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THE ABEL LOOM co.

THE STOCKHOLDERS LIABLE FOR AN ASSESS
MEST TO PAT IT'S DEBTS.
large number Of lawyers aud other in
tercsted parties gathered in Judge Blodgett's
courtroom yesterday morning to hear the de-
ctsion OIL an application to assess the stock
holders Of that Company 20 per cent on tho
amount OF their stock, in order to realize $780,
GOO to pay debts. In 1871 several gentlemen
clubbed together and bought for $2GO,00o an
interest In the "Abel wcft thread loom II
patent for the States of Illinois, Indiana
Iowa, Wisconsin, aud Minnesota. The title Of
the patent was put in tho name Of John 4. Rice
as trustee. Soon after company was organized.
called the Northwestern Abel Loom Com
pany, with capital stock of $500. 0.0O0.
divided into shares OF 500 each. The
stock was subscribed for BY the original
incorporators in the ration of their original con-
tranuttons m to the price Of the patent. Only
SAD'003 Of stock was issued, the remainder he
ing reserved to be issued and sold for the pur-
pose OF ra1stng working capital. Notes we're
onat Of tSI e for The whoe
thelr respective subscriptions unpaid, and the
treasurer then transferred them to Rice. The.
latter then assigned the patent to the Company.
1 anls Fas In elect buying the patent for 44OG,-
V0, payment being made In capital stock. This
stock, to the amount of four-fifths Of the sub.
scriptions: was issued as full paid-up stock
The Company WAS declared bankrupt III 1873
ana about the 1sr OF juno, 1876, the Assignee
hled petition asking for an assessment on the
stock sufficient to meet the Company's indebt-
edncss7 on the ground that the stockholders had
not paid for their stock In cash: that no certffi
cate OF full payment Of stock had been issued
nor any appraisal OF the patent made as re-
CURED BY law. The stockholders objected, al
legtng that the stock was fully paid up and nm
assessahle, aud also that the double liability
imposed by the statute was not an asset In the
hands ct the Assignee.
Ihe Judge, after stating the above facts, said
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MRS. GUNDERJAHN,


The case Of Mrs. Gundcrjahn, alleged to be
insane, was to have been tried in the County
Court Thursday. This case attracted some at
tention at the time it first came up, doubts be-
ing expressed as to the real insau-
1tE OF the woman, many people,
who had seen and converscd With
her, declaring her perfectly sane, and competent
to take care of herself. Thursday, when the
case was to be tried, no one appeared in Court
for the prosecution, and the case was according
II dropped. In order to appcase any curiosity.
OF the public as to tho result Of the case and
the present whereabouts Of Mrs. Gundcrjahn,
reporter yesterday called upon Mr.. Tourtelotte,
question as to bis reason for dropping the case,
Mr. Tourtelotte said:
~ vas employed BY Mr. Gunderjahn to con-
9uct t4e case, and should have appeared in
Court Thursday, only received no notice from
my client, nor any communication Whatever. I
therefore inferred that be did not intend to
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son stree1, u. a. Springer. 1out,slofy ana
oasement stoIe,.t 70" w.! %11cu ss Leg, No.
~ Lasaae stteeG UuI1aa ena ~eeA x snstG aase
iHa 6een s5as1 c .r t 9st ,bont iS1 ne" 0u
The Judiciary Committee met In the City
Clerks Office yesterday afternoon, and amons
other matters discussed Aid. Kinks reso1utionde-
nouncine the practice OF appointing men to Of
Recommendation Of an Alderman, and MAILING
It censurable act for an Alderman to infu:
ence an appointment either By letter, petition,
personal persuasion, or otherwise The resolu-
tiou created some discussion pro and con, and
it was finally decided that Aldermen could not
act without bias in the matter Of appropriations
for the various departments If they we're under
obligations to the heads Of those departments
The views OF Chief Fire Marshal Bonner and
AIr. George Wilson, Of the Department
of Public Works, we're listened to with
interest, and those gentlemen denounced tho
practice OF .ioroog aPpoin!Iments, 1or y o1tens
pernaPs unkno~H % n t,o .; ioootsan i ae1mans s 1s
causeu p31 ppnl sa ~ oe ps1s ~ uu T. dne Goh
rsentinn T n harmony WITH the shore e1nrssa
81 iS5eu Tiews No nenaltV L to- be M fIed '0
t: The Special Committee appointed to tnvesH-
gate certain indefinite charges Of col iruptlon On
the part Of certain Aldermen In the Council was :
to have met yesterday afternoon in the Council
Chamber, and all persons who had aught to saT ;
against the City Fathers had been invited to
step forth and say It, St. Patrfck's Day proved
too great an attraction, aud no one appeared to
make charges, and but two Of the COMMITTEES
we're present. Therefore no meeting was held,
and the why's that were dark and tricks that
were vain-and probably lucratiye-werc not
spread before the public. Another meeting Of
the Committee will be held at the call OF the
Chairman, and it is to be hoped that. il
there is anything crooked about tho
Council it will be discovered before election
comes again. The uneasiness Of one Alderman
In particular, Whencverthe word Investigation In
mentioned, has been noticed BY q good many
persons, especially BY some other members Of
the Council, who have on several occasions .
