, 1879-05-17
THE COURTS.
RI. Woke Files His Answer IN the
Gertnania Case.
. 7,otailoa Denial Of AL Tho Charges
Mado Against Him.
1.oora of Judgments, New Suits,
Criminal BuStnoss, Etc.
r,IIE HT1tAfANTA.
.su,nnEp yoCKE's aHRWEn.

,."us,n vuckc, former AssiEtrc Ut the tiefantt
n,,n,,uta insurance Company. TO show cal'fe
NJ, ,,tsehnsge ns Assignee should not 10 set
WI, VII. Tht. rutp was bnscd on Il petition nt,.1
ss %s.r,t which charged TINT Vockc lnd failed
.s.o,,r, for sbout SIC, ,000 Which he lad re-
l..sJ Yesterday Woke tltci bis answer, TWEEN.
~ .Ioht napes e[ leEul cup In length, accom-
u.airI liz twcnty-cigllt niIldnyIts covering BeY-
.u,r.dge pnges more.
IN nj. answer Vockc admits allnt on the 2:,d
:, anri1. 1874, The dny hext succeeding the Inst
s..altor.' mscting of tho Company, he drew, ~
I.,1r.t. two checks for 81, QUO n!tl 81, JU0 re-
.n.cfrey, hut he denies That this was IN adli-
I'm Ia s7,548S5 received previously for services,
,Honrh he had received $U.sOU.S5 before. lie
a,rr ,hcee sums without order OF court, but
t,,cv we're subsequently sanctioned by the crcll-
,,o,. anti Register. IIe denies tint lIp ever tru,r
.nr tuut tor services contrary 10 Inv, or That
nstaIt to report to the creditors that he had
dr,vn 60, ,pD before. Tie fart wMs, as lic statcs,
thnt 1ust before the last meeting he nlndc up
.I.at this report was read at the meeting md
.2t. Ps,9'i@ &C. tie ess. 1*ts ior ''{ e s:fsat' s a III
lad then, eounteraignca BY 1i'c Register. This
charge Of s1,5c0. therefore, he Omitted from his
dasi rcport, rs he had Included It III n former
rerof,. mn, as IT. had been passed on by the crcd
tnrs. liz further utln,ts that according to Ills nnl
rrwrt he took t,saM more, but he denies HAT
he received sl,5it'S5. but onlyy rot $15, 7oo.s5.
liz denies Tint lls as only entitled 10 per cent
nc pc,t ss,ao and PCT cent on tic remaining
t!yi,T.3S3, but claims that, under Sec.
sGp ii tie hcytscsl Statutes, 10 was
sl.o entitled to us mtci, as tue Court
IN 'ts discretion 'sn would gy,e y, him. To was
liri not render bis final accoltnt Until August,
is;G 20 lint he gavd over four years. time to
lie business. lie also charges That ihe wurk OF
eIcslG up the ncrrnania was far more difficult
than that Of Winding up sotnc Of the oshcr com.
we're p precaslous condition, mud tIrre wgro
nyer 1,SOQ creditors. Ills compensation wns
sbout t3.G50 year, which ha thinks was much
smaller than was allowed to SONIC other As
loved for the administration Of tlcredcnts' cs.
tates. The Assignee further denies TINT
hu has clasgcd auy sums for Office rent,
clrrk hire. or .ott!er expenses which he
has not pal llo charged SOL n month tcnt
from April, 1872, to April, 1873, but hc eays llc
VAS Obliged In grcut part to gye up lis law
praetIcp, anil hIs rooms were so constantly filled
With fnqnlring creditors TINT lie thought him
telf Justified ~ making such charge. So tuo
IAc chargc Of S35 month from April, 1876, tu
t,r circumstances, though 1t Was tnlf the rent
Of a's winnie plllce, nA lint Of Ills pnrtncr j. Il.
Leaks, Part of tho time 1lc did not rc.pin q
regular clerk, but engafcd n young Han aftcr-
nJons Atli evenings 80 as to ccouotn!ze Us m1lrl,
~ possible. pnrt Of the suiuH charged
fot attorneys fccs also wcra uctualIy TX
pended for printing abstracts. hricie, etc.
1t the lust 11leutIu. Of the creditors, tlir As
tfGucc vas allowed $1,00 for winding up the
cstatc, Whlc'. llc ears, waa usel as foll0wa: For
clerk hire, S7io; ol!!co rcu., ianitor, anI n,us-
fenccr SERVICE s9225; ntlu tpcidentals, sH.15.
FURTHERMORE, sin. voCKE DENIES
that he received $5,000 from Il. e. t;rcencbaum
fof til! salc 1f Il. Z. llesihs'a holes, or $40
irom i. kcnkel, Or $3.50 from a. Palmer, or
S.:b u from the sale Of notes Of l.. S9,uElot
" siol from r. Clark, Without accounting fur
t1s sstnr, out el'arees thry IRE al! fully shown
III lts ACCOUNTS. at the lnuctiog If .Apr!l. 1874
p 1enort was ruad mid published ln TuG
Tribune aNl Inter, Ocean tho next
dar Which showed recefrts from
all E0urccs TO tint date, SlB5,5SY,KS:
M taIanso On hand At ilc meeting nf Dcr. IT, lS7,,
s'l,Gs.i0; receipts from JANUARY, lb7:3, to
Apr!l la1I. $1f4, ,4M.05. The rcpurt also cot,-
'alaed Az Item Of so received for tllc scy.
frs' notes, etc., which 1t was charged he hnd
1alleu 10 account Tor. II, tho next t,laee ttn
,M;.,hsssnee q, denies tfsut ho tins paIl Etcg.stcr
alooaTd any illegal fees, but charges that the
iattef has mol cy1n received us much as was
legally due him, Tile report for March, 1874,
thowea q BALANCE Of $lUI,87l. u, willie tint OF
APT Apn - 1874, at the meoti,l. only showed $50
aHl' SlTla' hnt tic discrepancy Is accounted for as
i1th in hnn5k kfr+n