The sun., 1898-06-16
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BOUGHT PIG
IN AP0kE
What Peter /. Cooper, Jr., Says
a Methodist Minister Syndi-
cate Purchased.
INTERESTING TESTIMONY GIVEN
In the Case Of The Peninsula
Methodist.
Rev, Charles A. Grise Testifies That
]. Miller Thomas Misrepresented
the Circulation of the Paper.
The Allegation Denied by the
Plaintiff ON the Stand.

- COlHnS, III tliN Caso VI Aho"o 'o.
Grise, stated that Mr.. Thomas asked
him as friend OF both Mr.. Grise and
himself to see Mr.. Grise regarding the
sale Of the Peninsula Methodist.
He did SO. and told Mr.. Grise, upon
the representation OF Thomas, that the
paper had circulation of $500 and that
a,e purchase of it for $1,000 would be a
Bargain. Mr.. Collins stated that after
The paper had been sold he asked Mr..
Thomas why he had misrepresented the
circulation of the sheet, saying it had
$500 when in reality the circulation was
only 1850.
Thomas replied that as soon as he
started to collect from the subscribers
She list diminished. Mr.. Collins said
that he told Thomas that he felt sorry
shat he had told Mr.. Grise that the cir
culation was $500 on his (Thomas
representation. Mr.. Collins said he had
not acted as an agent for either party
but as friend and that he had seen no
subscription list.
Rev. Charles A. Grise, the defendant
igs the case, testified that while in Har-
rinpton Thomas stated he would guar
antee 1900 bona tide subscribers for the
3ayer. Continuing Mr.. Grise said: Il
md three others called at Mr. Thomas
Office on October 23d, 1896, and asked
for the subscription list. Mr.. Thomas re-
piled that he was sorry, but he could not
furnish it, the foreman having neglected
xp bake an extra copy of it. asked Tor
fhe subscription book, and he said he
had none. | asked for the stub receipt
b4ok, and MIR. Thomas told me it would
take four or five days to 60 over it.
AVA q subsequent day went over the
Book, and found that it contained the
names OF only |, 1856 subscribers While
& was going over the book, but previous
20 ascertaining the number OF names
thereon, received message from Mr..
Thomas, asking me to come to his office.
i went there, and he requested me to
sign the agreement, saying that he de-
sired to 90 to PerryvlIe soon afterwards.
After having signed the agreement, as
osrtained that the number OF Eames on
the book was only 1855. ! wrote to Mr..
Thomas, telling him of the discrepancy,
and asked him to send the remaining
Bames. He replied that had all OF
silem
subsequently, offered to return the
paper, provided Mr.. Thomas gave me
back $1,000, and also agreed to pay
SsOu provided he would make good the
discrepancy in the number OF subscrlo-
PTS
Mr.. Grise said on cross examination
gIS,t the reason that the check for 500
asnnt paid was because the requisite
yf tn 70 II I, a
rot been handed in. The letter writer
by himself to Mr.. Thomas was identi-
fed. The receipt book stub was admit
ted into evidence.
Ihe Rev. c. S. Baker testified to the
E,ct OF Thomas having said at Harring
Bon that the papers circulation was 26OO
The cross examined witness stated
that though he had no unfriendly feel
ing for Mr.. Thomas, for years he had nj
business transactions with him.
&m reduct examination witness stated
that he was not an enemy to Mr.
Thomas.
Rev. f. H. Derrickson testified tina
Thomas had guaranteed $500 circula
zion.
State Senator W. T. Morse said tina
through his name appear, d on stub an
he had received few papers he was no
Es,rbscriber and never had been. -
City Councilman Robertson, W. h
UNeil of Laurel, X. W. Cannon G
Bridgevile and Miss Aletha La Rowe c
Delaware City, whose names appeare
@n the stub receipt book as subscribers
seAjtied that they never subscribed t"
ahe paper.
George W. Wiley, who was pcs,
msster at BridgevI.e in 1896 wa
banded the stub receipt book and turl
img TO alst of names of people repre-
ssIHed as living at Bridgeville durin
that year and as being subscribers f'
she paper, testified that it contained tn
names OF two persons who did not resid
there.
The Rev. John y. G. Hanna was r,
called and testified regarding NJ
Crises efforts to induce Mr.. Thorn;
10 take the paper back. On crosse,
animation the witness said there WI
no personal unfriendliness between hii
and Mr. Thomas, but he Mr.. Hanns
had condemned many acts OF ii
paper.
The defence rested at 1875 O'clock.
Mr.. Thomas was called in rebutta
and denied that he had announced II
Number of subscribers. He stated tn;
he did not know how many subscribe
there were, but had told Mr. Grse tt
auantty of paper used in nine month
and the latter had calculated the numb
of subscribers.
Under cross examination at the afte
aeon session, Mr.. Thomas identified Il
subscription book and said he had give
it to Mr.. Grise about week after I'll
sale OF the paper. lie said he had new
kent such book but had made it
nom the subscription lists for the CO..
venience of the new management. ii
lists were all kept in type.
At the time of the sale he had give
MR.. Grise two copies OF the snbscriptic
Mss. When asked if the pink slips Co
tanning the names of the subscribe
were pasted in the book at tine time
mis- giving it to Mr.. Grise, he replit
he could not swear that they were paste
in, but was positive they were in Il
Sok. He had never guaranteed an
rruaber Of subscribers and after M
l,r;cn had gone over the list and ca