thrown out caustic remarks tending to create ::
the impression that their faith IN the rectiEudo
OF some OF their colaborers for the we@l of tho
city was not as great as might be- It Il fair to
presume from the interest manifested by some
OF the known-to-be-honest Aldermen that the
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

The lecture Of Susan B. Anthony at the Thiri
Unitarian occurs Sunday evening, the 18th, no
tomorrow.
"a1ohammed and Islamism" " will be the sub
icct Of Dr.. Koh1er's English lecture before tht
Sinai Congregation this morning.
| The new Temple Of the B'nai Sholom Congre
cation on Michigan avenue, between Fourteenth
/ and Sixteenth streets, will be dedicated Friday,
| at O'Clock p. N.
The annual commencement Of the Chicago
College Of Pharmacy will be held at the First
| Methodist Church, corner Of Clark and Wash
iugton streets, Tuesday evening.
The annual commencement exercises of the
| day afternoon, at $3.50 O'Clock, ut Plymouth
I Church, Michigan avenue, near Twenty sixth
! street.
| Bishop McLaren will ofticiate in the Church OF
| the Holy Communion on Dearborn street. be-
| tween Twenty ninth and Thirtieth, at 10: 80
o'clock this morning, and administer the rite Of
| confirmation
Deacon Willard viii lecture this morning at
Chicago Avenue Tabernacle. corner Chicago aV-
| enue and North LeSatle street, and in the even
ing at the First Baptist Church, corner Thirty
first street and South Park avenue.
An adjourned meeting OF the delegates Of tho
various Catholic Total Abstinence and Beneyo-
lent Societies will assemble at 1faskell Hall at
2 p. N. to-day. The constitution and bylaws
for tho formation OF permanent union will be
submitted for adoption.
The Clinical Society Of the Hahnemann Hos
pttal will hold special meeting at the Hahne-
mann Medical College on Tuesday evening to
take action IN reference to the death Of DR..
Carroll Dunhanl, OF New York. DR.. R. Sudan
will deliver the address.
The first regular meeting Of the Sons OF Yer
AaA = n
day evening, at 8 O'Clock All native Vermont
ers who have not yet Joined the Association arc
requested to be present at this meeting or send
their names to the Secretary, Room So Ashland
Block.
The AthenBum night-school in mechanical,
architectural, and free-hand drawing under
Prot Hanstein begins March n. Prof Mar
chand begins complete day and evening courses
Of French, April 2 Prof. McAfferty takes
charge Of the clocution classes, Prof. Groh
opens . thoroughly graded German course, md
Prot- Brown complete system of photography
at the same date. Prof Prosinecr's orehestral
class meets tWice q week.
There will be another sociable of the Sunday
School Superintcudcnts at the Brevoort House
Tuesday evening. The social proper will be
held in the parlor at $50 p. H., where an hour
will be spent in a social way, and In getting
acquainted. At $3.50 .. m. supper will be served
in the ladies' dining-room from the regular bill
of fare. From 7:30 p. m. the evening will he
given up to discussion Of Il The best methods
Of conducting the opening exercises Of our
schools" Superintendents, Assistant Supcr{u-
tendents, and teachers are invited.
