, 1877-11-11

every firm in town got one Of Bryant:s notes.
j. L. Hathaway s. Co. sent a lot Of coal up
to Gl0 North Clark street, and just because thcy
did not get paid for it. went up there ana tooA
the coal away. Miller Bros. & Keep did not set
the stoves which tley let one Of d the Srsa@ats @o
hare not been paid for advertising
which tley did for one OF Bryant's schemes +;
L. Hanscome didn't ret paid for about as .ss s.oV
worth OF printing. The Excelsior slgn Io1.,- @
pauy want 500 for a lot of signs which they
made lor the Bryauts. Wilson Brothers d1dnt
ret paid for lot Of shirts which they made TOT
the "gang, "-Bryauts, koons, Neuwatl ct a..
Preston d keau. the bankers, want TO kno"
when the Br.ants are Gong 10 see.ie thT'a aa ~,
from the Bryants. 4 brass-tounder wants
money for 4 lot of brass furnished to
the Bryauts. T. 3. Parker and man named
Goldstcin, furniturc-tlca1crs on state street,
and Emmerich, leather acaler "an1 III .. mVh.t ,n.t
there are more anxious creditors looking after
Bryaut ct al. tlau after any other gang. and
there arc more men willing to affirm that the
Bryants and their parasites are the worst s"ln-
dlers in town tnan there arc neas on a uos.
After having thus '"iuquired" " into the sundEy
little bills OF the BRYANT crowd, the reporter 11-
ouircd as to who Bryant might be. 1t was
learned that some years ago bryant came 10
Chicago from Penn lann, n. y, aud set up 4
private banking business He rot up Ietter-heads
nc.o,iator OF time loans: hoIse-renter, cse',
etc He was ut one time Interested in the Reese
Manufacturing Company, concern Tor making
adjustable stencils. Bc got Kicked out oil NO.
l02 Washington street, where nc l., hau IN oii'ee,
and has lately set up. Room IS, EScnange IA
Building, corner Of Washington and Clark
streets There he is associated with his brother,
T. Il. Bryant, and around hin. are gathered tue
man Rooms. the man Neuwa1l, man named
James Dalton, and others TOO numerous 10
THEY ARE A GANG
all to themselves and If anybody calls ant
wants to collect bill from one that one Is not
in. II the caller wants to pay IN any tnoncyanY
one is ill., They have been interested in many
things-cheap matches, patent tops, ap1 tue
deuce only knows what At one time ~ y; u
BRYANT advertised that he would give s. ,01l Tor
a share iii the right Of patent top BY =
singular streak al good fortune young man
whose name is withheld for various reasons
learned that tfc share aforesaid could be pur-
chased for 1,0)0 lie grabbed at It, he swal-
lowed it without nastication. uethcn found oilt
that the patent was no patent ut all, anu that nc
had bought the supposed share thereof from
BRYANT, or one OF his gaug. The Bryants Kept
q bank account at the Thru National. They
had. have had, and still have, credit balance OF
S2.l5. Nevertheless it is bank account, ant
they draw arainst it Tor uusl'nltett amounts.
That is they have their checks, and tle Cashier
Of the bank is authority for the statement that
they have sent enough checks to that bank to
exhaust the stupendous account we're it l,o00
times us great.
Some people might wonder how these BrYauts
aud Rooms got credit to Such an Unlimited eA~
tent. It's easy enough to get credit II one
cau induce a commercial agency to rate ono
worth $4,000 and honest; and 1t Is easy enough
to induce the agency to make such 4 report II
one '9puts up' enough with the man who makes
the report to the agency. TIC agency that has
made such reports has begun gradually to lct
down. They ut lirst rated the Bryants high up
in the business world. They have NOV begun
to advise their patrons to be careful. Bryant
is repdfted to be dung not very well ana We
suggest the demand u cash settlements" lie
was in the jcwelry business in rem
Yam, and had {accos1ing to the comtncrcal
agency, which knows eyerythinS) still it, that
town about $4,000 worth of property He is
also accredited with the ownership OF. house
and lot on Second street, III this city, and other
property. The general belief Of the creditors is
that the Bryants arc worth nothing that could
by any process be gotten away IRON them.
They are snarp lot Of barganers, and stick so
close 10 the confines OF the law that they cannot
be reached.
enough to fill hotel, coal, gas-fxtures, clothes,
feathers, shirts, etc-, cte., he has gone into
bankruptcy happy state wherein
is rest aud relief for ali creditorpressed ~ I'M
prudent purchasers and dealers. He has gone
into that state at the instance OF one James
Dalton. Aud who is Dalton? he is - free
ness. He pays M bills. He las not for years
had as much as thrce-ccnt postaec-stamp, aud
now he has claim Of several hundred dollars
against Koous. Not many years ago Daton5
wife, who WAS sweet singer ip one Oh the lasA-
ionabIe church cho!rs, attempted to obtain
was discovered that the pot was as bright as
the kettle - and The divorce failed,