1903-12-05-New York Times-Nixon May Strike Back

New York Times

5 December 1903, page 9

NIXON MAY STRIKE BACK

Interesting Developments Expected at the Next Shipbuilding Trust Hearing.

Interesting developments are expected at the next hearing in the United States Shipbuilding suit, which is scheduled to go on before Special Examiner Oliphant in the law library of Samuel Untermyer on Tuesday.

The cross-examination of Lewis Nixon, President of the defunct combination, will be the first thing in order. It is a matter of more import than appears on the surface of the case. For some little time past talk has been going the rounds of Wall Street that on Messrs. Nixon and Dresser and John W. Young might be thrown the responsibility of the entire shipbuilding undertaking. The declaration of Mr. Nixon before the last hearing that if such a course were pursued with him he would not hesitate to speak freely of what he knew about the promotion and wrecking of the combine has been widely commented upon in this connection.