The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-29
NAVITSKIB'S FAILURE /!
1t Causes a Sensation Among Shoe
Dealers.
SUSPICIOUS DEVELOPMENTS
Host of Creditors Come to the Front
and Charge Wholesale Fraud.
One of Them Makes
Find.

The failure of William Navitskie, the
East Centre street shoe merchant, is the
one absorbing topic just now among the
shoe dealers of the town and shoe firms
who make sales in the town.
Navitskie was looked upon as a careful
business man and was supposed not to be
encountered Indeed, his stock was looked
upon as the largest in the town. Some
fixed it at from S., 900 TO 100000
Last Tuesday Deputy Sheriff Roberts
closed the store on an execution issued by
Navitskie's brother on a Judgment for
81, ,53S. This caused no little surprise and
it is now alleged that this judgment was
fraudulent, and it is also contended by the
creditors of Navitsl1ie that he has been
disposing of his stock in a very suspicious
manner.
On Wednesday the representatives Of
several large shoe firms came into town
and took steps to contest the Navitskie
Judgment and protect their claims. j. G.
Farrell, Wilkesbarre shoe man, was the
first to take determined action. His claim
is in the neighborhood of 500. Early
Thursday morning he and his counsel, NJ.
NJ. Burke, Esq, appeared at the Pottsville
court and commenced attachment pro-
ceedings under the Act of 1869. The papers
filed allege that the debt was contracted
fraudulently and that the defendant has
been fraudulently secreting and disposing
of his goods, and that the judgment of
Navitskie's brother is not due and owing,
hut simply given for the purpose of de-
frauding creditors.
Thursday night Mr. Farrell, in company
with Constable Boland, went to Mahanoy
City and there found in the possession of
one Frank Bucolo, a former shoe dealer of
that place, eleven cases of miners boots
which had been shipped by Farrell to Ma
vitskie. The statements made by Bucolo
and Navitskie as to how these goods got
from Shenandoah to Mahanoy City do not
agree and there is every reason to believe
that Farrell has tapped one of the most
glaring frauds ever perpetrated in this sec
ton for some time.
Bucolo was arrested on oath of Farrell,
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found at his place and was put under S4OO
bail by Justice LawlOr for trial at court.
This morning Eisenhuth & Miller, shoe
dealers of Orwigsburg, through their
counsel, NJ NJ Burke and Charles E.
Breckons, Esqs., commenced attachment
proceedings against Navitskie to recover a
claim of $780, Similar proceedings have
also been commenced by the Lebanon Shoe
Company for $3.50 and John Northrop, OF
| Vineland, n. D., for S423 Several New
England firms are in for large amounts
Sage & Co., of Boston, having been caught
for something like 500 and another Boston
firm for S132.
Navitskie's liabilities are said to aggre,
gate between Sc 900 and $1,000. George j
Wadlinger, Esq, of Pottsville, is his
counsel.
j. H. Pomeroy, Esq, represents Elliot
s, Sons, who have claims amounting tC
several hundred dollars against NavitslSie
Mr. Pomeroy made an effort to find the
goods of this firm in Navitskie's store, but
failed AS the goods were but recently
sold to Navitsl1ie it is a mystery how they
could have disappeared so suddenly.