Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-10-22
TWO CENTS
THE BaNiSTER CASE.
Testimony for the Defense NOW Near
ing the Close.


for the defendant were produced
Saturday afternoon.
w. II. Bannister, father OF deten-
dant and treasurer until in January
last OF the Seneca Glass Company
and now president Of the Morgan
town Glass Company, was the first
to testify. He said that defendant
introduced the cartoon in the Sem
eca Glass company, that same. In
the difference between the cost OF
the boxes, with the cartoon" as
compared with the expenses before
the cost OF ordinary boxes and the
barrels and the freight charges,
amounted to many hundreds of dol
lars less per year. He explained
that box holds the same am cunt
as a barrel, but that more glass q ould
be shipped in boxes and more b FOXES
could be put in car than ba rrels,
and the freight expenses are the
same per car. The witness stated
that the Seneca Co, belongs to q
selling association" that controls
the prices of the glass manufactured;
that it must sell at the price dicta-
ted and commanded and demanded
by the Association; that he heard
the president OF the Seneca Glass
Co tell in the office OF that company,
the defendant, his son, that the SEN
eca Glass company would pay him
a ROYALTY of five cents per box tor
each cartoon.
Mr. Bannister also said that while
he was such treasurer &c, OF the
Seneca Glass company the Board of
directors determined to join the Ma,
tional trust and they sent defendant
to negotiate, and that two reprcsen
tatives of the National Combine
came and invoiced stock and plant
offered large sum, more than $l00
900 for the plant, but they desired
Seneca to take 500 IN stock aud he
advised them not to join.
Thomas Heitshu said that the
president OF the Seneca Co, told
him, when they were starting the
Morgantown Glass plant, that they
the latter Company were going to
build So of b. works over there
and that there were not enough boys
and girls for the Seneca Co. then.
The two plants are within hun
dred yards Of each other. The pres
ident had denied saying that the S.
Of b's--were going to build over
there and OF all talk upon the sub
ject.
Mr.. Kaiser heard defendant tell
Leopold Sigwart, the then president
of Seneca plant, in office, that he
intended to charge Tor cartoons
but that he did not hear the former
answer defendant. Leopold Sig
wart had denied any such conversa-
ton Ora Dills heard defendant
say often at Seneca plant tovisitors,
president Boehler being president,
that he was getting five cents roy
atty on each cartoon" He did not
hear the president say yes or no.
August Stenger remembered that
Otto Sigwart and Andrew Kamerer
and he were talking about the car
toons'' and they thought same Q. K.
but that defendant claims royal
ty on it and that is the hell of it."
All these witnesses testified that
they yere once employees OF the SEN
eca Glass Co., and that they are
now working for the Morgantown
Glass Company.
f. III Fu-long: cost OF cartoons
in Wheeling $50 and in Toledo
$3.50 per 1000. Cost Of oox, with
out cartoon 26tc, cost Of barrel
27e and So for hay.
Walter Kern Made first box, in
which cartoons" were shipped. He
and Leopold Sigwart, then president
of Seneca, and defendant calculating
cost and heard the latter name items
and says my divy" was SO much
did not hear the amount.
Elmer Smith. Heard President
Boehler and defendant talking and
former say the less breakage by the
boxes as compared with the barrels
would more than save the fright Of
use"
W. M. Edgar testified as to cost
of cartoons in Wheeling and in
Toledo, $50 and III. so respectively.
Frank b. Bannister; Defendant,
20 years old. Removed here in Nov.
'96. Was Secretary of Seneca Glass
Co, till Dec. 81, 49, Now Secreta-
ry of the Morgantnwn Glass Co
Originated the idea Of 'scartoonsS
and introduced same in said Com
pany. The cartoons save from 10
to l3 cents on each package shipped,
increase the amount OF sales, give
better satisfaction, etc. 1900 more
dozens Of glasses can be put in chr
If in boxes than if in barrels and the
freight charges the same. Leopold
Sigwart agreed, while he was presi
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