San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-07-14
THE NEWS NOTHINGNEsS.
FURTHER EFFORTS TO LEARN
OF THE STOCKHOLDERS.
Some Interesting Testimony in
Court Adduced-Judge Meal
lister Was Not Consult
ed-Kunzman Gives
the Lie, Etc.

company VS.. News Publish hing COM
pany, was again taken up at 8 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon, before Judge
Heron, AID the following three hours
were full ofexcitemsnt, the court room
being filled with interested and dis
interested parties. listening attentive.
ly to the various questions and an
swers.
Mr.. Henry Ryder.TsyIor. secretary
of the News company, being q wit
ness, was not permitted to remain in
the court room, but was taking in the
entire proceedings from the adjoining
room, there being q Slated door
which he could hear through without
difficulty. When Mr.. Louis Marke,
one of the stockholders of the COM
pany, was placed on the stand, Mr..
Huston, the counsel for the defend
ant, objected to the hearing of his tes-
timOny, stating to the court that he
had heard several with esses examined
and that he was ny law ruled out.
This objection was sustained and the
plaintiff In the case, although Marke
was an important witness, said Moth
ing, but proceeded to put Mr.. Thomas
+. COffey on the stand. The
same objection was made and
Mr.. Blair stated that he was the Sec
rotary of the Johnson Bros. company,
and that he was privileged, II he so
desired, to remain ia the courtroom
during the entire session. The OBJ.
lection was Overruled.
Theo. KAUFMAN, at the opening of
the afternoon session, was the first to
be placed on the stand and his exam
ination was continued. He said: II
don't know that 1 notified the third
memb Der OF the board of directors (Mr.
Msrke) about meeting having been
called to transfer goods to Russi; any
now he was not present. The by
laws of the company do not specify
that third member is to be poti-
fed of meeting. Our assets
are about 81 or S., which is an
old bucket and scrub brush.
This Is all we own as company
Mr.. Russi does not own them. We
have S40O or $500 standing cut on our
books. Those bills are not payable to
Russi, but to us. The goods received
from Chicago were delivered to the
News Company We agreed orally to
rent them OF Russi before they left
the transfer office. Russi proposed to
get out the goods in his own name.
He was to have press and stone,
which were resurrected from the fire,
repaired. This was during the time
we were at johnson Bros. Did not
tell Johnson that the property be.
loDged to the News. did say,
though, that the News had a cir
cuiation and | said / would be
able to pay them from money
due us on su descriptions. Did not tell
them of the transfer, l told Mr..
Marks about 1t, aud ne was satisfied.
This was about three weeks ago. Did
not tell Johnson Bros that the stock
holders owed $500. They never did
owe 8 cent. Don't know the stock
holders. Don't know whether Nc
Allister own stock or not, own thir-
ty-four shares. Mr.. w. F. Hefting
does not own stock. he came in and
purchased two shares but could not
agree, consequently 1t was void and
the company took them. My stock is
worth S3400, although / only paid
Sl700 for it. put this high estimate
on it not because it is worth that
the "good will" of the paper.
openly done. l ordered the type
through johnson Bros. Did not give
them a draft. II they say so, they
lie. repeated twice.. directed Tay-
lOr to write article of transfer to
Russi before the draft from Chicago
for type arrived. l can't say when it
ctr hUn
the chairs, stools, ETC., to the amount
to $3.50. don't think he, Russi,
knew OF a chattel mortgage on them
None of the bill to Peck & Co, has
been paid to my knowledge. We owed
Johnson Bros. at the time the
instrument was drawn up, about
$500. There was some paid after
wards. We quit them shortly after
the paper was drawn up. Russi offer
ed to pay the S73, the balance we owed
then, did also. Russi offered It to
me to pay, not to Johnson. Outside
of Johnson Brothers think $50 would
wou d cancel the indie btedness of the
company at the time. We had about
900 subscribers. We receive about
$50 per month for standing adds, and
about $500 per month for transfer
advertising. Our expenses are about
500 or $500 per month";
Judge McAllister II am a stOckh ol-
der IN the news Publishing company
took one share and paid for it,
$50. Have never been notified as to a
transfer of the belongings of the COM
pauy, to F. Russi, still own stock
I think ought to have been consul
ted, having an interestin the concern
Never saw the bylaws OF the com
pany.
Louis Marke, was called and wa,
out ruled as above stated. Before
entering, Immediately after Kuz
man had finished his testimony, he