The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-06-19

WaFO marked WIN. Eaton" and Others
efa not marked at all. One ship-
nlont came from Huntington which
Wsl not taken from the depot; this was
enc last shipment Witness believed
ehll lot Of goods was returned 70 Hunt:
fngtnn. ThiI lhipmCnt was in bad
snare; q was made up OF crates OF ny
papar. stamped tin. etc,
10 Colonel Arnett, witness relterat.
"a that some Of the boxes were marked
"a fun, ''Wm Eaton" not with Just the
e. enclosed In diamond.
John s. Bachelor. Of Huntington. was
the next witness. He had Travelled for
the Central Trading Company. Of HUNT
ington. He had also been shipping
clerk. The Central Trading Company
assigned March or I. 1891, after h1v-
ing been IN business nearly year. Its
pl0cG Of business was on Third avenue,
between Tenth and Eleventh streets,
with . warehouse in the rear. The
company was composed OF men called
Eaton. Schmidt, Guyon alias Alexander,
Baker, King and Shlppey. Baker and
kim were the company'S attorneys
William Guyon alias Alexander, had
been IN Huntington about eight or nine
months ShIppey was not In Hunting
ton AZ all. Schmidt was there, except
when away on trips: he was not =
Huntington man. Schmidt. he said
Was In Wheeling about February Is,
and had never returned 10 Huntington.
Witness saw Schmidt yesterday (Fu-
Gayl Al Slstersville. Eaton was not
regularly at the store. Schmidt and
Alexander tGuyOn) stayed regularly ct
fhe stOre. The company sold novelties,
MF. HOward--"Look at these goods on
the door Ia lot OF iiy paper, ETC..
Afr. Rachelor--''I don't need to look ~
'em. know what they are"
Continuing. he said the Central Ira
ding Company handled the same line OF
goods. He did not sell the stun. II
vas kept out Of sight in the CentraI's
warehouse He shipped I5S plates OF
the rs paper; gone big boxes OF waste
PAPER and the tiy paper plates; boxes
or cases Of tin. fish lines. scrapers.
burners, canes, etc. The canes shipped
Is Eaton were all damaged. The fly
mates were all more or less damaged.
They had been damaged by rain
through the roof Of the Central Trading
Company's building at Huntington. The
entire shipment OF goods to Eaton was
emo account" Witness had packed the
entire Eaton shipment. He had also
marked and shipped them. Some OF the
boxes were marked with diamond
''E' and two boxes were marked in full
SWIM. Eaton"
any charge was made against Eaton
for these goods"
Colonel Aruett-''I object
Judge Hugus-"You may answer.
Colonel AFnett-"Hoid on minute.
Then the colonel went into details, be-
iieVing the witness did not know any
thing about this. The objection was
overTuled.
WItness-'HeS, sir"
Mr.. HoWard-"How much?"
Wituess-''When the assignment was
made. 50 far as the books had been
posted"
AT this point Colonel Arnett objected
again; objection overruled.
WitneSs-"Sixty-five dollars.
In the judgment OF the witness the
value Of all the goods, In the market.
was nothing at all. Witness had sold
some Of the ny paper plates, but they
were returned. He had sold them for
seyenty-five cents for ten crates-bare-
~ enough for railroad charges.
The goods returned to the Central
Trading Company from Wheeling were
not included In the assignment ac-
counts Of the company.
Mr.. Howard-"Do you know where
Guyon (AieSander) ts?"
Colonel Arnett-"I object"
The court-"ObJectIon overruled."
Witness-''NO. SIR: don't think any
body knows"
Mr.. Howard then asked II a man
named Cowis was connected with the
Central Trading Company. but Colonel
Arnett's objection WIS sustained.
Witness never saw Eaton in Hunting
ton TO know him. nor Shippey.
Il saw this man Cpointing to Eaton)
IN Huntington last January. He was
IN the ofiice OF the Central Trading
Company / thought the gentleman
was a travelling man. He was talking
with Mr.. Schmidt In the office"
The witness knew Shippey was con-
nected with the Central Trading Com
pany. because he had stock marked on
the ledger, and he was one of the incor-
pordtoTs. He knew two Of the part
ners, Frank Schmidt and Alexander
(Guyon)
Witness came here on telegram He
and Colonel Arnett had little tin in
which the witness more than held his
own. He had been in the employ Of the
company about six months. and the
company was In business about one
year. Alexander or Guyon made the
assignment The goods had been ship
ped to Eaton nj Wheeling Mt the direc-
ton Of the president, Alexander The
defense signally failed In break down
the testimony given by this witness
At $40 2. m. court adjourned until 3
o'clock this morning