New-York tribune., 1902-08-26
LAMAR SILENT ABOUT CHARGES.
HIS COUNSEL PROMISES TO PRODUCE
CoNTRADICTING STATEMENT FROM
LANCASTER.

Charges made in the afTidavtts filed on Satur-
day IN the New-Jersey Court Of Chancery. in
tie suit against the United States Steel Cor
1oration that the recent affidavit OF James H.
Lancaster was purchased by David Lamar and
that Lamar had been known IN Omaha as
David H Lewis, were not replied to yesterday
~ Lamar OF by his counsel MI Lamar could
GOT be found by newspaper men at his Office.
No. 80 Broad-st, but A 1. Elkus his counsel,
said Mr. Lamar was not saying anything
The afidavits filed by the counsel for the Steel
Corporation intimate that Mr.. Lamar mas
financial interest in the suit of j. Aspinwaii
Hodge to prevent the corporation from carry
ing out its plan convert S2oo,oo,coo OF its
preferred stock into mortgage bonds. James H.
Lancaster made an affidavit that he believed the
r,ronertv of the corporation was not worth more
than S5O0o00oGo. The affidavit OF Joseph T.
Corrigan, filed on Saturday. declared that Mr..
Lancaster admitted that he did not know the
value of the corporations property. but had
made the affidavit on the promise of Mr.. Lamar
to pay for it Mr.. Eikus made the following
statement yesterday afternoon:
With reference to the attack made through the
rr@ss i upon the good faith of plaintiffs. 1 merely
p,ish 70 say thai fhev are the actual owners of
several thousand shares OF stock ihey PURPOSE
10 try their case in the courts where it is now
not to be intimidated by charges of bad faith IN
spired by the opposing interests -
With regard to the employment of James H.
Lancaster a expert. ne was elnpIOytu ds any
expert is employed in any case. and paid for MS
services. The account Of the interview Win nun
given out by the defendants attorneys differs ma
terially from his written statement OF this inter
view. This statement is in our possession. ana
will he produced at the proper time and in the
proper place.
Edwin r. Williamson, of the firm of McCarter,
Williamson & McCarter, New-Jersey counsel for
J. AspinwaH Hodge, said he did not know Ian
caster and that his acquaintance With Lamar
was slight He knew nothing Of the afhdavits,
eScert what he had read in the newspapers, he
declared. A copy of the papers had come to
him. but he had sent them to Mr. McCarter.
at Little Silver, without looking at them.
NARROW ESCAPE OF GIRL AND RESCI Err.
Monteagle Tenn. Aug. 25-At Forest Point. on
Saturday night about midnight, Miss Winnie Tuck
er Of Decherd. of q party on mountain trip.
stepped over a cliff Sidney Cowan, a young Nash
Vile man. sprang her rescue. He caught her.
but too late prevent her fall being dragged over
The edge the precipice. the two going down to-
gether and landing the incline, thirty-hve or
FORTY feet below. Though Cowan was badly shaken
40 he was still conscious. and as his BODY roiled
DOWN the ledge he caught bush which stayed
his progress Miss Tucker. bleeding and uncor-
she passed he caught and held her. their flight
ending three feet from the edge of 3SO-foot drop
tn have gone over would have meant instant
dearh Their companions quickly organized res
enc marty descending the ledge by narrow,
ci-r,Istons nath CoVxan found clutching the
girls clothing in one hand and clump OF pushes
in the other Miss Tucker was insensible.