, 1879-02-13

hands OF tmrttrs rs Goi1Aternls-f t[o not rccol-
lcct IN whose ant!s. never attempted 10 use
anr OF those bonds alter my fnilurc. ! could
not state how tnany shares Of Cannda Southern
stock had At tho time Of my tatturc. The origi-
nal subscription was e50,0W lid. IN Sovetn-
ber. is transfer to II. 1, Swords 1,ls7,1 shares
law, from whom borrowed a part Of the money.
lie bad nancy. don't rccollccs to whom Ibid
transter tlle balance. [Allcn failed IN january,
haze not !Tfg;ly ,,n nos >; narssty s r.
crn stock since my failure. did not report It
in nv schedule as stock hypothecatctl, because
did not fhlnk It was worth anything. have
never tried to borrow money Tor 1nyself W
since nv failure. havo never written letter
10 any ono proposing 10 borrow money upon
that stock to nae III my business. Mr. Allen
was licre lmndcd tesscr, ani asked:
o." D.d you write tt.atfh
A.-"ies, air; did"
reads thus:
cH,rAoo. Dee. Is, 1s75.-.FmxHp TRACY:
wrote you, ths morning ahont Canada soutl,cra
boHds Rather than scl! at The prica offered.
would nsefcr 10 borrow what could On tho same.
s .sy fSr ss o. Or Sog yeaf tna
II would be better to hold tic stock and pay IN.
,crest. y ! eonld get money On It ~ collateral;
! would rather pay 10 per cent Interest than roll.
loud you tell the where cUufl pfacu ttletns |
nl,st 20 nt sofnething to make n living, md mist
INC whsrs I' san make rails On t,.Is a. coliat.
ike 10 ssi Al 10 ecn. Il viii ecrtatn,y be worsh
n''o u h''a' a''f' 'ef' '''s' II, F, ALIEN,
Mr. Allen continued; ~ was discharged irum
bankruptcy IN 1]cccmbcr,. lS75. That tcttrr was
written willhn three weeks after. think Tra-
cy understood IL, / had talked with htnl about
the pulley of surrcnterIng y certain amount to
the Fnndcrbtltt, ns Ite Mil Dows had urrauRcd.
The letter was written a. the rcdnest Of Swords.
who was In Chicago, .a,tl wanted tllu tnouey to
use in business. ! never tola MY assEgnce
about the stock, and never put 1t III NV scilrd-
ute. / rnrnpt rive any IDEA Of thu nluotlnt VI
rnot,ey for which this stuck was hypo.hccated.
It!c money was furnished me by Swords"
Q.-"Wilen asked you wiM' held this stuck,
you knew Swords had It, though you said you
lid not reeutltct who hal tttf
Al 4Mpp0se DID," -..--..
-"Did lie hold 1t ut the time Of your fall
Al think he did ! tlo not know how long
he held 4. never transferred it to any one but
Q-"Dhln't Swords transfer 1,1s71< sharcs
Jnu. a1, 1s!s; s;11 In sArch, 1878; and 100
A. could not tc1.h
t1-"1>on't you krow the proceeds OF TINT
stock went Into that
aTocK or GOODS OK COURT AvENuE7"
A.-"It did not. The goods were bought on
credit. Thc parties have my ltie-insurapce as
collateral. own it when IL ls pnil for. Bugbcs
anu carry OH lle b,lstnrss."
O." Ii Il not carriclt Oh fn the name OF Bug
bee US ,aEcnt Of tue Eastern pry.Goods Com
pany!"
A." We'll, i'cake 4; Co. own tho goods until
they nre paid for atn the Il. F. Alien who Is
nnuer indlcttnent for perjury IN the United
States D!attlut CURT for the Nut1icrn District of
Illinois. hArc neyer lind tral ttndgr tllAt ill.,
ttictnlent. have never manifested my years.
tngs for a triaI. have cil1cayorcl to get tile
Indictment dismissed. A dismissal would he
preferable to n trial..
4Atnut the time this stock was transferred by
Swurdst. a large stock Of dry guods appeared
here, shipped to George II. Bughcr, Agent. On
clcll box WAS privately marked with lend pencil
lhc Ialne OF
u. r. ALLEN.
4 biz sign was holstc1 which read, eastern
Dry-tioods Cotnpanv,-Gcorge u, BurDcc,
Agent.h Mr.. Swor1ls and Allen were nppar-
tu enye The 5iate. n.ll last wcek the Eastern
Dsy-tioo1s Company" closed up, the gools
were marked b. i. Allen IL Co., n1.l shipped to
LendsllIe. Col. It Is understood the "Co." is
II. l.. Swords.
i is not improbable that tie nssgnec Of Allen
will investigate this "EnateTn l)rs-tiouls COM
pany'atld this Canada Southern stuck business:
foy, at 10 cents IN the dotIar, t1lcre would he
g.,otl many thousand lu1turs Ut proceeds bclouE+
Ing to tile creditors.
1t IL Just to
THE MEMORY or MRS ALLEN
to snv that PUBLIC opinion here cxoucratcs her
from giving willing assent to Iii. A1lcn's ut
temtHs " tccrgte ur Keep property from his
creditors. She was true-liearLeu and nol,te
woman, nntt woulu hare surrendered homestead
ud MI else to cred!tors, n1.tt takcn her position
aEattI III life where Sue started. without money
or INFLUENCE, except tllnt which comrs from u
good nnIi,c u1Nl trlic woH'anluol. HAwEEiE.