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Show ECHO FROM COPPER WAR Question Involred In Rc-cclYersliip Rc-cclYersliip of Big ; Gas Trust I BOSTON, March 13. During the trial yesterday in the case against the Bay State Gas company, brought . by Receiver ..Pepper, who seeks to enjoin the sale of the .Boston Gas company. Perry R. Rogers, a capitalist cap-italist of New Tork, who was on the witness stand. was Interrogated concerning con-cerning Butte & Boston mining matters. mat-ters. Replying to objections vby Mr. Rogers' counsel, that this line of questioning ques-tioning was irrelevant. Counsel Whipple for the plaintiff said:.. "I am prepared to' show that Mr. RogeYs was carrying in his own name for J. Ed ward 'Addicts 8000 shares-of Butte A Boston stock, which we are prepared to ahow was actually owned by the Bay State Gas company of Delaware, Del-aware, and which was the basis of the consolidation of the Butte A Boston, and Boston & Montana with the Amalgamated." Amal-gamated." - - ' A letter written to J. Edward Ad-dlcks Ad-dlcks was read. In which had been sent a check for $15,000 as dividends on 8000 shares held by him In the name of H. H.- Rogers. Mr. Whipple asked Mr, Rogers if he could explain how stock belonging to J. Edward Addicts stood in his (Rogers's) name. Mr. Rogers said that In order to secure se-cure the desired possession of the Butte A Boston company it was essential that the majority of the stock should be held by one party and- the shares in question were placed in his name for that purpose.. "As to its belonging to the Bay State Gas company of Delaware, Dela-ware, this is the first time I have fever heard it definitely and positively so stated." said Mr. Roger. Mr. Whipple aaid that the Butte ' & Boston stock had been bought through the New York firm of Brown, Riley Sk Co. He said also that certain of the books of the company had been burned and that probably those books contained records of the Butte & Boston transaction. trans-action. Later Mr. Roirers said that he probably rurchaed the copper shares fxc-i J Iliwaxd Aiiicks, . |