The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-16
D., L. & WIS PARCEL RULE.
NO ONE EXCEPT THE RAILROAD
FOLKS EYER saw TT.

gupertuteudeat Ressonsr Says the Huis n
stul In Force-Thsrs Msy Ne A.othss
FIEht fer Buiioek. che CoE. sters'
Fri-ad-suburbanites weshen n Hattie.
The en-year-old rule Of the Delaware. Lack
ayanna and Western Railroad forbiddinR the
carrying Of parcels In the compsny's coaches By
passengers was never posted anywhore except
in the conductors room At the Hoboken station,
40 far rs could be learned yesterday. just eX-
actly what the rule was . SUN reporter could
not ind out yesterday. Mr.. Thomas Odysseus
Bullock. who Is leading the war Of the COM
muters against the railroad company. said that
he had never seen the rule and that a conductor
h-d told him that II was posted only In the con-
dnctors' room. Superintendent Reasoner re-
fused to let THE SUS have a copy Of the rule.
lie denied. however. that 1t had been rcscinded.
TIE superintendent refused to talk about Mr.
L. lock's controversy with the road.
II the rule has not Teen abrogated. there 10 a
chance Of some more fun between MIR. Bullock
and some OF the officers or the road. for MIR.
Bullock has Understood that II was rescinded
just after the verdict rendered in his favor at
Morristown last week. and he expected yestcr-
day to take home somcstraw berries at any time
he felt inclined To do so. He Gays that lac has
seen u great many persons carrying PACKAGE In
the cars. botn before and since his little set.to
with the company and the verdict IN hie favor.
When BnllGTk started I.S hgnt mnmy c nim
= good felluw. and urged hun IL 60 ahead in the
good work. saying that they wOulu snare the
e1 penscs ~ legal proceedings. y 10 date lie
has not seen the "cuIor of their money" as
some people Of the South and West say.
HThey weaken, ton. these = promising support
ers. In memory and the matter OF their tcati-
muny when IT comes to tho pinch. They forgot
or they are unwilling To TESTIFY TO JUST what
they have tecn. Ono such told Mt. Bullock
and his lawyer what lie would testify to in the
case, and his statement wns taken down. But
when he was suhpUnaed as u witness he hrgHed
of. went TO MI. BullOck,s lawyer, and wrote out
what he declared was all he could testify to. As
may be surmiscd. this second statement con-
tanned nothing of value to Mr. Bullock. 80 the
was let oil. lie did
not return the fees OF service, however.
Another man living on the Chester branch
Uhc line on which SuCCasunha tp, who was sub
pnnned. made more persi-tcDt but less success.
fl efforts to escape the witness stand. lie had
travelled 20 frequently with a big lHskct Tint
both he and his basket had become widely
known. and both were suhpurnaed. In tho Fad.
den Nernacular, the gentleman trim. hts.'
Then he noted that the subpuna had. been
made out for another man Whose name hao been
erased aid his substituted. He drew attention
Ia this and refused to accent service on the
ground that IL wasn't u clean subpuDn.
Another %sulitrnH was made out and a consta-
biz after much difiCulty found the basket man
of the Chester branch and served 1t. Tho man
objected then. hut was told to disobey the sum
mons at hIs peril.
On the day OF trial AT first he could not be
seen bv the plaintiffs friends. but later on he
was spied in the back Of the room, where lie had
aQuatied among the spectators. The trial lastcd
go long that neither he nor Mr.. Bullock got 10
New York on that day. but they came in on the
same train the next morning. and the Chester
branch basket man went directly to Mr.. Rea-
souer's office. Mr.. Bullock aud some of his
friends saw him. and Mr.. Bullock was after
ward informed II nj lie had apologiZed for being
compelled to testify in Il suit against the COM
nAUv.