, 1875-06-01
THE COURTS.
r,,o Sheriff Of Grccno County
Files Ills Answer.
r.s. Thing Done in the State 1nsur'
nnoe Case.
judgments and Now Suits.

CHICAGO. ...
NE RocEEonp, nucK Inland sF. Louis RAIL-
'A NuAD. |
Tin motion 10 attnch for contempt Francis N. |
nd5gcs. shorifr aud OK oi1tclo Collector Of Greene
c,un,y. cano up bofors Judge Drurl-
mond yesterday. The sl,orlr floi Ills
snzser ih whlcl, hs stasoB that hc
VA elected sl,cilH Ia November,
ira. apd Tint in Januaty. 1875.
bo received tnx book and variant
from lila ptsdccessor for The collection nf
,hs s.ale and county ta4cs. i1o accordingly
o.ye duo notice, md visited TIM o!f,cs OF tho
fI,ocktoft 1lock Island Il st. 1.onia Company 10
tolicct Tho la1cs. A clerk informed him tlias tho
,scnt, Mclaughlin, WAS not in, and OH th"s
ssne day 10 tccotved tho following letser from
tlo sgont.
1hcrcuy give 3o,t i.oEco That lilo ltockfDrd, ork
i.saa 81. Louls n,ilsusd Ia pllcr Tho control q
@ s"n. At nns n s sp} s'f ~ q sq
ny manner to interfere with tin 'an,f WI. no son-
sctd III contempt of rnurt, anu betnfe 1nu tnako MI
ln' t"ed snoun,e hnvs nu:isd II. IL rsrrs, Isesitar,
'''' q. 4. Htc1AualI1.1x, Agent.
The Shortn then took counsel Of tbs Statc's
Attorney for Grcnne County, aud also tele-
Cr1GHGu 10 tuD AkkuEHSy ACHoEdtt y" IA
from ths hitter ho rccnlvcd tho following:
STATE or 1LL!sos, ArTonxEF- -dcSknAL's UFficE.
srpisofrEtp May 4s, 1H7'.-r. u. Erflyts, i:a1..
sstr,d aud Collector u Greene csunty.Dx4a sih:
ssf at q is s ~ ten . s S"s .es la ts
for TIC southern uistr!ct Of 1iiiios loils ihat tic
flet thai railroad u in TIC l.uAd4 q eeelsGe Pr:
tbo leeoyer docs not my, u would nut constitute
tDnle,pt Of Court for tho Collector 10 lory upon and
ri iii properly Il Tho Company in ho ha,ds oi
xtrati tin tIltEt tint the
Euittd slasts Circuit Court for tho Sorhorn District
et Illinois will hold the sanr. Your proper coHF,s u
to demand tho taxes nj tho Receiver, Entt nntify h
tbat II tiny IRE not ra 1t will be ynNr 1nty 10 levy
upon and sell tho 1Eoerty ot The Cotnnsny oe thas
purpose. / am very truly yours, JAS. u. EbsALL.
Having gwen d,1o notice, tho HhotiE says thai
be il, tho duo discharge Of lais duty, ns lie st-
posed, on the 2sth day Of May, lovieI on loco
nottve No. II and Hnvon carR, tlicu Standing On
tho main track Of the roal at Whitehall, and
ehpuol them fast. A abort ttmo af!os n freight
md mail train ca,no along and tho Sheriff Of
iercd to switch tho train to sldc-tracl, but tho
scuut declined 10 aiow linn 10 do 50. Tic then
selcgraphcd to tho Attorney daucral, and re.
ceiycd tho following reply:
70 +. IT. hriiqts: 1t - your iuty In tate and llnll
possession OF the cars eried Du If the agent Of tie
Company will nut permit you ~ rim the eark ede-
track a. 10 be ont Of tho way IT tue ns trit It
slll 10 Lis fault, no. yours. JAMls X. EpsA&t.
