, 1879-01-31
WILLIAM V0CKE,

ASSE15 0E LII r. dItkN1AN1A.
When Tho COMMITTEES anu the mcmosta!ists
reached Mt. Vocko's resGeoce, Nc. go North
LnSallessrect, they found Mr.. Gouuy and Judge
Blodgett there, ti.cy having started = few mo-
nenta sooner from tic hotct and arrived nras.
Mr.. Vocke was up md dressed. and received tho
gentlemen In bis parlor. sfr. Yockc was sworn,
md, In response to Col. Cooper 'sintesrogattons,
case his nan,o and residence, and stated TINT ho
WIS appointed Assignee OF the Gcrmauia lnsur-
anco Company about Marc.l 20, 1872. Prior to
April, 1874, two dtvldenda had been declared,
ono Of > per cent and one OF ~.
A third dividend OF 23k per cent was
declared on tho eth Of April, 1874. Gu tho 7th
OF April, ia addition to tho cash In bund
amounting to s1oi,s7i.1 IL, he held assets con-
slsting Of two notes Of A. c. uesing, Quo for
$1,000 aud ono Tor 5000, with intcrcat at 10
per cent from the lat OF July, 1870 In addition
to the Ilesinc notes, ho had tho following
unconyerted assets: a Judgment against Jcf-
fcrsun Farmer, judgment nEanat Lctch d
Townsend. Judgment against Henry Kenkel,
n,nl also note against Edward bnlomon for
500.
notes anil the cash Oil hAflh. all Other uneonycrt.
cd nscets were embraced In your petition fled
bcEoro tho Court on the TIL OF April, wcro they
notr. !, -.
lalG AlIaI1& AAhtot HGA0 G"HSAeGA ~ %NAt pELk-
i On tho 7th of April you nled two applca-
t1ous to tllc Court with reference to thu llspos-
tIon oi tI'eso tnconvertcd assets, did You not"
~ tis ono pet'tt9n M you had all except the
11estng a,ID n9,cs ?; a'Hl 'toek'"
"ln tl.c other you had tho Heaing notes and
''osf ri ,lis' II 'se'"'si'e'''
'.'rhc Court made two orders on that day!'
~ thlnk tl.at ID what the record khows,'
"In ti,e Que ofdor as TO all tl!e assets c1ecpt
you to sell them at public aatca''
Ycs. think tint IL whit tho record shows"
"ln tho ot'Mr, ask'nK Instructions ~ to dis
posit!on Of the llesine notcs an4 atock, tic
| salel'
-. "reet \ ,. ts correct. beliavo that is what tho
~ want tu ask you, Nj. Woke, why or at
whose Instance you tled the QUO petition cor
timing Ill thc other asscts than tho lIusln4
notes, ana didn't also Include tbs llesng notrs
| iu Tho aamu petltlont'
"Weil, 10 ordof 10 explain that sha!l bare
to go back lnto t!ls history Of tho negotiations
@ xl!ieh The tlna1 Dividend was pad About ae
va, q. S savssG a.fF psst pp.t q. sS p:us s
uerman!a Insurance Company, a.,s ali Of t'.o
stocklo!ders, who Insisted that their policies.
tlrY 10 october, should b. = sct-on ugalnst Tie
Indebtedness which tho Company held against
them upon their stoek notcs; THINE @ su'ts wers
sasss .n p .t.s eas William William yos yyosks
Assignee, ~: Ferdinand jaeger; they Ind
judvg hlodgctt-iou mean ion brought suit.
Mr. vocks-fes. 1 had BROUGHT tho suit
apa!nst them, Tl.eso was an ns.rccu cuse on =
| stipulation signed ly mo Oh tho ono aide. aud
all ,he stockho'ders on tug othrr, ,l.al ,hry
would earrYup tho suit to tllu Bupratno Court
at Washington, md abide BY tie rvsult tn sass
It MAS dcctdcd against them agreeing 70 pay Ut
otse or le. Judgment bc ct'.ered asainst tl.eu.,
wi:hoHt w.. suy t, further appsa,. In nssembrr
Ut nnss proceeded TO Inform the Stockholders
| Of the result. procured I copy Of tho opinion
filed BY The euurctllu Court, and as soon " I
had that addressed \ rircutas-lcttcs to all Of
ttu stockhol'trts, tncu1lng As. A. U. HesinR.
'filc witness read tIls lctscr, which slated the
tlecist0n II l!,u Supreme Court, reminded thp
Attrkholders Of the stipulation abure uaeutlon-
~ .. to avoid judgment, liz tlsrn 4a!.l:
:" lu lhc r0usse VI thc next eight Or ten veoks
all tl:c stocAho!Hess, with the exception of A.
=. AeslnK. settled their liabilities. They were.
n'cnt a days notire; had TO glyo d,ru,
kn,ns reasonable tinr.. There was tof lust M C.,
ar' MosItt, whosv liability amounted 10 ty. -;
e. hfdsi st.':t:S *:sts1 e. seS esSfs"i4. a 'S ass;
ss9tlt: 81. Jaeger, t7,i.o; III. Hosllr',
$5,oI4.4A; aud several others, of tnufs or iess
sl!nilaF ~ Hnounts; l. haa fos tine
xteat dtidculty 10 securing payments ol
THIS nunsy. AaA tic difficulty arusu Ii,
this WY: Sir. A. G. tsesuX. - SION ~ hs bs,
easna Awaro vi the necessity OF paying, informed
several vi lhcse stockholders, II not Ill at uny
tats, can ullAv three ~ vAoln he personally Y
"eut Or sent Ito whom hu aalL that they SHOULD
not pay The iudebtedarssi ha would IVY to yet
out Ut u, a'd hs would try to help the otLsEs tn
the sumo Way; llero was way, uu1 he could
get OUT of It. lie did that behind my back,
elalnlestlncly. and | discovered it only uheu
tllcse tnen ca1ls to and tull mo aalut it, uni
AsHea INT 1t could uut giyv tArll, frtllvr liule
lllst they unllrr.to.sl tsunl Mr.. ltcsiug there
was NJ hurry ab"ut paying. Tic ctfcvtwss that
| liz luE natl fhi,t St In u1l Iu l,SI