The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-12
INTERRUPTING AN AUCTION.
MRS. sTENTON's PERSISTENT EFFORTS
TO SAFE HER STOCK
Mr.. Nicoiay In Embarrassing situation
While selling Messrs. GreenienG Norris q
coz stock-sonie secrels of specuIniIons.

Mr.. Ntcoiay In an Embarrassing Situation
While selling Messrs. GreenIenG Norris ~
Co.'S stock-some Secrets of specuiations.
BY order OF Court, some of the stocks held
by Greenleaf. Norris q Co. were sold by auction
in the Exchange Salesroom yesterday by Albert
II. Nicolay& Co. Just after Mr.. Nicolay mount
ed the stand and looked over the bankers and
brokers who filled the room. n vigorous pulling
at his coat-tall attracted his attention. Mr..
Nicolay admitted, after the sale was closed. that
he had great fears that the garment might be
rent He was about to expostuate against what
he thought unnecessarily vigorous action. but
dill not for he saw that II was a little woman.
Moving aside. he announced the first line OF
stocks. Then tho little woman mounted the
platform. and waving paper in her hand. or
dered the sale to bc stopped. Mr.. Nicolay was
no more astonishcd than were the brokers.
This sale must not 20 on" the little woman
shricked. ." have an order from the Court
stopping IT,"
Then Mr.. Nicoay Jr.. road an order from the
Court, dated Wednesday which permitted the
sale but this made no difference with the little
=. .. rs shame to sell my Stocks" she cried;
e.. But have no discretion" Mr.. Nicolay said.
nm ordered to sell them; -
For Gods sake don't sell thcm." tho woman
said. and then turning tu Mr.. Nicolays son she
added, Some Of thcm got from my great
Some Of the brokers had by this time recog.
nzed the woman rs Mrs Louisa Stenton. and
those who knew her said that she one OF
the most persistent little operators on the street,
but had got stuck " on certain operations with
Greenfield Norris h Co.. Mira. stentons per-
sistence and the growing boistcrousness among
the brokers began to cmbarrass Mr.. Nicolay.
Il couldn't order her out" he said to a re-
very stcrny that We must have order. and |
made her get OF the stand"
Mrs, S,enton however. took stool, and stood
and insisting that her stock should not he sold.
The brokers enjoyed Mr.. Nicolay,s ombarrass-
would name bud, and Mrs. Stcnton would in
terrupt. Several blocks Of stool were sold be-
fore Mrs. StentOn's was reached. When MIR.
Nicoay announced the stock that Mrs. Stenton
had hypothccated she made n bid
Can take thatY' Mr.. Ncolay asked Of the
Yer il she puts down ten per cent"
- III do thnt N 8 o'clock. Mrs Stcnton said
stock wd< sold IL to broker Who said that he
would turn II over to Mrs. Stenton Tor what he
Brokers say that Mrs. Stcnton hypothecated
this stock with Greenlcaf. Norris X Goa or put 1t
up for u margin and lost on her speculation.
identical stock back. and thought that she might
get sympathy by the scene she made nj the sale:
Greeneaf. Norris X Co. have Il judgment against
her for the amount for which the stock was
held; Mrs. Stcnton said that she had hypothe-
ca,e9 the stock 70 a ~an who had Eehypoihe-
said that II was the most embarrassing expe
rience he has had in his twenty-five years busi-
| The following were the stocks sold and the
prices the last four being Mrs. Stcnton's:
e3.on, bands si.ro each, Joliet and Northern Indi
.singn - boni. 500 each. Atchi.on and Pixies
err cent gold LIST mortgage bonds. SOU a, 80, ssooo
ioo shares staten Islam Railroad Company 1904,
Ia shares American District telegraph Company OF
Share National Bank of N.rlherg Liberties Of rAia
| ~, shares Farmers Mechanics National Bank