The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-22
PETER POWER TRIAL.
Complainant in the Famous Suit Ap
pears in Court.
THE HIDDEN PROSECUTORS.
Names of Prominent People Were
Given by Plwer.
B0URKE COCHRAN WAS MENTIONED
The New Yorker Was Said to Be One of
The Compliments.
COCHRAN DENIES THE RESPONSIBILITY
Said He Had Nothing Whatever TO DO
with Suit Against Northern
Securities Company
,OURKE COCHRAN WAS MENTIONED
The New Yorker Was Said TO Be One of
The Compliments.
DENIES THE RESPONSIBILITY


was named as complainant In suit
brought TO prevent the turning over Of
the stock OF the Northern Pacific Railroad
company to the Northern Securities com
pnny, was taken from ludlow street iail
today to appear before Special Examiner
Mabie who is taking testimony in the pro.
ceedinGs Powers attorney. c. A. Lamb.
was FIRST called to testify.
Mr.. Lamb said he had made rough
draft of the complaint In the Power suit
on a railway train. He promised to pro
ducc copy of the draft letter.
at your previous examination 7 under.
stood you to say yon represented lnfucn-
tial persons" Mr. Guthrie said; you then.
declined to give the names VIII YOU now
give them?"
81 Will" replied the witness AT the
previous examination l understood those
people who had certainly expended large
sums of money on this litigation were my
clients If their statements 10 the con.
trary are correct that relationship does
not exist The persons / believed | repre-
sented were Camille weidenfeld, the firm
Of Thomas & Post, or rather Mr. Thomas
and that firm. W. Bourke Cochran and
Content & Co."
you told us Mr., Cochran would make
an important witness3" said Mr.. Guthrie
BoURKE COCHRAN MENTIONED.
81 am quite convinced that Mr. Cochran
knew all about these matters and was
financially interested
Mr. Lamb said he knew Parker c. Chaud
Ter as a lawyer, practiclng In Boston and
attorney Of weidenfeld, and that Chandler
had advised Power to 60 to Europe after
he knew Power had been subpoenacd to
appear in the proceedings.
Some time in June Mr. Lamb said Cap
tain stern told him the Contents had with
drawn from the Northern Pacific litigation
Captain Stern was used as t,termediaIy he
said, to hide the identity OF those behlud
the litigation.
Mr.. Lamb said the statement Of Mr..
Weldcufod that he had suggested the ar.
fcreLt suits in the expectation that the
proceedings would establish his reputation
as lawyer was not true
Did Mr. weidenfeld's partner, Thomaa
W. Lawson, have any interest in this III
gation?"
Il think not; I am sure not"
"Tcll about the $50 you received from
Mr. Weidenfeld," Mr.. Guthrie continued.
Captain Stern had insisted that Peter
Power he sent away, That was when tho
first attempt was made to serve Power
BE was afraid Power would break dowr
and give away secrets. Mr. Chandler sug
( gcsted that Power be sent TO Europe Or
July ~ Captain Stern came up to my apart
mcnts onG insisted that Power BE- shipped
to Montreal at once hcsitated. Aftel
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that the service was bad and that we coulC
successfully defend him from the charge d
contempt | knew nc had consulted will
| Mr. Clevelf nd and Mr. Cochran. Mr.
Chandler told me Mr. Cochran said Powe
did no. appear In court in person, The
he said Mr.. Cochran had said IL they push
that boy too hard they will create RI
vulslon of public opinion