The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-02
RECEIVER WANTED
President Mcgowan of the
Eastern and Trenton
Rubber Companies
Missing.
HINTS THAT HE IS INSANE
Creditors Hold a Meeting and De-
eide on a Receiyership-Mills
Shut Down.
HINTS THAT HE IS INSANE
Speeial to ne Jerseu eta Ns,rs.

TRENTON Aug. 2. 1895.-The sword
which. for some time, has been sus-
pended by a single thread over the af-
fairs of ex-Mayor Frank A. Mcgowan
has at last fallen, and the elimination
will probably be reached today when
application is to be made for the ap-
pointment of a receiver for the affairs OF
the Trenton and Eastern Rubber Com.
panies.
Mr.. Mcgowan is not in this city, and
from all that can be learned he is al
present in Chicago. Four suits have
been instituted against him, in two OF
which service has been made. The suits
in their aggregate, amount to $13, 000.
The facts which led up to this change
from a prosperous business man to on
who finds it necessary to avoid his
creditors. while they have not been for.
mally made public, have been the sub
ject of town gossip for some time.
1t seems that through the discharge OF
John A. Barnes from the employ of Ma.
gowan as the manager Of the Eastern
Rubber Company, some bad feeling was
brought about between the two men
Whether his troubIe was due directly tc
the discharge of Barnes. or to the charge
which Barnes. at a subsequent stage OF
the affair made against Mcgowan, ac-
cusing him of breaking up his home
can only be c~onjectured.
However this may be, this trouble,
whatever 1T was. was renewed on the
night of Tuesday, July %, when the two
men had a stormy meeting, as the out
come of which Mcgowan woke up Judge
Coulter in the middle of the night and
uro ONT % nor,n,laipf q naipct pa ,-oa &C
for atrocious assault and battery with
intent to kill. Barnes waived a hearing.
and was held under IS, 900 bail.
LEAVES HIS HOME.
On the evening of the following day
Mcgowan came out of the Barnes house,
got into a carriage, and was driven
through Monmouth street and Green
wood avenue to the Clinton street sta
ton. where he took a train for Philadel-
phia. That night he spent in the Belle
vue Hotel. Philadelphia, and, as a mat
ter of fact. whether relevant or not, Mrs.
Barnes. the wife of the discharged man
ager of the Eastern Rubber Company,
with her mother and her brother, spent
the same night at the Stratford Hotel,
Philadelphia. The next heard of Ma
gowan was a telegram received by
William H. Servis, Secretary of the
Eastern Rubber Company, on Monday
last. This telegram, which was dated
Chicago. was signed by Mr.. Mcgowan.
On the, same day Senator William H.
Skirm received a telegram similarly
dated The contents of these kilograms
were instructions with reference to GER
tain usine matters which required
immediate attention. They also stated
that Mr.. Mcgowan would be in Trenton
on Thursday yesterday.
There was some talk about Mr.. Ma
having sent an empty trunk to
Spring Lake. where his wife and family
on the same day that he went to
Philadelphia. but this was denied by
those who knew.
THINKS HE IS INSANE,
Mr.. Magowan's father is very much
exercised over his sons disappearance.
and strongly favors sending a detective
after him to bring him back and have the
condition of his mind inquired into. He
Is OF the opinion, as are many others.
thatshe is insane. His actions and words
at the police station on the night OF
Barnes arrest would certainly seem to
warrant such a conclusion, although
Senator Skirm, who was questioned on
the subject, maintained that he was in
his right mind when he sent the tele-
gram to him on Monday last, for he
argued that no one but a man with d
perfectly clear mind could, while away
from his business. tell with such GER
talnty Just what was needed to be done
and give instructions for doing it as Ma
goWan did in his telegram.
1t is known that Mcgowan spoke of
going to Chicago two or three weeks
ciates that there was a contested claim
there which. in order to settle. would
necessitate his presence on the spot.
The transaction would require three or
four days, and whether his return to this
city is pending the settlement of this
claim or for other reasons IL not known.
A large amount of money is involved in
RECETVER TO BE ASKED FOR.
Senator Skirrn. who was Magowan's
strongest hacker. said that he holds Sc
loss by his collapse. He also said that it
is the concensus of opinion of the cred.-
tors that a receiver be appointed for
panies. These mills will be shut down
today, but. the stoppage is only tempo
rary to allow time for the receiver to
understood they will start up again.
Application for the appointment of a
receiver will in all probability be made
today.
The Empire Rubber Company and the
Trenton Oil Cloth Company are in no
concerned in the affair, for the rea-
son that Magowan's name appeared in
them merely as an official figurehead.
CAN BE REORGANIZED.
1t was stated authoritat:vely that the
affairs of the Trenton and Eastern Rub
Der Companies have, in the past, been in
much worse financial condition, and it is
said that after the claims of the credi-
tors have been satisfied the two plants
can be r-eorganized under the same man
agement, barring, of course, Mcgowan,
and started upon a paying basis.
The mechanics' lien claims of Herter
for $500 and Charles w. Ka-
fer for $1,000, were filed February I and
May IA. respectively. and as no de-
fense was made. Judgment was entered