The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-01
uJTNDREDS In BANKRUPTCY.
x,,,yo PETITIONS BEFORE TIE Law
HECIME INOPERd TIVE

vm.,uei II. Hart Among the Petitioners
r,.ry Bu.,nc.. Represented, md Rush
b., TO the Lau Moment OF tiosinE the Court
, rnsncss mon, and those who desired to
49,. advantage OF the last day on which tho
,t.ted states Bankrupt law was operative.
,h,onscd the Bankruptcy once. in the Post
on,ae building all day yesterday. Excited indi-
.iduals carrying rolls OF schedules or large en-
,slopes. pushed through the thronR as IL they
-sre afraid that they would be too late. Tho
,,.,ts had never boon so busy before attending
10 the wants OF petitioners. The law went into
ma, I'm 1867. Tho fees for each petition in
h,nkrui,cy are t6250. Under the old State
law which goes into effect tomorrow, an In
.olyen, must make over a complete transfer Of
Ma property to an assignee. who must accept
N and nle his acceptance and assignment paper
IN the County Clerks once. A sworn inventory
and sworn schedule must DO mado within
trsnty days. The assignee must file an exem-
MARY bond to secure creditors. There can be
rial by Jury OF disputed facts. No release is
rrantcd without a composition.
Among those who filed petitions were: Tho
Rey Alvah wiswall Master Of st. Johns Guild.
liabilities 81. 900: no assets. Kirafy Brothers.
liabilities. 10000: nominal assets They sunk
1850 900 in tho Palace Theatre. Philadelphia.
James O. Duff theatrical manager. liabilities.
tltTon. no assets. Samuel Lynch. builder.
ofA6 West Fiity-third street liabilities. t4ls,-
900 no assets. Hunter. Keller & Co.. manu-
iasturcrs Of iron pipe at l42 and la Centre
street liabilities. s10s.OO0: assets nominaly
aii0JO. Allan. Hay & Co. Robert and
Thomas liabilities s2975O0; nominal assets.
10000 Samuel ". Torrcy. IA Murray street.
liabilities $4,000; nssets nomnally t1ll-
oDO. Burbank 4 Nash. tobacco merchants. liabil-
81 a. Al
]. Thomas diamond broker. SCI Broadway la
bilities. t64 900 assets So 100. Pottery: Hustled,
liabilities t277 900 assets, $4,000. James f.
Coulter liabilities. 1872 600; nominal assets.
Leeds & Hunter. real estate agents and build
srs liabilities. tl72 900; assets nominally sl2.-
pOO. Chester ]. Lyon. Of J. $. Kirkland X Co..
liabilities. t3li 800; no assets Emanuel j,
Hart politician and transfer agent OF the Texas
Pacific Railroad Company. liabilities. s160, 900
no assets. Reilly 4 Ricrnan masons. liabili-
des. t2SOOO no assets. Frank Il Hcyman, LA
blitieE f33 600; nominal assets. Isaac l.. Devoe
Of lA East Thirty-sixth street. liabilities
t25.0OJ; no assets. Algcrnon - Baxter
liabilities. $4,000; assets. nominally s9s.O0o.
UhaIles j. Irrshnll. lawyer. l54 Nassau street
liabilities. 1880; no assets. Antoine Es'h-
bach. hotel. 2Gl Fourth avenue, Liabilities. sl5.-
win. auctionCers. liabilities. s35 600 samuel
Dohen, liabilities, $4,000; no assets: Charles
parry Marble ~ East 'fy went vg Street ia
bilitie. ISL 800: assets nominal. Newell VI
Steele lawyer 10 Broadway; liabilities. SD
liabilities 1900. nominal assets. s2.9s7. Geo.
Freeman. furniture. 2l3 Cana .;iec,i tahiti
We: 55 Slsr no 2s-ct. 0's y A ns to
Ton commission agent. Liabilities, $500
ss S''I ass sSpse Wsm r. Hu6SSrd
lisbitics. 81 $50 no assets, Michael MaIoney
spdss 800 Eas, siY!yilh9 street Iie1 ,nt
shoes 10 Broadway, liabilities. 1857; no as
sets k3 SaI + 81 Natba aS'f7 .So 20
assets Paul J. Forbes. glycerine. rs William
Sss' 'gi abn sW3S sr n?% Mncn "Ts SGs
sSiiies 3 s25Co6. William ?. Dixon, liaGh.
