The sun., 1903-07-02
LITTAUER ON GLOVE PROFITS.
"DIvIDHNG" WITH LYON, GLOVERS-
VILE VERSION.

COniracts-.'ShOuld I Can on E.uTd.
insi on" is an Trrclevancy II Fac.
sinliIc OF Government Gaunts" Letter.
Paul n. Herzog of counsel for Represents
tive Lucius N. Iittauer's glove firm, In
their controversy with Edmond r. Lyon
as to whether Lyon shall he declared .
bankrupt or not by United States Referee
Stanley W. Dexter, said yesterday morn
ing after reading THE SUN that he would
have statement ready in the afternoon.
Meantime Mr. Herzog said:
All matters outside of the real contro-
versy must be considered irrelevant and
immaterial."
Mr.. Herzog referred to the letters of
Representative Littauer to Lyon concern
ing their interest in Government contracts
for gloves and gaumlets during the Spanish
American War. Mr.. Hertb in speaking
thus also described as irrelevant and
immaterial" Ito the bankruptcy proceed
ing, of course>, the letter Of Repre- senta-
tive Littauer to Lyon. facsimile Of which
is here printed. wherein Representative
Littauer says: ave have already begun
to cut $50 pair day of Government gaunts
at Gloversville, and IL we can get few
more days OF fine weather we will get out
500 day. Do you think it ad-
visable that should call on Ludington
gauntlets?'
Gen. Ludngton was Quartermaster-
General at Washington when Representative
Littauer and Mr.. Lyon were supplying
the Government with gloves and gauntlets.
and Gen. Ludington without the slightest
doubt knew that Mr. Lttauer was Repre-
sentative in Congress, and that no Con-
gressman under the United States statutes,
can lawfully have an interest, remote or
direct. with Government contracts.
Mr.. Herzog concluded later to leave 1t
to Mr.. Lttauer to speak fer himself. Mr..
Lttauer has issued a statement denying
that he had any interest in Lyons army
contracts as contracts.
A. II. Gleason of the firm Of Hastings
Gleason, counsel for Lyon. said yes
terday:
THE authenticity of the letters and other
ing can be disputed by no one. They have
been known to be in existence ever since
the Spanish war The bankruptcy case at
present Ia in a stage that will not permit
Of any definite statement. 1t has been ad-
journed without date. to give all OF the
counsel time to submit BRIEFS
Lyon, who is now employed with the firm
of Becker & Martin, 81 East Seventeenth
street, was there only few moments yes
tercisy. and told some of the newspaper men
who met him and talked with him that
MIR. Lyon was out Of town.
There are documents In existence In the
handwriting Of Representative Littauer
on House Of Representative letter paper
to Lyon wherein Representative Littauer
carefully calculates the cost of rats Sex
IA, dressing aex5." and goes on to say:
Divide profit over this figure. 3l.S5."
Representative Littauer then, in his hand
writing on Government paper, goes on to
say: profit ought to be is per cent. over
N.57-H +23-h, total, $751;" and further
along Representative Littauer, in his hand
writing says to Lyon: I'VE not (sic)
feel satisfied with less than profit Of 10
per cent. over 3l57-11-15-h1, total, $1.73."
In the despatch from Washing gton printed
below appears the name Of Hays 4 Co..
Gloversville, N. Y. as having been suo-
cessful bidder for gloves and gauntlets
and as having secured on June contract
for 8O, 900 buckskin gloves.
In some Of the papers submitted to
Referee Stanley W. Dexter on Monday
appears the name Hays" 1t Is main
tanned in the controversy between the
Littauers and Lyon that Hays Of Glovers,
vile knows a good deal about the glove
and gauntlet contracts which were secured
in Lyons name.
The briefs to be submitted to Referee
Dexter by Hastings 4 Gleason, Mr.. Herzog
and Mr.. Fellows will, it was sasd yesterday,
be most interesting reading. because OF
the exhibits as to Government contracts
which cannot be gainsaid in view Of the
fact Of the communications between Rep
resentative Littauer an d Lyon and the
fact that Representative l.ttauers brother
and brot otner-in-law were the bondsmen
who guaranteed the execution of these
Government contracts, now on file in the
Assistant Quartermaster-Genera office in
pbilntlalphia