Tito Sheriff aays that in Wow Of these facts.
and the further fact that Ito wna not awato Of
any injunction ngainst Ills predecessor, Andsowe,
and l,ia uot having received any notice Of m ap-
plicatiou to colnmt: OF warning against lovying,
he th,ka ho should not bc doomeu guilty Of
contempt.
II was contcnlcd on the patt OF tho respond
chi that tho hon uf ta1os rms first lien prior to
eycrYthnG also, MD that 1t would NIT 10 affect.
el BY tho Iart that tho Receiver had takon pnY-
Session under ali order OF Court. Judge Dr,t,n-
tnond, however. thought differently. aud issued
rule on tbs Sheriff, as follows:
It 10 therefore ordered y the Court that the A1n,o
property hs forthwith osel to tho l,osR a,Io OF
sbc lccelyer BY The slors, without trelscs 10 any
gn' r sns With sh ms{ sn .ss the n s fr
argument IL postponed until tho l5tl lay Of Juns
nett, aud thcrcioro tito said Fsanr!a II. Bridges
acknowledges hiHlFef ~ hold. etc., in this sum Of
t!.o4o kouds for h.s appearance.
The Attorney. General was not prceont, but
wished 10 10 heard, and the final dikpuaition of
the question was therefore postponed 10 allow
him 10 be heard. but on the condition that the
been mado 70 Judge Treat. tho United Statcs
Diatrict Court fudge for tho Southern District OF
Illinois. aB having decided thus taxes could bo
teyied on property under tue Jurisdiction Of tho
not got decided this point. uo has in a gen.
eral way notified Receivers TINT taxes
impoael must 10 paid OF thoir property would
be subject to levy, but ho has also eald that It
Was no uoupt tho Iaos that loltectof huoulu
apply to Court for leave to mako the levy, but
ho thought it could uot bo Refused n!len tho
lecoiycr had failed to pay tho taxes within q
time to be fixed by Court. TIC Sheriff aill
therefore, by Judge Drummoul'a or1ser ba re-
quirod to surrender the psoporty, mud. apply to
Court for eu order Oh tha Ascoivcs to ply him
the taxes due.
TITS STATE INSURANCE coMPANr.
The 1iteratute of the btste Insurance conpan !
easo was largo'y Increased yesterday by ttso aI-
tHln 1nfSt
9, Smith. iu rcBponsc to tbs rule made OIL him
about two yearH ago to pay over about 6l70, 700,
AbAlancs duo to tl,e bank from him as Treas.
urer. atr. smtth kindly gives full history Of
mild " on tho frauds and their development, a
Of wbIul. have time and again boen pub
ilaho0, and then sots out as an item
or nows. that both lse aud the National
Loan and Trust Company arc inaolyent. lio
however, fails to give any account Of hls dobtt
Or asscta. Nr. smith also saya that the preciouI
LoAu aud Trust Company, siucs called tic Daul
Of Chicago. mover Las lad. sincs January, lB72
the time tho insurance company MAS a0ludicat-
ed bankrupt, enough funds to pay tho amour
found duo to tho insurance company.
4 motion was tpsle by Mr.. e. t. Campbell ant
Mr, Cooper, on behalf OF the Assignee Rna caM'
creditors, to ounspel Mr.. Smith to appear befor'
tho Register, sud submit to an examination
lta ntrs on thU new matter raised by tho M
s4er, or that in default OF Ills appearance t4'
new matter should be stricken out,
Ms. Ayr, on hohatf OF Mr.. bmith, said he dl'
not rely OH the tnaolyeucy Of has cliont A. At
animation held iu Now Yo,k City, wheto IL
livcd. Thts, howayer. did not huit Slr. Camp
bali. AfLor aoue further discussion tue matte
was left open until this murnIug 10 Elvo ME
1r. Cloudy. OH tito question OF striking out th
new motion. ss Judge D,uu,uaona he!d tLas I'LL
lsas 1t uers sttickon out he should allow Al az
animation.