New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-01
TATLORS BUY THEIR OWN BAD BILLS.
THEY HAD BEEN PUT Up At AUCTION AT THE
REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE.

THEY HAD BEEN PUT Up AT AUCTION AT THE
real. ESTATE EXCHANGE.
A TALL thin man, with cold much In Evidence.
WAS one OF the Interested throng at the auction sale
Yesterday OF ncOllected tailor bills. lie was at VI"
fore Of the crowd that filed the northern end OK the
Real Estate Exchange In IIberty-st. lie hah EVIL
IDENTIFY been attracted by curiosity to witness the fate
~ IN. various judgments. His amusement over the
whole proceedings was patent and contagious MS
appr citation OF Mr.. Hatchs elicitous opening com
ments was expressed With marked dcmohstrauon'
By the time the second claim was put up his mods
Of approval OF all side remarks had become faetor
in The sale One nod, however. was un'imely, ana
20 mi,lcd Mr. Hatch the auctioheer, that the tan,
thin man suddenly found himself the owner OF
Judgment for Sl61 20, for which be had nodded VIII
ingness TO pay.
lie vehemently protested his innocence. and was
finally relensed but he left the Exchange NJ once
badly frightened nan.
The enjoyment Of Philip 7. Turner. OF Pr,ctcr's
Twenty,hird street Theatre. was more protracted
There was also much method In II. lie STOOD close
to the auctionccr lie laughed generally at all tho
Jokes. lie rotund and cnncilidtory Ills atten-
ton was untagging Mr.. liz lad reacned mo
rs The reason then became -.vious. Mr.. Tur-
ner WA, down for a little item of sl71 ST. and In
Mr. Uotch's language now he up" lie mod
cstly bid 80, with n smile. With less modesy and no
smile he presently bid $50. lie then abruptly left the
room, and the claim returned to the crafty tailor
rho night II in for another 81 advance.
This was the fate OF nearly all the people OF any
standing who tried to buy the claims against them
selves either personally through their friends n
disposition on the part of stranger to put real
value on n Judgment signal TO the tailor not
TO let II GO.
Few OF tho debtors were present. There Was
apa,hy throughout and most OF the cllims went to
tho first bid made almost Invariably by repro
sentative of the creditor.
The sale practically uEprOducsive
Of any return to the Tailors' Society, which
had It I'm charge. Eighty judgments were offered
They represented "A total Indebtedness OF about
$4,000. They apparently brought total Of
1907 80 OF Til, amount according 10 subsequent
statement Of Mr.. Doll the secretary, only Slso
represented actual sales being u" Claims bouSW
I'm T., the owners .rIcrds as follows
william K, lie Kraft. $.''l 20. Fought Tor Soo'
Addison : Iic,sy o-oGI. f.: $40: K. e. Duryea.
s16l OF for a. Edward 8 Edwards. $50 IL. Tor
so. Joscph " Edwards. $40 %. for FL George
e. t;Irndrnuing go 40. for ~: George G0odline.
si.3 o. for 70: Edward Il. knrball: Els o.. Tor
-. lanes Sinclair. 1876 81. for s3: LOU. siecksr.
Al 80 for 500 Samuel II: swan TOoo ~ in
so and william c. Yon Gohn S20' 70 Ier Sio.
Th. other claims were bought In by Mr.. Doll, 40
- Tho substantial benefit OF the society appeared
before the SHE In the morning claim, wer. settieo
netting In all S63s In cash Thes" people haa oecoms
frightened by the publicity that seemed 10 pf imm.
ncnt and paid TO escape the comments Vi tue"
friends.