The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-08-08

To the thirteenth interrogatory, the wit
ness SAYS: The firm of Hill, Anthony &
Co, was not disc sed at the time OF the
making of the statement OF
any or either of the members of
said firm OF Hill, Anthony & Co. as
stated in my answers to the
eleventh and twelfth interroga-
tions. Those statements were made by the
person or persons at the time or times men,
toned in those answered.
To the fourteenth iaterrogatory, the wit
ness SAYS: At the time of each converse
tion or interview between me, and Hill, An
thony & Co., or either of them mentioned
in my answer to the tenth, eleventh and
twelfth interrogatories Hill and Anthony
we're attending 10 the business of the firm
at its place of business in New York City
Mr.. Swan, the other member, was at home
in Medina, as / suppose; but do not know
what he was doing. Hill and Anthony
continued SO attending to the business OF
the firm after said conversation and inter-
views, as near as can state, about two or
three weeks, and perhaps longer; they were
still there attending 10 the affairs of the
firm when NV connections with them ceas-
ell.
To the fifteenth interrogatory the witness
says: / was sufficiently acquainted with
the business and affairs of Hill, Anthony
* Co.. while was in their employment, TO
be able to tell and Judge of the amount of
their losses in business during that time; (;
the whole amount was not more than two
thousand dollars. i think something less
than two thousand dollars. The principal
loss was one OF from ten to twelve hundred
dollars, upon an invoice of butter, sold to
the house OF McComlie K Cross, another
was loss of some flour, sold to = man
named Spencer, whose christian name do
not recollect.
The amount of that loss was between
three and six hundred dsllars did know
the exact amount of, but do not remember
it. There were some other small accounts
which at the time when l left Hill, An
thony & Co., had not been collected, and
which, in the aggregate, were less than the
first two have mentioned. / DO not re-
member whom they were against, nor the
amount Of either OF them. Calling them
losses, the aggregate of their losses did not
exceed two thousand dollars. / cannot
state the amount or give the items any
nearer than / have done in the above state
ment.
In the sixteenth interrogatory the wit
ness says: Either Robert l.. Hill or Geo.
T. Anthony, think Anthony, did give me
a statement of their losses in buiness, sus-
tanned while l was IN their employment:
He gave me snch n statement in the city OF
New York, about the middle of November,
1851, as near as i now remember the time.
Such statement was in writing. | cannot
annex the writing or copy Of it TO my
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w;,hout being able to find II am snre
it is lost or destroyed, cannot state the
contents OF that writing, any more definite
| iy than thls, that IL states the causes 10 be
answer TO the fifteenth lnterrosotory, and
showed the aggregate to be not over ten
thousand dollars. 1 cannot state the
amount OF any particular loss, or by whom
| or how sustained, or the amount OF ths
uncoliected accounts, or against whom they
are, or any OF them were, As stated IN thai
"ii'hS ap- AoAS uSh'eiy IMAM h"s
stated the same IN my answer 10 the hi
teenth interrosatory.
| In ,rswer tn tho seventeenth ip,arrog,r
|
'ory' 'he "i'hesS says
| I'm stating the amount oil the losses oil
| Hill, Anthony " Co., IN my answer to The
fifteenth interrogatory, ! did so both iron
own knowledge derived from my acquant
ance with the business and affairs OF Hiii
Anthony q Co, and from the writing re
ierred to IN my answer to the sixteenth In
terrogatory. knew all that the writing
told me about those losses IRON my knowl
edge OF the business independently oil the
writing.
In answer to the eighteenth interroga
tory, the witness saws:
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