Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-07
POSTPONED.

HGTtc0OI'S stool. VA! Not be Sold Uatil
EmeSdag, Pee. 2Ist-PrOosedinGS In the
District Cant Yesterday.
Owing TO divers claims, insinuations, charges
and suspicious on the part of certain creditors
Of n. B. Harwood & Co., set forth in the afTi-
davitS filed with the clerk of the court on Sat
urday last, Judge Nandsrburg on that day. is
sued an Injunction commanding the sheriff To
appear IN court at o'clock Yesterday after
noon, ard show cause why the sale should cot
be postponed, ana the manner of such sale mn
terlRily changed. At the appointed hour the
house was nell flied by the ATTORNEYS of Har
wood Co.: and of the creditors of the firm.
n. r. Thorn Pson sheriff Of Hennepin county.
submitted an affidavit denying one and all of
the luslnustions, of plaintiffs and their attnr-
neys. He had never said that he
expected 10 sell all the goods in one parcel.
He intended to sell the goods in strict accord
aHce With the law, and in such manner rs to
realize the largest sum. He further states that
ne has neyeT refused any one permission to go
through the establishment and look over the
goods, Oh; had only excluded people in general
frcm rambling about the buildings containing
the stock
Mr. NJ. Is. kdon, attorney for certain plain
this, made a long argument against the pro-
posed sale. he said the goods are not nov in
any condition 10 be sold to any advantage The
purport of the notice OF sale indicates that the
sheriff intends to sell all the goods in one par
Gel. ne said there Was nothing in the affida-
Wit of the sheriff to show that he did not so in
tend 20 dispose of the goods. He further
claimed that no satisfactory Inventory had
been made and shat if the goods were dis
posed OF as they a.e ROW Bituated, the sheriff
himself couldn't tell within $780, 900 as TO
their actual worth. One man without an at
tachment CT writ of repievin al his heels had
been allowed TO sac the goods. If the sale
takes place "a the sheriff has iutimated it shall
then Mr.Roon said irreparable injury vouId be
done to- the creditors. He further argued that
the court should postpone the sale, fix the dat @,
and cause catalogue of all the goods to be
issued for tho benefit of intending purcHas-
ers.
Counsel Tor defendants claimed that the
sheriff had never said that be intended to sell
the goods Ia one parcel. AT this point there
was lively sparring season between the at
t0rneys CT the respective sides. carried SO far
that nearly everything one side advanced WIS
disputed squarely by the other.
Sheriff Thompson said, 81 don't believe I
ever said / shall sell the goods in a single par
eel; l might have said that l should like to
do So"
After further discussion, Judge Vanderburg
said 1t would be difficult to say just where and
how the sale should be made and Just where
snd how the parcels should be divided.
Mr.. Young, an attorney of st. Paul, made an
G-SoA-Cil SoAIChuao 10 Lnab OF Mf.
ho0n, and said million dollars worth of goods
were set up for sale in such shape that no
man could judiciously bid apor them.
Al this point Mr. j. Il. Side, Of the First
National bank, submitted an affidavit repelI-
ing every charge of conspiracy, and claiming
that the firm Tss indebted to the bank to the
full amount of tho judgment confessed by Mr.
HARDWOOD.
1t wss here announced that owing to the
Eeplevin suits now being made, postpone.
Euent of the sale was absolutely necessary, and
the attorneys for the creditors found that they
had spent much oratory upon point that
bad already been determined upon neces-
sity.
as result of the sparriDg noted above, an
other affidavit was thrust upon the attention
Of the court DIR. 81. G. o. Morrison, attorney
Tor certain creditors, submitted an affidavit
claiming that Sheriff Thompson had told
him that he should sell the goods in one
lump.
After much mole talk upon the subject it
was agreed 10 postpone the sale until Tuesday,
the 2ist OF December. The goods will then
be sold IN lots; that is, the goods of the whole
sale house will first be disposed of, then those
IN the Bracket block, and so On until all are
sold.