The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-26
Dcpniy Quartcrmaster General
Charged With Accepting Tn
lawful Commissions.
ON GOVERNMENT SHIPMENTS.
Philippines Company Alleges That
He Conspired With Two 9th
crS to Drive 1t Out of
business.

| New York. July e5.-CoInnel Amus :. Kim
bail. Deputy Qusrtcrmaster General. United
| States Army. stationed In this city. is one
! q: the defendants In a sensational suit for
| si0or) damages. Brought by the Philip
| pines Company. which was organized about
| two years aso to carry Government freight
| 10 Manila.
| Colonel Kimbau Is accused OF conSpiring
with Edward {. OHrien and Walter Z.
! Ogivie. who are named as cu-defendsnts.
| TO defraud the Government out of hundreds
of thousands Of dollars, and with accepting
brides from the co-defeudants to ship via
the Pan-American Fast Freight Company.
in which they are Interested.
II IS alleged that Colonel KImhall. who
| has charge Of the forwarding of all Govern
, mcnt supplies from .his city 10 Cuba and
the Philippines. has driven the Philippines
Company out Of business ny uuawfully dis
eliminating In favor Of the rival company.
going "a far in some instances as to alb
strsCt from the files ia his office bids Of the
plaintiff ana awarding business to the Pan
American Company at higher rates.
Colonel kimball AMI the other defendants
are also accused of making unlawfuliy In
three months in 1899 profits amounting n
slSo.c9 out of the shipment of Government
supplies TO Cuba, via the Cuban and Pan
American Express Company. of which
OBrien Is president and Oglvie secretary.
IL is alleged that five times tho rate
charged by any other express company was
paid to o'Brien and ogilvie on every ship
m-nt to cuba
When Colonel EimhalI WAS asked to-day
what he had to say In reply to the alleSa-
iions. h d.clared:
II have never had any personal ;ranSac-
ton with any living person whore Govern
nIert business was concerned. 10 You want
m" to swear to it,
Then he raised his right hand and said
impressiyeiy. II swear it
1t is absolutely false, absolutely FALSE
he added
Jesse Stearus. counsel for Colonel Kim
ball. declared that tn. suit is a blackmaiI-
Ing scheme. Intended to hesmrch the char
acter of his client. who has served more
Counsel for the plaintiff. Benjamin
Scharps. Indignantly denied that there Was
any blackmaIi in the suit.
We are prepared to prove our allega-
lions" he said.
just who compose the Philippine Com
rany Is "A mystery Mr.. SChsrps absolutely
refused 20 give the names OF tn. men in
teres,ed in 1t. According to the corpora
ton directory, its PRESIDENT is Harold Good
or, Laurence y. Martin. Neither the name
Of Harold Goodwin nor Laurence y. Martin
appears in the city directory. Czaki Is a
lawyer. with an OFFICE in lower Broadway.
The capital stock OF the company Is placed
at sioopo
on the door Of room No. as In the Fowl
pears the nam. of the Philippines Com
p2Dy. aud directly under Is that Of Edward
j. Jessup. freight broker apd forwardaT."
In the city directory. Jessup apeparS oniy
as vice president. NJ IL Bro1Jway.'' The
office was locked Hp this afternoon and no
one who knew would tel whJrc Jessup
could be fouad.
II IL alleged ia The complaint tnat KirnhaH
IN c0llusion with o'Brien and Ogilvic. de
iayed and withhold freights that were 10
have been shipped by the Philippines Conn
pany in May. 1899. In the intcrcs; oil the op-
position contern. the Panamerican Fast
Freight Company. and that various her
devices were resnrt.d to Ia drive -. ,,I,in-
tiff company out of business.
Colonel kimball. il Is alleged. by unIaw-
fully auditing bills and making the shipment
appear hundreds Of tons larger than il was
enabled O'BrieH pgilvie To crllec; s. 90
more for transportation charges than they
were entitled Ia. II Is charged that for this
O Brien x ogilvie gave Colonel Kimball
s., 500
Colonel Kimban In July. 1899. 1t is charged.
took shipment away from the Philippines
Company and gave 1t to O'Brien's concern.
On this shipment. 1t is declared. $500 more
than the rightful charge was paid To O'fsren
a Ogivie. Of which amount "KmhaII re-
ceived his percentage.
Other details of similar nature are re-
lated.
IL is declared that the Government was
out OF money on every shipment
made to Manila by the Pan-American Com
pany. the tonnage being made to appear
greatly in excess Of the actual figures.
The suit became public through Il motion
made to-day befoIe Judge Hooker in the Su-
Ereme Court. Brooklyn. on behalf Of the de-
PENDANTS 10 strike Onj certain allegations IN
the complaint.
Mr.. o'Brien denied all the charges made
by the plaintiff He declared that his com
pany had never paid any money To Colonel
kimbail or any other Government officer
to influence shipments of freight and that
ali their business had been obtained hon
es.ly
What is this Philippines Company. any
how?' he asked. Il know nobody con-
nected with II. and ] guess YOU will have.
a hard time finding out anything abou, it,"