The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-10-14
DRHGNET OF
CREDITORS ]
Efforts to Sustain Attachments in the
Tabor Cases.
SZYDLOWSKI UNDER HEAVY FIRE
The Examination Directed 70 Show That
Neither the vitIess Nor His wife
Had Money with which TO Buy
Tabor's Business -szydlow-
ski Shows wealth.

cases against Justyna Szydlowski and A. P.
Tabor that foreshadows a prolonged contest
in the courts. One gentleman interested
has stated that the case will be made a test
one and neither time or expense will be
spared. Counsel for Mrs. Szydlowski and
Mr.. Tabor declare that the proceedings can
never accomplish anything and the deeper
the creditors delye the stronger will become
the evidence that Mr.. Tabors business was a
wreck before he sold out to Mrs. Szydlowski.
Yesterday Mr.. Whalen continued dissect-
ing the accounts Of the three shops for differ
ent months with view to show that Mr..
Tabor's receipts were greater in proportion
to his outstanding accounts than the latter
testified to at the last session. "A recapitula-
ton of the figures adduced showed that the
sales at the three shops for August amounted
to 81, 4S4. During that month Tabor drew
$5, 747 80 from the bank. Tabor said he sup
posed he paid that money out. On August
gath he deposited 81, 1925 .27, receipts from the
Minersville shop. That money was subse-
quently paid out. The amount represented
deposits from the 5th to the oath of August.
Mr.. Tabor was then asked to snumerate the
checks that were outstanding and for pay
ment of which he borrowed the 81 900 from
Mrs. Szydlowski on August 9th. He answered
! by enumerating checks he had given to
Swift & Co., Armour & Co., Rims Sons and
| Meluskey & Sons, aggregating about s., 400.
Anthony Szydlowski, the husband of Mrs.
Justyna Szydlowski to whom Tabor sold his
stores, was next called and examined by Mr..
! Whalen. He testified that he came to Shen-
andoah p years ago, from Hazeton, where
he was in partnership in the butcher business.
Was in the business four months, when his
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that he was in the butcher business for him
self in Baltimore. Was there year and a
/ half. His wife started the business in Shen-
andoah. because he had an agreement that
he should not go into business in Pennsyl-
vania for ten years. That agreement was
made when Frank Kosloski, his Hazleton
partner, bought him out His Shenandoah
purchases of meat run from 81, 500 to So, 500 a
month. His wife keeps nc books. He keeps
all the business in his head His wife keeps
the bank account. All the business is cash.
No credit business.
Mr.. Whalen then took up the Szydlowski
bank book and conducted an examination
that indicated efforts to show that the money
Mrs. Szydlowski had used to buy out Tabor
had been given to her, or her husband by
Tabor for the purpose. If such was the ann
it failed with this witness. He declared that
the money paid Tabor was his wifes. Wit
ness has closed up the Minersville store since
the sale was made to his wife. Mr.. Tabor
has nothing to do with the Shenandoah store,
or any other part Of the business now. The
MahanOy City store has also been closed.
Mrs. Tabor has nothing to do with the Shen-
andoah store. For the month after the sale
| the witness said the meats he bought and his
help and other expenses for the three stores
amounted to $2,263 ~, and his receipts were
81, 107.S9, making q deficiency of $16032
Witness said his wife had more than s., 0OO
when she came to Shenandoah from Halle
ton. 1t was all put into the business she
started here and she made money. She had
more than $1,000 when she loaned Tabor
money.
The case was taken up again in the office
of M. M. Burke, Esq, this morning and Mr
Sly dlowski resumed his seat on the witness
stand. The examination opened with ques-
tions directed to the career of the witness in
Baltimore. When Mr.. Ramsay asked the
, witness if he had any money when he came
to this country six years ago and if he had
any when he located at Baltimore the re
plies were that he could not understand
English. lengthy discussion followed
during which Mr.. Burke suggested that al
Interpreter be taken into the case, but tn,
counsel for the creditors objected to that ant
. declared that the witness had got along OF
the stand with English at POttsvlle and a
the session yesterday afternoon. They
claimed that it was not because he did no
understand, but that he did not want t,
answer. Finally the witness answered il
English that he had no money when he CAM
TO this country and when he went to Balti
more. He stayed in Baltimore between "a an,
years, doing wholesale and retail meat bus
iness and manu- featuring sausage. He move
from Baltimore to Hazeton and had $500
which he had made from profits at the foI
mer place His wife had s., 400 when h
came to Shenandoah; he bought out Hoehler'
slaughter house for $487 and about $500 il
machinery. The first year he made g., ,OOC
All this line Of examination was CONTINUES
by counsel for the creditors TO show that tn
szydlowskis did not have money enough {
! give Tabor s., 800. SzydloWski was asked {
produce his books for the first year Of hi
business, but said he could not do so. as h
s could not find them. The second year i
business here the witness said he made owe
So, 600. Considerable amusement was create
when the witness testified that he not onl
had plenty of money to loan, but had severa
o. Times uhQe loans 10 NIL Aduuelut Lne lOcd
{ manager for Swift & Co., when the latte
a would be short in his collections, and thes
loans would amount to 5000, $500, and as hig
as $780, you people ought to know now tina
he had money" remarked Mr.. Burke
During another part of the examination
while looking for a judgment note upo
which he was being examined, the witnei
. dragged from his pocket a wad of ban
y notes almost the size of boxing glov,
u do you believe he has any money T aske
! Mr.. Burke. To this Mr. Adams, one of til
u counsel for the creditors reiOineC
l. "Wo claim that is part Of our money.
This afternoon Mr. Szydlowski was Agai
put on the witness stand and among the fir
questions put to him was whether he had n,
p stated to a Hazleton man that during his fir
year in business here he had not made
dollar over expenses He d0nied havin
Is made such statement to anyone. As the o.
\ animation proceeded witness admitted thi
q during his first year in business he gay
judgment note for over $500 and on one o
casion during last year he borrowed $l5
Both these indebtnesses, he admitted, wei
r incurred Notwithstanding that he had $8l
3 to 81, 200 at home Of his own money.
You say you made 5000 in the meat bus