The morning call., 1894-08-12
WE HAD NO FAIR.
The Director General so
Testifies.
WAS ALL MERE IDLE TALK.
Suit Brought to Secure Certain
Prizes.
BUT NOBODY is RESPONSIBLE.
Singular Revelations Made by Mr..
de Young in a Court While
Contesting Claims.

In trial before Justice OF the Peace
Dunno yesterday Director General de
Young testified that there had been no
California Midwinter International Expo-
sition.
He said that was simply pretty name
given by the newspapers to an exposition
that had been held here
He was asked if he had not been the
dlrector-general of the California Mid
winter International Exposition, and be
said No.
Being asked Of what he had been
director-general, he said Of an exposition
simply. there being no name 20 it.
The case in which this testimony was
given was in suit brought by three
bicycle-rlders who rode in a contest that
took place at and was one of the ut.
fractions of the late exposition, and who
had won the prizes that were offered, but
had never received them. After repeated
application and as repeated refusal the
young men brought suit to secure the
prizes, which were said to be valued at
$500.
That the young men won the prizes was
not contested at any time, the defense
being that those who offered them were
not required to pay them and that nobody
could be held responsible for anything at
the fair. To substant iate this Mr.. de
Young was called and testified as stated
The names of the young men, plaintiffs,
are Fl. F. Terrill. who won two first prizes,
w. A. Terrill, who won one first and one
second, and G. S. Wells, who won two
second prizes.
These prizes. as stated, were valued at
some $780, I. P. Robinson, director of en-
tertainments of the late fair. fathered the
offer of the prizes. and following the event
gave the young men orders for them, which
he afterward countermanded. The prizes
consisted of certain bicycle suits, and the
order was given upon John Reid. tailor,
with instructions to the tailor to tell the
winner when they presented the order
that any goods they might select we're
worth double their real value, so that they
would net Robinson just half the face
value of the order.
Reid refused to do this, and told the
young men the state of the case, and they
went back to Robinson with the orders,
refusing 10 accept them. 1t was then that
Robinson countermanded the orders TO
Reid and refused to honor them in any
way. The young men afterward agreed to
compromise the matter. but Robinson de-
cliued then to give them anything. So
they brought suit and hired F. II. Kerri-
gan to represent them, and the proceedings
took place yesterday as stated.
Mr.. de Young was Oh the stand quite q
long time. and under The cross-examina-
2 Of Mr. tnl in
teresting things about the fair. He said
that he had managed the whole thing but
that there was no corporation, and no
body was responsible. There was So
called executive committee. he said. but it
was not an executive committee to any,
thing.
He was asked if the executive commit
tee was not acting or behalf of the orig
inal committee of fifty appointed by the
Mayor and admitted that it had had its
origin in that way. but that it afterward
added four men from the interior and
acted throughout the exposition without
reference to any other body. He himself,
he said. made all the arrangements, and
turning to Judge Dunno he said, This
has all been decided by Judge Murphy
that there is no one responsible at law for
nythng in connection with the exposi-
tion."
Just go along and answer the CUES
tions, Mr. de Young" said Judge Dunno.
81 don't know that Judge Murphy has de-
cided anything for me. Furthermore"
said the Judge, II think it very strange
thing that number of men can band
themselves together and contract the debts
that were contracted for this fair and no.
body be responsible for Them"
L. P. Robinson stated on the stand that
no prizes had been guaranteed to any,
body, but that the exposition people-no-
body in partlcular-had offered to donate
them afterward, but that not being ac-
copied as given they had rescinded them,
as they claimed they had right to do.
George p. Wetmore, president of the
Bay City Cycle Club. testified to having
been engaged by Mr.. de Young to arrange
for the bicycle events; that he had been
addressed by him as chairman of the
bicycle events" (although Mr.. de Young
on the stand had said he authorized or
recognized no bicycle events in the sched
ule of entertainments). and that these
prizes had been regularly offered and adj.
vertised.
The Judge will give his decision TO-