Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-05
MS BETWEEN
court AND TARIFF
Senator Called in Realty Suit,
but Wants to Be at Ex-
ira Session.
From a stan correspondento

II FOHi u SIAN 1OEFCSpOhuNht3
NEW YORK, April 5.-Whether
United States Senator William
Hughes, of New Jersey, can remain
In Washington during the Congress
sional fight over a new tariff or will
be compelled to be in attendance IN
Part l of the Supreme Court here
next week is the question that will
be settled Monday morning.
At that time Hughes will appear
in court in answer to an order to
submit to an examination by the
court preliminary to the trial of a
civil action in which he has been
named as defendant, Counsel for
Hughes will seek to have this order
vacated so that Hughes can remain
in Washington. but il is understood
that the move will be bitterly OPP
posed by Otto A. Gillig, counsel for
James Longworth, trustee. plaintiff
In the suit pending against the
Junior Senator from New Jersey.
The action to be taken Monday is
TIE first gun in what promises to be
al hard-fought legal battle in which
Longworth seeks to have Hughes
turn over TO him certificates OF. titles
TO bonds of the par value OF 100000
in the Tangier's Manors Corporation.
In letters that passed between Hugh
Gordon Miller, counsel for Senator
Hughes and Mr.. Gillig an adjourn
ment of the trial was sought. owing
to the fact that Mr.. Hughes would
be busy in Washington until after
the adjournment of Congress, and
Mr.. Miller points out that AS a
Democratic senator from the Presi-
dents State it is very important that
he (Mr. Hughes) be present at the
opening of the special session of Con-
gress (Monday, April ID and present
constantly thereafter while the same
Is in session.
In another letter Mr.. Miller writes:
81 understand that he tSenator
Hughes) was to go to Trenton yester-
day. | assume as usual, on some i'm
portant mission for President Wilson,
who, it appears, he is called to aid
in a peculiar way and to a remark
able degree
Just what peculiar way Senator
Hughes is called on to aid the Presi-
dent is rot explained IN Mr.. Millers
letter.
The matter involved in the 500, 900
suit arises out of a real estate deal
in which Senator Hughes appears in
the role of promoter. James Long
worth trustee for the benefit of the
New York and Middletown Realty
Company, alleges in his complaint
that Senator Hughes entered into an
agreement with Anderson 7. Herd
and Frederick j. Quinby. real estate
men, to organize a corporation to ac-
quire and develop certain lands in
the township of Brookhaven, Suffolk
county. l.. l.. that as part of the
agreement general mortgage bonds in
excess of 100000 par value were to
be issued to Herd upon the organiza-
ton of the corporation, and that these
: bonds. Mere to be held in trust by
Senad5r Hughes until November Is,
11s15
Longworth continues in his COM
plant that on January 20, 1910, Herd,
who then had not received from Sen
ator Hughes his certificate of title
and receipts for these bonds, assigned
all his title to 100000 par value of
the bonds to Longworth, that Sen
ator Hughes accepted the. assign
ment that the bonds were issued.
but that Senator Hughes has refused
to hand over to him the trustees
certificates or receipts for the bonds.
It is in order to compel Senator
Hughes to do SO that the present
court proceedings are in progress.
Senator Hughes, through his eoun-
sci, replies to the complaint by MAX
ing a general denial, stating that he
was not to hold the securities on
trust; denies that he has any knowl-
edge of an assignment to Longworth,
and further denies that he ever re-
ceived any such securities as those
referred to by Longworth