, 1873-02-01
The Cook County National Bunk
Trying to Find Out,
Another Effort to Smoke Out Mum & Scott's
Silcnt Partners.
We're All the Elevator Men in
the "Ring P"
Geo. Armour Tells What Ue
Knows About Mllnn's
Troubles.

Troubles.
The hearing of testimony for the lofenco IN
tho caBo Of tho Cook County National Bank Us.
George Armour e. Co,-nn action to hayo
George L. Scott George Armour, Abort A.
Munger, Hiram Wheeler, g, ". Wheeler, G. H.
Whoo1er, Jas. II. Mckay, porry II. Smith, aud
George L. Dunlap adjudcated bankrupts as
partners In tho firm Of Mum & scott,-was re-
suned bcforo Judges Dlodgott and Hopkins, In
the United States District Court, yesterday
morning.
TESTIMONY OF GEORGE ARMOUR
George Armour, sworn Am Of tho persons who
signed agreement In reference to tho Joint elevator
business thoro saB arrangement bstweon the par
eeya.ors es ueu' psor to lie sgnns o q tho tho
agreenent; tho agreement in wrtngt and between
charisa " Wheeler; business was % done a Under tho tic
agreement some two or threo years, receiving and
espg @ t. % a T N5tS ss 5
ssssss r.: IL fsaF s 81 %ss sss.
ei Hiram Wheeler. Ghatlea s. Wheeler, George +
Understand t., On tho asa Of september last Itf1m
day. and TINT he (Nlunn} wished IN interview in tin
eo a Mo
house that Or o'clock Mann camS -, hsre
aS
Embarrassed an9 were not snle 60 on in tho eleva-
tor buainess any ongeFEthat there wore gooa many
amount would bo duo thu nox day, and unless thoso
se @f;e man E' 10 not enough
store 10 redeem them; Ho proposed 10 surrender
torest, md to Do il Immediately i lnass 6s done"
he said, "and tho receipts protected" No talked TINT
qnss5ns a1 ID o % ss ss an %
o said besides tho receipts TINT IN tho banks to
III e sy Tsaa ss Ss as
Of corn. ue proposed to enable to take possession,
and 60 On and protect these receipts and put Us Il
n e FL s sns ss on vses es
next morning III tho rst conference he proposed to
1ost morning It 5aWe oe and Iunn
authorized to draw up quitclatm deod, and NO were
decd and handed II to Minl tho nost tGnosss
n ss gS the vas "a N s dssa hs ont
Num- aiunn's other Indebtedness: It waa malaiy
regard to other lRdeb,odness q Mum L Scott, in-
controversy, md, soma to tho Casanova Bank, and
RhucrlAn-$9600 or aotno Bucl amount He always
s e Il sS % s eas os
number Of days before wo took Possession Of tho
s Ps' e. D. Sas a as ass
tc1a his particular friends, end uhca shoy
&C. @ L. ~ IL Se
get through without being put into bankruptcy did
% 9 m eas nS hsar o poe
held BY tho Cook County National Bank until told by
Ct them NJ demand Hno was Eye & 4S
sx = RsRes 5s.as ssaed in 6s name Mnan
vtauals who signed the agreement concerning tho
warehouse busneas. Do not know anything about
ease never }caea il according to the Lest Of my my
anowsge l. = million n aaa hat 9f aoars %
f. ii i
i coss-s9amsnsd: DO not think hnve tho agreo-
f. pessnG that It II ,aea sEeat
have seen #; havo had no occasion to uao It, aud
haro not looked for It, considered 1t superseded by
Of George Armour 4 Co. formed about tho sd Of
septen bsr l.st, or few days efeEward. There were
Thls agreement Is IN my oflce. do not think my
a sd Is IL aoun a Il tho o 4eassn ss
Warehouse recoipts,-not all money, but soue
ssnngs u Tho elevators The nrm have
ser could aot reeo'iest how much @ Il gram m Vas in
were 100000 buahoa also and bush-
els. know of no accounts duo Mum i Scott for
have heard Of any Bills receivable Or accounts out
standing; Il there had been my would hayc been
fer 81 ho property BY neans q quit clam decd Mr
Scott menaged the elevators principally; Mum at
any warehouse receipts signed, in The handwriting
81 either Of them; & The clerks 9 % usually sign
1a6o e. s asTsad ~ 81 @ % asGfs sS
hns nos been paid do not know ihat it was storage
9n a ;h ss in s q1
Was part Of both these receipts have not been can
Q.-Nho owna tAen7
The Court could not SEQ tho portinency Of tho
question. -.
Mr. Campbell said tho allegation was that the
hr1n Of Num- Il Scott transferred tho property
Ind nssoss Of the firm to George Armour. 4 Co.
rauding their credtors.
The Court said tho transfer was not denied
70 witness had stated any faot from Which il
ould DO Inferred that, ut tho ti,no they received
hia transfer, they had reason to believe tht
hrtieB were lnBolVent,
Mr.. Campbell said il that waa MI admitted
act, he did not want to 60 any further. Coun
el had not admitted it, and le could not pre-
A1r. Jewott remarked that the firm had paid fo
he receipts, aud owned thom.
Redirect examination: know Of no asaeta that II
lieh the grain Ind earned before tie 23d Of ser
nber.
~ ended the testimony.
TIE COUNSEL Pon THE PETITIONER
lined that, In 1864, partnership was forme
wocn Mum & Scott, Armour, the tire
--'--s, Mckay, Smith, and Dunlnp; that til
Of tho partnership was Mum & Scott
t~hat from that tims till now taoro neve
"A pae..3 but ono firm Of Mum d; Scott know
ntarmyns s|dy; that they had one Office, ono set o
noks, 9ne set Of managing mon; that no on
Us over told, and no notlco was ever given til
pblic In any way, that there wero two FIRMS Q
1aun l. Scott; that tho chnractor of tho busl
.nae they wero doing. particularly appertaine
taho wntehouBing md shipping OF grain an
TIT it was fraud IN Law for two moubors Q
TIT firm to use tho firm name In and about til
gueral business, and, when 1t turned OH
to be hazardous and resulted in lost
n In nllnxad tn asrnn. f1ut fha nnna