Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-29
mot OPEN THIS DAY"
The New York Importing Company"
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Thetr Bills.
About three weeks ago party arrived
in this city and rented the store No. 129
Congress street, next door west of
Schreiner's music store, and opened out
stock Of cheap hosiery, underwear and
toys. The business was conducted under
the sign of the ''New York Importing
Company" by the firm of II. n. Hamblin
Il Co., and the concern, it seems, had
branch houses in Charleston and Augusta,
the house in this city being in charge Of
one of the Hamblins.
On Monday last passers by noticed the
store closed. the windows or the inside
were covered with paper, and on the door
was a placard with the announcement
''Not Open This Day." Nothing was
thought of this, however, until Tuesday
morning, when several wagons were OBJ
served to come up the lane to the rear
entrance of the store, several large boxes
We're placed therein, and the teams driven
off. The early hour rs o'clock and the
quiet manner in which the moving was
carried on. aroused the suspicious of a
gentleman in the vicinity, who imme-
diately notified Mr.. Emanuel Heidi, the
agent of the property.
As the ''New York Importing COmpa-
N.Y. had not paid any rent for the
store, Mr.. Heidi at once repaired
to the office OF Magistrate
Elsinger and had a writ of attachment
issued. Constable FOlliard, accompanied
by the gentleman who witnessed the NOV
ing, and who had noticed the marks on
the boxes, proceeded to the Central Rail-
road depot and levied on the goods, after
they had been identified.
Mr.. Hamblin had left the city. and the
clerk who was lett in charge telegraphed
to the firm in Charleston, notifying them
of the attachment of the goods for rent,
and a reply was received to state the
amount of the Indebtedness, and it would
be forwarded at once. This information
was given, but instead of the money being
forwarded the bOOkkeeper of the Augusta
house arrived in this city yesterday
morning. paid Mr.. Heidi his rent and de-
manded the release of the goods. AS that
gentleman had no further claim on them,
he referred the bOokkeeper to Magistrate
Elsinger, by whom he was informed that
additional attachments amounting to $500
had been issued against the goods of
Hamblin & Co., and he could have the
same by paying that amount.
When the bookkeeper found he could
not recover the property without satisfy
ing the attachments, he demanded re-
turn of the money he had paid Mr.. Heidi,
but of course this demand was not COM
piled with.
There are a number of unpaid claims
against the "New York Importing Com
pany," among them, we learn, the gas and
gas fitting bills and city taxes.
We see by the Nel1S and Courier that
the house of Hamblin & Co., in Charles
ton, has been closed, and the stock at
tached by the Sheriff, at the instance of
New York creditors. The Indebtedness
of the concern is said to aggregate $75, 900.
Messrs. Howard n. Hamblin and r. W.
Hamblin have been arrested by the Sheriff
of Charleston, upon the affidavit of men,
Der of the firm of Strauss & Co., of New
York, charging them with fraud and at
tempting to defraud creditors. The bail
was placed at $4,000 each, which they de,
clined to give, and they were committed
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