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Accusations Made Against the NASSAU
shoe Compnny-A Seizure.


Deputy Sheriff Barlow Of Brooklyn
seized twenty. eight cases OF shoes yesterday tc
satisfy two judgments obtained by the Berk.
shire Boot and Shoe Company OF Massa-
chusetts against the Nassau Shoe Com.
panT. which had stores Mt 1917 Mas
sau street and In Third avenue. this city.
| AfIdavlts were filed during proceedings before
| Justice Barrett. In tho Supreme Court. this
city, yesterday, upon which Judgments aggro-
eating 5000 were obtained against tho Nassau
Company. Frank II. Hobbs OF 81 Reade
street, the selling agent for the Berk-
shire Company and the Garwood Boot and
Shoe Company OF Trenton. deposod that the
Nassnu Company was INCORPORATED with Samuel
II. Bailey as President James II. Shnnnon,
Secretary and Treasurer. and Arthur ID. Ma
bic manager. The company ouenod tho Mas
sau street store about q month ago. and two
weeks later began business In Third avenue.
man named Ransom was the buyer. and II
was with him that Hobbs had most OF his
dealings. On behalf Of both OF the manufac-
turing concerns represented by him. Hobbs
sold Ransom large bills ofgoods on credit. On
Friday Hobbs found that tho Nassau Com
pany's stores had been closed, and the stock
carried away. None OF the Officers OF the COM
pany could be found
other agent OF the Berkshire company, deposcs
that he called at the Nassau street store on
Thursday last Tho place was closed. and he
hurried to the Third avenue store. lie found
the shades lowered and the door locked, but
heard voicos inside. 1t was then about
o'clock in the evening The gas in the store
was burning. lie knocked for admission. but
no attention was paid to him. He peered
through space between the window shades,
shelves and packing them away in cases
Tho mon were working very rapidly
He finally got admittance. He saw some OF
the Garwood Companys shoes In the cases.
On Friday he paid another visit to the Third
avenue store and cav two trucks backed up
+. 'RRothschiid. the uawysr OF the firm he
represented: and together they saw thirty eight
cases loaded on one one OF the trucks and the stock
fas sHaynS ''GIa and ES Sr0 E'n %a
tSe street. PsSl"f wafSn oSRons as' Toae n50a was
taken to Q shoe store at the corner Of Hancock
and BsdGTd M kSS
shoes taken from the trucks and slowed away
In the ce lar.
first refused to receive the goods, but Manager
Mable. who accompanied them from New York,
said IT was all Eight; and thH! L ME, @ Fraser , had
talk with Mabie, and intimated that he
would have him indicted for larceny II he left
him I motto not to ADOPT harsh measures. said that he
had only been hired to take the goods to
Brooklyn, and told him IL story, OF the. doings
OF the Nassau Company. The goods were
finally left In tho Bedford avenue store. and
they were In the cellar Yesterday when Barlow
made the seizure.
II is alleged that Mabie agreed with his em-
poyers to have the goods removed from tho
stores and placed beyond the reach Of creditors.
1t Is alleged. further that when Mr. Shayne
lrst met Ransom as the buyer OF the
concern. he was told that the company
was perfectly responsible. had $1,000 invested
n tho business and that the amount would |
loon be Increased to s25.000. while as q matter
IF fact there were no such assets. 1t Is said !
hat all the officers of the alleged company have
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