Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-10
The Whisky Trust President Cited
 to Appear
AND ANSWER FOR CONTEMPT
Charged With Having Used Names Without Authority.
 Grows Interesting.

CHICAGO, Feb. 9.-Attorney Julian Mack this morning presented to Judge Grossup the affidavit procured from New York in the whisky trust case in behalf of their clients, Charles J. Heinsheimer and s. l.. Wormser. Both made additional sffida- wits, saying the use of their names as peti- tioners for a receivership for the whisky trust was not authorized. A telegram to Runnells & Bury, counsel for Mir. Green hut, demanding that their names be with drawn from the petition, was cited. The denial WITS absolute and complete. Neither Heinsheimer or Wormser has had any com munication with President Greenhut in regard to signing their names. Wormser had never owned any stock at any time.
 Albert E. Goodhart, member of the firm of P. J. Goodhart 6 Co.,, of New York, made an affidavit to the effect that on Tuesday afternoon, alter the receivers had beed appointed, he had conversation with MT. Greenhut by telephone. MT. Greenhut asked him If there were hny sad persons .oc, in n his tha office vhsh0 wh0 trust. MT. Goodhart replied there were not. MT. Greenhut then asked him to send somebody to the Central Trust com pany and see if he could find two stock- holders of record there, as he wished to use
 
 then told about the whisky trust being in the hands of receiver and said Edward NJ. Lawrence had been appointed receiver, but did not mention himself.
 The first information MT. Goodhart had of the nalnes of Heinsheimer and Wormser being used to get receivership for the whisky trust was when be read it in the morning papers. He immediately called up MT. Greenhut and demanded that the names be withdrawn. MT. Greenhut at far, toA f<, hn ha of fiu insisted peremptorily that Heinsheii.ier, his nephew, aud Wormser, a favorite clerk, be relieved from odiIm attaching to the use of their names, and to this the whisky trust president reluctantly con- sented.
 This affidavit was corroborate1 by others from Phillip J. Goodhart and from Na- thaniel Myers, attorney for the firm. Mir. Myers told Mir. Greenhut by telephone that it was simply preposterous to make Heiusheimer and Wormser, who were not even stockholders in fact, much less of record act as administrators of other peo- ple's property. MT. Greenhut spoke to him in @ threatening tone, and told him he had better not do anything rash in the matter, as 1t might start an investigation and do the speaker harm. MT. Myers re- piled that he would as soon be mixed up in a burglary as to be further involved in this matter, and that neither he nor his clients would under any circumstances
 
 then promised that the names would be taken out of the case Wednesday at noon.
 MT. Mack, at concluding the reading of the affidavits, said:
 "I wish to say that MT. Greenhut's af- fdavt has been contradicted in every re- spect except that there was conversation by telephone. l ask the court that my clients be exonerated in every particular. We have no ill will against Mir. Greenhut, but we wish to see justice done.'
 "What do you say to a ruling for MT. Greenhut to show cause why he should not be cited for contempt?'' asked Jndge Giosscup.
 ''That is matter for the court to de- termine.'
 Attorney Mayer characterized MT. Green hut'sS conduct as "infamous and mo st reprehensible. He then demanded that he be made to show cause why he should not be cited for contempt.
 MT. Burry said he believed Mir. Green hut's affidavit, and asked if Greenhut was cited that Heinsheimer and Wormser be also cited. At the conclusion of MT. Bur- ry's remarks Judge Moran, representing the majority stockholders, made a scath ing speech, in which he characterized MT. Greenhut as a robbsr and A man who, while pretending to have the interests of | the company at heart, was all the time en- gagged in secretly wrecking 1t.
 Judge Grosscup then ordered the clerk to | enter a rule requiring Mir. Greenhut to l show cause why he should not be attacked | for contempt of court. He then dismissed l the case so far as Hensheimer and Wormser | are concerned.
 The rule will be returned February IS. 
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