The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-10-09
THE TABOR
FAILURE ]
Counsel For the Creditors Pressing the
Investigation.
Mr.. TABOR STANDS A LONG SIEGE
He Was Under a Hot Examination For Five
Hours and the Inquiry was Directed
to the Relations Of witness
to Meluskey s. Son

10 MeluBkey ~ son.
The leading topic in town hinges upon the
cases arising out Of the failure of Chief
Burgess Tabor in the meat business and the
efforts of Armour & Co. and other creditors
to show that the sale Of his interests to Mrs
Justyna Szydlowski was part Of a scheme to
defraud Tabor's creditors. Much interest is
manifested in the legal proceedings directed
to that point and reports of the proceedings
before Commissioner Martin +. Moore are
evidently much sought. No little interest
was created yesterday by the development
that Tabor did business averaging 100000
1t is conceded on all sides that no retail
butcher in this region ever equalled such a
record and that Tabor should have handled %
business of such proportions and collapsed
without more than two or three dollars TO
his credit in bank creates no little surprise
However, the evidence thus far taken ndi-
Gates that the collapse was complete one
Mr.. Tabor was under a rapid legal fire for
FIVE hours yesterday aud the counsel for the
creditors failed to elicit anything that af-
forded them encouragement but il is
understood that in the examination of Mr
Tabor they only aimed to prepare ground
plan upon which they will move other wit
nesses to good effect. On the other hand
counsel for Mr.. Tabor and Mrs szydowski
view the proceedings with the utmost COM
placency and more than one told the oppos-
ing counsel yesterday with no little degree of
seriousness that the efforts to prove fraud in
the matter was like seeking trout i'm sui
phur stream
Mr.. Adams yesterday pressed Mr. Tabor on
1a Oh, D.
Mrs. Szydlowski and her husband and the
witness testified that none of the negotiations
for the sale of the property were negotiated
with Justyna Szydlowsl He owed no money
to her husband but the latter conducted all
the negotiations as agent, or attorney for his
wife. After the bill Of sale was made Tabor
went around to the three shops and told the
employees that he was no longer employing
them, that Szydlowski was the boss Witness
testified that he and Andrew Meluskey
married sisters. He said he knew nothing
about the affairs of Meluskey and when
asked whether they were out of business and
if they did not sell out on or about August
23rd; during the month of August he re-
ceived a quantity of smoked shoulders which
had been consigned to Meluskey & Son He
could net tell how many barrels he received.
Witness refused to state the Arrangement
under which he received the shoulders, under
direction of his counsel He also refused
to tell where he got the goods aud whether
or not the goods were put into his place.
Tabor's counsel directed him that he need
answer nothing concerning any transactions
he had with Meluskey & Son in the line
upon which the examination was directed
MT Wadllnger contehued Vhau ne "ou'u NOT
aIloW the examination 10 De lhaue uras net
for any other litigation
In answer to this MI Adams SAID he pro
posed to show by the witness that shortly Do-
fore the conveyance OF the property to
Szdlowskl by Ianor that quantity OF
smoked meats at estimated value OF SoOu
were received in Shenandoah consigned to
Meluskey Son. that they were transferred
from the Depot to labors market ana Iaoor,
in turn, turned them over to SzydloWski and
Szdlowski neVr gave hlm any credit on any
Of his Indebtedness for these smoked meats
and has not incorporated III the Dill ol sale
These meats were received between the LIST
and 3Oth OF august
Upon this statement Mr. Wadllnger with
drew his instructions to the witness and
Tabor said he did get some smoked mea''
from Meluskey Son lie couldn't say now
many barrels there were Witness said he
sold the meats as he did the other smoked
meats and he sold meats to Szydlowski by
the barrels, but could not tell how much
nor had he any records that would show the
amount. 1t did not amount to much, how
ever To the best OF witness recollection
he thought he sold Szydlowski between ter
and fifteen barrels OF shoulders at the rate o
seven cents a pound and paid for them Wit
ness said he got no hams from the depo
marked Meluskey q Son. The meats h'
bought from Meluskey Son were delivered
to his store by them.
Mr. Wadlinger then examined Mr. Tabor
who stated that he was 81 years OF age an'
had resided IN Shenandoah Ia years lie be
came acquainted with the szydlowskis abou
three years ago and they started IN busines
about q years ago. dealing IN smoked meat