San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-11-02

BergStrOm some money on Commerce
street when Mr.. Noakum was with him.
| saw him previously in the San Antonio
club. | found them there and had talk
with them. | discovered that they were
talking about the election and said they
were short. | said | would put up $500
more and left TO get it, intending TO come
back and find him at the club, but | met
him on the street. | talked with Mr.
TOakum a number of times about the
election. | never heard from anybody
about Mr.. Yoakum giving Mr.. BergStrom
about $4,000. | don't remember the eX-
act date that | went with Mr.. Niles to
Mr.. Mcnamara house. ! offered to
put up $1,000 to have the men re-
inStated. | don't remember the date
the strike was inaugurated, II was about
the 2Sth of December. As soon as Mr..
YOakum left wired Judge King and Mr..
Mcnamara to come home and they came.
When | went to the club with Mr. Niles
it was early in the night. We were there
about one half or three-QuarterS of an
hour. Was not there until one clock. i
then went back to the Maverick. ! think
took Judge King home. Judge King
did not make any such proposition as Mr..
Niles states. The statement proposed by
me is this, Judge King being in control of
the road. having it in his court. and con-
trolIed the receivers. | said if they would
go with me to Judge King. | would get
him TO override both receivers and put
them back Judge King would not
hear to any such thing about the
business. But Judge King said that if
the men had any grievance to place
1t before the court. and it would be re-
ferred 10 tie master in chancery. Judge
King always acted friendly to Mr.. Ioa-
KUN. | had been and was very energetic in
having this strike settled. | never heard
Judge King make any such proposition
as Niles speaks of. | mad conversation
with ShOtf. He was president of the
strikers convention. also had like
conversation with Mr.. LOring."
On crOSS-eXaminatiOn by Mr.. Houston,
witness said:
The date was somewhere about the
first or second. 1t was not late as the
tenth. | have no copies of those kilograms.
| could get them. | got them back about
fOurdayS after the strike was inaugurated.
| don't know how long it took me TO reach
them. They said it was twenty four
hours. | saw Mcnamara the same day.
| don't remember if | saw Judge King
previous TO the night that | took Mr..
Niles up to see Judge King. | found
Judge King there by chance | did not
have an appointment to meet him there.
| met him there. We had a conversation in
the directors room. We stayed there about
a half an hour or three quarters of an
lb
we left. | took Niles to the hotel
and Judge King home. | afterwards
went to the Maverick and awoke Mr..
Niles and talked the matter over. My
proposition to Mr.. Mcnamara was that
wanted him to let me put up $1,000 and
let the boys go to work: as ] wanted no
disaster to fall on the city. made this
proposition. | took him in my carriage
with me. 1t was one. two or three days
after | made the proposition to MAGMA
mara that | made the proposition to
the men. | talked to some of them at
the Maverick hotel. Chase and Niles
were at the Maverick when | made this
proposition. I don remember ii any one
else was there. The talk that had with
Niles was before had the me with King
talked with Niles previous to t hat time.
don't know when told him that had
the talk with Mcnamara | don't know
where found Niles. | think | saw him
on Commerce street But | don't know
whether that was the night we went to
see King. | talked all about the matter
to Niles while going to see Mcnamara.
offer to pay the bill to get up petit
ton. | did not think it would
be of any expense. | wanted the
MI n to 90 into court with the case.
wanted to have the investigation made.
| was arrOund the Maverick hotel that
night until two or three o'clock. think |
saw Mr. Chase there that night. |
think saw Nash there that night. |
don't remember when | saw Mr.. LOring.
! told ShOff on Commerce street, no one
was present except ShOtf and myself. |
told them that Judge King would not
override the receivers and the only thing
he would do would be to investigate the
matter. don't remember If Chase was
tied up i'm Corpus Christi until the
| nlnNnnfh I NEnIIl6 no nnCitiVn If
Mr.. Chase was there that night. | did
not know what Mr.. YOakum went to Ca
weston for. | did not know that he went
there to stop blockade of the Mallory
line. | Ci nOls state tnat my hatred To
Mr.. GOakum was because he would not
put in the track. Mr.. YOakum did refuse
Il put it in and Judge King ordered 1t in
| over his head. | did not at that time ap-
ply to Mr.. ii. Il. Adams and asked him if
| he would 90 Oh Mr.. Mcnamara 5 bond as
| sole receiver II was in the investigation
| of the contracts | did not ask him as
| sole receiver was interested in getting
| Mr.. IOakum off on account of that ietty
| contract. | think the strike was over
| when | asked Adams about that. | will
| not swear that it was after the strike My
| recollection is generally pretty good. ~
On redirect eXamina ttOn he Sad:'l don't
| remember how long the strike lasted.
| think about three weeks. lsdiScuSSed this
matter every day with the receivers.
remember when Mr.. Toakum'S reSgna-
| ton was asked for.
| On rc-crOSS- examination he said:
Il never had talk with Chase prior to
| the strike. He was an acquaintance of
mine, but not an intimate one"
| Mr.. Mcnamara was then sworn by Mr..
| Newton and said:
Regarding Mr. Yoakum handing Mr..
BcrgstrOm 5000, was not present when
he paid it, and | did not know anything
about it. | took great deal of interest in
the election, so did DR.. Graves. | paid
Mr.. NOakum 81 900 to give Mr.. BergStrom.
StrOm having received from us"
| Witness stepped aside and Mr.. c. w.
Shelf was sworn and said: Il remember