, 1881-05-15
Tolu, Rock, and Rye in the Sher-
IFS Hands.
Three of Lawrence s. Martins
Creditors Pounce ON Them,
The liabilities Abont 100000 and
the Assets 100000.
Causes Of the E1plosion-Rock and Bye and
the Trotting Park.
BsJins Goods for The Purpose Of at Once Hypothe-
eating Them.

BgJins Goods Tor The Purpose OF at 0lte H!4othe
eating Them.
About o'clock yesterday afternoon {
rumor was heard Oh the streets TO the cffec
that the well-known liquor house of Law
renee g. Aartin-the celebrated No. Ill Mad
ison street-had been closed and was in TIL
hands of the Sheriff on executions held b.
certain unknown parties People who Hat
tened their noses against the outer door wcr'
able to convince themselves very speedif.
that there was something in the story, for tn,
face of Mr.. James Burke, one of the sharpes
and best Of the Deputy Sheriffs, could b
seen in the interior. The story passed from
mouth to mouth rapidly, and createt
considerable stir. The firm was remarkably
Well-knowr, not merely in Chicago, bu
throughout the country, OIL account Of its
former connection with the Chicago Trotting
Park, aud of the giving to the world the great
boon Of ''Tolu. Rock, and Rye" "a cQncoc
tion Of cheap granuiated sugar, bad whisky,
and bitters, which has been advertised all
over the country, and can now be found in
every drugstore from Northeastern Maine
to Southwestern Texas.
ALL CLASSES NEARLY
have been acquainted with Lawrence &
with Mike Mcdonald and set up for them
selves in the liquor business their identi6ca-
ton Tith the Jockey Club brought them into
close relations with horscmen all over the
country, and their management of the Park
NATURALLY famlliarized the tens of thousands
who attended the race-lnaetings with their
of
rock and rye, attended with the advertising
visits OF Mr.. Lawrence to various points
in. the East and South. has spread
t'. the o, 6nowledEe +i+ Of 4:; them noa all over
tomorrow morning when the lonely settler
in the Everglades. the lumber1nan in the dis
talat woods of Maine, or the SalnlOn-catcner
on the remote shores of the Pacific. reads
his newspaper and drinks his. glass of rock
the memory of his benefactors.
4 reporter Went down to No. Ill Madison
street and tlattened his nose against the pane.
He saw the -redoubtable Burke. politically
known as .'Resolution Burke,'' and after
having obtained entrance into the long room
he discovered that
BCEkE HAD SEIZED THE PREM IsES
on two executions in favor of 4 S. Trude,
the lawyer, one for S17,22.4 and the other for
$15,519; three in favor of G. F. Bush, une
for sl0.2S, another for $3.50, and another
for SG.055; and one in favor of II. J. Bless
ing for S3,G25,-lnaking 4 total of S57,614.
Two or three people were busily figuring,
seated at a table in the rear, two or three
more were engaged in taking an inventory
Of the stock, and one individual was stand
Ing around looking in a very dlsconsolate
manner at number Of barrels of whisky.
happiness that the reporter inSunctiye1y took
him for q creditor who had not been able to
get in OIL time with mis- Judgment. A little
investigation proved that such was about the
tate Of the case, and as this is
ALMOST TIE ONLY EPISODE
connected with the affair it is worth stating.
4 certain Hebrew wIisky-broker, now
stopptng at the Palmer House, received pri-
rate adyices from New York which con-
riuced him that whisky was going to drop
six or eight cents. The moment he rot this
Information he rushed around to Lawrence
his goods In order to make it somewhat Of
an inducement to them he offered The stuff
at two cents off tile then price.
Ths = eoo whisky 'ldE4; ,, was bought; about
the Palmer House to figure out on a tab just
exactly what his profits were on the specula-
ton, and to observe exultinely that ne had
cleaned out the Gentle. This same individ-
nal It was who, dropping into Lawrence &
Martins not so very much later, was looking
- ~ A.sal uc44aict
y Mnishy Mnlle IL was oetng appraised and in
EeatoIieo y more fortunate creditor who
ha1 selzea u 9naer IN cxecntlon.
Vne u lne ulst persons whom me reporter
1aH dclnss rom whom ne con!d Bct an Intel
!ls1ole loea OF the Stale OF affairs was
!: Aus- TnCDE,
one Of the Judgment creditors.
"YYhat Is the nat1er. Mr. Trude -, said
the reporter.
THE matter is,': said the gentleman fms
"that made up nv mind vas
terday that it was time for me to secure nv
money. l had no doubt that I shoIiId hc
paid what was due rue, the relations between
Lawrence & Martin and myseif having nj
ways been Of a pleasant character.-Tor a
long time those Of a. LAWYER and client
but I had become convinced during tile week
that they must fail. and therefore decided ri
course, as 4 matter Of self-preseryation' tn
save myself.''
t How long have they been in your d;,ht 9n
"They first borrowed money from me
about thret, wears ago.-first 81 .00) far :, few
lays, then s, 600. theu $4,000, and afterwards
arge amounts which I myself had to bor-
row in order to accommodate then, with. At
one time was indebted myself over $1,000
IN account Of loans which | had made to
hem, the total amount OF my accommoda-
4ou 70 ulenl ~ piesent Is So-,oVo- Knew for
,otAG Ll!1e oach tilat I1ey were hard pushed,
~ tau !lopEs w 70 ine very latest moment
!lat LEY tVutu pun tHlouRH. Inc! would
~ loouiless - lucy aau oeen aug 10 1la1ig OIL
~ ,!I!S ~ 1o1u. noch, anu llye business
!. !!Ll!t !ouEcl.. l. luluh even now