St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-13
MR. pEUTsCH AGAIN.
He Goes Through fIte Fire oTa Hot Eran1-
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factory Explanation.
Jacob Deutsch, the insolvent dry goods
merchant, was before the district court yes
terday ON IN order granted by Judge YUung
to compel him to disclose the whereabouts OF
! certain assets. There is o discrepancy Of
$50, 900 between his statement Of his assets
prior to the assignment and the actual assets
turned over to John Schultz, the assignee.
The creditors, who have exhibited anything
but confidence in Mr.. Deutsch's desire to
pay his debts, feel certain that he has dis
posed of a portion Of his estate for the pur-
pose Of defrauding them, AID so made the
demand for a disclosure. Mr.. Deutsch was
put upon the stand and was subjected to a
rigid examination. His replies were evasive
and when cornered he would plead that he
had no recollection Of the transactions con-
corning which he was questioned. He pro-
fessed on entire ignorance as to the amount
of goods he had sold at New Ulln last spring,
but was finally induced to say
that he. thought the goods
amounted to about 81, 900, and were taken
from both his Minneapolis and Eau Claire
stUres. A similar amount had also been sold
at st. Peter. He did not seem to have very
exact idea of the amount of his average
daily sales at his Minneapolis store, but
! finally gave 500 as an approximate figure.
He thought that last August the stock in his
two stores would invoice about S25, 600;
didn't know what his Indebtedness amounted
to at that time. He was asked how IL was
then that his schedules showed S45, 900 worth
Of new goods purchased in August, but said
he could not tell anything about It. At the
time Of the arraignment be considered his
Minneapolis stock as worth about $50, 900,
although it invoiced only S23, 600. He had
no money in the bank or other property save
the stocks in bis stores at Minneapolis and
Eau Claire. He kept no book except an ac-
count book, bank book and check hook, and
they were left IN the store when closed by the
sheriff.
At 2 O'Clock in the afternoon the exsmina-
ton was resumed. The witness, however,
proved quite intractable and unsatisTac-
tory as in the morning. Mr.. Jackson, at
torney for the creditors, claimed that between
August l and December l about So, 900 OF
goods had been disposed Of. The assignee
had received only about half of that amount.
What had become Of the rest? The witness
said be didn't know. "Why," said the at
tOrney, IRON your own statement YOU had
property worth s60,000 before the assign
ment and your schedule Of assets
show only $4,000" But Mr.. Deutsch had
no other explanation to off.r except that the
money had been spent for expenses. Mr..
Deutsch denied giving any monies to his
wife, nor advising his nephew who had
charge of the Eau Claire store to sue him.
He also denied that he had tried TO secure the
claim OF the Northwestern bank.
The questions were put very sharply, and
the attorneys for the creditors did not hest
tate to accuse Deutsch Of perjury and con
tempt Of court in making false statements
and refusing 10 answer. The court also in
tlmated that the witness defective recollcc-
tions concerning his business transactions
were hardly reasonable. The examination was
finally continued 10 Saturdays special term.