The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-22

ports to them, the same any other en-
ploye, but he would have no vote"
do you know" said Mr.. Jackson ''or have
you any personal recollection Of any meeting
Of this executive committee, or any converse
ton between yourself and any person Of the
executive committee on the subject of sell
ing these bonds TO Mr.. King or his syndicate
at SO low a rate as 10 cents on the dollar,
prior to the receipt Of shis Fritten PROPOSE
ton to buy them at that price,"
Mr.. Hill didn't rememher any such converse
kept Of the meeting Of the executive COM
mittee which considered the bonds. He said
there was such a record.
Mr.. BeldenI would suggest to the court
whether 1t would not be a proper thing to
have the testimony Of Mr.. Hill suspended,
If Mr.. Jackson wants to question along this
line, long enough to have these records
brought to court If we had supposed Mr..
Hill would have been called upon, we would
have had 1t here.
Mr. Jackson will ask one or two more
questions first. Have you also, among the
records of the Minneapolis Trust company,
all of the correspondence which took place
between anybody on behalf of the Mime
apolis Trust company and Mr.. King, Mr..
transaction. A. All the records pertaining
to the company's business are in the COM
pany's Office. 1 have no doubt those are
there, too, although / am not able to per-
sonally say that they are. l have that cor
respondence with me that you asked for in
the subpoena That is not there.
O. That is here in court, now?e A. Yes,
sir, here in court now
I am not particular about the form OF 1t
just how much personal knowledge you nave
and how much personal participation you mad
IN the transaction OF the dlsposlng OIL those
bonds in the manner in which they were dis
posed Of A Yes. Well, / have stated, Mr..
Jackson that was participant In every
proceeding had when ] was in the city. Ev-
cry time that was here took part IN
those proceedings, but 1t SO happened that
1 was absent several times.
Mr.. Belden-You mean participant IN
every proceeding had in the city and out
side of the city? A. Oh, no, only attend
ed the meetings of the committee. / mean
simply to limit it to that. | had no partcl-
patton outside of the city.
Mr. jackson then drew from Mr.. Hill the
methods OF transacting business by the ex-
ecutive committee. He admitted having met
Mr. Knee,and in 1894, also Gov. Hamilton:
He said Kneeland came into the Office and
inquired about West Pullman matters ana
Guaranty Loan matters
O. Do you know whether or not he came
here on that occasion by the request and
in answer to letter OF the Minneapolis trust
company? A. l do not. l know didn't
write a letter of that kind, and that is all l
know.
O. Mr. HILL do you remember whether
any other Of those pilgrims from Chicago
who came up here during the spring or
summer of 1894 were ushered into your actual
presence besides Mr. Knee.and and Gov.
Hamilton? A. I don't recall any.
c. Did not the Minneapolis Trust company,
as receiver of the Guaranty Loan company,
from and after May 100, 1893, have a one
tenth interest financial and pecuniary in
terest, in those bonds, as collateral security
to an Indebtedness due from Menage TO the
Northwestern Guaranty Loan company, of
which your company was the receiver, ag
gregating about 100000? A The receiver
had an interest. l don't know the amount,
Mr.. Jackson.
. @. Wasn't it true to your knowledge
that these bonds were safe and sound in
the hands of your secretary, from the mo-
ment that you were appointed receiver
won't say from the moment, but from the
time that you were appointed receiver of
the Guaranty Loan company?
The Witness-I object to that question. You
unless the court directs me to. / am not
quibbling, and 1 shall state everything asked
me.
The Court-Read the question and omit
that part.
The Witness-I don't know, Mr.. Jackson,
of my own knowledge, but l presumed that
Mr.. Lindley took care of all the assets. l
had reason to suppose he did, but l had no
personal knowledge of that at all.
Mr.. Jackson questioned Mr. Hill at length
regarding circular No. 9, report issued by
the Minneapolis Trust company to the credi-
tors interested in the Menage trust with ref
erenee to the condition of the West Pullman
property. Mr.. Hill admitted that such
circular might have been issued by the ex-
ecut:ve committee during his absence
When court adjourned for the day Mr.. Hill
was still on the stand