, 1873-11-12
An Interesting Question in Bank
ruptoy Raised
Gan . Debtor Do Examined Before Being
A4juaicatel q Bankrupt
The Other Side Of the Scll1,bertll
.A1Imony C,lsct
An Immenss Amount Of Bankruptcy
Business Transacted Yesterday.

bcforo .hu llan boon AulHu'caIoa ps'n'"P''
nindskopf, Darbo & Go. filed petition agalnst
Salley b Carson, a donfal was onterea' anu No.
fore tho caso WITS triod, on petition oi saia
creditors, Nh order was 6nt6f6d By Judge b!ou'
rett for IN examination Of The debtors on Nov,
/ 1874. An opplicatlon was 1naio In tho District
Court to have this order Vacated; hut overrulcd,
mud tho caso was takon to ths Circuit Court
The debtors urge that the petition is Insufficient;
that lie Court Ind no power to mako such ofdar
before the creditors Ind proved their cai'na no
mower to make auch order before hoariug on tho
Issue Of their bankruptcy; and, finally powcrloHs
to make such an ordor III any involuntary pro
ceo,Iiug, THO only roal question WINS, whether
.aunl, m examination could bo Ind bcforo tho
debtors wore aajudcatol bankrupt: The Judge
took the case under adviBelnouti md will decide
1t very soon.
T.. - !, .EJEorMENT. -,
An action in ojoctmont for 5f0, GOO damages WIS
begun by Jn,nes II. Gilbork againHt John L.
Mullen anl Mrs. Tooncy, to obtain possession OF
Lot 10, q. j. 1Iull's Subdivision OF Block 0, and
all that part Of Block 10 lying weat Of Blue
Island avouuo, iu the Canal TrusteeH' Subdivis- |
ion Of the 8. i. X Of 500. II, 50. IA.
Another action WINS commenced by tho same |
plaintiff against JOHN II 0fulien Mtchaol Ryan, |
James Ryan, aud Mrs 1oonard tor 1ilse damages,
to got posscHsion Of Lot 8. III @. ]. Hulls Sub"
division of Block 0. and all TINT part Of Lot 10 |
lying west Of Blue island ayenuq, being on the
corner Of Hope street and Blue Island avonno.
A third suit waB brought against hlullan John
Mack, md = Handon to recover Lot 9, II tho
came subdivision as tho above, and claiming I.
II Tho usi National t % Banh of Illinois eutoroa up
judgment by contession aa, against ben1amin Lom-
bard on noto Of 50, ,000, :.
Horny H. Nash also entered up. Judgment
by virtue Of power Of attorney oag ag.lnSt " ben1a
min Lombard for tho Bum OF 35, ,03s.35.
TIE OTHER slDE.
Some timo ago. Bertha Solluberkh tlled bill
in the Superior Court, showing. pitifnl oase OF
mBp1acod confidence, and the dire results OF iov-
her' boLtor-half had not wooed her in tho ordI-
| nary way aud vowed to take her for bet
tor or worse, but had been con-
strained thoreto By certain procoodings com. :nn.
her husband had refused to live with her or
| support her. An order WAS made, on her show
ing, for Celcstn to pay s5o alimony i1nnedato- T
ly, aud $50 monthly thereafter. Yesterday the
when tho baatardy proceedings were commenced
t against him he Was an unaophisticatad youth Of
26, and was much frightened by tho thoughts
consontod marry snid Bertha. Dntso far from his
noglocting to live with her 1t is tho reyerso. He
states that he attempted to make the best Of q
BAD bgrgain and anked her her to e. home , to ,lt t
ahe uttorly refused His timo has, during
tho Inter part Of Lis minority, been
given to him, and he is willing to support hor Us
best he can, but would bo utterly unable to pay
tie amount decroed for her separate tnRlnte-
nance, aud asks that tho order be set aside. Tho
summons, no says, was served on h,m, but he
being almost unable to read tho English lan-
guago, on seeing tho name Of rhilip Stein,
whom lle acknowledges is dot the war'nest
friend ho has, and thinking it only request to
call at SteinA office, ho put it away without any
further attention, until hc was surprised by tho
service OF tho order to pay tho 500.
