Daily globe., 1883-06-18
KRUMS OF COMFORT.
The st. Lonis Lawyer and Some of His
Lapses from Virtue-His Peculations VIII
Reach to About a Hundred Thousand

The st. LOnis Lawyer and Some of His
Lapses from Virtue-His Peculations VIII
Reach to About a Hundred Thousand
Dollars.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
ST. LOUIS, June 17-There are more
revelations to-day tending to show the
cause of Judge Chester H. Krum's mysteri-
Gus absence from the city. On the 18th of
June, 1882, William Robertson, dry goods
merchant doing business on Fourth street,
executed an assignment for the benefit of
and the circuit court required him to give
bond of 100000. He furnished this bond
June 26th, just before the adjournment for
the long vacation. His sureties were Isaac,
Cook and S. E. Hoffman. The stock was
valued at $4,000. The establishment
was closed the morning of the assign
ment and the stock was subsequently
sold to William Barr & Co. Strange to say
there is not record or single announce
ment in court saying what became of the
assigned estate. The case was marked to
division No. 2 of the circuit court, but the
records of that court show no entry, and
there are no papers in any division of the
circuit court shedding any light on the
Robertson estate. The supposition is that
after perfecring his bond as assignee Judge
Chester krum took the papers out of court
and they have never been seen by the clerk
since. The firm of William Barr & Co.
paid Judge krum for the Robert
son goods something like $4,000. This
sum- was paid q little less than yearago,
8nd was paid by check. The firm has
Judge Krum's receipt for the amount. The
further investigation is pushed in Krum's
business relations with the community the
darker the record seems to be which he has
left. The law does not require that an as
slgnee shall file statement and inventory
of the trust placed in his hands at the next
regular term Of the circuit court after the
filing and approval of his bond, but
that statements shall be made at each sue
ceeding term of the cOuit. According to
this Krum should have made
reports to circuit court No. 4,
at the last October, December,
February, April and June terms, but he has
done no such thing, and nothing but his
bond remains on file in the hands of the
circuit clerk. It is also required by law
that the assignee shall, within prescribed
time, publish his ability to settle with the
creditors either by paying at lest per
cent. dividend on their demand or such
amount as remains in his possession, less
the costs required and the other legitimate
expenses of winding up the business.
Taking Mr.. Franklin's statement the
VIM. Barr Co. paid Krum $20,-
900. No notice of the receipt
by him of any sum was ever made to the
creditors. The Post-DiSpdtch is a creditor
of the defunct house to small amount,
and has never been called upon to present
a demand or accept a cent in settlement.
The record in No. shows that Mr.. Krum
was ordered to accept bid of $4,000
from the Barr company. The receipt as
stated below shows that Mr.. Franklin paid
46,480.05. This with the $1,000 spoken of
by Mrs. Manning, an heir of the Ford
estate, leaves at least $97, 900 which the
missing lawyer has not accounted for 30
far, ana this does not include collections
from Robertson which may have been large
enough to materially swell the amount OF
the deficiency. The end OF the matter is
not Jet. People who pretend to know de-
clare that more revelations of an astound-
ing nature may be expected when the
.krum matter is thoroughly sifted to the
bottom,