The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-05-27

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build stone building, until he was
restrained by an injunction. For S
years the heirs of Col. Knorr received
no funds and no account from Winter
steen. Then bill in equity was filed
to compel an account, charging Winter
steen with mismanagement of the
company. In this proceeding the
heirs of Col. Knorr were represented
by l.. E. Waller. This we will follow
by showing that Wintersteen constant
ly evaded these charges, making no
effort to push the case to trial, but
was endeavoring to buy off Mrs. Knorr
and the children, in order to conceal
his management of the business. We
will show that within month after
filing this bill, Wintersteen's efforts
were to buy out Clifton's interest
|that Wintersteen knew Clfton's char
acter and then began to try to use
him for his purposes sent man
named Wilmer to Knor at Reading,
and bought his interest for $1,000,
giving a check, but the next day the
check was recalled, and Wintersteen
then began to deal with Knorr direct
ly; that subsequently Wintersteen
bought Knorr's interest in the Iron
Co. for $4,000 that Wintersteen knew
that the stock was worth $4,000 that
on Apr. IA, 1894 Knorr and Winter
steen were registered at the Common
wealth Hotel in Harrisburg; that
Wintersteen subsequently offered to
pay Knorr $1,000 if he could get bis
mother to sell her stock that in May
1894 Wintersteen made Mrs. Knorr
an offer for her stock she declined
to do anything without the advice ol
her counsel; he shook the paper in
her face and said he could ruin her il
he was not an honorable man, and
advised her to see his counsel that
Wintersteen said "this fight is not be.
tween you and me, it is between Waller
and me-" In Dec. 1895 Clifton came
home to live in Bloomsburg, and had
two papers for her to sign, one being
a paper to assign the stock, and the
other to discontinue the equity suit.
Clifton said if she didn't sign the
papers Walters life would be in danger,
and used every effort to get her to
sign them. Wintersteen also attempt
ed to secure the stock of the daughter,
Mildred. Col. Knorr owned pro-
perty in Harrisburg, and Wintersteen
advised Clifton to start partition pro
ceedings, and thus compel Mildred to
sell her interest in the Harrisburg
property, rather than have it sold and
throw her grandmother, who lived In
it, out of a home. Wintersteen agreed
to pay all the expenses of these pro-
ceedings. The plan worked, and
Mildred signed the transfer of her
Irondale stock to Wintersteen. In
Jan. 1895 Clifton made deed to
| Mildred tor his interest in the Harris
burg property, but the deed was dated
( June 1894. Clifton also tried to ge,
Mildred to sign paper to stop the
equity suit, but she refused. Winter
steen got possession Of all of Clifton:
and Mildreds interests, and endeavor
ed to get the widows interest in order
to end the equity suit that contained
charges which if proven, would be SC
disastrous to him. Mr.. Herring ther
detailed the testimony Of several wit
resses to whom Wintersteen had ex
pressed himself showing strong feeling
against Waller.
In July 1896 Clifton wanted som,
mouey, and Wintersteen met him a
Reading Clifton asked him how h,
could make some money, and Winter
steen replied that he didn't know O
any way, unless his mother woul,
stop the equity suit, or die. Furthe
details were here given of efforts t.
get Mrs. Krorr to stop the suit, anc
, also of expressions showing malic
toward Waller, In Oct. 1895 Knor
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t closing $s, asking him to meet him a
5 Espy. They met, and Winterstee
asked Knorr if he couldn't slip int
his mother house some night, an
, kill her, Knorr said he couldn't do i
S as he was too we'll known. Winter
S steen gave Knorr $25, to go to Ne
S York to find a man to kill Mr.
a Knorr, but Clifton didn't go to Ne
4; York, but went to Reading and tol
: Wintersteen that he had met with a
n accident. That Knorr and White
: steen met at different times an
:, places, and that Wintersteen CAV
}, him money at different times, an
:. that it was arranged that Kno
n should meet Waller at night and ki
;, him that he gave him $Io and tol
G him to go to Danville and buy r.
d volver, and that Knorr afterward m
e Waller on the street at night, and b
n for the fact that his little boy was wit
IS Waller he would have shot him.
S, On one occasion the use of vitri
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