, 1875-01-03
The Roe BROTHERS Have Departed for
Canada.
Their Debts to Confding Americans
Amount to 100000.
They Fave Carried Of Piunder Valued
at S100, 1000.


/ 1n6 Hdolesafc grdccrs OF Chicago Mcfu cor
slderably excited yesterday ovor the sudden lis
appearance OF the firm OF Roe Bros, Nos. ard
4Uaoash ayenne, who leave unsettled Accounts
a=gregatins over S2o3, 900. Thera were tvo
partners in the concorn,-Frede1ica and Alfred.
though two or three others OF the Same family
were employed in the store a. clerks or sales.
! men. Tho elder one Frederick, came to this city
from Canada shout two years ago, aud bought
| out William Cuth5ert, who WAS then keeping Il
| reta1 GROCERY store On the cornor Of Halstei
and Madison streets. It WAS believed At tho
time that be had shout $4,000, he having paid
! 81, 900 in cash for the stock. He subsequently
! sold Out, and set up
WHOLESALE EsrAn11suMEyr
On South Water street, taking INFO pa1snsrship
! his brother Alfred who uilh TWO others had en-
igrated from the Dominion. bringing With them.
under the name OF Roe Brothers. ernlually e1-
tended their business, pairing cash for nearly I'll
their purchases. They Represented that they
had between s5o,000 an6 $50, ,000 in their husi-
ness, and Weze rated ''good" tv the commercial
directories. About ten months ago they chaug-
the southeast coruer OF Wabash avenue xu1
Sonth Water street, formerly occupied By EtoW-
art, Aldr1ch l. Go. Thoy we're principally in 4
THE 4tanANoE1 LINE;
Of farmers, and, when = slfhc,eut quantity Of
goods had been sold, they were shipped to de-
pot 10 the country, and themes distributes 4mang
those who had purchased Of the drummers- Ap-
parenily they did = paying business, and, ID
they always paid promptly ut the sta1t-ofr, buy-
ing only d few goods On short credit vera re~
Earded aa sase house to deEl With tv nea1Iy
all the trade. Some Of the moro careful sroce1s,
however, looked upon them With suspicion, e.
pecially when abnut yeaz ago they begau 10
ft7aa
had plenty Of money at their command. In con-
sequence of the whispers" some firms who
had trusted them literally steadily reduced their
lines, aud, by this prudent step. were not heecsd
to the extent they would hass been II caution
had not characterized their dealings NTH them.
Others, men who are not convinced by what
Eeems to be possible, we're
NOT SO c1EcussPEcr,
and the result is one firm 1osea 80 o00 and three
or four houses 5000 oS15, ,0b0.
circumstance which created considerable
suspicion, and led some to believe that ch canery
was being prac:iced. was the drawing Of 3ls,No
in currency by tha firm fiom Preston l. Eean's
bsnk, Thursday afternoon. One Of their prinei-
Maryland Refining Company, Of Baltimore, ia
e.6o customer OF that banS, and, When bc
learned OF the withdrawal Of the funds, b. To-
carno
GREATLY ALARMED. .,
and asked one OF the brothers "what 1t meant"
OTHERS to whom the firm was indeb. ed also heard
Of the Transaction. aud they, too, demanded al
explanation. It WAS giveu in = candid manner,
aud With such an air OF sincerity that &li suspi-
c1on was lutled, and the frightened creditors
went away believing tho ASSERTIONS that Roe
Brothers had '.enough money to ray al
their accounts On the 1st" 1t Was subsa-
4ue1tly ascertained that the firm had drawn
! large sum from tho Union National Bank-in
Tact, had closed their account with it-aud iu-
vested the money in United States bonds that
thav had bougat jawe!ry, and endeavered to
5ecuro diamonds, but their teudered notes vera
not acceptable. Thess latter peculiar proceed
nss rero also mentioned to them, but thsy
1uleted tho fenls OF the questioners By e2yina
;hat they we're trying to trade real-estato fm
YESTERDAY MORNING.
George Il: Latin called at the store to co1led
.ia rent He found it In possession OF the por~
es, aug an inqorg' as 70 where the proprietoEs
Fas then 10 O'clock aod thA conclusion fnrreI
,,oor, aA,~, H.. ~ r.-oAE..
sosa upun ~! a@a Hi. suas sne 1oc oEotuela
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heir claims. 4 cprsorv e1an;nst;an sn sbnne5
hat the goods on hand we're worth betHeen &t5.
90 and $40 600.
mnusn
I those inta+este1 vaa at onc~ ha1d and IL a.
itioD 70 dslse.tine 1r. Wn}Tn~ford tn .ct sx
nstodan, tbav snnointet; A cnmro;ttaa n an
10Y . detectiye to huut IN FrciIe,icx md aryad
.no and hr;nr than hork :, r,,o.on ;f-ae.;h,~
NJ sr,,a ~ saa e - ~ - os@o poSso'
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