The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-02
VNEBURGHS ARE AT WAR.
,priDFUL TIMES FOR THE TFPE-
"" IN THE OFFICE

...,,,.r Appointed for tho Advertising Firrn
M ,mdn,its pescrlbing the BATTLES in the
sh.,-a stcnoErnphcr with Her Ptstsi Holds
o,s wineburEh nj nay In the Hoston once.
rhOrcis a smash.up in the winoburgh Broth.
.hood. and mixed up in 1t are frightened type
u.,.-s detectives. bookkoepers, and advertis-
,c companies and heavy glass weights and
mod women and canes and guns and lawyers
srd about $50 typowritton pages Of other
things.
Tbc Wincburgh brotherhood consists Of Mi.
,,osI. the elder brother, and brothers Abraham
.nd Jesse and Henry. 1t Is in the street car ad.
r.rtisin, business under the firm name Of M.
WineOursh X Bros, and 1t has an office In the
Nav York Times building. 1t got into court
,ssterday and into the hands of a receiver. JUS
.,,ce Truax appointed a butcher for receiver.
The wincburgh family, according to the $50
rpewritten pages of afidavits that introduced
the family to the court, was divided until October
1896. Michael, the elder brother, was In the ad-
y,rtising business as a boss advertiser, and the
three brothers were advertising solicitors. The
family got into court by reason OF tho fact that
n wanted again TO be separated.
In his pnrt of the $50 pages Michael says that
bepu, Sl33.o 900 cash into tho business, and was
to get 81 per cent. of all the profits, and that the
others OF the family were to have Is per cent.
zach. He says that the others in the family
oonspircd TO destroy the business. and that they
acted in . manner which. prevents tho continue
t ti., Of the ,nSs Sopsrtn .ps iB,, He He's says ;s,ra they ps S;i
Ave typcwrftcrs. that they hired detectives to
shadow him. caused his typewriters to have
abodyguard. He relates one instance when his
wife was present. He says:
Jesse struck me With his clenehed fist; / had
upon he ran to u desk. picked up q heavy glass
weight. and attempted to strike me with 1t, but
ins tn, in'f interview h he al abused saf my pys WIFE sSa M 1Hy.
He said that she came q a family Of thieves,
had In her hands"
This is only q sample of the $50 pages. In an
continually called him a thief and a damned
thief, The five tyPewriters all come to his aid.
s end they ys say t sl%p the sM lapSq#as TS Of th si. FSs ssS q ,s shs
the rest of the family cut the telephone wires in
the office and interfered with business. One OF
that ran the electric buzzers In the Office"
The rest OF the family, in their share Of the $50
pages, cite Feb. 10 as an instance OF the want Of
harmony. Henry says that on that date Michael
demanded his resignation and 4" said. Damn
you. III kill YOU and grabbed my arm and cut
escaped by running out OF the office. The next
day he apologized and insisted on shaking hands,
and said he had lost his head"
Henry says that Michael acted later In an ag-
grayating and ,tantalizing manner coward the
rest OF the family, threatening us at all times
that he would freeze us out, using such express
sions as, III kick you all out of here and you'll
be glad to come to me begging for q job ! will
get even with you IL it costs me my, life. ! want
you to understand that 1 am the boss and will
be so long as l live"
Henry further says: He assaulted Jesse with
scane and bruised him. He kept brutsers or
bodyguards about him. He acts entirely upon
impulse. He has an ungovernable and uncon.
times. He allows his feelings to interfere with
the best interests Of the business. He Is super
stitious and vain in a great degree. He permits
the dreams OF his wife to regulate tho conduct
OF his business and to dictate the engagement OIL
discharge OF employees. He Is not at to manage
his business. He has kept a woman, Mis-.
19graham. a stenographer, In the Boston
retained her in the Boston Office in spite Of the
earnest protests of his three brothers and the
knowledge that this woman has kept o pistol II
her desk for a long time, telling people that /
deponent Henry, who Is the treasurer Of tn,
company in whose employ she is. should. eros
the threshold Of the Office in which she Is EN-
ployed she would shoot HIM. dead"
Justice Truax, in his order appointing a re
ceiver. sizes up the situation Of affairs in tn,
family thus:
I'm view Of the bitter fight between the par
ties in this action and the serious charges mad,
disinterested and impartial person should b.
Samuel Sanders. with a bond of S25, 1000
~ Dir. Sanders Is In the directory as q butcher
THE sun reporter found the office of the Wine
bnrgh brotherhood occupied exclusively by
anything about the feud, not for the world: no
not for the world" They were porting over
copy Of THE EVENING Sun which contained
some things about the feud.