The age-herald., 1899-12-18
Sheffield Coal and Iron company cOnsolida-
Fucker and Johnston

Fucker and Johnston
 Shortly after Fucker and Johnston pre- sented th5 sheme (dnripg the month of June) to Charles R. Flint, I was c0,~,stant- ly at Worthington's request, either at the Marlborough hotel or at No. 2l Broad street, in the office of w H. Goadby 6 Co.,, which was the headquarters and stopping place of parties interested in perfecting the Sloss-Sheffield combination. Johnston and Rucker were always together during these times at the Marlborough hotel and at W. H. Goadby & Co.'S. offices in conference with Warrington and others relative to this combination of the Sloss-Shef1eld proper ties
 Johnston stayed in New York, making his headquarters at Goadby's offices with Rucker and Warrington, until 1t became settled and agreed that Charles R. Flint would underwrite the project and the Central Trust company of New York and Frederick Olcott, its president would act as the trustees; and that Roger Brown & Co. of T Broad street, would cooperate in passing on the various coal and iron prop critics.
 Johnston went to Alabama while the un- derwriting under the prospectus in progress. But this prospectus gave com plete power to the trustees and the finan- cial agent to omit any of the properties ad- vertised and substitute others thereof. In confirmation of this, and in order to snow the great leverage that Rucker and John- ston had as. the promoters of this scheme, l will state it as a fact that the Corona properties were omitted, thereby giving Fucker and Johnston an opening for the university lands and their own also.
 MT. Semple ayers that Worthington failed to pay the fee and commission agreed upon in writing, and brought suit in the su- preme court of New York to compel pay ment. In his deposition MT. Semple made the following statement:
 T. Darlington Semple, Plaintiff, vs J. War ren Worthington, E. w. Fucker, Joseph r. Johnston, Solomon Haas; L. Breckin- ridge, Musgrove, M. H. Spencer, Webb Crawford, John c. Maben, William H. Goadby and Joseph Bryan, Defendants. COUNTY OF NEW YORK: ss
 T. Darlington Semple being duly sworn, deposes and says:
 l. I am the plaintiff in the above entitled action. l am entitled to recover from the
 
 with interest from the 2d day of October 1899, over and above all counter claimants known to me upon one of the causes of &C., ton mentioned in section 635 of the code of civil procedure and particularly set forth in subdivision of this affidavit
 Second-I am attorney and counsellor at law practicing as such in the courts of the state of New York, and was such at all the times hereinafter mentioned. From in- formation derived from statements made to me by the defendant Worthington, and from documents in my possession, declare upon information and belief, that in respect to the transactions hereinafter mentioned the defendants, J. Warren Worthington and D. w. Fucker were acting as well on their own behalf as on the behalf of their CO., defendants, Joseph F. Johnston, Solomon Haas, l.. Brecknridge Musgrove, M. H. Spencer, Webb Crawford, John c. Maben, William H. Goadby, and Joseph Bryan. The reason l make this averment upon informa- ton and belief and do not procure the af- fidavits of said J. Warren Worthington and E. w. Fucker in substantiation of the same, is, that the said Worthington and the said Fucker are defendants in this action, and are not within the state, city or coun- " of New York, and are non-residents of this state.