Evening journal., 1896-12-18
THE Q. &M. AFTERMATH
Judgments Entered Against
Several Men.
BANKS SCOUTING THEMgELvEs
GEORGE w. GRAY, /. T. QUIGLEY
AND CHARLES l.. DAVIDSON AF-
FECTED BY THE CRASH OF THE
WHOLESALERS - CONSTABLES

fEClED b1 lht CRASH Ot' The
WHOLESALERS - CONSTABLES
CATCHING THE DRIPs.
The business troubles of Quigley &
Mullen. wholesale gr0cers, which cul-
minated yesterday in the confession of
judgments aggregating between $4,000
and $4,000, are likely to involve many
smaller concerns, and three affected
have already begun to ngu on the
Judgment docket of the Superior
Court.
Yes erday after,C.a the First Na-
tional Bank entered judgment boai
against !. Trimbe Quigley for $4,000.
The latter was indorsed by luiglpy X
Mullen, and the uaI x took this actian
TO protect itself IL is said that both
the Farmers and First National Banks
are secure.
These judgments were yesterday af-
tomocn entered by he Farmers l,ank
against George w. Gray; Farmers
Bank, A,74366; Willard h. Whlteman,
$50; c. II. Salmon. $500, Joseph
Davidson, S1,264.75. Judgment was also
entered by the Charles Warner Com
pany, assignee of Quigley & Mullen.
against Charles l. Simmons. another
grocer, for $4,000.
THAT GOLDEN BUBBLE.
The Golden Sceptre Mining Com
pany, of Quigley, Montana, which is
said to have been instrumental in lead.
ing to the troubles OF Quigley q Null
len, began operations in March with
capital of $l25.000. which was after
wards increased to about a million
The president was Harry Emmons. a
law partner of Chief Justice Lore. T.
G.. Cook was secretary. Winfield s.
Quigley was general manager and Will
liam ID. Mullen was treasurer. The en-
terprise was largely supported by Della
ware capital Ex-United States SEN
ator Anthony Higgins was a stock
holder, and the fact that these men
took hold of il served TO get a number
of other prominent Wilmington people
in the scheme.
The mining company built a railway
from Quigley, Mont. to the mine, a
distance of three mics, but before it
was completed Frazer. Chandler &
Co. Of Chicago entered a lien against
the property for 100000 The mining
company was forced 10 suspend opera
tion5, and Mr.. Quigley came home.
The Wilmington banks and others
called upon the grocery firm for a
statement then. but failed to get satis-
factory information. The banks were
compelled to carry their paper and Il
was only a question Of time when the
crash would come. One of the stock
I holders IN the mining company. who
/ told q friend he had lost all his saw
I ings, committed suicide a few weeks
ago. lt is stated further that one OF
the Oldest Delaware families is bank
rupt as q result of the transaction I'm
the Montana mine.
Harry Emmons said last night that
the taking Of money to put in the
Golden Sceptre gold mine played a
small part in the failure of the firm
IL was a result he said, of several
years of bad business. The real cause
he attributed to the fact that the firm
was on several notes. Then. besides.
they had number Of bills out. He
said that he could not tell anything
about what the assets were.
J. T. Quigley had nothing to say
w. ID. Mullen, when asked If the firm
had any statement to make, replied
that it had not, and he personally had
nothing to say for publication.
County constables are busy laying
attachments on money in the hands Of
small creditors.
1T WAS NOT "SALTED."
There was a rumor on the street to-
day that the Golden Sceptre mine was
''salted,' or, in other words. the soil
was doctored with gold in order that
the result of the assay might lead
Eastern people to invest Clarkson
Jennings, one OF the stockholders, says
he does not credit the rumor, as three
experts have examined the mine and
all reported il good property
PAPER NOT WORTH MUCH
The National Bank OF Delaware is
not in the list of preferred creditors.
although il holds a great deal of the
paper Of Quigley & Mullen.
Some OF it is good, but there is
much Of it / wouldn't give much for
this morning" said one Of the bank
men to-day.
Magistrate Pritchett holds judg-
ments against the company amounting
to 81 500. The bills are numerous, but
small, and one creditor agreed to ac-
cept $3.50 for a bill of $500. AS soon
as the failure was learned Constable
Began was besieged with writs Of at
tachment against the company, and
Attll ~ all were HtlNtUs AltAlrLI1ltt
Sasse and Kelley also hold attachments
against the company, but the amounts
are small.
GRAY HAS GOOD FARMS.
George w. Gray has about 600 acres
in good farms down the Delaware
road said one of his friends this
morning, and / believe that they will
satisfy all claims against him. He
was very much interested in farming,
and no doubt took more money than
was prudent from his business in order
TO improve his farms which, in common
with other farms. have not been as re-
numerative as their possessor hoped
they would be. Quigley & Mullen have
been carrying him for the past year,
and when they went down il was but
natural that he should follow them.
The same may be said of other men
affected by the big firms trouble"
ANOTHER GROCERY CLOSED.