New-York tribune., 1911-03-22
SO 600 vour honor" said District. At

10 us" was the unexpected reply of MT,
Baldwin Il have the hail right here
With the courts permission Assistant
District Attorney Adams. Mr.. Baldwin
and Mr. Cummias went UP TO the Dis
trict Attorneys office. accompanied by
a. F. Hancock Of Whilden 81 Hancock.
general agents for the Pacific Coast Cas-
ualtv Company. and Detective Barney
Flood. Of the District Attorneys staff.
While mis- bond. supplied by the cas-
ualty Company. was being prepared
Cummins was asked for a statement. He
replied;
Il am hiring Mir. Baldwin and Mr.
stanchheld to do tho talking for me-"
When Mir. Baldwin was asked for a
word or two. he cried:
Thank God we are in court at last
and q moment later he added:
There is a big difference between an
irdictment and conviction. Those
words are alike. only. n that they have
both of them. three syllables. II is easy
70 accuse a man in an indictment; it Is
another thing TO convict
we bpiil t'iA4S iNt'ff' '''N ''NNN~
scended 10 the chambers of Justice
Davis. where the justice signed the bond.
Cummins and Baldwin then left the
Criminal Courts Building Cummins
had taken pains to express the bitter
ness in his heart by glarins at Joseph y.
Proderick. a bank examiner, who sat in
The courtroom. while Baldwin and the
Shn1xr.1 GOODNESS
between them by failing to bow. Brod-
erjck. IL is understood. Is one Of those
whose testimony led to the finding of
the indictments They were not based.
q was said. on any evidence furnished by
Joseph 6 Robin
Before March 81 it IS confidently eX-
,ectsd that Baldwin and John r.
stanchteld. both counsel for Cummins'
vii decide to withdraw their clients
rlss Of not guilty. and move for per-
mission 70 inspect the grand jury min
u.es such motion viii he bitterly
fo.eh, hv the District ATTORNEY on the
ground that the charges against cum
-,i-e are closely interviewer with the
su-srionahlc transactions ~ others. II
tbs motion Is denied Cummins is eH-
rected ~ fls demurrers 70 the lnd'c'-
r1srts 4 trial in one or two months IL
looked for
william 7 Curnnlins who g between
Tortv,flve spd forty-eight wears Old. got
his business and financial start IN Nash
vile. Tenn. as salesman for q wholesale
drug house Al first his terrtor- com
r-jssd only the state of Tennessee. but
his ensrgv and ability soon extended II
n include the en'iTe South. and IN
short tire he had become such factor
IN the trs 20 that h. was enabled 20 or
sanize the Cummins- Bennett Company
wholesale distributors Of chemicals.
Gets cvdahy's stockyard.
"ra,k~ cudshy NJ this time vas towing
nth s.ock,-ard IN Nashville. Thich he
orerated irtermittenUy. Cummins. 7ho
vas alvavs on tho lookout for new
worlds n conquer. persuaded his friends
- rut ID 500 o0o and with il purchased
cudahys plant. organizing At the same
tins the Tennessee Packing and stock
ards Corapanv 70 take i over With
this foundation he eot control Of other
concerns. such as tha Platt Iron Works.
of Dayton. Ohio
,Ssv York CITY first greeted Cummins
N 1909 H came here to establish re
iz-ions with sons hank which would
save him the commissions oil the money
transactions connected with his grow
irz interests He net the late 9. G
I = -
the Ca.negiA Trust COMPANY. VINO per
s9sded hln} 70 buy one hundred shares
.,r. the trust company a. 10 That vas
D!ckiason.s- first step IN unloading his
Csrregie holdings.
Dickinson and Cpmnlins we're un-
usually congenial At the hotels they
mingled with mutusl acquaintsnces. and
each annexed the others friends
cumnins vas interested then in pro
noting the Independent Fertilizer Com
psny. He had gathered a number Of
rnen IN the Southern chen2ical teld to-
eether T C. Meadows and T. X. Ander
sor srorg them and organized the com
.usny under the laws Of New Jersey, with
$4,000 roo capital Dickinson az 'he
eorae time sought control cf the Van
%orden Trust COMPANY and the Twelfth
and Nineteenth Ward banks
cunmins vas unsuccessful ir per
suading !. r Morgan 70 float hs fer
tiiizer company. but In al enough stock
was sold to bring in $4,000 and with
.his an option vas purchased on a con-
tract with the Tennessee Copper Com
ranv for its sulphuric acid. That vas
The only money the fertilizer concern
ever paid out. The option was allowed
10 lapse End the company went 20 sleep
inside of q fortnight
But nevertheless its stock was used
g collateral 10 secure four notes for
$500 00o each. signed ny T. 9. Meadows
Y y Anderson. the Independent Fertil-
izer COMPANY and q Southern fertilizer
COMPANY. With the money realized upon
those notes Dickinson sought 70 buy con-
,rol Of ;he three banks ne was after. lie
fot cortrol. hut merger Of the banks
with the Carnegie Trust Company was
forbidden by the state Banking Depart
men:
The president Of the Carnegie Trust
Company. who had himself been an as
tute examiner in the department. be
came 50 incensed at that interference
that ne drew mp charges against the de-
partment and Superintendent Clark
Williams which filed q volume Of type
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