The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-01-05
The ALLEGED Day GOODS swIsDLE.

Examination MT tho Tombs- ObtaiuinG Goods
ON False Prctcnccs-A Bogus Firm-Thc Evi.
dence. &c.
The examination Of this ease was continued yesterday
Al the Tombs before Justice Hogan Several important
witnesses wers examined, and made some interesting
revelations reference 70 the manner In which bust
ness s Il present conducted In this city me following
testimony taken:-
~. s'i m. .oS q ia the : nrm Of xSss Js~
know Mr. Tbbs; do not know Folgcr; knew the nrm
e e, Sos ns arm ss
to SOC me- think, before tho delivery q any Of the
81 that his arm had cash capital Of So, 900; that
Tbbs had furnished $50 600 and that Foser had fur
do 4 strictly cash business. and only on moderate
scale; that they had liabilities outside Of their bust
Tbbs also said that he had never been in business Sc
fore in this country about October again saw Tbbs
in reference 70 large purchase Of goods made By
stated to Tbbs that the reputation OF Williams had less
encd my confidence In the nrm asked
to the condition Of his business he repeated
his former statement and added that be could furnish
onal capital Of $4,000 $40 0oo the in which
he said this increased confidence In him. next
the operations OF the nrm had excited the suspicious
their creditors, and that detectives had been employed
70 watch Their sore asked MIN ,ners was any reason
$4,000; asked him then what yaIuo of goods he had
on hand and he said about s4oeoo; asked Il he had
IL no had sold goods less than and he replied his
profits had very good; stated then that UNDER
sto,d no shipping large amounts OF goods TO
ncinnati under fcti,ions mark and he answered u
so that they had made some liberal saies TO
be promised tina. time that II he his Grm
In any trouble became embarrassed IN any wav that
had conversation with l. O. Klinck; can't say the
day, but was at the station house; asked him to tell
me about the transactions which be had had with Foger
he said he mot; asked hin, how much he had paid
hcm for the goods be bought he said ths! he had given
them SO 000 he added that no had raised this money
Foger Tbbs paper; no exhibited 10 me invoices Of
goods which be said represented portions Of hts pur
deducted apparently discount OF onethrd, which he
said he had got from the bill prices; the prices In the
the market; he snd be had disposed Of portion Of The
goods at Cincinnati at good advance; that was the sub
s crossesamipsdi think Klinck said that rogsr
Tbbs wanted TO raise money, whom said that he had
got 70 600 on their paper he did not say that he had
he had asoctaned that he could purchase these goods
satisfactory price; KlInck told me, o. rather re
pcAtion certain bank IN This city for loan Fol-
ger Tibbs, paper; he said he knew about that and
not remember anything being said about note
bearing L. Q. Klncks name - agent; / asked how
paper; he replied that the firm wanted money, and had
persuaded the Colonel ~ friend 70 raise some fog them
ucaun0t that knck said no g0 the money on the note
given 90 Degraw; do not remember that he exhibited
70 receipts he sad that he had already paid 5000
for the goods but did not that he had paid Thorn
900 more, that he bad placed that amount In tho
handle Of anyone else 10 pay them was subscriber 70
the Mercantile Agency the time sold goods 10 Foger
Tlbbe and obtained Information ~ to the standing
OF that lrm from tie AGENCY; part Of that Information
received verbally and part In writng decline 10
produce the paper sent me- unless ordered by tho court
For the that both the written and verbal
nicntons were confidential.
VIM. W. Wright Of Cincinnati, Ohio, sworn-Ths
name Of my Arm IL Wright, Dalton a Coleman; we
Ia the auction and commission business know Leonard
g. Klnck: saw him FIRST In Cincinnati on the 9th OF
November 1906 he gave then his card and address,
went 70 tho place named on the card, No 13S West
Fourth street, according 10 appointment; thero
quantity OF goods thors did not observe the marcat
the time, but saw u atterwards; va diamond and
an initia advanced 5000 on the goods; the goods
were delivered 70 charge In the building they were
in; don't think there was any furniture In the place
but there might have been little; think received
the original invoices Of the goods 10 Knck; Of
the invoices he'd the heading on on the other the
heading was only partly taken on; personally
examined The goods which We received nom Klinck
witness was here shown Folger fibbs saesbook and
stated thas he had sold goods Of tho description
those referred 70 n'the book, page forty eSh he had
sold the same number Of Of the mo goods (wit
ness then further examined the book and pointed ont
number OF entries corresponding 70 the goods which he
had sold for Leonard g. Kinck) the goods bFoughwhen
sold seventy eighty cents yard Thought the goods
would have brought one hundred cents; u was mot
part Of my arrangement with Klnck That the goods
we're 70 brna eighty csuts and that Knck could buy
them In " the prices did nos suif him
The further examination of this witness Wa then
postponed until this morning, q nine O'Clock, and the
Court adjourned.