| The case il Romowhat peculiar. Like the
IIartung case, which caine mp eomo time ago in
tho Criminal Court, the defendants wero com.
pelied, or partly induced and partly roa.ened
5ee %a1fsSo5 sse agsnst asm ~
rather q doubtful advantage which is gained by
such forced marriages. though. the criminallty
which had placed those mon In snoh positions
cannot in the least be extennatea, and IL
such heartleas and brutal conduct in
regard to the woman ho had wrongcd thst little
or no sympathy was duo. ln thls case, how
, ever, if tho defendants statements aro true
!, tho proceedings against him wore only to oxtor
, , money on chnrgo, as he asserts, wholly false
nAEKnupTCY 1TEM8.
: Robert E, jenkins WAS appointed Provisiona
= . Assiguce Ut tho estate OF Ezra 3. Lincoln,
In the case Of Abraham Il. Covert, rule wa
: entered for petitioners to show cause, this morn
ing, why the patition should not ba dismissed.
EdwmId noaH Withdrew his denial, md Was ad
ju,licatol bankrupt, and tho warrant made re
,rAo do1lial Of Isaao Huas was withdrawn au'
he declared bankrupt, and d warrant issued, 70
= turnnble Dec. 15.
Y Otto Hartung ct al. were adjudicatod bank
1sRs' 1ss and tho warrant ~'a' f''0f0*'' D''' It
- TLe case Of the Princeton Farming Conapan
:" Was tried on q denial Of bankruptcy. aud vol
y dict rendered against them. - warrant waH ii
10 Hnel fnr Doc. II. 1873.
10 An order for q. SECOND and third meeting Wa
Il made IN tho case Of strckler d Co., TO be hel
g In tue case Of Joseph Bickorton ct al. a rul
u was iHsued for tho examination Of tic debtor
ID boforo Hbbard on tho 18th inst.
ID Thomas g. Williams aud James Thomas, {
~ Il. Bocwith l. Sons, Of Chicago. grocors, clain
~ ~ ing S467. SO due them for tobacco sold. got
of tionorB nllege that the debtors have made
l. preferential settlement, on hasis Of 90 cents
~ and also made u fraudulent tranafer of $50!
-. ~ worth of whisky to Now York creditor. ru]
OF to show cause on tic 21at day Of Novembe
III 1878. WAS issued.
"a default and warrant Issued returuable Dec.
+, 1873.
lr. Frank r. Aiken withdrew his denial, and vi
II. adjudicated bankrupt by default, aud warral
in issued rotufnable Dec. II, 1873.
4. OppenBtoin was alao declared bankrupt
II. default, and tho warrant made returnable Dc
IL 1s, 1878.
q. W. Upton. AZ Assignee Of tho Great Wes
Ia tern Insurance Oympany, recovered . judgme
against Zona p. Hanson for S8445.
~ COUNTY COURT.
Fl, o. Collins was appointed guardian.
litom of Catherine ConnorH, Oh tho petition Of t!
ir- admiuiBtratrx to Hell tho real estate.
ro- The will Of Gustav Schroeder WAS proved, q
I'LL letters tcaamentary grantedto Bertha Schroede
~. uuder bond Of 35G00
%a ,us II the estate of Edward ". Griffin, the ole
he OF Deeclor t. uolliHter for 81, ,S44.27; also t
3D. claim Of @. II. Reno for $107,96 aud Dauiel
,lo Rhodes for @10D.48.
In tho estate OF Mark O'Ghauncssy, tho ltl
Gro account was approved aud the exooutrix d
co. charged.
YER Nefiua daudolf was made guardian Of
shh ostato Of Amelia md Dominique Gaudolf, une
his bond Of 48,0U0.
va, A decree for tho ealo OF tue roal estate
aod Michael ConnorH Waa made.
I'M CRIMINAL COURT.
tu0 James Kelly waY tried for knnoktnr d polI
lu- man down and promenAdiug on liB body, fOu