Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-01-13
CAPITOL SUITS
ARE SETTLED
State Receives SI,485,OOO to
End Cases.
DROP CRIMINAL ACTIONS
Accused Pay $1,30O,0o0 In Cash and
Surrender Sanderson and Huston
Warrants For $185,000.

Warrants For $185,000.
The legal actions resulting from the
frauds in the furnishing of the Penn
sylvania state capitol were brought to
q close in the Dauphin county court,
at Harrisburg, Pa, when President
( Judge George Kunkel handed down
DEGREES affirming an agreement of set
tlement between the commonwealth
and various respondents and sustain
ing the demurrers filed by the trust
companies.
Y The DEGREES require the payment to
the state of $1,300,000 and the sur.
render of warrants by the John II.
Sanderson estate aggregating $l0S,O0O
and by Joseph M. Huston, achitect,
amounting to $4,000. AS soon as the
money was paid over the criminal ac-
tions against various persons. not in
Guiding the action against Huston,
were formally dropped
The cases closed were two actions
In equity and twenty criminal actions.
In one case $1,100,000 in cash was
paid over and in another 100000 In
the cases of the trust companies the
demurrerS were sustained because the
principals having effected settlement
the sureties could not be held. In the
case of T. Lincoln Eyre he filed an an
swer and the case closed without testi-
mony being taken.
Special pleas were made by Lyman
D. Gilbert in behalf of William P. Sny-
der, Frank G. Harris, E. B. Harden
bergh and James nj. Shumaker, setting
forth that they be joined in the pro-
ceedings to avoid prolonged litigation.
All set forth that they were not culpa-
BILE.
the case against Fl. Burd Cassell and
others, known as the Metallic 'Furni-
ture case. to this effect:
First-That the demurrers filed by
the Commonwealth Trust company,
Harrisburg Trust company, Annie E.
Barr and the Lancaster Trust CON-
pany, executors of Sam Matt Fridy,
deceased, are sustained and the bill is
dismissed without costs.
Second-That the demurrers filed by
Fl. Burd Cassell, e. l.. Reinho.d and
E. b. Renhold, Penn Construction
company, Frank G.. Harris, E. B.. Har-
denbergh, James NJ. Shumaker, Jo-
seph NJ. Huston, William P. Snyder,
w. Roger Fronefield, executor of Will
liam l.. Mathues, are overruled.
Third-That the bill as to T. Larry
Eyre and his sureties, William P. Sny-
der and the estate of Sam Matt Fridy,
is dismissed without costs.
Fourth-That the loss sustained by
the commonwealth is hereby in ac-
cordance with the aforesaid stipula-
tion filed in the case ascertained and
assessed in the sum of 100000.
Fifth-This decree to be satisfied of
record upon the payment of 100000
and payment of the record costs.
In the case against the estate of
Sanderson and others a statement was
made to the court by the attorney gen.
eral explaining the differences and
then a decree was made to this ef-
feet:
First-The demurrers filed by the
sureties are sustained and the bill is
dismissed as to each of said demur.
rants without costs.
Second--The demurrers filed by
Harris, Hardenbergh, Snyder, Frone-
field, Shumaker, Huston, the Common
wealth Title Insurance and Trust COM
pany, Dinner Beeber and Pedro G.
Salome, executors of Sanderson, are
avarruled