, 1869-08-17
: CHICAGO Dock COMPANY.
suit brought Against the d.
rectors,
Charges Of Negligence
Misconduct Of Mr.. Goodman.

oh1ges Of Negligence
Misconduct pt. Mr.. Goodma r..
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The fraudulent dcalings ot cas1tc4 Goodman,
5r, IN connection with bis c!crfship ID the employ
Of the Chicago Dock Company, arc Developing
themselves into drsr-rste Legal Aeusauonk Young
Goodman stole = considerable Amoont OF money,
ran OF probably without mueh cash IN hand, aud
wandered over the United States With \ detective
altef him for some month";. lie grew weazJ oi
! isolation from tho "f7ends" Of bis "ftst life '
| md returned to hs hone. He does
not seem, to hare been arrested
Ut imprisoned, Notwithstanding there. nre
| several ssatutes that resch nts ease, some Of
| which prescribe heightened term In the StAta
Prison Tor some Of bis o1encss,but. he zcenas 10 b.
treased "a an in-uted Individual: d very lnaz1!r
to the eanss Of honesty: be, tt he T. beleEe only
money ID : vzln endcasor TO recover aftsen dol-
IT. wo Of ,%o1e e'aarse eSssoy 40
gaming table. Embezzlement WAS, T. few years
1zu, made felony in Illinois, and compromising 4
felony Ia common law offence. Both are pun-
F1Ist upon the aGidAnt Of this Goodman suir
vas brought IN the Superior Court asaIust Michael
MrDopAiu, and Michael went to jail because he
could not furnish the NEEDED bail sns aeaou beiue
Ior tert aud euptas issuing for his aryest Nov
sane % eourt, ,ns,laied aains. ,he Directors Of fae
Chicago DOCK conpauF, " a stockao.1eT, n5
means Of which 1t Is hoped 70 bring back into the
conrouJ's treasury the nnounI OF The ahstrlcted
tunds. This I'LL proceeds upon the ground that
the Directors. beiog Charged Nth the supervision
tsey ~ Yio,sied % thsi1 duty Il aoI re9aans @ % eonis
with sufnrient Beur,t!ea (as provided by the cnar
ten. for tho faithful conduct Of their employeA
The bill IL fied BY john IL Dunhau, large
| atckheldtr, for himsel! and such other stock
ho!ders rs ua5 choose to 1ain II the proceeding,
upon the customary termB. The defendants are
mi HFtE1tLn1 fhp
George Nat.on, Solomon Smith, John Maitland,
l6lan Ii1ar. DItctors: and Samuel S. Atwater,
sud now s1ocfaold-r. BY Inc rec..Ma Of hs Bill,
Mf. Durham evidently .11stselteves some perllons
OF so1pg Goodmaa's af1darit lately pnDtlshed
MI, DDnham hints at TIC share Of fast u women
In the dnanc,ai embarrassment {potey so c.llt,,
Of the eMbexz1er anu thIef.
The bill rs Substantially al f0pxr:
The complainant In this cause states thu: By an
&c: OF FeoEua15 - lsda, Dean hehnond. John
Peter L Toe md George watson (and shrr ESQ.
c1atets, were created corporation by the name OF
the Chicago Dock Company. the act proEldlng
lars In one hundred dollar shares), with the Hght
to organize aud proceed to- business when f191 100
Tas sussss.osa y sssoeo were pa,a u III i r. =
exercised by Board Of Directors, to WHICH 5oaEl
M2B given the power to euact hy-lAwa Some time
thereafter the organization HAs completed and
business VAS commenced by the company, as
authorized by the charter, tho business being that
o. general wArehouslux and storage, and from
tnaI the capital STOCK has been taken until 1t
amounts to fSN',1O0- or this STOCK the complain
mt holds e75 shnres, Of the par value Of Sse 39o
tors of the. company vas composed Of cliaton
HnEga, solomon Smith, George Whteon, John
Maitland snd Lyman HIal1, Ht'ggs. being prss-
on1eers we're President, rtce President ssere-
such sui en- employ s the ii Dlfsetora e saed from ne
Samuel \. Atwater talso detendanp was Score
the eth dag OF JnIJ. 1863. Atwater rendered hts
resignation Of the position he held, when motion
10 accept was laid up1n the tab!e And he contin.
ued to &c. ia hIs dul capacity unt Tue lst q Feb
ruary, 1859. when hts feslgnatton WEB accepted.
BY the charter Of the company the Dtrectors
rules and regulations for the conduct Of sts bust
ness, Is Ia claimed, IN tEuEt to render secure the
q o. ns aoa aaS
OF bad faith upon the Part Of officials, aad " q
further provision the Directors were required 70
suclent bonds 70 secure theal In the faithful per-
Iof1nance their serefll duties, and that in case
OF *rongtoing the shareholders might be lnaenn'-
Pursuing its business, the company received
large SUMS OF mOne1. and. between July. 1857,
aud November, 1bGS, 1t held large SUNS, IN the
earning receipt, nnd expenditure o. which It cul-
nto,e., nnnbes q re.sonS fnsiodlaE .a!, har,
ana Trsasurer and one Charles Goodman. u clcrt,
who bad access to tho money. nearly all Of which
Wiz under The management and ia the keeping Of
these TWO nen- Goodman was employ ed ns gen.
eral CLERK. In that capacity being authorized TO col
lect and dIsbutse fuLds In connection with the
spast Il IN IL
TO facilitate hts pay neuts the Treasurer entrusted
70 hun cheeks signed 10 banE, paJatte to h!s or
MI up and uso BY means ol these drawing the COM
pany's money. Goodman WAS also allowed to
haye % The s9e Of the
keeping; Rnd Tins the dnAucia1