Daily Republican., 1882-12-02
FIFTH EDITION
THs sANDERS' C1sS
The Prosecution UIos..
SSiooS SS S .Aa iAs Defence ia !, az. noAp

MoSk0F,
At 10 O'Clock this morpiD,
Sumed proceedings in i1s thu Court
Of Sanders vs.. Clark. All All tedious "a O
we were present, aut immediss.aSsi sas JUDI
the opening Henry H. ssely saSsly af
adjourned last evening wa" wnen vOl
and In answer to Mr.. I,ra1S Ss fecallt
said sit!,l that when the levy wa, 9asstio ,os
,aI have replevied the 20 ~ooI. %aas !.
l hSo been able to furnish bs'Uus 'as. L
ne maze every effort to obtsSao sssoii |
but found 1t i'm possible. w VO'alu
MI Lore Raut-d to kDou
was the owner Of the stors WY III
not get the necessary securit, u as g ssou
the writ Of replevin. Mr. 20 70 ooa
oblected to the question, and ,nI, 0ptuau
ti tne witness not to answer. Az, ASssuea aC
time had besn spent in arnn' n,s't 500 q
ed the witness to retire, "uu alloV
Ex Sheriff CLARK was rso.p.,
questioned by Mr.. sprusnCs~ ~'i' sSNl,. y !!
idemnity bond. '0 aO0utt u
After objections had he0r ,.,..
Mr., Lore, the witness was ala iIslSsG
retire and Mr.. Nields statad Sd'Vsea w.
though they had a number of w. saaI
yet to examine, the probShII,.'l ITIt'le'a.
that their testimony would uui. ! " {
repetition of what had alra,Su Su' y
stated, and therefore would N.Y.,
their case. NV "
Mr.. Hoffscker opened for tho,.,
and said that they proposed 'S'l'l !, y
that the whole business as II y. =. ~
Quoted by the Sanders faml'
well concocted scheme to defrD,i, " \.
creditors. He would show that as..
the store was conducted maj, Ssl
eDt names, it was the proDs'iI n
James A. Sanders, and be % vGnS
show that for several ysar' ss sS.'
commenced business In tbir ci,S @
not only paid his bills pronDty i.
had even discounted them s'S ~
this was done with a view Of o6,,i0ia s
the confidence of these merchant
that he could obtain greater credit !
o larger stock OF goods, n hs
pared for a failure.
Henry NJ. Rosenbaum yas ,Vo,D
testified that he Is a memba, ~
wholesale dry goods firm in pbusa.
phia; previous to the failure Of ,T,nl
A. Sanders, he had bought a gre1t msu
go DDS from them; when be 6rt mn
menced to deal with them be Dsia c,1
or had short time, and frequently IN
counted his bills; a short time prsvinI
to January, 1879, James A, Sapjs
purchased q bill Of goods Of over n ii
which was the largest be had II
bought at one time; did not know
what he was in d sound financial m
idition until January. 1879, when
firm received a letter from him stsB
his inability to pay; witness came
his city and found the place undsrt
Sheriff levy on an execution ian
on Judgment bond held BY May
Sanders. A short time previous si
failure james A. Sanders had return
several hundred dollars worth Of 200
TO the firm be never assigned as an
son for returning them bis inability
pay the bills; he said the gOOd,dia
suit, or we're not what be had Ndas
After q short crosSexamiHatm
Mr.. Spruance, the witness VII 4
missed.
William +. Brown was Waa an
testified that he is engaged ID hs d
goods business in Philadelphii; Jaul
A. Sanders is indebted to hnNSG
first knew Of his failure JSnuNy lS
1879.
Witness was present when ShsI
Clark sold the goods in March, lSSl,t
sale was conducted In a SySteuSI
manner and the goods brought elega
prices; the witness had been buy
for many years, and in his opinion
value of the stock at the time OF
sale was not over &, 800; the goods W
all old stock and SCme otthtm had q
exposed to tie weatna' and were SolVs
On cross. examination by Mr. SM
ance he was asked if he was ono dI
execution creditors, and upon Oans
sWered in the affirmative he iA5nHl9
"what is the amount Of the iHaeIal
bond that you and the Other cIsalw
gave to Sheriff Clark" Mr. Lore
| iected and after argument ey 0an
on both sides, the Court ruIea 'u'qu
ton out.
Mr.. Spruance filed exceptions 70
ruling of the Court apd Sl'et GASa o. ~
ling the witness at some length IL y. y
ence to the difference between V,a' VIVA,
would have given for them and Sla, '.
considered them worth be was p''p
ed to retire. .,-,,r
William j. Crosby was sWOIa
testified that he is o meHlel s,,u "
| firm of Crosby s. Hill Of this ctS, w,
amined the goods in the store" ,sev Se.
and Market street after the NV, "A
made, and previous to the SAT-, aka "
view of bidding on them !, 0So wo4la ~,
have given more than % Wv ,rS NJ
stonk AZ much OF it was old auSs ~
worn; If he had bought at tR1,S R5m.ai N
he would have conSidefsI D' III M
tnpate. if lie had been abe b, oSo W u1
of CITIZEN them a at an advance of y l9@ .S,, d
=" 1T sT'v viii bo reCO!Iectesd es tnlI ~.
goods brought over S'VoO a's AZ 'Isv rs,
if's sale, when they "'''
out.) .rop
ScnSs sgsSisGu business sine at Seventh ana s,s~i "a
sS,sS1" Soods da in the store previous wi o.,
sn1e snS gUUI and thought n that 5000 sss vSlt ST
@ ltside figure that they st "0iU vsre d
Several questions tha. a.s,stiug Ss Z
tbis witness by Mr.. Lore eStrinr EetS a
SisT visitipg m the store, and iDqatE'I6SS M ~ y \
Itbe Ie'i,uS business were Objec'tan snS q wsrs W
seI seT for the prosecution Sp anu Lore ore
admitted by the ConTti MI D
exceptions. Drt his uuesi0I
another shape, and 'H0 WV
them admissible ..,,ot that hs
Iited the store to l5qu.' 5gap qod
amount of business oHuS Iaoo vi j d
shioSs aaousc concerning NJ the place gl,S3.d si6 tbe
of taking it himself nc .j n,as rIS and d
found James A. SaOSs,Id sanders ia
DiSse DHss, TrT all the conveEsat5iSSrpss essS5Sps Y
had were with j. A. ss.nstifed tbs
M Thomas H. BslcheE n,.IDssS tSsS,u,Gi ip
h.1nOia - IN iae IIS he had bought ,itS n1 70
61aees %s1ea,e out and visited tDisS t0is S'q 10
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