The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-05
THE LIBBEY BROS. CONE.
People Of Beaufort Say They Have
Left for Canada.

It is Said They Feared Criminal Prose-
oution and Didn't Want to Stand the
Racket-Expected an Adverse Deci-
sion in the South Carolina Court.
Judge Naughtin Has Large
Amount of the Goods in His Posses
sion Which Were Attached in Behalf
of the Savannah Creditors.
The information comes from Beaufort
that B. +. and c. F. Libbey, well known
to the readers of the MORNING News as
Libbey Bros, of Beaufort. are no longer
to be found in that country.
Where they have gone is not known,
but the people of Beaufort say and think
that they have gone beyond the borders
OF the United States and are now in Can
ada. The information was brought over
from Beaufort by the steamer Alpha, and
it is said that they have been gone for
two or three days, but nobody knows
where, though they say it is easy enough
to guess why.
EXPECTED AN ADVERSE DECISION.
The portion of their goods which was
left in Beaufort was attached by the Sa-
vannah creditors and others, and the
q
borO, 5. c., some time last week. The
matter was presented to the court, but
for some reason or other the judge re-
served his decision. The Libbey Bros.
had good reason to believe that the decis-
ion would be adverse to them, as their
assets, it is said, are far short of their
liabilities.
1t is understood that they had better
reason than that to get out of the way. 1t
will be remembered that some time ago a
lot of their goods was shipped to Sa-
vannah, addressed to Boston, Mass, and
was taken to the Bottom steamship wharf,
as it was about to have been taken off by
the steamer
DISCOVERED IN TIE NICK OF TIME.
1t was discovered, however, that these
goods were about to leave this section,
and the movement on the part of the
Libbey Bros. was anticipated by their
creditors and attachments were served
against all of their property which had
been sent to this port for shipment. And
| they were levied on at once and taken to
the Office of Justice Naughtn, where
they are yet. Nothing wrong was sus-
pected at the time the levy was made,
and it looked at first as if there would be
nothing more than plain fight in the
| courts between the two Libbeys and their
creditors.
CHANCES OF CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
The goods were very nicely packed up
and were su pposed to be as represented,
household goods. In fact Mr. Libbey so
stated in a card to the MORNING NEWS.
1t was finally decided, however, that
| there might be something wrong and an
| Investigation was asked for by the Savan-
nah creditors, among whom are several
well known firms. The story of the dis
| cOvery is well known. Some of the boxes
and packages marked hardware, were
| found to contain canned fruits, pickles,
| iellies and other miscellaneous goods, and
| the same was true of other packages
marked crockery.
THEIR CREDITORS ANXIOUS.
This was thought to be an attempt to
| get the goods away under false pretenses,
| and it is said that the creditors, who felt
! very much outraged, were contemplating
| criminal prosecution. In fact, it was
! openly limited by some of the creditors
! here at the time, that such steps would be
taken, and it is supposed that the Libbey
| Bros. got wind of this just after the hear
ing of their case in the South Carolina
| court, and made haste, as soon as the OPP
portunity offered itself, to get beyond the
reach of the law of this part of the
country. However that may be, they are
gone, and the chances are that the credi-
tors in this part of the country will have
to be satisfied with whatever they left
behind them of their stock and other
| goods.