El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-10

Were you in position to pay oash7"
Might have been" -,7 81,
How much did you give for thaL laHN'
Three thousand dollars 90 ann -,
And you wanted to put 1t IN at So0'00''
81 valued it at that"
''Have you ever sold it," 80 am
mo. c. A. Kline offered me SS0'OO''
probably two months ago .-eo-
THAT was since you severed your Coil-ifb
ton with the paper but when you were W.
the paper, were you able to sell the iaIu'
wouldn't BE In Times Now.
..T6en you offered to pay s35 900 for
stock with land for which you pad $4,000!
4 valued il at $4,000"
do you want $4,000 worth Of stock ~
par although it is worth two for one: II
you do you can get it,"
4 don't want to be in the Times now at
any price. L am very sorry the Times IS IN
the condition it is today. If I owned IT,
you could not buy it for $3.50, 900. I don
want to be in with you people, Mr.. Burgess
You were asked to resign as president
ana you refused?
sAnd you were fired out-you were let
out on a resolution of the board and you
were notified that Mr.. Powers had been
elected PRESIDENT"
yes"
Wanted to Sell for s225. 900.
Mr.. UKeeffe testified that he was au-
thOrized to sell the paper for $225.OOO. AT
the time the deal was on with Mr.. Foster
they stopped it--stopped it right in the
middle of it. Mr.. Powers told me the Times
was not for sale. Ny resignation was de-
manded They afterwards took IN the deal
again with Mr.. Foster"
Mr.. O'Keeffe testified that $4,000 had
been taken out Of the business and spent
should have been used for that purpose.
Well, the money taken was put back in
the business wasn't it2' Mr.. Burgess asked
Yes but it should not have been spent
that way-it starved the office"
what would you have done with the
i would have paid dividends"
wouldn't that have starved the officer"
Il would not have paid dividends with
all the money-only partial dividends That
was what l was working for; what 1 was
hoping for; what 1 wanted to show the
people. Taking money like that got me
down on my knees; made me hustle I tell
you / had a h-il of a time getting money"
Don't get excited Mr.. c. Keeffe" Judge
jackson said You must not use such lam
guage in the court"
Saturdays Examination.
Mr. O'keeffe was further cross ex-
amined Saturday morning
Did understand you to say you
We're offered $4,000 for that land?"
asked Mr.. Burgess.
From c. A Kinne2'
YES"
"Where?''
I'm my Office. The offer was net"
isn't it a fact that you asked Mr.
Kline to sell that land and he told
YOU he could not possibly sell it for
that amOunu?"
He did not tell me that"
How much increase was there in
that property from 1910 to 1912
'Ye s, there was an increase"
Rendered It For $500.
Isn't it a fact that in 1910 you rem
dered the property for S2002"
Il don't know. I paid $4,000"
Have you ever changed that rem
II don't know whether it has been
changed or not"
I'VE were continually in poverty all
the time said Mr.. OKeeffe. refer
ring to the Times. Don't you see that
if I had $4,000 to use and get rid of
the S23,000-don't you see the differ
enceT'
NO, I fail to see it, answered MT.
Burgess.
The Times needs $500 to work on
all the time; 1 feel sorry for the man
that has to tackle that situation"
said O'Keeffe.
"They do not seem to be asking
sympathy said Mr.. Burgess.
aWben You Were Let Out."
Now" said Mr.. Burgess, when you
were let out
81 object to the use of that word,
Interrupted Mr. O'Keeffe.
well you were fired" said Mr..
Burgess, let out on signed resolu-
ton of the board"
q don't know anything about that
They never made any qualification as
t. how long I was to remain as
president, whether it was to be
million years or not. I was to stay
there as long as I was making good"
Who was to be the judge of that
you?"
It and the rest of US"
Didn't you refuse to transfer the
franchise Of the Associated Press?"
Change of Management.
H. IA
Mr.. Powers told Mr. Greer that he had
been elected president of the FL PasO
Times company. I asked Mr.. Powers
II there was anyone he wanted to
put in charge. He said Call in Mr.,
Greer Mr.. Powers turned to me and
said: Mr.. O'Keeffe we expect to dis
pose of this paper in a few days and
Mr.. Greer will be in charge for Mr..
Foster That was the first time
knew that they were selling to Mr.
Foster. although my resignation had
been demanded. Yes. I was to sell
the paper for S250,OO0 and take S25,-
300 as Y commission any way I
wanted.
FuHer's Affair.
"One single item of loss was $4,000
to a man, Fuller, and the time he
went out he was indebted to the COM
Dauy that amount" said Mr.. Burgess.
It advanced that There was no
reason why you could not get it back.
The circulation department" said
O'Keeffe.
On redirect examination Mr.. O'Keeffe
testified that Mr.. Fuller was working
on a contract by which Mr.. Fuller
was to receive the profits.
There were no profits" said Er.
D'Keeffe. HE was to get the net prof
is from the circulation. At the time
II the races the circulation would 60
NJ 1000 or 1900. When the roads in
Mexico were open, the circulation
would go up. At the time I left there,
everything was closed against US"
The Annual Earnings.
"The net earnings of the operating
department We're $4,000. The gross,
$4,000" said Mr.. O'Keeffe. It adj
RANGED the circulation department
$500, which I consider an asset On
Nay. 1913, there was balance in the
Mr.. OKeeffe was given a statement
from which he read, stating that from
March IA, 1911, to Nav 10, 1913, he
had drawn a total of $4,000.
In answer to a question of Mr..
Burgess, Mr.. O'Keeffe stated that the
contract Mr.. Fuller was acting on
was made shortly after he went into
"As a matter of fact, if he had not
oeen getting the business you would
have let him oUt?" he was asked
MT - heeIte answered Yes"
The Times Circulation.
On May "A, 1913. the subscription
was $3.50 and Just a year before that
the subscription was 9159, so he lost
you a 1000 subscribers during that
YEAR,: was asked by Mr.. Burgess.
q don't know. I don't like to dis
,Uss the matter of subscribers. I have
4 great respect for the Times