, 1877-03-18
OBADIAH JACKSON.

/
The long delayed motion for Receiver Ia til
! case Of Francis Jackson against his brother, OBJ
diah Jackson, and others, came up ycstcrda
morning before Judge Farwell. Mr., Jackso
filed his answer just in time, as the motion ott
erwise would have been argued without it. I
is not, however, sworn to.
Mr.. E. D. Cooke, on behalf of the complain
ant, claimed Receiver was necessary becaus
Obadiah jackson had been guilty of fraud Il
taking the title to himself under deeds ncve
executed by Francis. He was also now insoly
ent, and complainant's rights were jcopardized
Mr.. Skinner, on behalf OF some of the defend
ants, urged that two Receivers were already IL
existence and Ii another should be appointed
there would be conflict Of authority.
The Judge thought SO, too, and after som,
little talking back and forth as to the proprict5
of consolidating the cases, the motion was re-
fused, but without prejudice.
Obadiah Jackson in his answer admits that be
was appointed Administrator OF his father
Obadiah Jackson, sr., in November, 1865, but
only received a very small amount of personal
property from the estate. He, however, claims
that he has accounted for it all, and has
actually paid over to his brother, Francis,
more tnan the latter was entitled to. Defend
aDt also alleges boldly that Francis, prior to the
month Of March, 1858, relfnquished to him all
his right, title, and interest III his fathers per-
sonal estate and part OF his real estate, de-
scribed as Lots II, Is, 10, and 20 in Sheldon q
Rumsey's Subdivision of the s. Il Of Block II,
in Bushnells Addition. jackson further denics,
that the deed made May 25, 1876, By Francis to
Henry c. Dickhant, conveying all his interest in
the E. 10 feet, front and rear, in Block 67 OF
Caual Trustees Subdivision OF the N. ". Il OF
Scv. 2l, 81, Is, is forgery, aud, on the con
trary, charges that both those deeds above men
toned were actually made BY Francis about tho
time they were dated. Jackson admits that he
gave trust-deed for $4,000 to the Phenx
Mutual fc-Insurancc Company; that he con-
vcyed Lots II. is, and part of 19, above men,
toned, to George Chandler, Trustee, to secure
some money due Elizabeth, Helen, aud Charles
r. Carroll that on the o5th of November, 1876,
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1t Was apparent that the organizers Of the Com
| panY intended to apply their respective. inter
ests in the patent to the payment OF the four
f1fths OF the stock for which they had originally
all parties that the Company should pay S4oo,-
/ 600 in capital stock for the patent. True, they
| had bought the patent few days before for
S200, 200, but that did not necessarily determine
| that 1t Was not worth more. The purpose OF the
law was to prevent the acceptance Of personal
| property such as the Company had no use for
IN payment for stock, but -.
NO Law: HAD BEEN SHOWN
to prove; that when property had been 80 &C
cepted in full payment OF stock it left the stock
of the. original stockholders we're at present
creditors only having sold thier stock to others.
aud those original creditors could not sag that
the other stockholders who came IN and pur-
chased their stock should now be. assessed to
pay their debts On the ground that the turning
over Of the patent was not satisfaction Of the
subscription. The stock certificates appeared to
be full paid; the book did not show anything
the assessment on account of the irregularity in
making the payment on the original four-ffths
of the stock.
The Assignee would not take advantage Of
the double liability imposed on the stockholders
Of corporation under certain circumstances,
for it had been repeatedly held that such double
liability was not an asset that went to the As
signee, but merely an additional security to the
creditors Of the Company, SO that after exhaust-
ing the assets Of the Company they might sue
each onc Of the stockholders in detail, or might
file bill against the whole OF them for the pur-
pose Of compelling them to contribute propor-
tionately to the amount which was necessary to
pay the creditors claims.
In regard to the remaining 10000 sub
scribed for, but not Issued, that might be open
to assessment, that question had not been
argued so fully by the counsel for the Assignee,
but it seemed quite plain that hewas entitled to
an assessment on that portion OF the stock
The Judge therefore concluded that he would
make an assessment of 100 cents on the dollar
on that $100 600 Of stock Wbicn had been sub
scribed for but not issued, unless, however,
some of the counsel wished to be heard on the
subject ...
