Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-23
HUGHES ASSERTS
SUIT is 'STR|KE"
MOVE BY G|LL|G
United States Senator Never
Had a Dollar in Tangiers Corr
pOratiOn, He Declares.
[FrOm a stan Correspondence |

NEW YORK. Dec. 23.-United States
Senator William Hughes was not al
lowed by Justice Greenbaum, in Spe-
cial Term, Part 4, yesterday to tell
the story of his connection with the
100000 worth of bonds of the Tangiers
manor Corporation, for which he is
being sued by James Longworth, of
Middletown, Conn, as trustee of the
New York and Middletown Realty
Company, the alleged deal dating
back to 1910, when the Tangers cor
poration was in process of formation.
But Senator Hughes did take the
opportunity to tell of his relations
with the bond matter which was put
over until January 3. He did not
mlnce words in denouncing Otto A.
Gilllg, counsel for Longworth, alleg-
ing that the suit started by Gilhg was
what is termed by lawyers q strike
one, in that it was without real merit
and was only started In hopes that
ttughess official position would cause
hlm to settle it rather than allow it
to come to trial
want to say right now" said
Senator Hughes yesterday, that 1
have never had at any time a single
dollar of financial interest personally
In the Tangiers Manor Corporation. I
am trustee for bonds to be issued in
1918, but except as trustee have no in
terest in the bonds.
II have been getting a lot of un-
pleasant notoriety over this matter
and 1T has been very distasteful to
me, but | have kept silent, as | knew
1t would do no good to try the case
in the newspapers. | will say this
oh laaf 10 haf
newspapers have been misinformed
wilfully or otherwise, by counsel for
the opposing side as 10 the real facts
involved
MIR Gillig has been giving out his
side of the case at great length and
naturally has not brought out any
thing favora bic to me If he could pos
sibly help it, AS ! said before | have
no financial interest in the Tanglers
Manor Corporation.
my only interest in the matter has
been to protect as far as possible the
interests of friends of mine in north
ern New Jersey who invested In the
stock through my advice. I could
have had an interest in the company
at the time it was formed. Could
have gone in ON the ground floor, SO
TO speak, with the men that organized
| 1T, bud | did not for the reason that
| could not raise the money necessary
at the time,
Figured on Settlement,
4 "This man Ginig thinks / have
money. Lord knows | wish he We're
! right, and for that reason brings this
suit against me, thinking and hop
! ing that | would settle the matter out
] of court rather than have it come ia
/ trial and eulbarrass me In my posi-
tion as a United States senator. Hav-
ing no connection with the matter
! except as a trustee holding the bonds
of the corporation naturally | had
nothing to settle and therefore Gillig
presses his suit to trial as he has to
do under the circumstances.
1.-THE 800. 900 In bonds that were as
signed by Anderson T. Herd to Long
worth as trustee for the Connecticut
people, Werc given as collateral for
a. loan of 500 made by NJ. NJ. Rob
ertson, of Cincinnati. to Herd early
in 1910. All this transaction was part
of deal between Robertson, Herd
and the Connecticut people that had
to do with the transfer of some gas
stock in Anderson, Ind. owned by
Robertson to Longworth and the
others for real estate in Brooklyn
owned by them. Herd really figured
in it as the broker but guaranteed
the gas company stock with Tangiers
Manor Corporation bonds, this guar
antee also going to the loan made to
Herd by Robertson.
"When this note for $4,000 came
due Herd failed to pay it and as it
was indorsed by Quinby the latter
paid part of it at one time and the
other part at a later date. BY this
transaction, as | understand 1t, the
assignment of bonds given by Herd
to Longworth became void and the
assignment ran to Quinby as he had
supplied the money to pay the note
signed by Herd.
'"That is the sum total of my con-
nection with the matter at issue and
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