The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-17
TOBACCO MEN IN COURT.
MIR. OLOOTT SUCCEEDS IN GETTING
TWO OF THEM THERE.
ne wAntea Bench warrants Tor Them All. wen
or III, Here or In Europe. hut was Salts
nee with Less-N1ore Mes who Quit Selling
Rival Cigarettes Tell why They Die II.

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~ rNN.ue .ne% AM ven
or III here or In Eurepe. But Yves Salts
nee with Less-More Mes whe auit Selling
's, O's"''s Nc" way Ths' Die !"
The trial of the officers of the Tobacco Trust
Of the General sessions yesterday. Tho ts.tl:
heard a quarter 9th of tse tss,imonr Of any wit.
meas. their sense Of hearing ia Anomaly de.
velopod. The acoustic properties Of the room ara
wretched. Besides. the room ovorlooks two
streets. From one side come up the noises of tho
streets traffic and from tho other the sounds
incident to the tearing down of the Tombs.
Several jurors complained Of their inability
to hear the testimony. and two informed the
Court that they had not been able to keep tho
u VI eno proee1ulngs ~ al. JUST 'OIore
future sss.ion as' bo 't b.ls in Part iy SA'I in 't tSo
nortbUest CORNER q, tho buI,dino vbor. court
has been adjourned for the summer. The 70.
quest was granted.
Tho first witness of the day was Hobart T.
Park & Tilford. The elder Mr.. Park had testi.
neu On tuesday shae NO nsa oeen nisieoa oy
pam and had been reminded by that person
that in selling a brand OF cigarettes not made
Ti,sors w.ro Violating an ssreement made with
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s q who ySS" epsiIesi u M Nm was 'WiiIiiaSm II. ButIer.
. N1esir to IT, OF tho company out no 0'aia not
Young MT. Park couldn't swear TO IT either.
but ho DID cay that no would DO able to Identity
b j Httorn nsyI said 10 nnD i'''Np'l
=, S2M, yonr Honor; peiore gong any iurtner
Suife !A e S 6 here T Sy ia 70 i sSs t eeine sc With Ss'1 WHICH Fii
sne aS!e nonn ~ ar Are d. Sfea5sgd b oeah Snn e m,da IN
Park was one OF, the Buffers, or II they will pro.
identifeatiop. y will obviste the necessity Of
my asking the Court to bring them here. we
where h can identity this man Bntior;, u.,.
The District Attorney sst down and waited
The District Attorney looked at the Court, as Il
expectinE MIN 70 40 or say something. fihaily
! tho District St Attorney feel, that the
pbresenSe IN court OF any person Is NECESSARY zee 10
Nj: olcStt looked pleased and turned insair.
inRly TO the counsel forthe defence, as IL expect,
Ing " then then to 70 H n to !. pro- rSdSMs Ne thS desired
and remarked, blendly:
I'VE have nothing TO say. This Is no concern
Of ours" -
Ing Tie trial, u shall then ask the Court to is
shall ask that. when brought here, they be put
under bail for their future appearance at all
sessions OF this trial"
This. didn't disturb. Mr.. Choate, in the least,
to his feet with this statements:
=" II the Court please, one of the defendants is
Ill and some of them are in Europe. IL would
DO impossible for us to produce all OF them here
II we were willing to do 80. We do not concede
that we are in duty bound to produce any OF our
clients, but II the District Attorney Will say
which one he wants 1t is just possible that that
person will be here this afternoon
Produce William II. Butler, then" said Mr..
Olcott.
IL shall produce nobody. but l am certain
that the gentleman will be he.2 this afternoon
was Mr.; Fullsr,s response n,.,.u ,,.ou..
and Mr.. Park was excused for the morning.
Before he left the stand. however. he admitted
TO Mr.. Choate that Park & Tilford had bought
$4,000 cigarettes of a brand not made by the
American Tobacco Company, on consignment.
That, he said. was the same manner In which his
firm bought goods OF the defendants. Mr.. Park
also testified that Park & Tilford controlled Ger
tain lines OF goods upon which they limited the
price when the goods were sold; Mr.. Park said
that such methods had been followed ever since
he had been In business.
And yet" said Mr.. Choats, we have been
indicted for transacting business In q way
which you say Ia usual and customary. That
will do" q,
The next witness was Robert G. Brown, head
Of the Robert c. Brown branch OF the owl Cigar
Company, He said that ne had bought goods q
the American Tobacco Company a'u from all
the large manufacturers OF cigarettes w to
goods OF the National Tobacco Company. sub
seqnently Josiah Brown. Secretary, of the
American Tobacco Company, called upon
him and said he was violating q contract