, 1879-02-06

Sail payments were made 4. follows: Nov. 70,
1s7; s.qo st:oo9; n. RS. :, '@7a' slooo' Dec TO-
E'lscspondcn., further answering. tays, that Soma
tlmc in the month Of November, 1874, he wanted
,S.c 's m'onsy to % nse tsn'eorsry n ths estate Of
II. t"ll!ns. of which he wn. executors: that the
at:"ts Of 'atd estate sonssscd entirely n real e.
~ md "T1s g s of s sf9rd
Chieogo. where .ait se.i estate was situated = ~
extremely tiitcalt 10 obtain ahsttacts of title and
,9oSehi't belt 10 eorr"%s sso %oas' on s'' "wn
Krspondrnt fntthes says that he was Al that time
*cry hard prcsasa with h1s official tAbos and had no
stms to make the pf1nsr a'rnnssncns wtsh .,, h,s
| drHwing h,s attention from his judicial duties.
At. .. II; Horton. who vas Asstenes IL bank.
pculn9 TO como into respondrnts chambers ons
n,otn,ns. respondent asked him I he had not, a.
pared 10 ,iIst;,bnto in,,nedia.ei; mime snd whieh re-
aFonaent could borrow for q short time, To which
Mt. tloston replied IN substance that he had rot.
BIZ Insurance Company sior wAont he WAS Attorney
hn, funds ln that Institution Tint he woula mt 10
an; ihat lie tliot.on, would sec ,'r. Long and seud
respondent word whether he could DC acrommodat.
.sae ST. GSns wsd IT h ass tsc
.as 81 dsy i SessaSt!, IVY, ss .s@ q s. aoo.
Tier Jun, Of si.ooo, i"r sasl, Of 'wIeh' 'sIa 70.
sronaen, gave satl Long his nutcs of Bills.
@ f.d w ly s' day. s,a o sss s
1a!d loans were respectively mado, but tho erace
te o. fnet repayMent ts.pondent . sannos n sssts
these1n. a5.houxh y t. tha bvllef q resnundcnt
no "a A ,s' r, ~
said ktm,,a'. and ta!a Long. were not slcpooit
IN tfc registry OF tho taurt. nor waa Any part
of .sia las NJ IN the po.ssfsion Or s.d Xssanecs.
kinball and Long, who werc old citizens Of tbs
CITY at Chicago, q wsl.kn bn.!nsss abl!!t'es
Assignee, a,Ia that respondent wRs during all the
TING covered by SAID loans. able to return Inc came
iaespondsns. further a.stes that no attomut has
Seen mns y hn t. eonssal ., 'stprss ~
ton tho monof WAS obtained by him on checks
drawn IN tho usual eo'tsse Of business under the
were interested tn aald caate.
al,ose. .nnted swo executions Ia has never boz.
towed. or nacd. directly OF indirectly ,,uny fun!A
| his C0nrt. II. ". ntouGETv,
Tic misunderstanding tho point made BY
counsel to be correct, ncverikeleta II 1t tan bo
shown by evidence thai Jndg i,lotlgett, through
Improper usc Of ftk pA,ctal position ant tnttl-
conts6l, It wotlll be proper subject vi inquiry
md X the gentlemen hare evidcnco Oil that
| polht VIC snail heaF 1t.
MARK I1stHALL.
Mi. Mark kimbull was thcu called and c1.
