San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-10-27

~ was September 30. The letter MI
Spear was asked about this morning be
ing written to him by me on May II, 1892
is my hand writing"
The witness was here turned over Il
Mr.. BergStrOm, who was answered a
follows:
Il think that signature to the SO, 500 re
; ceipt Is mine, it looks like my initials. |
appears very much like there was SOM
writing above: it when signed. 1t wa
letter written and referred by me over my
initials, b. +. Y The letter was torn of
and the blank space used TO make
out the bogus receipt. | don't remember
OF any such circumstances about Mr.
Cooper advancing money to the company
just before the receivers. ! have re-
ceived money from Mr.. Cooper on my
receipts. He was handling the money
that went into the elections. Yes, sir,
remember getting $1,000 on the day prior
ID the election, during that campaign we
paid out.money from time to time. That
money was paid to Mr.. BergStrOm. What
he did with it | do not know. He told me
that he was to handle all the money. and
nothing was to be paid to Thad Smith
and Jose CaSSiano. do not remember OF
going into an executive committee meet
ing with Mr.. BergStrOm and he handing
in the 5000. | remember he put in 81, 500
and | thought that was considerably short
of what | had paid him. | do not re-
member having gone up with Mr..
| BergStrom and he handing either 81 800 or
g., 900 10 Antonio RivaS for election pur-
poses. | know that Judge King was as
\ SeSsed $1,000 al one time and later on
| $500 more. Yes, sir feel cOnfident that
| gave Mr.. BergStrom the election money
on November 3, 1890. Mr.. Bergstrom
| gave no receipts and when ! asked him
| for receipts he stated that he gave no re-
ceipts for that kind of business and that if
| q Of i'm no
he would swear he never received it.
Mr.. Cooper was not handling all my
financial transactions at that time. Mr..
Norton often handled small matters for
me- He has been handling good deal OF
my business ever since the conspiracy was
gotten up looking to my removal. That
was in January 1892 | always have had
every confidence in Mr.. Cooper up 70 the
time of this conspiracy"
Then the following dialogue took place:
Mr.. BergStrOm:-"WhOw were cOnSpiring
TO seek your remOVal?'
Il will answer this question if you saw
so. Along sometime in January we had a
strike inaugurated on the road. At the
time of the Inauguration of this strike
Mr.. Mcnamara and Judge King werein
Mexico and after considerable CORES pond
ence as receiver of the road with the
strikers committee he gave me his ulti-
matum on Sunday afternoon prOT to the
Inauguration of the strike. | then gave
him the ultimatum OF the company. Mr..
Mcnamara and Judge King being absent
from the state. | received a message
that all the federation employees would go
on a strike. After the strike had been
fully inaugurated-"
just answer the question. interrupted
the court.
IF the court will allow | will answer
the question in my way replied Mr.
GOakum.
Mr.. Bergstrom and Mr. Newton in
Sisting that Mr.. Yoakum give the names
of the cOmSpiratorS, and the court ruling
that it was proper for him to answer, he
presented the following affidavit:
johnson 81 Hansen VS.. San Antonio and
Arkansas Pass Railway company. No.
563. In the Forty-ifth judicial district
Now comes c. c. Niles and being duly
sworn on oath depOSeS and says: That
during the strike by the employees of the
San Antonio and Arkansas Pass Railway
company during the month of January,
1892. he, the said Niles, being one of the
striking employees, prior thereto paSSen-
ger conductor on said railroad, was ap-
preached by DR.. Amos Graves, who
claimed to be a friend Of the striking en-
plOyeS, as well as Judge w. w. King and
OF Receiver Mcnamara. That DR.. Graves
severely abused Mr.. EOaKnm, receiver
and by his talk blamed him with the
trouble between the employees and the re-
ceiverS. That said Amos Graves asked
this af1ianU to 90 with him to Ma mama
ra'S residence and assured af1iant that he
thought the employees and receiver Mac
namara could easily settle all differences.
That affiant and Graves then went to
MaCnGmara'S residence in Graves. car
riage. but did not see him and were in
formed that he was not at home. That
Graves then suggested that that they see
Judge King, who could be found in the
San Antonio club That aifaut and DIR.
| Graves then drove to the San Antonio
| club about II o'clock at night, where
| they found Judge King. That Judge
| King Immediately entered into a CONVEX
| satiOn with attiant and Dr. Graves. and
| blamed Receiver EOakum with being the
| cause of ali the trouble. Judge King eX
pressed regret at the facs that the dis
] satisfied employees had inaugurated the
| strike during the absence in Mexico of
| said Judge King and Receiver MaCna-
| mara. Judge King said that he felt
| grateful to the men (meaning the Strik-
| ing employees for his election, ard would
like to befriGnd them. That Judge King
| asked attiant to procure from the striking
| employees a petition addressed to him as
| judge Of the court asking the removal Of
| Receiver GOakum and the appointment
OF j. ) Mcnamara as sole receiver. That
Judge King assured afliant that such pc
tttiOn would be Immediately granted,
Goakum removed as receiver and Mac
namara appointed sole receiver. That
Judge King promised atliant that If he
would procure this petition to be present
ed so they might be relieved of Receiver
9Oakum and Mcnamara made sole
receiver that he would Immediately
settle all differences with the striking
employees and reinstate them to their
former positions with the road. That in
pursuance of said proposition made by
Judge King, the said DIR. Graves urged
af1iant, then and thereafter. to accede ia
the proposition made by the Judge. and
very bitterly denounced Receiver Yoak-
um and expressed great desire to get him
removed. G. C. NILES
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
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