, 1879-01-31

make It clear. 10 them That Mr. llesInr could
neither help hin,sclf nor any Of The. others.
Finally they pattl up within the time from, tho
Int OF February to tic 2nt OF March. Mr.. Hes
Ing eame 70 MIC roncatedly, nn.l Insisted TINT
should giTc him titnc-at lcast two years. time.
l told him could not do ii. lie insisted that /
the interest,". told him / could not aid him to
the extent Of onc Benny. said that to him re-
neatedly md es!rncttl1 in The presence Of my
partner, Gen. Lenke. Na became somewhat
angry about Il and went of.
TIE FIRST INTERVIEW.
On the 9th Of April haptened to be in Judge
D1odEett'a chamber, and met Mr.. Hesing there.
Whether be had been In there before mo OF camc
In aitcr nc, don't know. My better rccollec-
tion Is that he came In shortly after me-that
be had not been there before. think Mr.. fllh.
bard was thcrc too ITO Julre BlodgettI-was
be not, Judge, at tho srst interview
Judge Bloigcst-1 don't remember. he was
there ut some one Of tho Interviews, 10 he saYe,
but don't remember.
Mr. fockc-It may bo that re three werc
alone. IN. flcslnE at ouce addressed the Judge,
a,'tl started out In long, pitfiul appeal as TO
| Ills financial emhasrnsaments; that | held these
papcrs against htm.-had dcmandcd payment,
and threatened him with INDIGNANT; that i
| creditors or the bankrupt, but wholly ruin min:
that he was 30 embarrassed That not any partfrte
OF bis propcrtywas free from incumbranco; that
he would DO NIL IN hls power to secure the
| utmost TO be realized At sale at the stock
which held. but tint under no circumstances
could Judgment Ia the least avail the AS
tlEnce. 1fo made tl,e statement In outte dra-
n'atis way, With faltertng voice, md greatly
ab1cct; explaining to The JutlGe how fearfully
ne was suffering, what Ercat losses no had sus-
tained ly tic bankruptcy nf the Garden City
very shortly before that time failed; that he
had, rs an honest .nan, personally intlorsod tho
paper Of tl,c Harden C!sy to the extent, ! be-
licsc he sail, Of si'5.O0 Or sso0.0 a,1d that
nifty to ascertain II ho had anything out Of which
q, Judgment could bo satisfied, over and above
niese coltntarals which held.
After The Judge Ind 1!stcned TO him with con.
siderable Patience tho Judge asked me What
propusel to do abont it. ! said to The Judge
(this IL very strong in my nind} tint could not
make any proposition al all IN the matter; that
tic contlonest Rood faith made # necessary lor
inc to apply for Judgment against ais. Ilc,,n1,
| AiHl that there were people who Ncro speaking
on the street about tic danger Of mt extcnd-
ng, too much lcntency 10 Mr.. IIestn9, The
Judge sud lint that was rory probable; It WAS,
however, question as to wl,uthcr It was Judi
cfous to proceed 70 hastily; and he charged me
with looking at Mr. HcHlng's affairs, saE!ng ut
order to ASCERTAIN wtsetl,cr anything could
he obtafned over md shove the ttork by a
judgment. The Judge further remarked that,
Y the matter we're plneea 10 the hands Of tho
| A4u4nHnlf LII 4Aks A4Ea1EE HAtl pFEfluk.AY EAlu
upon the same occasion, all tho otlicr creditors
would at oncc entcf into general scrub-raco
| nd light for The asscts, mid that It might bu
doubtful! whether 4 would ba In The interest Of
the creditors of THIS bankrupt Company, who,
"a the judge Raid, were mostly pnor people,
living on tho North Side, to chase after pl1ar-
tom instead OF taking something substantial
right away.
The Judge further stated, "lf you take judg.
ment, It mnv be necessary for you to took after
The cT.,tttc: which air. 1leslnR may have in this
property. You, 90 Assignee, arc in position
10 reach the property solid, aud then
apply 1t in payment Of tho Indebtedness which
wo held arainst tho debtor" Thcreupon want
back to my office and discussed tho matter with
mf partner} Tno had been 1loatng's attosnoF.
will say right here, In order to have It Ia tho
record, that have never In any one lnstAncs
acted as 1lestnE's attorney Or legal adviser, OF.
chutged by reporter with assault and battery,
which was ut tt1nc Hhen my partner was out
Of town. ! was never informed BY iirs!ug as to
the condition of his affairs, an!i fncvcr had any
Ilreln9's business. iii. ncslng having prom.
iscd that l.a would give all the information that
llo could H. 10 order 70 satisfy beth !ho Judge An,l
temea .sas o "a, ,a,.od eiG1u'ey nso!ssnt
hin to I'D nc il, this matter, s1nrsss!nr 70 % Gin
tho great anxiety. rhch haa to make every
a %o o1d nm. y pitnes
|
the day submitted to nc sotnc figures, pnrtly
those which appeared IN tho records os bank.
ruptey ot the Garden City Manufacturing &:
tnats9rs n'ao, In relation to Tic incumoranccs
liesidg bad upon bis houses which he then
owned on the North sido,-two very valuable
houscs,-aud think the membranes. The In,
eaa,e5ances On these houses, believe, wore
$io,uO / sat!shed myself that not Rhnrc oi
stock which Mr. 1tcsing owned In the 1ll.noE.
staat.. zsi.unq ~. earning ANYTHING for him ; he
ber 1t better than ], for this vas on
tho morning that hare spoken Of, or At tho
second inlcrview which We bad tocother with
either Ii tho form Of an affidavit or OF I pet!.
tion, which can't distinctly say. but know
positively It was sEorn statement made by
hin, md think \ was 70 his own handwrttin;g,
In which hc set out all bis nsaeta and Ills 1Rbtl
tica: and tho atatemcnt showed that the liabili
ties largely ovcrtaianccd bis nsseta. | will SAY
again lint All not certain whetaer nc sub
mltted that on the motnt nc Of the ntst inttr-
view ot which hare spoken. or at tho second,
which ensucd on tho day succeeding, Of which
shall speak very soon. Now, toahoN tue anxletJ
lhad about this n,atter, wont !n the afternoon
know that tile Judge certainly had no lntcntior
uf doing the Icast 10 the prejudice Of either nj
own reputation OF the creditors OF tho bauk
!, betng, comparatively speaking, at that time
Ycry young member OF the Bar here in tl.t
city. Never havlpE had an extens!vo practice
before the Judge, naturally approached hin
with much greater dttilaenca than | would
mau like All. llibbard with whom I came II
most ID dhily contact.
The Cha!rlnan-Wlio was Mr.. 1iiLbarlt
Alr. Vuckc-fhe Register III Bankruptcy herr
Ia this ety. went 70 HIN anl told him thxt
wished ha would hc kind enough To 70 to ths
Judge nnd ak hlm to do Ill III bis power ts
make Mr.. Ilcsiug pay: ho ought to bo con-
pclled 10 pay cvery cent; u this wero my own
| nftvnt6 HldftEf might &fEfciSA 1fnjer~V ktiff
t,Iu, but tl,at It was utterly impossible Tor m,
TO do tho least thing; ny own reputation WA n
need not zeal nor borrow lie leaat tFoubl.
about It: he knew tho Ju.lgo too wclL aud hl
knew lhat the Judge would not allow Mr
Iieslng to escape tho liability which b. owed I,
Tho bankrupt eatats; ~ l Above the mattor t.
rest.
THE NEXT INTERVIEW,
On tho next day | prepared this report, II
which | stated that Mr, llcsinE WAS insolveut
that was satisfied OF bis tnsolvencY; aud Ii