Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-04
A LITTLE MORE LIGHT.
Houseman Defends the Defendants in
the Maryland Central Pool.
THEY WONT BE MADE SCAPEGOATS.
Mr.. Drayo ReconSiders and Consents to An
Swer Some Questions.
BE BOUGHT 1850 TERMINAL SHARES

in the law Office OF Commissioner w. f
Robb on Fourth avenue
The proceedings were enlivened BY tn,
presence of Moses Hampton Houseman, 1
former Pittsburger, who appeared as one o.
the counsel for the defendants. At time:
the colloquv between Mr. Schoyer and
Mr. Houseman was very entertaining. The
latter objected TO most of the questions as
Irrelevant" calculated to badger" the
plaintiffs witnesses, intended as ''drag
net" to gather evidence on which to base
collateral suits, and not confined TO the alle-
cations in the case. At the close Of the
hearing Mr.. Schoyer remarked with a
twinkle in his eve: "Well, Houseman, I
hope at the next hearing you will have a
new stock of adjectives.
THAT is all right" he replied good
na;uredly; eve will try to keep even with
you, Sol"
Failure Blamed on PIttsburgers.
Mr. Housemau was the attorney for Mil
Ter and Gilmore. He claims the Pittsburg-
ers who invested money in the scheme are
TRYING to make scapegoats out of the Balti-
more people. He SAYS not more than $780,
600 worth OF Baltimore Terminal stock was
sold in this city, and that the securities
were used to fill up hole that resulted
from speculation in the stocks of local COM
panes that declined during the recent panic
He ADDED that it would now cost the Baltl-
more crowd $500, 600 to recover them. I'VE
have stood the newspaper attacks, he con-
tinued, without saving a word in defense,
preferrinC that all the facts should come
out in the courts The scheme is good
one, and would not have failed had certain
Pittsburgers carried out their contracts.
Winfield J. Taylor told with considerable
glee how he went to FLORIDA to serve the
papers in John II. Miller's suit on ID. Her
bert Hostetter He arrived at the famous
Ponce de Leon Hotel and ordered a room.
Later he asked the elevator boy if Mr.. Hos
tetter was in the hotel. The boy replied
that the Pittsburger had a room just above
his own. This was good and he decided not
to bother Mr. Hostetter until the next
morning.
The Quarry Got Away That Time.
However, about o'clock the next morn
ing Mr.. TAYLOR heard great clatter from
boxes and trunks being moved in the room
above, and tearing Mr.. Hostetter would
leave the hotel before he could see him
lie got up and made break for the Court
House. Luckily the clerk was on hand at
the early hour, and then he drove into the
country for the Sheriff They got back to
the station in time to see the train with Mr..
Hostetter on board pull out. 1t was too
late, and he then telegraphed to Baltimore
and the papers were served in the Union
depot OF that city.
''But why did you want to sue Mr.. Hos
tetter in Florida?" remarked Mr. Schoyer,
who had been listening to the recital.
well, " answered Mr.. TAYLOR, Eve had
10 serve the papers somewhere, you know"
In the afternoon Ross Drum, ex-Cashier
OF the Tradesmen's Bank, was recalled by
Mr.. Taylor Tor cross-examination. He
wanted to know if the bank ever had any
dealings directly or indirectly with the Bal
timore Terminal Company, John Henry |
Miller Z William Gilmore, The witness
said it had not so far as he knew. Mr. |
Schoyer objected to the question. He said
he had asked it the day before and Mr.. |
Drum refused to answer.
The Witness Didn't Know
schoyer-Do you assume to answer on your |
own responsibility whether the defendants |
were interested or not? A. don't know,
sir.
Q. How DO you know that the defendants /
are not interested directly or indirectly in |
the transactions by which the bank got the |
securities? A. don't know.
Q. State whether your bank ever had deal
ings with Miller Gilmore or the Terminal
Company. a. Not that know Of
Q. Wouldn't you know as an officer of the
bank? A. les. What l mean is we had no
evidence to show that they were interested |
@ Suppose the parties whose names ap-
pear on the paper were the agents of the
defendants. would you know that? A. l
wouldn't know.
@ Yet you decline to give me the names
of the persons that did appear with whom
find out by further testimony whether they
were agents or not A. didn't know any of
the parties except bravo
Q We're there otner names on the paper |
discounted by the Tradesmen's Bank be-
sides Dravo'S?
HouseInan-I object to fishing testimony
out of the witness.
\. l don't know. l thought did answer |
that question before.
O. How much stock in the Terminal Com
pany did the bank hold? A. Don't know.
q. Did you ever know? A. / presume / |
did.
O. When did you forget; since you we're
suDpPaaed? A. No, sir. Can't give you
O. Were there mora than 1000 shares of
this stock? A. Can't answer without seeing
books.
Could Answer Some Questions.
Q. Was there one share? A. Yes.
@ Were there l,J01? A Can't tell.
Q. Won't your memory bridge the differ
ence between one and 1900? 4. No. sir
@. Try your memory on Penn Anthracite
shares. Did the bank own any of them? A.
None that know OF.
All through the examination Mr. House.
man kept up constant fire of objections
However, all the lawyers controlled their
tempers, though at times it wouldn't have
taken much to produce an outbreak.
Thomas ID. Chantler was present for Mr.
bravo and Mr.. Sterrett for Cashier Stein
never, of the Third National Bank
A. c, bravo again took the stand. and
said after consulting with his attorney he
had decided to answer some of the oues-
tions that he had refused to reply to the iay
before. H then stated that after having
conversation with Gustave Lindenthal. the
engineer, he had bought $50 shares of Bal
timOre Terminal stock, and paid $50, 600 for
them to Miller. Mr.. Schoyer asked if he
didn't own, or hadn't handled more
Didn't Care to Give Figures.
He replied that he had had many more
shares, but ne declined to give the figures
on the ground that it was private and had
no bearing on the case. He had also held
other stocks and some shares in the Penn
Anthracite Company. He was given five |
shares in the Anthracite and five of the
Maryland Central by Gilmore, in order that
he could be made director in both COM
lanies. He raised money for Miller on
Maryland Central stock, but not on any of
the others. He did not know what had be-
come of the $50, 900 he had paid Miller for
the 1850 shares. The transaction was not
in writing and took place in August, 18S9
Taylor asked if the stock bought from Mil
Ter WIS in his name. Witness said it was.
Cashier Steinmeyer, of the Third Ma
uonal Bank, refused to answer most of the
questions asked. He testified that his bank
had stock in the Terminal Company as col