Mr.. Borden intimated desire to give his
views at some future time.
Mr.. Constantine asked what time the court
would fix for q hearing. as be desired to present
authorities to support his position.
The Judge then fixed On Saturday next, and "
the formal entering OF any order was post
poned until that time.
This substantially gives the Assignee what he
asked for, and will be sufficient to satisfy the
claims Of all creditors against the estate
1fr. Charles ". Constantine appeared for the
Assignee, and Judge j. '. Eustice, OF Dixon,
aud Mcssrs. John Borden, E. B. Sherman,
AfcDaid g. Wilson, Holmes, Rich d Noble, and
William A. Sheridan for tho stockholders.
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THE CHICAGO rR1BuN SUNDAY MARCH 49, 1s7-sxrEEN

roeocnt. and a. did nat f,,, over to the Court.
Tavs rnn nnu secn sD T him since that timer;
havy't w .a"; luu ~ heard anvthfnr of him
rhcre n was M considerable taik in The Newspaper
ahnne Mrs Gnnderiabn;s heinz sana and nj
~ .ni csrnnse tho hnshanif concluded 4
10. n4 ,xo-t5 ,yhia tn nTosecuta fhe case an,
f"rthsr ).
:tTVha+ farm of insanity was she. afflicted
with.,' '
x IA T understand It. she had kind of relf
o,ons nnania and aithnngf se ava was = trnuhlesome
epvs si1e 1as n mt dangerous or violent supnose
G,nJ"r;nbr thnISht II hetter IN talc her hons
enn91, "a andure her eccentrcities to nhtainino
80 f,,rthar rmh;c;tv and suhiertinp i;s n,otiTa5
rnnntv Phvsician Holden vesterf1av made
so1ne atotoma1ts hearf7or. IN tha case add,tfonai
- 11.hot hava oIrenGv hsan ~ nnh1,sSed r. sa;d
that hc had v;sitc1 4frs GnnGeriahn t,vice nrca
aI hrr home nn Donp1a. avenne at the rennest
of her husband. mi aeain few daYs 400 At
Arr,,er auenna - r1nan he a-e+ v;sit h. fornd
hss ,,a.t s,1 ~ ,,a ha,.ss ~ ~ -vhfc;,
she ho5 sn1a nbar;yaa ~, +hnro1,"1 or5ar ia
saw M s1ona ~ inssn;tv n her annera1 anneor.
sncc or conc,,ct fnr some time and nofhinr nm
nsno1 n har denor+m ment rntii ha fn,icMaT har
Win c1osa nnast;dniny n thc effrt to test 1,or
mcmory Then she si,gnectefi him. wax somc-
what incohcrent IN conversation cndeavnred n
renc1 him ref,1sed n answer cer+ein nnestfons
and hccamo f1irhtv at intervals. nfc'
Coun1ing her co63iict with the tastimonv
~ scvsroi ~ nhwsicians "1s,s as ~ her =.
sanity. he concluded that she was
not II entirelv snuni mind and Joined IN The
netition to test hcr mental condition in the
Eonrt and affived thereto tnr name n one ~
hcr sisters Her hnshnnd afterwards ohi scted
tn tho sister,s name onneaT1nfr On the nctitfnn.
~ hcr onnearing as a Witness Int thu Docto71
rcfl,scl To iotn n the netition ,1nier anv other
circumstances. When the petItion had @heen
f;iai ha reoues+ed Nfr Gnnder;ahn to yat a rsr
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| Egan, and myself, were wont to look alte'
| stone-work done at the Hinsda1e-Doyle quarrfes
| In Maine When We were coming bac6,-we
hadn't been shaved in a month or more,-We
stopped ut the Grand Central Hotel on Broad
way. We was all dirty; and Comfy he had neT-
er stopped at such big house before, and be
| wanted for to get dishcd up new,-:.that fs,-he
wanted to get a new billed shirt and Get
shayed s yedste1e Ws We walks up to the Office and
-, "Pid they ask you to pay IN advanced" quer-
What do you. take us for-suckers2 No,
sir We had baggage-that isl had. Esan
and Comfy had their stuff done up in parce1:n
game that they played on conlyl"'
NWell, as was saying, Comfy, Egnn,. and
barber-shop, which Is underneath the house.
