New-York tribune., 1918-06-01
witnesses who appeared for the gov
ernment Yesterday

witnesses who appeared for the gov
ernment yesterday.
Also Amos II. Stephens, counsel for
the Emerson company, who said he
was also counsel for the Travellers In
surance Company and the Stutz Motor
Company, and whose testimony was in
terrupted by the courts adjournment
Wednesday evening, was put back on
the stand.
Reverting to the subject of Mr.
Stephenss trips to Boston in the en-
deavor to stave off prosecution there,
and his interview with District At
torney Pelletier. Assistant United
States Attorney James w. Osborne, I'd
asked:
When you left Boston on Octo-
Der g.. did you have the impression
that the District Attorney there in
tended to prosecute ?"
II did," replied Mr.. Stephens.
Did you so inform the defendants
Campbell and Emerson on your re-
turn to this city"
The, witness answered that he told
Campbell and Emerson he believed
prosecution could be avoided.
And did you believe the retaining
Of Mr.. Coakley on the terms he had
named was necessary to this end" per-
sisted the prosecuting attorney
"Yes," said the Emerson Motors
Mr.. Osborne later put many ques.
tions 70 the witness, endeavcring tc
learn what had happened at a certain
meeting of the Emersonian principals
where an answer. to The Tribune's
original article on the company's meth
DDS was discussed. Mr.. Stephens ad-
mitted being present on this occasion
He arrived at $3.50, he said, although
he did not seem quite so sure when
he had left. at various times placing
the hour at 9:30, 10 and, finally, al
l0:30.
Reply to Article Was Read
He recalled, however, that Willis
George Emerson, Theodore A. Camp.
bell, William A. Morgan, of Boston;
p. J. Evans and a man he designated
as Mr.. Fleming were present; that a
a typewriter reply to The Tribune's
article was read. But who drafted this
reply he could not recall. Neither, he
said, did he have any idea why he was
summoned to the conference.
AS to the private stock arrangements
entered into between officers of the
company and the defendant Nichols F.
wilson, who operated under the name
of c. r. Berry & Co., Mr.. Stevens as
sured the prosecutor that he was total
ly ignorant on June S, 1916, when he
wrote 9 a letter indorsing the company
and expressing amazement at the res
ignatlon Of John Warren Hill, its for
mer attorney.
Had you known of these arrange
ments,' asked Mr.. Osborne, elaboratelv
specifying all their multiple ramifca-
tlons, would you then have felt that
you could have indorsed the methods of
the Emerson Motors Company
Three times before the opposing
counsel could utter their objections
and the court rule that the question be
stricken out, Mr.. Stephens responded:
II certainly would not"
The defence, though. was unwilling
to let it 60 at that, John w. H. Grim,
representing LoomIs and Riess, brought
out that Mr.. Stephens had, upon ac-
cepting the retainer of the Emerson
Motors Company, made no effort what
ever to communicate with his prede-
cessor, Mr.. Hill, either to ascertain
why the latter HAD resigned or what
MS view Of the firms affairs had been.
And then George Gordon Battle, on be-
half of N. F. Wilson, produced the
minutes of Emerson directors meet
lngs at which Mr.. Stephens had been
present, where many of the arrange.
ments Mr. Osborne had specified were
spread on the record
Then you did know of the existence
OF these agreements" he said, cat the
time you wrote your letter indorsing
the attitude of C. R. Berry & Co. in
this matter?"
Yes" said the witness.
"And you still felt that things were
all right?'
Yes" repeated Mr.. Stephens.
,Postotfice Inspector Williamson told
OF numerous visits to brokers who were
engaged in selling Emerson stock in
1917: On the occasion of his visit to
Mr. Wilson he said the latter admitted
that there was no such man as c. r.
Berry, and that he (Wilson) simply
used this firm name for his own oper-
atlons: Wilson said, the witness testi-
ned, that he had adopted this course
because he had once been indicted
under his own name in Los Angeles.
Mr. Williamson also told Of visit
to- the Emerson factory at Kingston,
N. Y, when T. A. Campbell had as
sured him the firm expected to turn
out 5000 cars during 1917