The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-17
WIELAND'S LUCRE
He Doesn't Know What
Has Become of 1t.
EXAMINED IN OPEN COURT.
Samuel Shortridge Held Some of
His Bonds.
BUT WHERE ARE THEY NOWP
Charles s. WieIand Asked to Explain
an
EXAMINED IN OPEN COURT
BUT WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
Charles s. WieIand Asked to Explain
Why He Has Not Settled With
Wells, Fargo 6 Co.

an hour In Judge SeawelPs court yester
day trying TO explain what had become OF
large portion of his former wealth thai
remained TO him in June last.
WielaDd had been cited to appear before
Judge Seawell for examination as TO bis
affairs, on an order to show cause why he
should not be compelled to lQuidate an
unsatisfed Judgment in favor OF Wells,
Fargo & Co. The judgment in question
was on some pr0miSsory notes executed
by the Clinton Consolidated Gold Mining
Company aud the Wieland- Dinmore Com
pany, aggregating in value about $4,000.
Wieland Endorsed the notes, and when
$1,000 had been paid off he was sued for
the balance and a judgment obtained
against him.
Failing 20 get their Judgment satisfied
Wells, Fargo IL Co. brought these further
proceedings, and in their petition stated
that Wieland had made false representa-
lions to them regarding the release of his
property at the time the note was executed.
1t was further charged that Charles Vie
land had decided some real property in this
city Of The value Of at least $50. 600 to bis
brother, Robert 5. Wieland, and that this
and other acts were d0Ee with view to
defrauding his creditors. Attorney Pills
bury conducted the examination yeSter-
day, while Samuel NJ. Sh0rtrldge repre-
sented Wleland.
Judging by his own statements Wieland
appears TO BE- in pretty bad fix just now.
He has no home, hut is living with his
mo ther-in-law, while he Is in such financial
straits that he bOrrOws 81 80 from Colonel
ShOrirldge every now and then Tor spend
ing money. And yet a year OR two ago he
was worth 100000. He said yesterday In
court that lie was compelled to deed the
property referred 10 by Wells. Fargo 81
Co. over 10 his brother Robert III settle
ment of notes of his that his brother held
for money loaned. He had certainly made
no false representations 10 Wells, Fargo
x Co. Besides, at the time that he eX-
ecuted the deco of conveyance in June
last Colonel ShOrtridge held $4,000 worth
of the San Francisco Breweries Company's
bonds which belonged to him.
What has become of those bonds ?'
asked Mr. Pilsbury.
II don't know"
I'D ,es Mr.. Shortridge hold them for you
stlll?'
Il don't know. He may hold them or he
may have used them 10 pay debts for me.
l don't know one way or the other"
well, when you ask Mr.. Shortridge for
So spending money, do you regard 1t as II
loan as on account OF money that Mr..
ShOrtridCe holds for yOu?"
Il don't know. l just go tn him and say,
Colonel Shortridge, give Inc So Then he
gives i; TO me-"
''Oh, he graciously consents to accom-
modate yOu, does he?"
"1 eS, / suppose So"
Thus the examination went on in pretty
much the same way. Young Wieland per-
sisted that he had never asked ShOrtridge
for an accounting, nor did he know whether
or not Shortrldge held cent of his money.
a IL the accounts he had seen were details
of expenditures made by Shortrdge on his
hehalt, but the credit side of the ledger
had never been placed before him. Then
Pillsbury wanted Shortriige to disclose
what had passed between himself ana
Wieland. Mr. ShOrtrdGe. however, MAIN
tanned that such communications were as
between attorney and client. and therefore
privileged.
"Then you actually mean to say that Mr..
Shortridge held $4,000 worth of your
bonds IN Juue last and You don't know
what has become Of them between then
and now?" demanded Mr.. Pll.bury.
Il don't know. / understood We were
waiting to sell a mine, and | have had no
settlement of any kind with Mr.. Short
ridge" answered Wieland.
''Theu." said Pilsbury, II ask that the
court make an order directing Mr.. Short
ridge TO hand to US a written statement of
his account with Carries S. Wieland within
the next week, and Wen continue the
examination until them"
ShOrtridge said it would not be neees-
Sarv TO make any order, as he would
pledge his word as an officer of the court
to give Nj. Pl Shurv AL the information
he desired, and In the meant iuc IL. and
would not be allowed to make any transfer
of his property. The further examination
of Charles Wieland was then continued
until Saturday morning next.