The San Francisco call., 1899-05-27
Mystery Of Ills Action in the Grain
Cases Dispelled.
Edison Gave Away Plan Hatched by the
States Attorneys and the Railroad
Was Forced to Quit.

when he so severely censured the COM
mission for applying for dismissal on
behalf of the plaintiffs, there was small
doubt that the motion would be
granted.
Blackstock's declaration that the
hindrance of the injunction was his
sole reason for moving to dismiss the
suits was nothing more nor less than
mask to hide the crafty scheme be-
| hind it. 1t was not a question of get
ting to work, but of absolving Mr..
Huntington from tFa costs of the cases
he had brought and the penalties that
might accrue that actuated his two
hirelings on the commission, and the
fact was plain to any one who cared to
see it.
If the plan of the two attorneys had
succeeded Messrs. Huntington, Black
stock and Laumeister would have
found the alleged obstacle removed
from the path of their duty. but with
the cases and the menace they carried
still staring them in the face they
would either have had to go to work
or expose the whole crooked scheme by
making separate application for a dis
missal of the suits 1t was nice dish
Of crow FOote and Hayne had cooked
up for Mr.. Huntington and his own.
and thev might have had the eating of
it but for a slip made by Edison. Armed
with the necessary affidavits he was
told to quietly slide over to Oakland
and wait for the next morning to come
round when he could make his initial
appearance in court He was warned
to say nothing to any one and particu-
larly to beware of his private attorney.
Mr.. Edison went to Oakland, but he
disregarded the second half of the in
junction and called upon Morris M.
Estee, his attorney, for advice. To Mr..
Estee he outlined the scheme in all its
elaborate details and discussed it with
him for as much as an hour. Whether
or not Mr.. Estee advised him is a mat
ter of inconsiderable Importance, but
the fact stands out that within an hour
the whole proposition was own in
the offices of Mr. Herrin and a plan to
beat it was already Matching.
AS a result, the next morning Attor-
ney Pillsbury, Mr.. Herrins associate,
appeared before Judge Morrow without
having given previous notice and moved
on behalf Of the railroad company, for
dismissal. AS Mr.. Pillsbury repre-
sented the plaintiff had every right 10
dismiss his own suit, Judge Morrow
granted his request without question,
and the we'll cOntrived scheme of the
State fell to the ground.
The only matter left to be settled af-
ter the railroads motion had been
granted was the costs of the suits, and
even in his defeat Mr.. Herrin did not
overlook chance to save his company
from being assessed. Although the mo-
ton made by Mr.. Pillsbury was for an
absolute dismissal, and made on be-
half of the railroad company the print
ed application he handed up to the clerk
of the court stated that the plaintiff
did not make the motion, but merely
consented to the motion previously
made by the Railroad Commissioners
on behalf of the State. 1t was a brazen
scheme to deceive the court and falsify
the records, but it was promptly called
down by the States counsel and will
have no effect when the court shall
finally fix the costs.
Game Birds From New Jersey.
The State Fish Commissioners yester-
day received 100 English ring-necked