, 1876-02-29
ALLEN, KEITH & co.
Why tho Firm Found 1t Neccy-
sary to Suapc1id---Asscts
and Liabilities.
The Debts to Be Paid in Full-Prob-
able Continuation OF Business.

&uAC NVAsAAN0tAOA Va 0AbtAEd3s
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Saturday lAst fnn1orA were sci atfoat that tho
roi.knowu Wholesale grocery house OF 3fessrs.
Aiien, Kef.h / Co.. corner OF wabash svenus
md Randolph street. had ru.psnie, payment.
Yesterday morning TRtoosE Fenorter called On
1fr. Allen, tho leading member of tho tr1p, who
recoiyol him very coustsously, and stated that
ho woutd rive sny information ,le,,ret, and t,,,t
'no ',e'a nao nolninG ~ .cs"ia 70 .he1r baslnoas
which they had any dchiro to kaep from tho pub
lie or their creditors.
IL should 10 borne in mind tlat tne firm ia
tss,o ~ ~ s.. i. ,eeo noasa
u". p''. ~ on'9o"'".u =" 1ooV' ainco WHICH
Time ar. hten mas boon connected with It.
From this tIu,o 10 tho present It Aaa slways
haen bold In high regard by the business com,
,,,rn;tv .,d II. ov.<1;t ,-ns r,,.1 .uo..rh. -
a.s.'o's,s 1.,o,. :, 80" 49, w.. .a no
nt8s,ciAeas 11A1e'5 IL was shcsf'a,ned lha' their
cashier, young man named hlatchfora, who
wAs recently discharged, had embozzIed funda
OF Tho firm, but It vas uos known to whnt
amount. " "'
7uy ror1nu7vo ,yronw.r,or
vas given yee:srlsy by III. hljon 'rh, .t,t..
n1cut riyon IN Suudsy's Tines in royard n tha
Grm wna untr1,n il, ,nanv raanccta frI,n h,ns.
mnynr hn,1rbt do,lnrs rortt, ~ Ill, ~ u.st.,,'
hnt. on M contrary. found II n ita intors.t
s1wevs In Inv hore. ria von,r M, ,rbn ,n,nn
st,ci, = statement lie1 ~ In ihn rmhoss1en"nt
Of Challos II. Blatchford. It hid sssnmou ye.v
nnn1e inonov. Imt theTc srn,nod a lcst Sono.
wbore, md fnyestteatfon, wcTo ns,a fron, Tina ,,,no
tn lima vhfn1 rsvnaIo,, sama tlscran.,c;oa time
"hntn aaid Mr. Allan hlandyS iva HI i'm.
rlirit fail, io Il.tchrnrf3 a1,t1 h,u n,n,;.a t4
bo asdiy abusod onr sonildancc" ifo r.,oo ,ntn ~
ths fir1ns emnioy. >A''' ''so
st,onT1y .vrra 7up mn r,ur
In December. iB7t. The fIrm naa ti,an making
arrnnpsnon,s 70 at.rt snnw nun |"'A "40A4As
An sxnmination hv an aYnc,t p.nod n,.h,,
ahnvs thst Tlntrhford oo,nmanrai H.. tP' na",,tp'
tions i,ntnadiateiv aftar he ,.smsd h,s ,,ps.in,s
lin arcnnntn un IL ri 4 1H7a - ,sh,.,, H.,
tne lr1n Of Allen. coryell 4 co. ,,eso,red Ta1s
st,ort III 1tp1 *, itnith ,ou.,,,t H. 1 mot1
e,, A.. t0 nm, Go, =, nUsra 9ous. nj H.. cosyo
OF Allan. Ko,ti, 4 n. '1' 1@A'o
twas stated IN tbs Time, tb.. Nr. Allan b.d
not An mncj, monev in Tho f,rm ~ H. nsu -s,o.,
the firm wss j.nown a. Allan nas T. ~ NJ A.
Allan saii In siwaya III =, w. oansi mi
intsreat in liza hnm.a vii, H. ~
and ~ ana tmn ,-s.tar ttnwa.x al ~. n,,. uayi
Of ill., Day lid nat sfsc tbc t1nsne;ai atsna no
~ t1,n nrynr " ~ - N 'Af
r neeetG W Ill., n'aIentGFas p peculiar conduct tue
1nn1 ti,1n ar,s t1,,,, ~; op.oseu n'sn ioL =
fro6 A1s nm ~ aon tSn ~ asoa ~ - taka
FriIs~ that ths ~, si..nn"a, ~,
cnnnt ThNa fss ~ y nsh tslr HSw iorK nans &C.
ohons sid t, III tn,d sho., ti nn; wv
cnunts III H., =. 4' su ao's III sno poo1 "e-
Fm4s,,,,rs '1 .n, ar,,srnt'rs an ~ r,,r ro,su
vt,,i. aro .ar,, 49, IN TIE uooSs
s,a";;,' ~, nau M ~ .nnAo ou. nesluos these
aas tev MI aaa .asse cnun.o1 ssan ~ ~ p1sl.
tt;n o - Su"y ,',, 6u.s sus' ~ 'ehs. Suuse ~
nnn snss ,,Sa, n"scou ,adso,.n, tos' oa'cM.osa ts
mnnt md fnrunru 'u$ H. iof <, oaupc@Eao ~
1sn,., ans snu lo'sasy: he Iosg1l tno
~ ~ acon ~ ~. susIH ..", " ;o'pieS. Enolgott '
.,t1.a ~ ~. eouu ana ~ no eaaN tueIeon ING
n1,a,tar -, ~ 49,, .,o' ~ .LnB a. "s naa oeen
tasn s.aus. VI ss, sso n.u, oVstng petioa OF BIZ
.oa1 @ yoalo' snes nevos hau ony paper a'hcountea.
aot noscI eAenanBeu cueeAa. Ihoy o~a tneif
oMoassaesmehs 20 tue Iact thAt. Jan. !, 1871.
tAey entersa into what's known ~ tho speciality
tfaac. Ihey 1mportod teas very heavily. aud
iato1 ~ thsan :rs;aas t, 10y "i. aIsuu' .,1
during the frat nt1 months tid - ti,riv;nn bmst'
ness. Ihon commencci ti,a hat,1e 1;,cnfr e1S'
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