, 1879-02-11
M'NlNNON.S CHILDREN,

1HB IAnN OF an ulfl SfHfyt
Nicholas 3. Raprlero yesterday flied m aifI-
dasit before judge Knickerbocker showing that
he is indebted to the astato Of Laurn, Cicero.
and Virgil Mckinnon. minors, whoso guardian
he was, to the sum OF ST. ESQ 70 which he Is uil.
nblc To mako good. According to his report,
since his last accounting the firm Of Frisb1o l.
Isarpleyc, Of which he was q member, have met
with great losses, and arc now In hant;ruptcy.
All Of bis property wns seized by his aud tho
Arm'a creditors, notwithstanding hfs vigorous
opposlt!on. In 1876 he made all assignment Ut
$4,000 aud library valued at $4,000 for
The benefit OF tile tninors, this sum
being sufficient, to pas his dehts to tho
estutc in full. This assignment, however, has
turncd over to his creditors. no claims that,
although acting honestly md without fraud .iia
hns lost the entire asaeta Of the estate, With the
exception of Two i.ntes for ANAL amounts anl
nonl, hr says, are worthless. 40 TINT tho minors
suffer complete loss without redress. lie prtyH
to be discharged, Offering to submit to such au
examination of hls acts US the Court may lcen,
proper. Tic Court ordered that he file ,leW
bond 10 the penal sunl Ut ,00o, md, upon h!s
order, ilo was rcmoyel from bis position M Of
guardian and Ills latters OF administration re-
Voked.
The above Is tile conclusion of long story
which has been published plccemeal since 1871.
Aholtt the lust said on the subject wna In Tia
TRIBUNE of &faY 10, 1871. Tic day previous the
GUARDIAN HAD DEEM INDICTED
for cmeczzt'ng 81 oo9 from The aforesaid wards.
by h!s tIrst wife. Thu ALLEGATIONS op which tbs
indictment was based were abtlut as folluwa: In
November, 1871, this mother Of the children
aied io thu eitY !ea7!nE them ~ 'on ooilcy 10
cloysr. aln! the muncy was collected. On tho 9th
Of 'Afay, 1879, RappieYe wus appointed guardian,
AMI took charge Of the estate. Shortly after
wards MI. Mekin,lon lllarrtetl bis second Wife
children in the cure Of their guardian, fsum
wh0,n he tcuruel n the course OF tElnu that tho
money had been invested in reat.estato ste.Irl-
ties. drawing lU per cent Interest, aud tl,at Miss
eared to be Go:ng as merry ~ marriage bell.
In the full VI 1870, borrower, Mr.. Mekiunon re-
turned to the citY and made, llc alleged, certain
discoveries whel, were anything but calculatcd
serted, Invested thu money in h!s business. fn-
s;ea @e9ss o. hsd issd liz a boz. ~ RSs .
wandering about homeless md penntless,
sent home from school hecause her tuition mud
not been paid. Mr.. Atckinnon learued tllat tile
guardian had BEEN aauring in bankruptcy pro.
ceedtnge, anA made frlitless effort to recover
alleged, ,tat at tho time Of such proceedings mp.
pleycA assets wcrc s100 600, aud his liabilities
about f5u00O. uHi that tho only cla!tn since
| paid was u.at OF Rarplcye's father-inlaw. Wills
the others wcsu still pending tn court In son,e
shapu or other, waiting the LAWS delay. For
hoip, a,ni III. sieKiunon iait lie matter
before the Grand Jury Al the last
resort. Tie. result was. as above stated. an
! indictment for cmbezxiement. RApp1eye WAS
| aErcstcd tie day after Tie indictment Was re-
turned into court. brought Into tue judicial
presence, and 9avc bail IN The sum Of $l5.0h},
with .lohn s. Wallace and Ebsnezer Holmes II
| susottcs. At thut time. according to tho vera
cuus chronicler. he appeared to regnEd his In.
Lfcttncut huge Joke, and, fn,m the fact that
lie case wss never brought to trial, but was
dropped of The docket, II would appear that ho
| waA not 10 faF out OF tho way.