Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-25
THE STROUsE FAILURE.
Still Another Suit Brought to Restrain tho

stil Another Suit Brought to Restrain thu
Sale.
The legal entsnglements surrounding thu
failure of Alexander Il. strouse arc growing
complicated, and bitter fight Is liable to en-
itors. As predicted in tho GLOBE, q lengthy
| complaint was filed in the district court yes
terday, by julius Austrian, assignee for the
benefit of the general creditors of A. 81.
strouse, asking for an injunction to restrain
! tho sale or disposition of the merchandise, the
same being backed by several formidable aft.
davits of the principal unpreferred creditors.
The complaint first adverts to the assign
! ment, giving the total Indebtedness as $780,.
| 705, of which amount SIS, 781 is due the gen.
eral creditors of the defendant for merchandise
the sum due or alleged t. be due the judgment
creditors.
Tho names of the eleven judgment creditors
are then given ut length, together with the
amounts Of the confessions, all of which have
been fully given in previous issues of the
GLOBE.
It is alleged in the complaint that nine OF
the eleven confessed Judgments were prompt.
ed by purely selfish motives, and we're given
with the intent to wrong tho creditors of the
defendant, the exception being the confessed
iudgme1 is Of Dawson & Co. and Evans &
Peafe.
It is further alleged that the notes of con-
fessed Judgment were fled prior to the assign
ment, and that they are fraudulent and entire
ly void.
Tho names Of the preferred creditors are
here given and are described as being the i'm
mediate relatives of the defendent; who dis
eliminated in their favor for the express bene-
fit of himself. The details and circumstances
of the failure are given at length, all of which
h~- 1Saho A in fho Nr md fy,a
clusion the plaintiffs pray for an injunction to
restrain the sale of the goods.
The affidavit of Isaac P. Genung, agent for
Evans, Peake d &C.,, who claim an unsettled
account of $l445I. alleges that he has investi-
gated the preferred claims and has been unable
| to discover any of the judgment creditors save
LOWS Rowe, Henry d. StrOuse and Hannah
Rice. He also claims to having examined the
stock and deposes that after the sale nothing
will remain for the general creditors. he al
Ieges, moreover. having been told by Strouse
that his debts would not exceed $3O. 600. and
that an examination has demonstrated that
they will amount to $4,000.
The attention of the court Is called to the
| statement Of W. &. Moorehead, bookkee per for
Evans, Peake & Co., who held q conversation
with A. Fl. Strouse before the failure, during
which the latter is said to have stated that oh
was not indebted to Bernhard Strouse or Solo
mon Midelbacker, to whom total judgment has
since been confessed for over $4,000 It il
also claimed that the defendant told an agent
of Jaffrey d Co. that he did not owe over
| $4,000, and that he had told others that he had
a surplus of $4,000. Deponent further says
that be has examined the books and cannot
find other creditors than Henry J. Strouse and
Hannah Rice, and that he il of the opinion
that the nine Judgments were made without a
consideration, and are void.
The affidavit of Phillip W. Kupper, agent for
Durham, Buckley l. Co., to whom the defend.
ant owes $3.50, calls attention to anony nous
letters sent 10 his own firm, and the firms of
Jaffrey & Co., Evans, Peake i Co., and 81. =.
Clafin & Co., warning the firms named to
''look OUT for A. q. Strouse, as he was very
shakey. The afidavits of John Philips and W.
P. Warner, are also given, setting forth sub.
stantially the same grievances as set forth in
the above.