The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-24
SOME ERROR ALSO ON STOCK
Bought 100 Of Transportation In
Albany Records Do Not
Bear This Out.


was because the reporters interviewed and
kept the committee in session one hour
longer. Archie T.. Baxter. sX-Clerk Of the
Assembly Of the New York Legislature,
and one who had benefited by the Good
sell pool Of Transportatio stock had been
a witness and at 10 was excused from the
witness chair.
A was narrated in this report yester.
day morning. counsel and COMMITTEES had
overlooked many questions which might
have been asked 81 witnesses in previous
sessions ~hensver Mr.. Baxters name was
ment toned. Therefore the reporters we're
alert yesterday when Mr. Baxter gave his
testimony and II seemed To them all that
counsel had overlooked questions the
answers to which would have been worth
printing They wanted to know especially
why Elingwood A Cunningham had made
in writing a somewhat imperative demand
upon O. Tracy Rogers to remit $4,000
margin for Mr.. Baxters speculative
account
Reporters representing every paper m
New York press associations and half
dozen up-cOuntry papers rose and in a
chorus reminded counsel and committee
that Mr. Baxter had left the stand hut was
yet in the Aldermanic chamber and that
IL would lie interesting to inquire 81 him
Why MIR Rogers had been solicited ear
n.stly to advance SO go for him and
Why MIR, Baxter had been allowed u
testify without question that 100 % the
300 shares % stock lac placed in the Good.
sell pool had been bought by him Mr.
Baxter. al a high price through another
| brokerage firm. whereas the records on
the hooks - Ellingwood 4 Cmnin CHAM
were explicit in narrafinK the fact. ~
account hooks do nArrate facts that Mr.
Baxter had bought the whole eOo shares
al - a share after Mr. Goodsell had made
his thrifty bargain To sell the pools hold
ing- A. tlI "A share.
d was probably due TO the natural
chagrin ~ Chairman Merritt that the
commit 80 had overlooked such a detail
hat he received the intervention 81 the
reporters with an absence 81 his usual
aniable ASPECT. Chief Counsel Bruce
went about the undeTt aking thoroughly
and recalled Mr. 'unnin CHAM aud elected
from him some testimony about the let
ter he wrUte demanding $1,000 from q.
Tracy Rogers To sweeten the margin 81
rx- Assembly Clerk Archie y. BAXTER and
also elected from Mr. Cunningham re-
mct anfly an admission that Elling~ood
A Cuuniu CHAM had bought all 81 Mr.
baN'sr'- so share cont ribution 10 the
Transports ion pool and that Mr. Baxter
had No., cont ributed - that pool ~ Ock pre-
viously boughr A. n much higher price.
Mr. RoBISsoS. WHERE CAN nv BE'
When the days session beRan the com
mittee' = chief counsel called Ia a loud voice;
Mr. Robinson Henry A. Robinson
Their. was no Response to this call and
then counsel called TO the witness stand
Mark Nave He ideni fled himself as an
attorney IN the ONCE of Henry A. Robin
son, ? Wall IT rect lie IL The managing
clerk IT Mr. Robinson's law Offices Ne
WAS told that the committee had been
enCieavoring to serve a subppna upon
Mr. Robinson and was asked n he could
give informal ION ~ TO his chief wherea-
bouts lie replied that he could not:
hat he had seen Mr.. Robinson in the ofice
last on August II and had communicated
with him by telephone on "Wednesday of
this week. He did not know where the
other end 81 the telephone connection
was; ne hAh h"' You Ms C"e, 'ha' me
committee was looking for him. Mr.
Robinson ne Saln; was A~AIe "i 'ns' 'At.
The witness sa'o no hA'' informed hln' OF
Il during previous te'ephoh'c c"""uhi-
cation.
v what did You tell him' \ told him
that -eNeraI suspicious lo@E'hs persoN
had Zee" a'Ouh" ~"'"' 'OoN ~ u" ''oee
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