The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-04
Hearing in Overall Case to
Be Held in Rutland
Before Webber
ALLEGATIONS BY
MRS. G. w. MTXTER
Says Mohawk Business Has Been Mis-
managed, that Hooker Drew Salary
Without Rendering Any Service and
Others Were OVerpaid.

Without Rendering Any Service and
Others Were overpaid
A hearing OF much Importance Will take
place in Rutland Dec Il, when facts will
be presented to NJ c Webber. master.
upon which Mr.. Webber will assess dam
ages in the case Of the Hooker. Corser &
Mitchell Co. OF Brattleboro. makers Of
overalls and other garments. against James
F. Hooker. William H. Corser and
Charles D. Whitaker, who left the Brat
tlcboro concern and established a similar
business in Schenectady. n y, under the
name of the Mohawk Overall Co, now the
Mohawk Clothing Co Various phases of
the case having been fought ont in the
courts of Vermont and New York and the
United States supreme court, and the
Brattleboro firm having won in all the
courts. the question now comes down TO
the actual assessment Of damages
The Mohawk Clothing Co is now in the
hands Of Il receiver, appointed on the peti-
tion of Mrs Mary T. AIixter OF PhiladeI-
phia. one Of the stockholders, whose has-
band succeeded James F. Hooker as
president. but that does not prevent the
recovery Of damages a. the suit Of the
Az
run against the Mohawk Co, but against
the three Stockholders individually.
In her application for the appointment
| of a receiver Mrs. Mlxter stated in the
legal papers that about the time of the in
corporation of the Mohawk company she
invested Sf2,J0O cash receiving 125
shares of the 1 .03I shares actually out
standing, the par value of which is
Slo3,IoO. Thereafter she assigned one
share To her husband IN order to qualify
! him aS "a director - that he could be
iconyersant with the eompany's affairs
! The balance of the stock she AYERS Is
| held as follows: James f. Hooker. S.I5.-
! 600; Charles ID, Whitaker. SO 900: VIII
/ liam IT, Corser, S1J000; also the follow
! ing shares paid for in some other manner
than cash: y, Edward Hobart, 10 shares:
/ sherman \, NeQuaide, 10 shares: Her
! bert y Wiley. 10 shares: George w.
| MjNter. II shares. including the ona share
assigned to hmm by his Wife: Thomas #.
/ Kelley, 10 shares; Joseph A. Donovan. to
shares
She says that since t'5r Incorporation OF
! the Mohawk concern Hooker Whitaker
and torscr. owning "a majority of the
stock, have completely dominated its al
fairs. and she rccites that before the con-
Germ was Incorporated the three men last
f.! mentioned We're IN similar hu~ness in
| BruttIeboro and says that she. having con
tdence in their ability invested her money
i'm the corporation they were about to
form. without amy knowledge on her part
that there was any Gaim whatsoever that
the three defendants should not enter in
the same line OF business.
To Comply with Injunction.
Mrs. Aixter says that ON Nov. II. 1914
Mr.. AIixtcr. who since the resignation oi
James F. Hooker has been president oi
the Mohawk Clothing Co, Inc. formerly
Icalied the Mohawk Overall Co. was served
with a notice signed by Hooker. Corse1
and Whitaker. in which they told him
that the supreme court of Vermont. il
the suit (which You have had knowledge
Of had handed down an opinion affirming
a former dccrctal order in the state o
Vermont In the notice served on Mr.
Alixter which is made a part OF Mrs
MiXters application for a receiver. Hook
er. Corser and Whitaker told him thai
they owned majority of the stock, that
two of them were directors and that we
therefore give YOU notice that as soon a>
such order is served upon lis we shall ust
every possible effort, both as officers anC
stockholders of such corporation, to lit
orally comply and compel the corporation
to comply with the terms of such iniunc
ton order.
The injunction order referred to wa.
that Hooker, Corser and Whitaker be re
strained and perpetuallv enioined from
employing certain statesmen, Mixter, Dono
van, Kelley and f. l.. Hallock in a simi
lar capacity in which they were formerl,
/ employed by the Brattleboro firm, anC
from hindering or preventing Oscar ]
| Dion, \. Edward Hobart, Sherman Nc
| tQuaide. Adonis Dion and Mrs Sherman
/ NlcQuaide from entering the employ of tn
| orator (the Hooker. Corser & Mitchell
/ Coz and from using the trade lists of Gus
II toners or secret information of the busi
Il ness of the orator.
II Mrs. MiXter says that in the action il
II Vermont the Mohawk Co. never wa
Il made party, and that to enforce the in
II junction order against the company an,
II so prevent the statesmen from selling tn
II product would work irreparable injury t
II the business; that Mr.. Hobart is superir
Il tcndent. Mr.. McQuaide is chief cutter an
II designer and Mrs. McQuaide is forelady c
Il the factory, and that were they to be di,
II charged it would necessitate shuttin
down the plant and would cause a con
III plete eruption of the business.
II NIismanagement Charged.
II Under paragraph 16 Mrs Mxter aver
II That the affairs OF the said corporatio
II Mohawk Clothing company, Inc, since i
4 l.