Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-20
Denied Himself That Com
pIainant Might Get Big Re-
d turns, Asserts Counsel.
son STARTED TO WORK
FOR SALARY OF So A WEEK
Lawyer Asserts Allegations Are
i FRAUD" but Not Called
III Such.

with convincing argument Robert
n. McCarter began a summing up to-
day in the case of Mrs. Emily Os-
borne, of SIS Arlington avenue, East
Orange, against Walter d. Osborne.
president of the c. s.. Osborne Com
pany Mr.. McCarter spoke %convinc-
ingly of the in which the
business Of the C. S. Osborne Com
pany had peer conducted, and he
showed emphatically the interest and
effort on the part of Mr.. Osborne, as
executor of the Jasper c. Osborne
estate. in caring for the estate and
looking after the needs and interests
of the family of the late Jasper C.
Osborne
The attorney vehemently scored the
complainant for her accusations of
Mr.. Osborne and declared that the
latter had allowed his own interests
to suffer at times in order to provide
for the widow and her family of
seven children.
Is Charge OF Fraud"
.'Stripping the bill of complaint of
all its legal phraseology," said Mr..
McCarter, sit simply means to imply
that these defendants nave fraudu-
glently raised salaries and Increased a
surplus with the ultimate determine
ssttfon to freezing her tMrs. Emily Os-
ssborne) out.
ITO say tina SUCH is the case is too
absurd for comment. Anyone can see
It is not the case"
At this point Mr.. McCarter, refer
ring to the question of the court rem
sdering a decision in the case, said;
mo service Is more delicate or diff
sficult than that of an equity judge to
alt and exercise his discretionary
powers to the extent of making Judg-
ment In a case of this kind"
started by building Fires"
Mr.. McCarter gave a graphic his
tory of the connection of Mr.. os-
horne with the c. s. Osborne Com
.spany. and his lifework in building up
the business. He began with the
time when Mr.. Osborne, at the age
of Is. "built the fires and swept the
floors"
Gle has learned the business from
"a to q and has grown up in 1t"
SAM he.
He showed that Jasper c. Osborne
had paid $1,000 a year to Walter D.
Osborne thirty years AGO., before he
Antered the firm, and brought o u
I point thai the salary was larger
than Ralph Osborne receives now.
Philemon Woodruff, associated with
Mr.. McCarter in the defense. stated
that the allegations in the bill were
not borne out by the testimony. he
said that Walter ID. Osborne had ar
ranged the share of Mrs. Emily ID.
osborne so that instead of her re-
ceiving So, 800 a year for herself and
/ family. she received between $4,000
and $10.0 900 a year.
wanted business In Family.
.It is said that Mr.. Osborne in 1904
tried to get control of the business of
the C. s. Osborne Company" said Mr..
Woodruff, but ii Is not shown to
have been the case. The force that
tmpelled Mr.. Osborne to purchase a
portion of the Jasper c. Osborne stock
was to initiate the gradual elimina-
ton of the stock from that estate and
place ii in his own family
Mr.. Woodruff pointed out that there
had been a large falling off in the sad
ilery business, which has necessitated
q corresponding decrease in the
amount Of dividends.
Speaking of the surplus and divi-
bends of the company through years
of high cost of labor and manufac-
fure, Mr.. Woodruff commended that the
business had been carefully n ably
I managed,
THE services performed by the two
sons are worth more than their
salaries Indicate. as has been testified
by other witnesses and as is how by
the present condition of the business"
said MIR. Woodruff.
started on 80 a Week.
The lawyer pointed out that Ralph
osborne. the youngest member of the
i5irm, started to work after he left
Princeton at Sc a week and worked