, 1880-11-30
THE COURTS,
A Hardware Company and the
First National Bank.
Tho Former Mourns tho Loss OF Some
Of Its Valuable Securities.
Some Of the Trask Indictments Quaahcd-
Judgments aud Now Suits.

~ tNe 1AlIE tsuh"NlC Ah1llkEH} fAlts1tSt
First Eatinnnl Hunk of Chlc,Ru, apnrrow n.
Sickrrsoll, Samuel II. EltkersUt,. n1,d Albert r.
HothlrtcE, to eUmpct tho stlrrcl.t!cr Of certain
s,Otcs nlht!n by tiuotlrich. Tho onlitN,tnnt
states TINT OH tho s0tl ut August, ta1H t,ool-
re!, in1su his nuics, ten or fnnrc IN number, for
tho nERregnto amount NJ sl0jISA. payable to
hl* own order at tho First NuttOnnl lIntk two
ycnrs after tlntr, with intcrtst at pcr cont. md
drpDatctl III collateral t,crcto certain atnres af
stock OF tho l.nslatn &: Grizzly Consolidation
Mining catnrAny, Utnh. 10 tho aMount
nj $3@' pnr yniuo for every dnl,ar Of
tho faco bf tho notes. which t1opnslt
wna rccttct In tho body Ut cncll Ut tito notes.
rho natts wero 3hon int]orsod In blink. and ,!o.
llforcd to Cru,,nccy KtIme. In 1870 tnU Nh
ttotat Hardware Cotnpnny. limited, chnrtrrcd In
Now ynfit, l,n,ght nlnc OF stesp notes, nn'l In
Uetotor Sparrow n. Sfckursnn, Its Trelseurur,do.
pt,sttrd six TT tloin. Of the fnco vNluu of $15,-
iH0j, togutliur with II .tote nf II. II. Whtpp1o fur
$9.iu9, seu'irctt by ti5001 par valuo Of tho MI
tionas Hardware E0n,pnny's stuck, With tic
First National l}ask rs collateral security tn tho
sxty-tshy nuto 0f tho Nattonnl hardware Co,u-
pnny ror s::.iU0 At tho titno nt tho dupos.t md
Ior II considerable time before and nttcr, tho
tho bank, nnd Sparrow ii. ,NIrkcr.on was
the Comrnny's Trcnss'rer, hut l,u wns nuyer
a;taoraxs expressly or impt!edl t. make my
fts property III l'p sold for il debt wittlt,tt do-
tl,antl Ut paynlent: or advcrtsefnent or stch
notu of tho Con,pnny III nuy other sutto thna
New York. or loyali!o nnywEcre ctso, than 1T
1ts st'f ',ce e N Iprk Ttiot spcsa a'ar.
the cxscaton 4 tna IL st Sss,s aii KsT ies at
rsa s' 1essu 7 %s ae Il h s"s s s:Sa n s s hs
yunrt, atsd h ls'v ho atlvanro.l ior h,s Tratnor
s'f1w ;s s.ock tho Of n01Sy 5 n Saty sy n .w,9 q
COInt,N1lY. tlD enrtthcntr3 fur whist, wGr1 ilziud
" tug ,Il1p nf :. H. iclscrsGn. and It Is crkel
tAt s!tnue hnow all na'',,lt tho purcI1Hsn Of lilo
Company, ntiI nltietl tho aclstifl pcrsostMiiy ,
~ A.TnclliE motley. Yac lilAll'ess Of tho Conn
ay |rS ~ af is s S Fs to s VIZ Sr1Sw Dsyc1 s"s @ @
known to tho Company, md he, lit fraud Of lis
rHhts, inserted clause In clio into makinu 1t
that tho collateral might b: sotl without
~ sa1c @ 1Ss 1y"s%i ~. ' ssssa'o'ns'' d. :.
Thu ton,phny that ho I,nd nude arrangements
With tito bnlik to hnlia tho ncto IA call iMtn In
order tu atxo tto con,pnny reas9nnh!e oppor-
ub',r.lant!y " responsible. lii JMt.uury Inst spur-
Gox.iy Nj na ta wt at ST. sa1Tty syr & I, tho Tho
i JIG bank, ta*js up tho ss&o ~" "uic, sNS lit
asoSt .n tho matter or TO account for the r1sra
:. Almut tho 11th Of Auu.,st Inst Henry S. White,
bol'ght Of tho fntonal lIt.rllwuEe Company tiC
Six p"'re m ,'atgs o cy tho h., bk as soat-
eia cesan nSn sf ae GSpy r.
ind ngrced With spnrl'ow M. NIckeraon ti1lit ho
should help 70 culcot ti'e unggett cIplluy, md
Frh notss. nat,,rS AK @ s;i Ill., CO ei III be Mv co.,
leetc,l. III consideration OF this, wtlet, tteto
s's .tss ws5o i, p" or Tcite sGafrov as 70
fitnl,D tlnrLlWArG COnl1uny which hO hjlttI would
be hed by him for the ,is6 ut hlB brothor. Spur.
rsw s9 % a ss S emf Ct aN 9
!ie I ssi1n nato ND / wo9id htip hin qst g,
r9s!t with It tiio *s,G0 us cnllateral security.
ot0 in TIC Gf,t,r Hardware C,mpapy, but thoy
spnrrosF cun,o 70 Chlcn9o n September to Ect
s os @ scs S1d4o H. wsnT s hnt hs sopn SSDK W.
usyncal tho sx Goodrich, notes, md. owing to lilo
relations Of tho bunk witt, Sparrow, eot,,plnin-
ssx: Ss%s,Ssr, i; ,: l.. Is i sisassi yp',
pigment Of tho s2i,OoO noto 10 Goodrich for d
SRs ek I'd n T. es y IT BY te
eelved By ita general n'nnaxor, Il. II. Whlppo.
lio askc.i to l'avo tho snis postponed until no
ind tho utnNrleh n9tts wcro atrusk IN in ono
@ss %sx e "rS %a sySs soe t. SSes 5 9SEp e9sa s ,ss
boon sSd for tl'at amount. ' uoodraa thsn ben
x.soa,.,! xaso tue bunk bunk other notea. and tho
am m'S te bak whc oelSes Wsppo ss a
hero Oct. 7, ht ttfered to rolectn tho GnoArluh
gotss a' t. pay tl' whole 1ain of the hank
heon ieanily sol'l nili aftorw@rd snrrondsrei Ito to
tiH,tr!cli, md nothing could hG dOne, und ho