The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-18
WANTED 4 BRIDE
SAMUEL HILL CHARGES THAT A
TIMES MAN TRIED TO EX-
TORT MONEY.
LIGHT SHED ON ANIM0SITY.
Criminal Libel Suit Against Haskell,
of the Times, Becomes In
terestinS.
WILSON MURDER TRIAL is ON.
Jury Not Yet Completed-Genera
News of Minne-
apOIis.

ClarkSon Lindley was recalled by the
defense yesterday in the libel case
against w. E. Haskell, manager of the
Times, and Mr.. Jackson asked regard
ing the meeting at Chicago, in the room
of Henry Brown at the hotel just prior
to the trip to West Pullman. The wit
ness, Henry Brown, Mr.. Bassett and
Mr.. Foster were all present, according
to the memory of the witness. They
arrived at Chicago Sunday, and this
meeting was Monday morning, he
thought, at the Great Northern hotel,
although it might have been at the
Palmer house. The meeting did not
last long as he remembered it, If there
was any proposition for sale or pur-
chase, he had forgotten it.
Mr.. Jackson wanted to know when
the change of plan was agreed upon
to sell the bonds. Witness replied that
several informal meetings and discus
sions were held, and it was at one of
these. The witness admitted that there
had been an agreement to sell the bonds
before Feb. 5, but could not remember
what was said. The agreement was
brought about gradually, through sew
eral meetings.
Mr.. Jackson called the attention of the wit
ness again to the certificate of value Of the
Pullman bonds and asked If that was not
made on purpose for Mr.. Hamblin to take
to Buffalo. He thought so, and that it was
made for the purpose of getting an extension
on the first mortgage, but he denied that it
was for the purpose Of assisting King in
getting control of the first mortgage. The
first suggestion of a sale was after Mr. Ham
bins return from Buffalo.
Did Mr.. Hamblin explain to you that Mr..
King had kindly consented to let him have
some Of the bonds?'
mo, sir; l never knew he had any until a
long time after the matter had been closed
up"
The matter of the sale of the Guaranty
Loan building brought up again, Mr.
Lindley having been appointed as COM
mittee Of one to wait on Mr.. Lowry and see
what could be done toward the sale of the
building. The attorney tried to make the
witness say that he had tried to make a
deal with Coombs and King but he insisted
that he had understood that Mr.. Lowry
there was to 1t. He had offered $4,000 cash
and $4,000 in stock and the obligators re-
fused to take the stock and wanted all cash.
Did you as treasurer know that this re-
Il did not. know that the trust company
had plenty Of money
"If they had plenty Of money, why did
they use this receivers account for their ex-
pepses?"
This was ruled out by the court as opening
up too many collateral issues. Mr. Jackson
again Hdue d lOuS arg uIIleuI, seeking 10 get
In this evidence, but it was ruled out. The
court also struck out the last answer of the
witness as being not responsive. The attor-
ney then went back to the West Pullman
trip, and went over the same old ground
again, trying to find out what Foster was
there for
Questioned by Mr.. Flannery, the witness
again said that 1t was when the company
found that 1t could borrow no money on the
bonds as collateral that the sale of the bonds
began to be discussed. The Minneapolis
Trust company did not buy any of the bonds,