Pser Mitchell. liabiti,. .sio.oco; nominal as.
sets 1000 debts due. james Reid wholesale
honor dSe!erii, b. aiYgy 9oiiiie. s259Q,9
Charles Dominick spraeuc, 2oo. East
somina Sssots flwapSd ' IT. cda 3a
liabilities $40 500: nominal assets 81 500. Geo
II Morrison, iHbitic, = ooD:no Assets. Julius
Mitkowski. liabilities, $50 900; nominal asset'
Florence L.. WitkowSki. liabilities $1,000; ~
assets. John Sexton. architect. lfsl Broadway
liabilities $1,000 r. o as.''s. samuel sam W.
ieoree W Coriiss. ia6l es ;d.5ou; no assets
John II. Mullany. Liabilities $4,000; no assets
Honry Tompler. llapilltieS. w 900; no assets;
Ssets, $4,000. Benjamin. F; Cook. broker. 81
Liberty street liabilities e6l 90; nominal as
son som s rect abss. ~ s n on
81 900; Elijah Jones. 80 Broadway, liabilities
5000: no assets, Edward Heath. liabilities
street liabilities s23.7l7; assets nominal. John
Stephenson 4 Co., Liabilities, 1852. 2o3 nominal
assets A. g. Isaacs. liabilities. $1,000 no assets.
Office
Cork Of the United States District Court In
Brooklyn continued all day yesterday and far
were brought BY the lawyers but number Of
eankrpts came in person. There Wore none
SSd SrSEes sp hfa Macy s% T
.ossed their petitions on tho counsr. and paid
he fees in afusilade OF Jokes. The clerks, in
what is usually a place OF leisure and ease,
having some work to do. were so engrossed
NTH its care that they refused % give any
and he thG % the
spectiyo petitioners. There were seventy petit.
sSnT in ~ eSyenng ana others SI w., Eer9 stu
Ing: Follows. Hoffman 4 Co.. gas nxtures. La
bties 10000. assets t25.0O0; Bcllop seaman.
tt,k9r assets nothing abliIIies :l5Co2 va:
John H. Kennedy. lawyer. and ex-St9te senator.
saseets nominal liabilities 100000 1Dcron f.,
II Gar9uu OF Plymouth Church, assets nom
inA liabilities large: VIM. Ovington. CARPENTER.
assets 81 900. liabilities $1,000; Armstrong 4
bIeeklin, plumbers, liabilities 5000. assets
$500. Timothy Desmond, coal dealer, liabil-
ties il6 900, assets nothing; Thomas Wildwood,
ono Of the founders Of BreslHu, l.. J. assets
$4,000. Liabilities 100000; James w. Lyon,
metal sorrows, Assets $1,000, Liabilities 100000;
William H. Pink real estate. assets $500, liza
bities 5000; c. D. Dissosway, hardware,
assets $1,000. liabilities 10000; Edward
lies tG.O3l.
Clerk h. Lincoln Benedict Of the United States
Court in brooklyn last night ordered one Of his
deputies 10 take from Sun reporter batch OF
petitions which he was examining, andtO deny
MIN access to any other or further papers com
hectet with tho bankruptcy petitions. Mr..
benedict then went into his private Office and
teiused to allow the docket or the list OF petit
Hons 70 be examined.
What is the reason Of this p asked the re-
porter OF q clerk.
Well. there IRE lawyers and some bankrupts
who don't want any publicity given to these
matters. Tho papers are public property. how
s'or. and We have always had 10 show our
fooOrds"
Tho oflice remained open until midnight and
20 petitions were handed In in all. To cele-
brN9 tho harvest Of fees the clerks enjoyed n
champagne lunch at midnight. The batch 81
petitiOns. the examination Of which WAS inter-
[nptet, contained the following: bennington
Sornan bankrupt lawyer; assets. nothing; liza
pbllltlgs, oil 100. James VI. ,Grges, broker IS
nntoadway;, assets. 800; liabiltie $4,000.
nehrY A. Jones OF Plymouth Church assets,
tlOli liabilities. $4,000 Frank w. Allen;
, assels 90; liabilities $4,000. At this point a