The New York herald., 1873-12-28


ruptcy Case.
Before Commissioner Belts
The further hearing OF the charge against W. +.
Bradley OF having committed acts OF alleged fraud
uent bankruptcy was resumed yesterday. Messrs
Reed and Drake appeared as counsel for the prose
cution and Mr.. Ethan Allen for the defence.
TESTIMONY OF THOMAS D. ADAMS.
Thomas ID. Adams IL reside In the city OF
New York. am in the employ of IL. B. Clanin d
Co., having charge OF the city credits OF that house
H. b. Claim a. co. are creditors Of Edison Bradley
Co.; know the defendant w. +. Bradley, one
or the members OF that firm; saw him on the oath
inst. at the store Of the frm No. 495 Broadway; !;
had a conversation with him to the property OF
the firm and the whereabouts OF mis- father; this was
about eleven O'Clock in the day; asked William f..
Bradley If he had in his possession that morning
any notes. bills receivable or moneys belonging
to the firm; asked him ii he had any in his pos
session on the preceding day at any time before
that; he said he had not; then asked him If he
knew OF the whereabouts of any bills receivable or
moneys belonging to the firm, and he answered me
he did not; then asked him If he had not given
about 81. 700 in money to Odels q Mils he an
sweyed that he had; then asked him II he had not
that morning, or the day previous, delivered notes
belonging to the firm to A. @. Bradley, a lawyer
doing business In Broadway; he said he had not
that he did not know anything about the assets in
any way shape; asked him II he knew Of the
whereabouts OF his latner; he said he did not but
he told me they had received letter from his
father from Buffalo the day before; then asked
nim II ii was not from clifton, Canada he had re-
celved the letter and not from Buffalo, and he an
swered that he knew nothing about It..
Cross-examined-I did not tell him was cred
itOr; did not tell him why wanted this informa-
ton; knew at that time that bankrupt proceed
ings had been taken; knew from these bankrupt
proceedings that the officer would take all the
books and papers he could get hold OF; did not
tell Bradley IN lhls conversation that bankrupt
to me anything about bankruptcy proceedings l
asked those questions for the purpose OF ascertain
ing how far w. f. Bradley was involved in the
fraud OF the concern; supposed that l would be
called upon as a witness; went upon my right as
creditor to ask those questions OF w. +. Bradley;
told Mr.. Moore yesterday that would settle for
IS cents the dollar, and said thought that the
other creditors would settle for 60 cents, prOba-
bly, less, but had no authority tor making that
statement; this was in answer to question put
to me by MIR. Moore as to what would take;
knew that bankrupt proceedings had been taken,
books and properly OF the firm; my inquiries were
not made with view OF getting an advantage
Re-direct-Deendant knew that our house was
creditor; w. Edison Bradley had called upon me
with tour or five Of the largest creditors as COM
mittee, to examine their books and see II could
not agree upon compromise; that committee
made such examination prior to the commence
ment OF these proceedings at the store of Edison
Bradley Co.; w. +. Bradley was present at
portion Of such examination; am the Thomas d.
Adams who made one OF the dispositions attached
putting the questions to Bradley was to tTy and
discover where the assets were that were not
then within reach OF the Marshal.
Re-cross-The Marshal did not ask me to do this.
TESTIMONY OF HUGO HOFFMAN.
Hugo Hoffman was recalled and further exam
ined by counsel for the prosecution. Book handed
to witness. This is book Kept py Edison Bradley
~ CO.. OF bills payable by them for the year 1873; IT
was kept by me as memorandum book, at my
option; need not have kept IL no bills eil due on
December 2, according to this book tbook pro-
duced) this is the check book of the firm with the
Importers and Traders Bank: check, No. 1869.
dated December 2, states on the stub "Bills paya-
BILE, 7s9 74o s2s amount .534 81 another check,
checks, going TO show that they were drawn to
Pay s pils payable On sne "a 81 M Were lden
1873 the entries OF these sums appear in the cash
book in the right place; those notes were not OF
the present firm, but OF the former firm, composed
Of Edison w. L. Bradley, and had been purchased
by Edison Bradley, SO that at the time OF the
owner OF the notes; drew all those checks in the
form in which they appear by MI. Edison Bradleys
o9k tb TINS r ne haa BOOK from
this book 1t was always on my desk; the firm
looked at this book. lBook produced.l This is an
sacc0unt book OF the daily sales; as lar as know
II Is correct, but 1t was not kept by me; at my
house, within two months, W. L. Bradley and Ed.
was about the last OF November: Mr. Edison Brad
ley spoke about whether 1t was advisable 30 go on
IN business, and it was agreed between them TO
suspend payment on December 10; there was moth
ing said in that conversation as to the manner Of
keeping the books up to the 10th there was con-
not sec y, " r. nYadeY's attention particularly called
to 1T; there was conversation between me and
Edison Bradley as to not making y trial balance;
William was present, but | 40 not KNOW that lie
took part In the conversation.
Crossexamined-Mr. Edison Bradley ana r r.
Church put in the capital to the % nTin ra Oh Eas9n
Church 81, 500; that Is all he ever put u, W. E.
Bradley never put in any capitals ne was buyer
business he had nothing whatever to do
with the money or the books; as a rule
received my orders specially rom Edison
to the credits, moneys and books; ] never
knew Of any opposition being made to his
OF any other member OF the firm; Edison Bradley
specially ordered me to keep the memoranda that
are missing from these books; before he went
them away; he tod me 70 put the book
the book that has been destroyed can be dupli-
catea rom the other books up to the 10th OF be-
cember; w. Il. Bradley did not hear Edson Bradley
give me those directions; w. 4. Bradley never told
me to destroy anything; Edison Bradley told me
that the object o. taking away the books was that
ley told me that the bills receivable ought to be
kept in sale place; he never IN regard to this
property, said to me that he intended to conceal
IT. he always instructed me that all papers and
property should be safely kept until properly de-
Inanded; he said that no papers should be de-
stroyed, and he said so In regard TO those loose
papers that told him | had; on Sunday night
Edison Bradley tod me he was going TO Cam
ada: he SAID that occasion that he was
nervous and sick, that he was going away, and
would return ard wind up the business he said
that while he was away and his brother could at
tend to the business as well as he could because
we two nad charge OF the ONCE affairs: Edson
Bradley told me tnat the reason why he carried
the money about MIN was that 1t might be Kept
sale and not attached by the creditors; he said he
had been legally advised to do TINS; he told VIII
liam that he was Keeping 1t to have 1t safe for the
creditors, but he did not say that in connection
with the lawyers; on Sunday night Mr. Bradley
came TO my house with horse and wagon have
NO positive knowledge tnat this was his morse and
wagon; he spoke OF Mrs. Bradley having car
rage and horses
Y. DO you know, as bookkeeper Of this firm, OF
any OF Its assets property at the time 1t went
into bankruptcy that cannot now be surrendered
up when properly demanded2 A. None, except
not, in the least render the set of books incom.
plete. The defendant had nothing whatever TO do
with the burning of that book, and he did not
know Oi Its having been burned until told him
had done SO; ! Kept the papers until Thursday
morning and all this time COUNSEL Tor Ine credtnrs