Telegram-herald., 1889-04-16

He TELLS TIE STORY Al length
Ihe Telephone Nire Erena Detoar Cat
Before she - ort - a. Bs. an-A chase
nlth T~e Tag aud Twenty Men
Armed MIA inehestsrst

loa famous Moles Bros. ssw
m.u sa.I, returned yesterday
/ fmm his unsuccessful chase after the
nal. tne Mole, Bros. having succeeded
+ .n q ttlls safely iato Canadian waters.
aId announced the.r intention of IT,
4 turning after tbe mA pond and nll
s.te when tne weather Was warmer.
A IILEeRAN-HERALD reporter caught
: Nj. Iurbltt ll h.- office u the after
noon and obtained tAe following state
meut
The mll hullt by the Mo.les Broth
I ci- al l1.t0lr C0et nearly ninety thou
sand dollars. IL l>s4 they m0Iteaged
Il for soJ,0o0. o. be- pad IN siX equal
I payments, bat n thc next wear they
made TAO payment, and ln 1856 il Wa,
eNldeut tlAt they never would pay for
t. Though They had furnished the
/ mortgage, a large amount of lumber.
The mortgages, 4u Tie meantime, fur
ul>hed them more money than Their
! lumber came 20. Tie MOles Brothers
then served notice on the mortgage
that they would apply all the lumbef
/ they had FURNISHED a. payment On the
mortgage. When they were asked what
they would do with the money that the
mortgages had furnished them, they
Stld they would stand ia open account.
they would apply the lumber on the
secured debt, and leave the money that
had been furnished themtO carry on the
business unsecured. Of course, the
mortgages refused 10 allow that turn
10 be made; they sand pay for what
money We have furnished you, and
then Il there is a balance YOU may ap-
/ ply Il on the mortgage.
The MOiles then filed bill TO COM
| pei the mortgages 10 allow the lumber
furnished them 10 apply on the mort
gage. The ease was heard before
Judge Brown, of the Eastern District
OF Michigan. When he rendered his
opinion he said that the Moilos must
first pay the money that had been fun
nl,hed them 10 carry on the business,
then any balance that should remain
might be applied on the mortgage. IN
the meantime the mortgages had
commenced 10 fOreclOse the mortgage.
but a final decree was held in abcv-
ance until the final decree of Judge
Brown ON the application of the pay
ments, lnasmuch as the case IN his
court was first commenced, it was
| deemed proper that his decree should
| bee first filed.
The Moilcs then knew that the fore
closure would take the mill, a. that was
nearly all the security that the mort
| gagces had. The land it stood on was
comparatively worthless. and the MoloS
| were personally irresponsible.
The case was waiting for the usual
course OF legal proceedings before the
mortgages could take possession of the
| property, when on the lst inst the
MOiles appeared at Dctour with two
hargcs and a crew of abont sevcnty-tivc
men, as reported 10y those who saw
them, and immediately commenced
taking down the mill. There is no tel
egraph at DetOur, but the place j con-
nected with the 500 10y telephone, but
the telephone WIRE was cut and several
hundred feet of the wire removed, 50
that no word got from there
until Wednesday following; then
word reached the 500 and
was telcgraphed to Buffalo. 4 dis
patch was sent from Buffalo here telling
me what was taking place. and To- take
such steps as | thought best To prevent
1t. Immediately st to work to get an
| injunction from the United states
! Court, that being the court where the
! foreclosure proceedings We're pending.
and / got an order signed by Judge
>evereu> prohibiting any further inter
ference with the property.
Il WasahOuttOgO with IL myself. when
| got another disp1'ch not u 20; that
they had ordered an injunction from
the Circuit COu OF Chippewa county.
An injunction was issued out OF that
court and served on the 9TH by the
officer riding scvcntv-five miles ON
horseback to serve 1t. But the Moilc~
only n-utcd the officer and told him To-
keep ms injunction and they would
Keep the mill.
"Itwas reported here then that they
had got away with the property To Can
ada, 20 that we PAID no attention To il
for a few days. But on sunday follow
ing got another dispatch that
the boats We're stuck I'm the ice near
Dctour. Immediately tclcgraphcd the
officers the course - pursue, and n-
structcd them 20 seize the property and
hold IL at all hazards; bat
they did not move until We'd
ne-dav, whom / received another dis
patch that they wanted should come
there. / won't on Wednesday, and
Thursday morning ! was assured that
the boats were m the ice about SIX miles
from Detour. II that was the case they
wore ln American waters. I lmmedi-
ately chartered two tugs and got a gang
ot twenty men hes dc- tho officers. and
thew were well armed Wfh Winchester
riic-. and we started. We got t0 Do
tour about O'Clock lu the evening w
were there assured that the boats lav
six miles ont stuck In the ice. hat that
B. q 4.