Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-11
To WRECK A ROAD.
EXPERIENCE is NO TEACHER
This Time !. l. Alleged lie Has Dss.xus
on the Cleveland. Asron ard
c0snmsas go<c.


the hearing Of tie mandamas proceed
iuss brought hy Powell. Jackets and
Black. IA behalf Of mysterious indl-
slausi uader the name OF EDWARD l..
Mortimer, 10 compel the Cleveland.
AKRON 4 columbus railway officials TO
open their books TO an expert aecouo,-
Ant for Inspection. aud TIE decision OF
the court ordering the books OF the
company opened. the officers Of tue
railroad company have been diligently
At work fryrg to Ind out VINO the man
Mortimer might he. Detectives nave
heen quietly employed wltii = rasalt
that Is startling IN the extreme. and
furuisnes = ground work Tor an ex-
plAnatiou for the entire proceeding
that have been 81 s;foEely brought.
and thst are being conducted within 80
deep = shroud OF mystery.
Ia the petition u - stated that Nor
timer resided IN New York cstv. When
his counsel. on the witness stand, WAS
asked where Mortimer resided. he re-
Piled that ne MAS informed that he
lived NJ No. l4li broadway, New
York; that they have. never seen nini
or had any intimidation with HIM.
and that they were employed 10y =
firm of lawyers ia New York named
Bard 4 Decker, No. 40 Wall street.
The officers uf the company then
had search made NJ No. l4li Broad
way and found II WAS . hotel, and that
man named Edward l.. Mortimer
sometimes stopped there for short pc
reds and registered as from Buffalo.
\. y. They nave been utterly unable
to find any other Edward l.. Mortimer
In New York city. A detective was
employed to interview the Edward X.
Mortimer VINO sometimes stopped At
No. lil4 Broadway.
i lie an Actorf
The company has learned that there
il an Edward l.. Mortimer residing ia
Buffalo " no WAS formerly an actor aud
who is now a clerk or book ee per, and
- evidently not man of means. Tue
officers of the company are also in
formed that not long before the COM
mencement of this suit administration
certificates for 800 shares. held by the
Amsterdam association. were purchased
IN Amsterdam. through banking
house, for . broker who mas his Office
with Henry 5. Ives, who has offices a.
No. 40 Wall street, New York. and IN
the same building ~ Bard Il Decker
have their office.
Ives, known ~ the Napoleon of
Finance" got control Of the Cincinnati,
Hamilton & Dayton railway and
brought that company 10 the brink of
rum by the most disreputable fnan-
ciering. These certificates for $500
shares were presented for transfer into
like number OF shares of stock OF the
Cleveland. Akron n Columbus Rail-
way company. The officers of the
company EXPECT that these shares will
soon lie presented for transfer on tie
books of the company. The total
amount of capital stock of the COM
pany 10 40. 900 shares.
The officers OF the railway company
are also informed that Henry ). Ives
has brought suit agslnst another rail-
way company in Ono IN the name Of
an obscure individual. with Bard &
Decker ss attorneys, in which similar
violent charges are made aga inst most
respectable body of men who are the
directors OF that They have
no doubt that the Mortimer suit is
really brought by Ives for sinister pur-
poses Of his own and thar the RAID 10
Contemplated on the Cleveland, Akron
Il Columbus Railway company like
that winch Ives made on the Gncnn.
natl, Hamilton 4 Dayton