr.. SOmer by
and his co-IrOn Hallers been most grossly
misrepresented. but 1t does not seem quite
clear what these gentlemen have gained
by their offishness and bad remarks. and
neither does it appear that 1t will prolong
the career Of the Iron Hall.
somerby Again on tho Witness-Stand.
Mr.. Horace Smith, one of the attorneys
for the plaintiffs, said last night that there
was absolutely no truth in the talk of 9
compromise; That so far no conference OF
the composing counsel had been held, and
that Mr.. Somerby would be put on the
stand again this morning.
What snyre Has to Say.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Aug. H-Chief Clerh