Comfy ne takes one chair. near the Broadway
IN the back-part Of the shop. The man who
shaVes Comfy, says he to him, were was you
'front.', and Comfy he says from Chicago. Then
the fellow what was shaving Coply-hc is Ger
FORE and that made Comfy laugh. sVen,' be
says to Couly, your viskcrs they was pad, un a
shtuh like dot and be took down a
bottle; Comfy told him to put some
on, on II. Then the German he took bold Of Gonly's
yust like dat de same; prickly on the end, und
de hairs sphlft; but / pud on dis sthun; : and
Comfy told hi1a to 60 ahead again: Comfy w.
Got bis hair cut, sha1npooed, and shaved. He
takes 1t straight to the cashier-a vert pretty
g1rl-and he lays dollar and the check on the
counter. sAhn said she, that is not enough.
q Your biz is $780, Comfy he vas dumbtounded.
He didn't see how 1t was. Well, the barber be
told him how he got two bottles OF his stuff, one
Tor his head and fne fnr ht5 hnsr. $3 carf-
, 1877-03-18


Highwood's gallery, on Wabash avenue, has
undergone quite change since it came into the
| occupancy Of H. 4. Elkins, who makes a large
display of works from his own easel. These arc
OF all sizes from the cabinet to the mammoth,
the latter including "Sliusta " and the "Thirty-
Eighth Star" There are in addition several
small paintings by Prudhow, Duplcssis, Lockcn-
witz, Cop1cy, Harvey, and Jarvis. "'rhc
Thirty-EiGhth Star" decomposition illustrative
Of Colorado; and Is doubtless intended to rep
resent the mountain scenery Of that State in its
most attractive shape. It is Mr.. Elkins' most
ambitious work, and is well worthy Of critical
inspection.
The keppe1l collection OF old prints md rare
line cngravings has received many valuable
acquisitions during the week. Among them
arc several Of the most admired works Of
Kaphael Norghcn, Longhi, Toschl Audcrloni,
Willie, and other equally famous engrayers of
century ard one,half ago. Two Of the chefs
d'Gnyte OF the collection are Nautentt's portrait
beautiful specimen OF engraved portraiture in
existence; and the celebrated etching by REM
brandt, "!christ Healing the sick."' This
R5n' as the Hunared SGEa Gadcre afs Sss1s 6c;ns
the price he received for it. Copies OF the first
edition are exceedingly, rare, aud have wonder
fully appreciated in value In 1855, at Burgy's
sale, g first state" copy sold for ss5 and the
S.li4c ouc ulou1lt III loot, at fflces sales S03O0
The one exhibited bv Mr.. Kcppcl is what is
known as "second state.' Among other
notable works is Desnoycr's fuil-length portrait
Of Napoleon !. in his coronation robes, after
the well-known painting By Gcrarl. In this
the textures OF the satin, silk, velvet, crminc.
etc., have positive individuality.
!, George Harvey, now Of Burlington, but in
the days before the 'sbig fire u one of the most
promising artists In the Crosby Opcra-H House
colony, will shortly return to this city and set
up his easel.
The private collection Of J. L. Clochorn,
President OF the Philadelphia Academy Of Fine
arts, will be sold at auction In New York some
time next month It embraces works by the
best OF the modern French, German, and Eu-
glish artists.
The Htghwood collection, which is we'll known
to art~Iovers in this ctr, was sold at auction an
Wednesday and Thursday evenings in Boston,
The details OF the sale have not yet come to
hand.
, 1877-03-18


me Judges ana clerks OF the July election
Will be paid upon application at the Comptrol
lcr's office.
Thu Tre,e,,-o-,. rooo,n.a z....
!nc areasu1ets recelpts yesterday wer
fran, n,,saa,,aa.o.. 80. Depat1ntens -. anu eo91
49, ~ 49, sousces'' AAe Comptfolie
LOOK III el,ooo and issued warrant therefor.
