Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-07-29
SKIPPED THE TOWN.
A Sixth Ward Merchant Leaves for Canada,
Leaving His Creditors in Mourning.

A Sixth Ward Merchant Leaves for Canada,
Leaving His Creditors in Mourning.
About the LIST of July Aid. j. C. Mccarthy,
of the Sixth ward, sold his grocery, flour and
feed stores to Joseph s. Pollock, who had for
more than year acted as his clerk and book
keeper. He took in payment some. $500 in
notes, and the remainder in cash. On Wednes-
day evening last, Mr.. Mccarthy being absent
at Hastings on business trip, Pollock packed
his trunk and skipped the town. leaving his
obligations to Mr.. Mccarthy and others I'M
paid. The alderman returned yesterday morn
ing to find that the stock of groceries and
flour in the store had been very much depleted,
leaving but the fragments of what had been a
well filled stock of groceries and provisions.
Investigation shows that Pollock had pro-
ceeded on the theory of realizing cash for
whatever was in his possession. He sold five
sacks of -four that cost $3.50 sack, for 81,
and disposed OF groceries and other goods in
the same reckless manner. These facts gave
rise to the suspicion that he was guilty of
crookedness, and inquiry developed the fact
that he had bought ticket for Canada, and
was probably beyond the reach of officers of
the law. Mr.. Mccarthy estimates his loss at
about $500, though he may succeed in recov-
ering portion of the amount from the goods
left in the store.
Besides victimizing Mr.. Mccarthy, Pollock
succeeded in contracting number of bills
About week ago he bought bill of grocer
les from P. II. Kelly & Co., amounting to
$3.50. He paid $50 on account, and gave his
note for the balance, payable on Monday, the
LIST of August. The amount now remains un-
paid. he also contracted bill of about $50
at the wholesale grocery house of j. II. Al
len d Co., which has not been paid. He pur-
chased about S100 worth of flour and feed
from Maxwell & Co., paying small amount
down and giving his note for the balance.
Several other wholesale dealers were victim
lied in smaller amounts. 1t is not probable
that Pollock carried off with him much more
than $1,000. He was young man of about
70 years of age, and was trusted implicitly by
those who knew him.
As a postscript to the above it will have to
be recorded that yesterday afternoon Messrs.
Hampton & Wampler, q commission firm do
ing business On st. Peter street, above Seventh,
went before Justice Wood and sued out an
execution against Pollock for $50. the value
of goods alleged to have been delivered to
hi m some two weeks since. The execution
was placed in the hands of Constable Stephen
| j. Murphy, who proceeded to levy upon the
goods and chattels contained in the store. He
had already got inside, when his presence was
discovered by Aid. Mccarthy, who proceeded
to bounce the officer of the law in summary
manner. Mr.. Murphy recrossed the bridge
and procured warrant for the arrest of the
alderman, charging him with assault and bat
terry. The case will be heard before judge
Burr this morning.
Mr.. Henry Schuermeier, who holds a mort
gage on the goods in the store for $500, took
legal steps, towards evening, for the purpose
of securing his claim.