The evening world., 1894-08-14
COIN HAS NOT FLED.
Assignee Marx Explains the
Affairs of the Involved Firm
Stores Sold to Relatives and Goods
Supplied.
Creditors to Hold Two Meetings
To- Morrow.


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.,n, ~, So '''',' $500 a'o"'
V, ~ so'9 VI ''o'' p'' 20
| Va ''e '''' WIN 'he intention OF h'IFaui-
| ing their crcditoru put "A different ASPECT
on affairs
| I,,.,,o, r,.,, \, MAJ. o-o ,,.,..
! lawyer '"ei W. Mar"' OF Z'o BfoadWaS,
who was appointed assignee after the
| failure on Aur A mad. "A s,.,op.,t tbt,
morning which II I, >, 49,, -, ,.,.,..,..
'"s "e'' II II uocs not eh'ircy
free conn d Milheiser Of the imputation
| lIoy,s ,ho,,, Ill. =, .-', .,
, ''e"'s VI ''uch resPoha'-
! bility. Just the same, tlere are at least
| twenty firms OF Wholesale rr,cers wh,
aro la, ui,,,, &c.. ,,,.,, o ,,n,. 7,,
o'n'"s 'oi 'o"h M'lneiser scaips'
The firm OF Cohn &c Milheiscr was
formed about four years ago by Solo
n.y. ~ o'." ""' rieueI'cN M'ihe'S'r'
me store, ut S2j Washington street, was
the centre of supplies for branch houses
a., ,,, I,''a, 49, 100 no.' street
ana at Harlem Market. The firm was
rated at ST.. 900 b., the mercantile agcn-
ci.s. and was ,,n,,o,,i, d,,n,, '1.,
' was apparently "o'hs Sood
business. ~ statement issued by the
concern last May purported to show
| hnI
W., nv. p'"S u s'''-"'
| "hen the failure was announced. the
liabilities were placed at $4,000, with
the Gansevoort Market Bank and ,hn
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new YORK county Bank as the only
preferred creditors. The assets were
said to be worth $4,000. consisting prin-
clpaiis ~ notes gwen by Minnn Buch-
wald and Lehman Conn, sister and
brother of Solomon Cohn All thu, stock
turned over TO the assignee, 1t was sali
was 800 worth OF groceries
Several claims against ins firm, vare
placed In the hands OF 4. NJ. Wells, of
~ Greenwich street. for collection Mr.
Wells learned mat recently ,ur.r ounl
titles OF stock had been tnk.n p awaI
from the Washington street store anI
placed In storage. Ne traced the goods
to the storage warehouse of Il. j. Dean
in West Fourteenth street ''''
Several firms OF importing grocers of
whom cohn 4 AlilheIser had honybt
large bills OF goods became susni"is,m;
| began 10 investigate. Waller Len ~
Woe Der a. Lea lei Duane stroet ar
whom Conn had bought ty,ntv,6ve
| cases OF the most extensive snr;,lnss
went with Hugo V. Lange, OF Maver 4
Lange, 1875 Franklin gireet 10 IN, No. ~
at ST Washington street, where ibeV
A. Booth g. Co OF Bal.iinnrs whn ha,i
sold COhn So ,OOj worth of canned Tn no, lau
Under MIR. Weiss guidance thre Marty
went to r. j. Deans stnrnpn ,,,raiin,'aSS
where 1t was found that Aim, Is,,mb
valid had stored 5000 cases Of cannaL
goods, upon which Mr.. Dean had nd.
vanced 40 per cent. OF their value NJ
Dean refused to give mn thaue goo Az
which the Baltimore man ;Lan,i,sHI ~
having been sold to Coin by his firm
Further investiga ton discoyer,d I'm,
a lot of goods from the WashinHIn,
street store had been moved iui1 :,
, ,enement-housr AT ma Rr0nn,. ,trso;
There 100 cases Of sardines, 1000 boxes
OF macaroni, 200 tubs of lard N hops
/ OF nut. and loo bags OF h"ans w vasS
| found packed away. In the cellar werc
found 200 barrels or iin,iors hnrrht ~
Krauss Bros, wholesaIa iiuuor dealers
| AT the Mott street store a hip stori;
! of sardines, tea and flour was found
! and when the searching party went to :,
| Harlem Market more ponlc we're di.
covered Next daya canvass OF The Han
lem storage warehouses showed taat n
great quantity OF tea, canned goods,
enough to stock a dozen grocery stores
had been stoNcI away.
Writs of rcplcvin were next I'm or lcr
and most of the goods were rarnv,ra,i
by the firms who had sold them to conn
& Milhe,ser some of the propert%
however. was II is said "artnl nu,,,,
by night and across the '' n ..d nMtg
| the flfty wrIts of renl.yIn IN nCnt,,' ~
Sh rim Barncy's hands we're served '
/ Here is ASSIGNEE Marks's explanation
II have finished ro,,, over tho hoo,,.
of the Arm and ind thai thc Jehis
. amount to nbout 81, I'M imgta.I ,r eou'
On as first stated a. IN tba ,g,,,s
/ found $50 900 worth of goods a. ,ha
| Washington street storc euJ ma, G., tm,
worth AZ was reportcd Iron ,bcrs d.,
! about 5000 worth of nroncrtv 81 RI.
/ other stores b,Ionpinr Ia Cnt1 Nil
| heiser. There are ouistandinp acno,,nhs
amounting To SiO. OoJ and ST. itS worIn ~,
! notes OF Lehman COIN and Min,n
EuchwaId '''' anu anna"
| Now az to how the eooIs hac,r,.
scattered around The Harlem store Nc
| sold 10 Ninna Eurh wall an Mn, '