Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-05-04

stock that tho some one was o. j. Walker
who gave her $40 per share and Interest
thereon for the intervening time.
County Court was in session one hour
and half Saturday IN orning when an ad-
journment was taken until Tuesday at
o'clock. The examination of witnesses in the
case of Brodie Vs. Ripley was continued.
Nothing particularly new was developed in
the CONTAMINATION of Miss Bsnham
with the exception that she did not remember
whether or not Mr.. Ripley said that some
one sent him 10 see her and that she assum-
ed at the time that although o. j. Walker
took her stock and paid her for it, he was
acting for Mr.. Ripley.
DIR. George G. Briggs was the only other
witness. lie testified in substance that he
had been q practicing physician over ~
years; that he bought 10 shares OF the Eek
erson Printing Press company's stock in
December, 1890, paying therefor $3.50; that
MIR. Ripley requested him not to tell what
he paid for tho stock as the defendant was
selling him the stock cheaper than anyone
else; that he had several conversations with
Mr.. Ripley in the depot, on Tue trains and
at his house; that Mr.. Ripley represented
to him that the company owned patents on
presses, one OF which, the newspaper press,
was the most wonderful thing of its kind
smooth worker; that Mr. Ripley described
the difference between O cylinder and fiat
press; that tho defendant conveyed the idea
to him that the company had letters patent
on the Newspaper press, and the presses
were selling faster than they could get them
manufactured. During the conversations, ]"
said the doctor, "Mr. Ripley expressed
himself as more than personal friend, say
ing that | was his family physician and he
aud his family took great interest in me-
and he wanted to do me favor. lis came
to my house often In the evening and al
ways talked to me about the Eckerson
company. ! had no intent of buying any
of the stock and told him so, but as l said be-
| fore he met me at the depot, on the trains
and at my house. and finally he captured
me. Mr.. Ripley said that he was selling
the stock to me for $40 per share cheaper
than anyone else, for purely personal
! friendship"
In purchasing DR.. Briggs said be relied on
Mr.. RpIey's statements being true; that
Mr.. Ripley talked to him as though he knew
all about the financial standing OF the com
| pany and said tba, the dividends would be
large; that witness was, ut the time, Mr..
Rlpley's family physician but 10 had not
been .ince. He was subjected to a sharp
crosse animation, in the course of which
he stated that he was interested in the Yer
mont Investment company and Houston
Cure company and that AIR. Ripley, as hi;
questioner well knew, was always all icted
with chronic d iarrhoea of words and he
could not remember all Mr.. Ripley said. A.
the conclusion OF his examination the plain
tiff rested and court took recess.
The case of Fred w. Faucher, admins
TRAITOR Va. tho Central Vermont Railroad
company has been settled and taken from
the docket
At the opening of County Court Tues
day morning the defence called the
first witness ex-Alderman II. E. Sibloy, su
perintendent of the door and sash depart
ment of J. r. Booths MILL and for tn
purpose of meeting the testimony of Messrs
Whitcomb, Gray and Briggs, offered &
show that in the summer Ct 1870 lie mad
two purchases of Eek rson Printing Pres
compauy's stock CT Mr.. Ripley, and tn
latter made no misrepresentation whateve
in regard to the stock. The court rules
that the testimony was in.dmis'ible.
Upon this point they further offered thu
testimony Of o. J. Walker, A C. Whiting
Z. b. Whiting, DR.. c. S. Boyntop, G. a
Hall, d. r. Seymour and d. j. Foster.
The defenoants thsn asked Foreman
WEIGH of the house OF Holinsworth, Whit
neY * Co. of Boston to take the stand. Mr.
Welch testified that his employers used TO
printing purposes about 10 tons Of paper
year; that among numerous other presses
they had two of the Eokerson presses, W hic
they used with results highly satisfactory
the first being bought in 1890 and the othe
in 1891, after the first lad been in use abou
year. Hs considered it one of tho bss
JOB presses in existence.
A.. {. Whiting, who is at present one @
the directors Of the Eckersou Printing com
pany, testified that he is a practical mech
anic and that the Eck-rson perfectinE pres
is practicable and valuable. He though
the fault in the press which was for
time set up IN Wells & Richardson co
pany's printing room was owing to tn
, imperfect manner in which it was set w
that he and his father paid $50 per shar
. for portion of the stock which the
bought of Mr.. Ripley.
The next witness was Edward Wetse
, foreman Of the pressroom OF the proprietar
medicine house Of Kimer q Co., BinghamI
ton, n. y. lie testified that for about wv
!, years kilmer a Co. have used au Eckerso
periectlng press and have kept it running sc
) 10 hours a day during the whole time, an
-, have found it necessary TO cNpend pract
. cally nothing for repairs and that the moi
. of the press was so slight as to be nearl
drowned by that of the cylinder press owl
ed by this house; that the amount of wor
which could lie done upon the press great
exceeded what it was possible to peri
by the use OF any other and that the pro-
. from its Use was al least 90 per cent great
' than from the use of any other press tt
company had. Mr.. Wetsel exhibited Gig
y or nine specimens Of work executed by t