The Washington herald., 1911-04-19

lid he exhibit to you a contract he had
made with the Hirsch syndicate?"
Mr. Hammond did not remember.
The original contract was produced and
shown to Mr.. Hammond and he was
asked whether he had seen 1t. He re-
piled ''he probably saw it" Mr.. Ham,
mond's attention being called to a ca
blegram by Mr.. Sully in which the word
success was used, said that Mr.. Sully
went to Europe to sell certain rights to
the Hirsch syndicate, and that on May
16, 1910, he cabled, Success, will be able
to give you full particulars on my re-
turn Mr.. Hammond said he thought
this meant a complete success, and not
L success contingent and dependent upon
the examination Of experts.
Letter Shows Attitude.
The following letter of Mr.. Hammond
to Mr.. Baker. of London. in which Mr..
Hammond's attitude is stated. was Of
fered in evidence:
April IS, 1910.
IF. W. Baker. London:
Il have seen Sully, who has just re-
turned from England and have discussed
with him Doremus gin matters. When
I cabled you I was under the impress
sion that Sully was about to make a def
mite agreement involving the payment of
some considerable money before further
investigation by your experts. In view
Of the unsatisfactory tests that were
made at the time l cabled you, there
was nothing else for me to do but to
acquaint you with the facts of the case
and to let you know that in my opinion
the gin was still in an experimental
stage. Sully contends that the expert
taI -, hA
not competent to express an opinion.
and 1 am inclined to think there are
some good grounds for his contention.
although am free to admit that the
subject is one upon which l can express
no opinion worthy of consideration. I had
the gin examined by first-claSs experts
before the last examination was made.
The experts who made the first examina-
ton I am inclined to think were more
competent to express an opinion than
those who made the last examination.
at least as to certain crucial features
of the gin. The first opinion was de-
cidedly favorable.
Il have decided to have two gins built
on my own account during the time Of
your option, which. with the gin you
intend building. should enable US to
definitely determine the commercial value
CT the Doremus gin.
Il do not wish you to have any idea
that there Is any objection On my part
to having your people associated with
me in this business, but l was actuated
solely by the desire to prevent any mis-
conception on your part and the possible
loss of money by you. Sincerely yours,
JOHN HAYS HAMMOND"
Mr.. Hammond said that he financed
the enterprise, bue did not contract to
gay Mr. Sullys personal and private ex-
penses. He admitted that he was the
president Of the National Cotton I'm
provement Company, which passed a
resolution to pay Mr.. Sully's living ex-
penses
Referring to Mr.. Sully's Southern trip
in the interest of the cotton warehousing
scheme. Mr.. Hammond said that Mr..
Sully had plagarized this scheme: that
MIR Tompkins was the originator of the
same, and that, Furthermore, he (Ham-
mond) had received a letter from a gen.
tleman down South saying that Mr. Sully
was not the man TO finance an enterprise
of such magnitude. Attorney Cuttings
requested Mr.. Hammond 10 produce proof
of his assertions. which Mr.. Hammond
promised to do
The hearing will be continued this aft
ernoon at o'clock