The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-09-24
AVERY SENSATloNALAL FAILURE.
The Buehanan's Are Stiu Misslug-Thl
Suicide Theory Reiected-Gone to
Join Eno-Dupl eating Ware
House Receipts Etc.


LOUISVILLE, Sep, @3,-The develop
ments this afternoul il, tho assignment
No,,.oo,,,, puot ~
N'i'''' "','' ''' w. "'rc vi
sensational natuto. tJrotctOro the as
signments of tho uaf,.tpv were consid.
ered rs formal ,,.,..;.,... ,,.t,,sior ~
go, -
Vlille III WI'lch '" -aN' tholf notes. AT
that time the ass .anent WIS made |
general ana Me. Seer" W. Norris was /
named rs aSslsroo ,a ak thD inal dis |
position of all .hc}r41 :ly on the part |
ners for the hca,a 90 ocir uoditors.
Very little sens,. .yl sd. usrl ,uuCd, the |
predominant ieoIits Dec 1E uu Ji regret |
that the firm had Eaa under George |
ma Andrew ,hruu left |
| tho city ON sO lay, leaving |
no clue to their hotaAoits. 1t was
then that suspicion @, ctookedness was |
| first aroused and ruuors set atloat. Ru- |
mors to-day say that the firm has made !
improper use OF money sent them by
customers to pay the tax on whisky,
! Which they had sold. Another Is that
/ thcy nave hypOtnocatod receipts Tor
| wnlskY out OF BOND, which did not rep
resent the goods described upon the face
OF those receipts. The rumors first took
tangible form this afternoon when Geo.
Morris, the assignee OF the company,
| resigned and turned the entire business
/ oyer To the fiueilty trust company
/ me cause, II is sMd, OF this step ON the
! part OF MI Morris, was hnding affairs
IN such compensated condition as TO
/ cause great lrouole IN Strengthening
thelli out I'VE salu mat the accounts OF
t,le urn a'e III hluch worse condition
IMAM the most desponoent OF the credi-
.opS Supposoui li9io9rS oil ieGelpts I'M
mSula!Sly rushed TO the collectors Office
10 see II uuphcates hau been made, and
II Is positively stated, but not
by lhe internal revenue de
partmeht, That $1,000 bonded
warehouse receipt has been discovered
when hau peeh uuplICatedi that this is
pointer that may leAd To Others OF Ike
character is an important element in the
failure
Search was being made into the ai-
, iairs OF the company 10y the trust conf
pany when the last arrangement with
the trustee was made,
complete control OF the business was
a placed in the hands of the partners OF
tho llrm. There was nm advisory COM
mitteo appointed, but they were seldom
= If ever consulted by the firm. 1t will
i therefore DC seen that the firm had
power to issue duplicate receipts
whether they did or not. II
has been ascertained that they
Il nave been IN the habit OF borrowing
: money in Boston. Therefore, until out.
sldors are heard from, 1t will be impos
@ slble to lay bare the whole story.
II n gentleman who had intimate bust
$ moss and personal relations with both
B, members OF tho nrm, and is in posi-
~ ton To know positively what he assort'
D. to be true, said to an Associated Pres
Y reporter; you may safely say that in
:. ulcallons are lhat deorge ana Andrew
10 nave joined PaNne ana the rest OF then
"a III Canada'' Ihe theory OF suicide VIII
:. not do, for surely both parties did no
va become insane at the same moment, an
70 neither Is To he found. There IL no IN
n, deN, except III crookedness and High
n from the law,
IN The assets OF the Buchanans are In
al hense oul cannon De hlNue immedlatel,
it aVailaDie' Llapllltl9s unknoWn' q
" Seplenner !, thGy nld IN lhelr ware
lt mousse 'V,Nn- parrelS Oh Whiskey, somo
nj the very inest quallly' OF TINS amour
he possibly l,oOO narrels nave Deeh remove
nj inns month Ihere are NJ least ON
barrels lell' ~ would he hard To est
Ne mate the worth OF TINS great amount
le goods lhe Buchanan's had ncarl
b. o'uVO patrelS coming out Oh pond petWee
Isl now ana next saturday Tho tax o
no this amount OF goods Is SVs,OO.
,d unable TO meet, ana TINS Is SAID to nav
ty beeh thG immediate cause OF the assigl
ld meni' Inc banks which mold receipt
H. Tor the ABOVE property VIII see thnt 1t
SO not cohlscaled Tor TAX ny tho HoNeri
he Hlul't'