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Show BANCROFT HISTORY CO. Us Affairs to bs Investigated by the Courts. cium.c itnivsr Tin. iisroiiiiv lilt trlciiils Acciko tlio Olhrr SI Jo of louilrarj nllli Iutrtil o lltfrAtll. HnnDclalmtltoraconnccieJ wltlilbe iubl!cat!on of booka by Hubert ltotvu llAurrolt, author of "Natlvo Kaoea of (hu I'aclllo Btatcs," "Hlitoty of Iho rIBo 8ltM, (the latter liicluJItiR a history of Utah) and other vrorki.haTo bwn for n long tlmo In n rather muJ-tiled muJ-tiled condition. The aflalra of the llancroft Hlitory company, iaa the Hau Franclaco tiroiuo'e, are to be aired In a ault brought by Uoorgn II. Morrl-on Morrl-on against K. J. Htonu anJ others, In which the Iilalntll! allcin couiiilraoy belwiiuUtooe, J. Ii. Hebert and A. H. Latham. On Monday a lury wna accurwl and next liny the trial of the ault commenced. Thu entire rnoritlni; waa oc.uilid by opening ilaleiurrita of the two allies, II. II. Mlt-lioU telling the (litntllTa aide o! Iho atory and J. 0. Carol bell, coached by tlio associate rountel for thedifene, I'ntrlck Hedd), ixplaliiluglutlia lury what they pro-oied pro-oied td 1 rove. C'ampbvll'i opening atatemont wai rather atatillin; In lis nature. In npllugto Mr. Mltctiill he awcrted that a Ucep conspiracy waa lUtclirJ Into by Iba 1 ruitdeut of Ino llanorolt com. l.iuy and the plnlntlu. 11a descrlliud II. II. Jlancrolt nt a man vho worahlpod but one coil, Ilia roJ of (.olil, aud aald that whllo In Metlcu lie ion i (rod with Murrlii in to rob Hume ol nil ttiuttenllli wlili.li jturs of Induitry had netted(hli:i. The auli ll iullu u teiitatlsuftl one and the teatlmouy promlira t ) devilop nome rathtr atartllnir, (acta If It It la nut lutshnlt by n noii-iult, which la the end to which Metara. Catubell and lteddyaro now tlgYotlti. tbelr unthe llorti. The plalnlltl, who It a atoikholilor, director and vice prealduut of the Hlitory cirapauy, cliuriira that K. J. Hlont, while lie oicu) kii the altloii of Tlcc naltlrnt otiganml In a conspiracy conspir-acy with J. Ij. Herbert and A. U IiOlham, who wero Interested In the corporation In a minor cajaclty, tu delraud the corporation, lor their own portonal aggrandltomect. MorrUon'a alltgatlona aru to thu til rt that HtJlie organized the racllla 1'ub-llstilui: 1'ub-llstilui: comiany, and with the aid of theothertwodefendanla turned over tlio bualnita ol the aubacrltlou and lerlal Ue artment of the llancroft com- uny to ibe new toniuny. Aa thla waa the moat profitable branch ol builntra which tne History comiany had ever ilnUeiUsiu, the lattir mlMi'd, and thu atoiklioliicra found their ttoLk dtpreclatlui; In yalm. 1 ho tubacrlptlon una aeriul tltparimuut, which embodied In Ita work the publication pub-lication of buoka In the Hpatilsli UnjiiUKB uud their ante In Mexico and Central Ami rlca, waa undertaken In January, 1888, and aluco that time alxty eliiht dlvldinda were deilared and paid to the amount of JSSO.OOO rhla valuable work, ao Mr. Morrlaou atterla In hli complaint, thu detendanl Hloru appropriated to hlmielf for the l'aclflo 1 iibllaliiiig comiauj, and thereby tho HUtory company loit valuable ngenclea nu 1 altre held for theaaloof Ita ublliatlom. Morrliou demanded In wilting that the director! ruould oaumeuce ault against Htono for $311,01 U damages, but they neglected to do to, and he louiraeuced the Hilton hi own bihalf, Tho OMog of teatlmony waa com menced Tutalay olloruoou, but It did not I rogreta very far oa the attorney lor the plalnllU bocanie allirhtly llooredona legal technhallly whloli Mr. IteJdyaprangou thu court, audau adjournment waa taken to ttlvu Mr Mitchell an opportunity to look up uuthorltlea. The lalutlU waaon the aland, and alter leatlllii to the ttock ho poasi med aud tho demand he made on the board uf Ulreckira to (.ominunu. a damage ault agaluat ritone, Mr. Had ly otlcmi ted to abow that the matter was not oonaljiruj at a legal meetlug i f the director, and furtl er-mora er-mora Hut there la no uvlJeuce that the llrectora refined to brlug the ault. "Iho mluutia allow," bilii Mr. Iledd), "that action ou Mr. Morrlaou'a demand was almply oonud In-ilellnltely, In-ilellnltely, and If toe board did not refute re-fute to brlog the ault Mr. Morrison had no authority to oommeucu this action." Jud,o Levy renmrkr 1 that he would like to tee aomu autliorltlos on the epilation aa to whether liideilultoost lonemeut constituted arelusaluti the I art of the board of dlrritora to brlug theaull, unj auggented that If It did not It settled thu present ault. I he tabu went over till this point ol luwCJUld be settled. |
