The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-15
"STEPOUTSIDE"
INVITATION
Given to Counsel for Steel
Corporation Duraing
Hearing
CHALLENGE WAS
NOT ACCEPTED
Special Master Quelled Dis
pute Over Certain
Letters

New York, March ia challenge b
Judge Dickinson, counsel for the gov
eminent in its dissolution suit agains
the United States Steel corporation, t
Richard V. Lindabury, counsel for tn
corporation, TO step out into the hall o
the twentieth floor of the Empire build
ing, II Broadway, where the hearing
is being held, and settle their differ
ences of opinion arising out of an argu
ment regarding certain letters put II
evidence, created sensation yesterday
j. Z. Morgan, jr., who testified later II
the day, sat within five feet of botl
men. IL looked almost as ii fist fight
would follow. Special Examiner Brown
stepped in and requested that the in
quiry be conducted in an orderly fashion
which averted hostilities.
Edward S. Pegram, chief clerk of j. p
Morgan 4 Co. had been examined by
Judge Dickinson regarding certain pa
pers which he was unable to produce
Mr.. Pegram has charge of all letter.
and other documents of the Morgan
firm. Among those he could not ind
were papers covering the Hill ore leases,
Mr. Pegram testified that he had no ac-
cess to the personal letter files of the
firm.
Mr.. Lindabury then took up the ex-
animation of the witness. He placed in
evidence the copy of a letter from An
drew Carnegie TO J. z. Morgan & Co.,
dated Feb. 26, 1901. This letter had
been handed by Mr.. Pegram to counsel
for the government, who had failed to
put it in evidence.
"Do | understand that you do not
wish to place this letter in evidence"
Mr.. Lindabury asked the opposing coun-
sci.
Henry C. Cotton, assistant to Judge
Dickinson, retorted that the paper was
only copy and had therefore not been
placed in evidence.
Mr.. Lindabury then asked why other
papers prod uced were not put in evil
dence. Judge Dickinson replied that the
copies were not absolutely correct copies
OF the original documents.
This brought vigorous protest from
MIR. Lindabury. who asserted that Judge
Dickinson had no basis for making such
a statement
Judge Dickinson jumped from his
chair and walked rapidly over to the
side of the steel corporations counsel
and asked him to step outside and set
tie the matter. Special Examiner Brown
stepped between them and asked them
to take their seats. This ended the ar
gument.
Mr.. Lindebury then put in evidence
other documents which government
counsel had not.
Mr.. Lindabury asked Judge Dickinson
whether he desired to place these docu-
ments on record for the government.
"We have put in evidence everything
we wished to-" was the reply.
Mr.. Pegram was then excused from
he stand, and Mr.. Morgan was called. |
He was in the witness chair about ten
and was questioned regarding |
,apers wanted by the government.
He said that it was the rule of j. p. |
Morgan & Co. to file all letters in the |
Hes, of which Mr.. Pegram had charge. |
lie said, however, that he had not been I
n New York during the period covered |
" the government subpoena. He was
hen excused.
d. G. Kerr, one of the vice presidents
4 the United States Steel corporation.
vas the next witness. Mr.. Kerr pro-
uced papers covering estimates OF ore
of the steel corporation in the
Iesaba range in 1908 and estimates of
oldings of Independent steel manutac-
urers in the same region.