The Indianapolis journal., 1896-08-05
PLAINTIFF HAS CLOSED
BUILDING ASSOCIATION CASE NEAR
ING A TERMINATION.
Plaintiff Files Anidavits to Refute
Some Charges of Underhand and
Improper Methods.

The suit for the appointment Of a tenn
porary receiver for the Union National
Savings and Loan Association will prob
ably close to-day. Yesterday the last evil
dence for the plaintiff was introduced and
that for the defendant association will
probably all be in by evening.
William It. Noble testified as to the
trouble between himself and the Ensleys.
which terminated in his writing a spicy
letter and handing in his resignation. The
feeling originated some time ago, he said,
when Secretary Ensley became imbued
with the idea that Noble had used his in
fiuence to prevent Ensley from getting
State appointment. The letter referred to
was introduced In evidence. In the letter
Noble charged Ensley with making cow
ardly and vindictive assaults against him.
and said that Oliver Ensley knitted him in
a resolution passed by the directors in 1896
1t contained protests against business
methods employed in the association and
charged that Ensley always left hard
questions to Noble to settle. In concluding
the letter reads: ''If in the future either
you your sons, whom / have been in
formed by you, are nay deadly personal en-
emies. malgn me, will retaliate in an un-
relenting and uncompromising manner"
In the resolution referred to Oliver Ems
ley recommends that his own position be
abolished, that his fathers salary as Sec
retary be reduced from $500 to $1,000, and
that Mr.. Mobiles salary be cut from 81 500
to 81. 300. Mr.. Noble protested so vigorously
that his name was eliminated from the
resolution, but the other cuts were made.
William Smythe testified that Secretary
Ensley said. in his presence, that Charles
Young was an embezzler.
Attorney Pickens introduced an affidavit,
made by Harry L. Gaines. the original
plaintiff. who says that he employed Pick
ems e. Cox to begin proceedings, and to
add the names of his father and brothers
as parties, and that he suggested that mis-
management be charged and the appoint
ment of a receiver asked. He also stated
that he induced George Sanders to become
a party TO the suit. He had always under
stood that he would have TO pay attor-
neys' fees and was not given to understand
pose of Gainess affidavit was to refute at
torney Griffih's charge that Pickens a. Cox
were employed by trust company to
bring the suit.
Mr.. Griffin has charged that Mr. Pickens
induced Mrs. Jacobs of Spencer. to become
a party TO the suit by assuring her there
pany was back of the proceedings. Mr..
Pickens filed an affidavit made by himself,
yesterday. denying these charges. He en-
bodied with the affidavit a letter from Mrs.
Jacobs's husband. relative to a visit Grit
fin made to Spencer, when he alleges he
obtained Information from Mrs. Jacobs to
that effect. In the letter Mr.. Jacobs says
that he was approached by Griffin with
questions as to how he happened to be a
party. when he replied that he heard re-
ceiver had been applied for and came TO
indianapolis to get a settlement from the
association. 1t was denied him. Then he
having told Mr.. Griffin that Pickens rep
resented that trust company was behind
the suit. Mr.. Jacobs says that before Grif-
fin left he gave him an order requesting
Mr. Pickens to surrender his certificate
and dismiss the suit payment of 5000. In
the affidayit Mr. Pickens says the only
reference he made to trust company was
TO say it would be proven by the secretary
of one OF the trust companies here that
the association was insolvent at the time
he was connected with it.