New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-16
WORDY W4R CONTINUES.
afdarits IN Goodman Case-His
YaQui Suit Thr07cn out.

Colonel William .. Greene. president of the
Greene Consolidated Copper Company. continued
yesterday to hold the attention the public, igur
ing In three incidents He and Lawson of Boston.
had something more to say of each other. Lawson
telegraphing his remarks 10 the local newspapers;
Colonel Greene submitted Judge Foster aft
davit concerning J. W. Goodman the Arizona man
who is now in the Tombs for alleged threats against
the colonel and Goodman's suit against Greene and
w F. Harlow In tie Yaqu Copper Company htiga-
ton was stricken from the Supreme Court calen-
dar by Justice Greenbaum.
Colonel Greene. according to his employees at the
outer gate in his Office yesterday after IL
r. m. One of the afternoon papers however. ad
found him at early hour and printed an inter
view with him, which is, in part. as follows:
Mr.. Lawson has made effort to meet me in
IN piece Of my mind concerning him and his
methods, and do not propose to accept a mounte-
the days Of Arizona The time for pistol
pretty well crippled with rheumatism. anyway. I
have in my young days been IN places where re
bat this occasion does not call for gun practice.
who for stock jobbary purposes deliberately starts
the Standard Oil interest EVER owned. directly
or one share of the stock Of the Greens
Metals Selling Company, Of which. believe.
fat The whole ' basis Of these attacks by Nj
Lawson is simply stock johbing But he cannot
lost 100000 by this breaking Of our stock but
j
protected, and is being protected TO the fullest
have within the last two days paid s4IS,S% to
this and If to morrow the stock be sent
10000 '''''''
Lawson sent out two kilograms the ''P s." to
one OF them being a retoinder to Colonel Greene
This addendum began in this way:
% Green's gPo5 b6 5eIPT and 5 an honest shaP
in-a cay or two ago as generaltssimo OF the mud
singers. The colonel. after calling yariegated
solemnIy Informed the American people that he
Ioaid be al my, ny eoe He SAID It not not once but
bring his three notched gun along. The colonel
two days for his T visit and then With
soep3nity proved to the American people that he
and was a good fellow and that-the episode was
takes The consent of two 10 call It of, and that
ton that has been neglected
In this dispatch Lawson goes on to say that he
will prove how Baron Of the News Bureau hap
pened write duplicate Of Colonel Greenes effu-
sion early fl the afternoon preceding the evening
Colonel Greene wrote his; how he happened to visit
newspaper offices and make arrangements for its
publication hours before Greene wrote his; how
certain big frenzed fnanciers o. X d it hours
before Greene wrote il, and how they happened
pledge certain support TO Greene's stock if it
published" In closing, Mr.. Lawson intimates that
he is preparing TO discharge literary broadsde
al the Greene Consolidated Copper Company.
Colonel John H. Martin and a. N. A. Richardson
called Judge Foster TO inquire as TO the form
of afidavits they should make against J. W. Good
man, whose rearrest was caused Wednesday
by friends Of Colonel Greene or the charge that
Goodman had through the mails and BY telephone
been threatening the colonel since he dis
charged from custody, under suspension of
tence, last spring, when he pleaded guilty ia
S Sef4os charging him with assault in the second
Three afidavits were later in the day presented
to Judge Foster, two by counsel for Colonel Greene
and the third by the colonel himself. Judge Eos
a5daVits II Is understand thai the letter which Is
request from Goodman Colonel Greene asking
MIN to settle the matters which are in difference
between them saying that the two men operated
as individuals ana that the way 70 settle the mat
Police Commissioner McAdoo said yesterday that
he thought that Colonel Greene was little appre-
bensiTe- The Commissioner would not say whether
or not Colonel Greene had applied him for pro
lection
Goodman's action. in which Justice Greenbaurn's
decision rendered yesterday, was brought to
have Il adjudged that in all matters pertaining 10
the sale OF about hundred thousand shares of
stock Of the Yaqui Copper Company of West ViT-
Einia, by Colonel Greene and his co-defendant
willis P. Harlow. they acting trustees for
Goodman and the other owners OF the stock and
proportion Of the pooled stock sold by the defend
ants IN alleged violation OF an agreement made be-
them
Goodman asked that a referee be appointed to
take testimony. He claimed that his proportion
OF 5000 shares OF the treasury stock of the Yaqu
Copper Company was one-fourth.
There is not only allegation in the complaint
H. E Hardy attorney for Colonel Greene Thai
ihe case be stricken from the calendar of the CO
partnership Of the defendants, but IT is affirmative
iy alleged that each OF the parties has an indie
pendent interest IN the stock mentioned. The Is
cues cannot be htieated without the presence Of
cause from the calendar the ground that the
defendant Harlow has not been served and that the
case Is not at Issue IS granted