Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-02-13
WERE is SIMONE /?
4 HOTEL KEEPER EVIDENTLY IN FIN
ANCIAL DISTRESS.
He FIees the City and His Creditors
S Upon What Is
Left.

The atmos phere of Front street, between
l and J, has been of a beautiful blue tinge
during the past three or four days.
"Corpo di Bacchon snorted a diminutive
Italian, as he pranced up and down the
sidewalk in front of the little hotel known
as LA Croce Federale." which for the past
fifteen or sixteen years has been kept by
August Simone. HE foola da cook, foola
ola deesh-wash. he foola everybody con.
tinued the little man.
who has fooled everybody" asked
RECORD UNION reporter who happened by.
"Simone. He lock up da place and run
away"
The little man was Antonias Grotogini,
who for some time has acted as head cook
for the hotel. In answer TO questions by
the reporter, he explained that when he
reported for duty on last Saturday morn
ing be found the place closed up, and all
was dark within. Simone was nowhere tn
be found, and when the cook inquired of
Mrs. Simone, who lives in the hotel. she
stated that her husband had left town the
day before, saying that he was going to
Brighton 20 buy some wine.
Creditors heard of Simone's disappear
ance and came trooping in with their
claims. The cook, dishwasher and waiter
had not received their salaries for nearly
three months, and naturally they Joined in
the chorus of bewailers.
The three employees saw lawyer, and
upon his advice two of them assigned their
claims to the third, and he attached the
hotel for the bulk sum-$201 %. Justice
of the Peace Devine issued the attachment
and also placed keeper in charge of the
place.
Hebron & Bro, of the City Market. also
heard of the trouble, and presented claim
for over 5000, due them for meat furnished
the hotel. As there was nothing in sight
for them they attached the furniture of the
hotel. This latter attachment, however,
Mrs. Simone resists, as she states that her
husband gave her bill of sale for the fur
niture some time ago.
That Simone had fled there was little
doubt, though his wife protested that the
creditors were in too much of hurry and
her husband would soon be back
Grotogini, the cook, states that prior to
Simone's flight, the latter borrowed money
from his friends right and left The heav-
lest loser among these is D. Gabrielle pre-.
prietor of the Garibaldi Hotel, on L street,
who loaned Simone SO Grotogini gave ii
as his opinion that Simone had become so
far in debt through his extravaganza that
1t would take years to get Strengthened up.
The hotel was paying he said,
but Simone had q great habit of
spending money with lavish hand among
his acquaintance. 1t was a common
thing, said the cook, for him to throw
gold piece upon the counter of saloon,
ask his friends to drink, and then refuse to
take anV change
Other parties, however. are of the belief
that for some time past the hotel has not
been paying investment, and Simone ran
gradually into debt until he finally saw
that there was no way out of the matter
but to flee from the rage of his creditors.
He had trouble with his boarders, too,
they say, inssmueh as many of them had
not settled with him for months, thus de-
moralizing his financial accounts.
The keeper in charge of the place states
that so far as he can see, SImone has left
little more than the fixtures in the dining
room and saloon attached to the hotel.
Very little stock was TO be found, and the
outloCo seems blue for the creditors