The evening world., 1890-04-07
.PLUkMER Downtown AGAIN,
Trying to Find Partner Darling
and the Missing 81, 100000,
The Dry-Goods World Astounded
by Disclosures Following
the FIRMS Failure.

John +. Plummer, who was prostrated by
the discovery that instead of there being a
surplus of $500, 900 in the wholesale dry.
goods business of John f. Plummer h Co. d.
there was shortage OF at least that
amount, was able to be downtown to-day,
and he and Assignee jeremiah p. Murphy
and Rchsrd Newcombe, counsel for Mr..
Murphy, have been engaged all day in try
ing to solve the fifteen puzzle" OF the
books Of the firm and those OF Stoney h
Darling, kept by William \. Darling in both
instances.
Assignee Murphy said to an EVENING
Womb reporter:
I'VE haven't even the sliahtest:idca what
has become of w. $. Darling. We have
heard nothing from him. He is fifty-fve
years old, aud lived in comfortable respect
ability with his wife and young son and
daughter at the Grenoble. As to the suR-
gestion that there is woman in the case to
account for his disappearance or the deficit,
| know OF no foundation for any such idea.
| have never heard, any imputation on MIR.
Darling's private character.
I'VE are still wrestling with the books
and need Mr.. Darilng,s help very, much. .Wo
cannot. and would not II we could, say what
IL the situation of tho two firms Of which
Mr.. Darling WAS fiuancier. We will not be
able make our report to the Court inside OF
week. at least"
Business ,men i'll the dry-goods district
found an absorbing topic of conversation
this morning i'll the news OF Darling's disap-
At the time Mr.. Plummer made his assign
ment the affairs OF the firm were SO mixed
up that he could not tell Just where he stood.
II was believed. however, that the assets
bilities. and perhaps sufficient to enable the
firm to pay mp it's creditors in full and re-
sumo business in a short time.
appeared to indicate that the surplus assets
would amount to several hundred thousand
dollars. As the experts got further along
queer facts were dug out, and 1t was then
that Mr.. Darling packed his grip aud left
town.
The tangle has now been SO far straight
$500, 900 in the assets as compared with
liza bilities, or o total reduction in the sup
posed assets OF nearly 81, 600. 600 since the
examination OF the accounts began.
Neither Mr.. Plummer nor the assignee.
Mr.. Murphy, can tell where the money has
gone, but it appears very clear that it was
It Is believed that Mr.. Darling could tell
good deal about il.
>, No one in his family. who live in the
ssn WSsre M Darnr has sons
or at least they say that they caAnot, and
Mr.. Plummer himself Is equally in the dark
Ah To MS late, partner u WnereRDOutB.
=, The general heliey In that he haA gone TO
Canada to Join the Doodle colony. but II he
has done so he has not yet come ont openly
as member OF the select coteTie ut Mont
real. and detectives have not yet been able
to find any trace OF him.
Some OF the crooked transactions which
have been discovered are in the dealings OF
the firm Of John L. Plummer with Stoney X
Darling, OF which MIR. Darling was also
manager, and which did big business in
satinets. There appear to have been q num-
bcr of large oyerurafts by Stoney 4 Darling
on MIR. Plummer's firm. and there is nothing
to show for them in the books.
When these disclosures were made AS
signee Murphy sent letter to Mr.. Darling
asking HIM to come forward and explain
matters. He was informed by mail that MIR.
Darling was ont of town, on Long IIsland
somewhere, but would probably return In
Darling has been In business with Mr..
Plummer for twenty.one years. He was
trusted implicitly by his partners with all
the financial concerns OF the firm, In which
branch OF the business he was always re-
garded as q man of remarkable ability. Ii
was he who assured Mr.. Plummer after the
failure had been announced that the hitua-
ton was not ~ bad as II looked. and that
everything would come out straight in the
end.
fore the failure that the firm was making a
profit of sl50, 900 year, and the trade in
general regarded the house OF j. +. Plum
mer Il Co., as one OF the strongest in the
business.