Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-02-08

| they could run the store better than
Then he, Martin, went home and
soon heard wagon which stop
ped at Hammond's house, he went to
door and saw them unloading what
he thought were boxes but would not
swear what they were, it was Geo.
Kings team, this he said was about
10 O'Clock.
Mr.. Smith corroborated the state
ments of Mr.. Martin about the team
and the load of boxes he said it was
Kings team and that he should think
the time was a little past ten.
Mr.. Boyden, hotel keeper at Troy,
said that Stevens and Child came to
his house at about 4 p. m.
Mr.. Duncan, agent for the firm of
Gushing Olmstead & Snow, said that
he came on to attach the goods but
that he was told there was a mort
gage on the goods of Hammond &
Buck and he therefore had writ of
repBvin served.
u1A L ullOI VI N1OAupCllOI uOSOlAO0 DIS
to selling to Hammond & Buck goods
in the hardware line, and that in the
fall of the failure he sold them a large
amount of fence wire, which he thinks
rather strange since merchants sell
dom buy much wire in the fall; he
says further that when he went to
Troy to attach his goods he was sur
prised to find other wire there beside
the wire he sold them. He accepted
two notes as payment which he was
assured were perfectly good.
Mr.. Bridgman said he was employ
ed by the Standard Clothing 90. He
commenced selling goods to Ham
mond & Buck in 1898.
He testifies that Mr.. Buck was there
at their house in July 1895, and pur-
chased over $4,000 worth of goods
butssthat they thought that the order
was exorbitant and only sent a little
over 81, 500 worth, that that day Mr..
Buck settled an old account with
them with the bookkeeper, Mr.. Hall.
He said that in 1894 Mr.. Hammond
said we like your goods better than
Cushings, and are not trading with
them, that if he had known that they
were trading elsewhere they could
not have bought goods there.
Adjourned until Ga. m.
Mr. Young for the defence took the
case at about $3.50 Thur. morning.
The first witness called to the stand
was Mr.. MacFarland, who testified to
the Lamoile Natl Bank holding the
bond indorsed by Messrs. fAikin,y D. :
H. Buck, Stevens, Powers and Good
win. He thought the bond perfectly
good, and that the name of Akin or
Buck alone would make the paper
good.
Mr. Woodworth was next called. He
is ieweler in Boston and Mr.. Bucks
wife'sz cousin. He testified as
to having gone with Mr.. Buck on the
nth of July to the store of Olmstead
Cushings & Snow, and having heard
all the conversation that went on
between them; he says that Mr.. Cush-
ing asked Mr.. Buck for statement of
the FIRMS resources which Mr.. Buck
said he could not give, not having
taken an invoice that year, he says
that Mr.. Buck did not say that their
condition was the same as in the year
of 1893
Mr.. Woodworth testified as hav-
ing gone with Mr.. Buck to the store
&c +ho C+a,5ord Olotb;por 10 h,1t did
not hear all the conversation there;
he however went through the store
with Mr.. Buck while he was making
his purchases.
Cross examined he said that he had
been with Mr.. Buck to the house of
Cushing Olmstead & Snow at least
three times; he could not state wheth-
er he was with Mr. Buck at the house
in the spring of 1898. He also stated
that he had been with Buck to the
Standard Clothing Co.'S in the fall of
1894.
Mr.. Hammond, defendant, again
took the stand.
He said that he had commenced
business in Troy 13 years ago and Mr..
Buck came in with him in the fall of |
1888, that business had increased, and |
that each year they had increased the
capacity of the store.
Mr.. Hammond did not make the
settleme with Mr.. Fuller for the |
wire bought Of the Montpelier Hard
ware Co.; he did not tell Mr.. Fuller
that there was no incumbrance on
their goods; he did not tell Mr.. Ful-
Ter that they were going on to cash
basis He testified that the firm of |