The Department of Puh1fc Works vaetar5a,
issucd an estimate of "a IN - rt,s;s
ro,,n,1 ~, ...o,,... - 1'4Auus
eonneAA "" aeeount u tne Work On the Fuller
ton-aFenue conduit The total amount of worl
done on tnat improvement is estimated al
S2o7, 7,7u.55.
-..
rresan+ed ~ o.a,,.ane s ~ tas eouncat Will ot
p,eaeut1o a. osu'isslce requiring those person:
"Ao "ahe business OF renting boats fn the
basin on the Lake-Front to pay an annual license
fec OF S5O,' and be subject to heavy penalty ia,
renting boats to minors who have not the writ.
ten consent OF their parents or guardians
The ,mon,+ IF n,o,ar ,,,ouas ;,
for tha saio-;as - ~ a.tume4 " tne council
50 naG no. -,ar+b @1s AZ aes,ta Oepartmcnl was
Scnort aa,t pe. ~. - .s - sas5 Two months the
thern is hofa-, r. ae1t so'a2o' an9 therefore
annths, t "laaee u S9i4 TO is credit. A few
strong fight against the Bridgeport stenches.
The number of deaths fro,o eco-,o+ fo,o~ T..
the wceS Inst nsst Tae ear..st .ot sslcs leFe1 ~
about the same nnmhar ~ ,"st nas maaien Mts W.
deaths rom otSer e. causes ~ ~ !Ise & week me
The now cnsss NV, ~ .,s1,as s ate aoont as usual
day were at Ms m Fone4atb Tt tspbf1sa s vealer @
Nnrth aven9's ~ gs AZ ~ rousseentn street, 173
Warren avenue. iii sonth Part eve,na eed @ 1o3
, 1877-03-18

LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS.

i
A meeting of the Fourth Ward West-Sid'
Public improvement Club was held last evening
| at No. 1852 Dearborn street. The name Of tht
| Club indicates the main object of the organiza
! tion. Politics are excluded except as means te
higher cnds-ward improvements
President Gardner occupied the chair. He said
that they were met to take such steps as would
secure for the ward d school-house in the south
west section Of the ward and the laying Of gas
pipes on Dearborn street. A school site has
been purchased, and the assessment for the gas
lamps has been paid, and the citizens naturally
felt that the school-house should be built and
the lamp-posts erected. The Chair thought
that, II the matter was properly urged, both
improvements could be scaured.
Mr.: Fred Vierling was made Secretary Of the
meeting.
Mr: Anderson thought the gas question was
the more important, and SO he urged the Club
to take ection in this matter first. Some dis
cussion followed, lp which all were OF the same
opinion.
On motion, the Chair appointed the following
Committee to consult with the proper authori-
ties as to why the gas-mains were not put in and
the lamp-posts erected: Messrs. Anderson,
Lawrence. McGrath, Larcey, and Henderson.
Mr.. McGrath then opened the school question.
It was said that there was not sufficient accom-
modations for the children Of the ward, the
schools TOO far apart, and the rooms at present
used in the southwest part OF tbs Tard unfit for
"even horse" The Fourth Ward demanded
another school as their rights. The citizens, it
was urged, should require the candidates for
Aldermen to pledge themselves to work to Sc
cure this school-housc.
The following committee was appointed to
get up petition for school-house and to con-
suit with the proper authorities: afessrs. Wal
lace, Lawrence, AlcGrath hlahr, D. Il. Ham
1ner.
A resolution was offered by Alr. Vierling in
dorsing the position taken BY Aid. Gilbert In
the Council, and promising him the support of
the Club at the primaries.
Some very complimentary remarks we're nude
to the Alderman BY Messrs. Anderson, Perkins,
and Others, and then the resolution was unani-
mously adopted.
A motion was carried for the appointment of
committee of one from each block to bring
out the voters at the primaries and election.
The meeting then adjourned till Friday even
inr
, 1877-03-18

CHAPTER or NEW ToRK EXPERIENCES.
Yesterday afternoon q TRIBUNE reporter,
while going northward, near the corner Of Mich
iean and Dearborn streets, met Commissioner
McCadreT. Though not always very commu-
ncattve, he did relate the following confession,
as concerning himself, Commissioner Conl7,
and Architect Egan, which can be relied upon as
true:
"1tTas this waJ," said McCafrey. "Conly,