Milford chronicle., 1911-01-13
CAPITOL SUITS
ARE SETTLED
State Receives $I,405,0OO to
End Gases.
DROP CRIMINAL ACTIONS
Accused Pay st,sOO,ooO In Cash and
Surrender Sanderson and Huston
Warrants For St85,o0O.

Accused Pay St,300,0o0 In Cash anc
Surrender sanderson and Hustor
Warrants For sts5,ooO.
The legal actions resulting from the
frauds in the furnishing of the Penn
sylvania state capitol were brought to
a close in the Dauphin county cour,,
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.
The DEGREES require the payment to
the state OF SL300,O0O and the sur
render of warrants by the John H.
Sanderson estate aggregating SlUS.OJ0
and by Joseph NJ Huston. achitecr.
amounting to $1,000. As soon as the
money was paid over the criminal ac-
tions against various persons, not in
GLIDING the action against Huston.
were formally dropped
The cases closed were two actions
in equity and twenty criminal actions
in one case $l,l00.O00 in cash was
paid over and in another $500. 600. In
the cases Of the trust companies the
demurrers were sustained because the
principals having effected a settlement
the sureties could not be held In the
case of I. Lincoln Eyre he filed an an
swer and the case closed without tesd- !
mony being taken.
Special pleas were made by Lyman |
y. Gilbert in behalf of William p. Sny-
der Frank G. Harris. T. 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-
be
The court then made the decree in
( o case against II. Burd Cassel ami
9 Iers, known as the Metallic Furni-
tire case. to this effect:
First-That the demurrers filed by
the Commonwealth Trust company
Harrisburg Trust company, Annie Z.
Barr and the Lancaster Trust COM
pany, executors of sam Matt Fridy.
deceased, are sustained and the bill is
dismissed without costs.
Second That the demurrers filed bv
f. Burd Cassel E. L. Retnho and
E. B. Reinhold, Penn Construction
company. Frank G. Harris, E. b Har-
ienbergh James NJ Shumaker. Jo-
seph NJ. Huston William p. SNYDER
w Roger Fronefeld. executor OF vii
Jam L. Mathues are overruled
Third-That the bill as to T. Larry
Eyre and his sureties, William P. Sly- /
Ter and the estate of Sam Matt Fridy,
S dismissed without costs.
Fourth-That the loss sustained by @
he commonwealth is hereby in ac- a
with the aforesaid stipula-
iOI filed in the case ascertained and o
.ssessed in the sum Of S200.o00.
Fifth-This decree to be satisfied of ! II
ecOrd upon the payment of 100000 q
nd payment of the record costs. %
In the case against the estate of a
and others a statement was
lade to the court by the attorney gen q
raj explaining the differences and e
len a decree was made to this Ell
sct:
HASt-- il45 uristtte teIS Hieu DY ln6
ureties are sustained and the bin is P
ismissed as to each Of said demur-
ants without costs.
Second-The demurrers filed by 10
arris. Hardenbergh SNYDER, Frone- te
cid, Shumaker Huston. the Common eI
aalth Title Insurance and Trust COM C,
any, Dinner Beeber and Pedro G. eS
alome. executors OF S5nde.son. are a.
he