New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-29
UNUSUAL REASONS FOR A FAILURE.

An ASSIGNMENT was made on Thursday by Avian
L. Halstead. a jeweller, OF NO. 4Vl u'.un, ,ors
Brooklyn to David 3 Sni nrcferred creditors are
Alice G. Ualstead, guardian of Nathaniel Z. ha IA
stead, 81 OOO Isaac H. Carey 81 S0p' ahn Hall t
stead alleges as the reason for his asslgnmeh1 ana'
his business has been ruined by snlIh 81 q h"Ibp o
wholesale jewellers OF broadway Fo orand larceny
in ba wing converted to his own use watches anu n
diamonds ntrusted by them to INN TO se, ,,o Wa
this charge Mr. Hastead was arrested on and
held by Justice Walsh for examlnaton on sepihe aso
Der TO- Mr. HalsteaJ SAYS that as soon as sooinsf
Smith & Knapp for 800 600 damages for false IN
prisonment Mr. Halstead states N his complaint
which has been prepared ,;or tnIt 70 J" him % TO
hs sold for them on commission, watches ana
diamonds valued at 1.500: that IN the latter par
of JnIy his wife became suddenly Ill at the nome OF
her uarents in Maine and that. having severai
notes falling due at the time he was conpelcu o ~
., -. -. diamonds in order 70 get money 20 pay
his expenses to his wifes bedside that on aSrH tb
IL after he had returned, the b0okkeeper OF SmlIn
& Knapp called on him and asked for settlements
and that he told the bOokkeeper 10 call a. y. H.
and he would make settlement; ,na1 ' dev po Mr.
keeper did not return. but on the next DAY slI;
Knapp called with two detectives ana 9eu,a nro
the watches and diamonds unsold ana the inohheSS
for those which had been sold ana that ne snd
for twenty-four hours time but It was refused ana
he was arrested. This arrest: Mr. Halstead saw
made his creditors uneasy and they nave preSSeu
him.
TRIALS OF FORMER COSTA RIGA SLAVES.
Five negroes two men and three women, bare
footed and with aged and worn clothing, "eIo
Landed at the Barge Office yesterday from lne
steamship Santiago from Nassau, N. L. The amour,
of baggage they had with them-six trunks ana
numerous bundles and packages-was SIMPLY start.
ling, They could not speak q word OF Engllsn, put
they were able to rattle off at an alarming rate IN
Porto Rican Spanish their sad experiences Inc
oldest of the party was FREDERICK Cayo, an ora ora
man of perhaps seventy years, with fancliuLy
worked slippers his feet a straw nat on hls
head and wearing q duck suit. To reporter OF
The TRIBUNE he said: , ..,
1--WE have had hard time in the last SIX months.
Under the new law our freedom was secured w .ne
Government and were told TO go Where WE
chose was born at Sierra Leone, ana so were
these three women with me. l decided tnht
would like TO die III my native country, ana these
three women and Juan Delgarde, who Is with US,
decided TO 60 too. We put our money, ABOUT
81 600 into common fund, and took pas
sage on e sailing vessel, which landed us
at Nassau five months AGO. The captain
took $3.50 of our money 10 pdJ Tor opr
passage At Nassau we were robbed by eyeryDody
and finally secured cheap passage on the Santiago
for New-York. We arrived here with only $l3O'
with which we purchased Storage tickets to Liver,
pool on the steamship which sails tomorrow.
don't know how we will get TO Sierra Leona from
Liverpool but we may find some way to go"
The five former slaves were quartered at Castle
Garden last night and will sail on the steamship
City of Chicago to-day.