amined BY Mr.. Sheldon. lie tostiacd tint he
was appointed Provisional Assignee Of the Mll,
t,,al Security Insurance Company On tile Goth oi
January, 1872, attl elected Assignee OF the Cd
Of April, 1872. In juno, 1872, ho l,ad NJ hts
hands money belonging to ,llat estate, which he
deposited In te Meel,antcs' National Bank,
which Judge Drumrnond had designated ~ 4 dc,
rository sumo time previous to the fire. Heck
peetcd to declare dividend IN the fall. T!,t
assets Of tho Company were mate up chlcil5
Vi stock MD notes, uni tie Assignee commence,
lecnl proceedings for their collection. aotne
were paid promptly Without suit. 4 dividend
Of 10 per cent was declared on The 23d Ut No
vcnbsr, 1872. Among the nssets OF the Com
pany lo found cta!tu agatast j. Y. Rcatunor
, for s30, ,0N, As the TrcnsnEer of the Company
rlut i1c did not rroposo to pay It. Wisness als,
!, found tlat Scan,nun was President Ut tn,
MccnantcS' Natiunsl Bank, where he dcposttnt
.. Ills money. Hc waa the principal stakeholder
; tic controlling stockholdcr, mud manager q
the bank. Witness thought ho was not ds
,, chnrgIng ha duty ns Assfgncu ia allowing th'
, money to 10 there to bc Used by Seammon t.
. ticEeat his claim, md 50 statca to JudE
l1lodgutt. The Judge at once replied, MAX
sub arrangements fDr Interest will be satis
factury to yotrself." Ilc informed tho judy
tllat the officers of tl,e bank weru rot wllEInl
10 allow my Interest, md they sent him from
unc officer to auoticr TIL he got s!ck Of II
!. . Meeting Judge D!odgc.t one lay una!u. he sol.
. him this, a:lJ said that hc WAS ttuknK Of max
+ he would take 3, n,A! tie next day. meet
= ing Mr., tiuKa, fice-lrrsident of the bank, t,
! made contract for thu pnYmcnt Of intrrcst n
s RATE & !, III Il i etssss ,s s.a J. ,ae, '
! dvtdenu irtcettug alystsiset], n,ld he scnt t
), Jnlgu nlodgctt to tlefna1nt payment OF his untc
\ rl4o Judge wus tltt!s short, but on thy 29th .
= ce1noer Ao paid s., ,ooJ, n,aklua tho principal Il
\ full, nr1 III tlle 18th Ut December $ill for In
!. lcrest. The conversation about making til
!. lontl occurred vt ths court.roon,. Wlsnrs
= usually Ind to catch tdu Judge OH tho wing; t,
- was very busy always. Ju1Eu HiodEItt did no
= aFply 70 him for luIn uf the monoy.
a Witness urudase,l tug clitxk 0lyon By Judu
IodKett for 81 ,ooo. whsel, was ct'nntessignl l.
;. no ttna u consider about loanilg tho inunry
4 llo did uot confer with any ftten about 1t, bo
:: eauae 10 bail knuwn Judge Blolgets ior sou,
!, time. After he had dono the thing b
: nude It known 10 his attorneys, Mss4rA. Wtt
:. iams j. Tholnns0n. They DID not rttnuustsat
to auy way with him. Tlompson said. WeI
tt ;f d aSsata nSt k'w yoaatsrns anSs s Dfs
:, check before he EaSe It IT, JudgE bIOlRett; !!
y Encw tle purpose for which 1t wns to 10 uacC
- lIe dill not 1elllur, nor 0pp0Ho II Ia any WI,
: Mr. ftIhbarl nladu no formal entry approving i
thu luan. Ju,gn Bodgett's uotu was sutiician
!. security to wItI!css.
i "All bankruptcy matters arc 10 bo aettled |
n Tho United states nlstrtrL Court III cass 1T
y Judge had not pAld this lnuneJ, or had not bco
- nhu tu, could yuu have sued h1ln tn tue Un!te
= Statcs Dtat1iSt Cuurtfb
IL "'rhe lucts ass that aurAnced that, l,sIlV =
~ hurcl that It wuuld bo OF, band ou tl,s asu
IA November, to he divided up llpouR illu cruLi
a. nrs. ln thAt caAc, suppose / was responsible
:. for IT," -
- 'stfow would you hsso collected tl,at note
~ you llua been Obliged to sueln
~ IN not know. What atcutpp1tshed VI