The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-15
Young H4MMERsTEIN SUED.
Discord Between Him and His Partner About
the Management or the Columbus Theatre.

Discord Between Hin and His Partner About
the Management or the Columbus Theatre.
Henry Hammerstein. son of Manager Oscar
Hammerstein, and Henry's co-psrtner, Jacob
Kahn. who succeeded the elder Hammerstein in
the control OF the Columbus Theatre. have had a
falling out. and as q result young Hammerstein
now shares his fathers plight in having a lot Of
litigation on his hands. When the elder Ham.
merstein. after litigation with his sister. Mrs.
Rosenberg. over the Columbus Theatre property.
decided to end that particular set OF law suits
by retiring from the control OF the theatre.
his son Henry and young Kahn entered a CO.
partnership to run the theatre for six years under
a lease secured from William johnson, to whom
the elder Hammerstein had disposed Of II.
Kahn, who is about II years old. wanted to get
married to a pretty girl in Harlem, but her IA
Their objected to the union until Kahn was in
business for himself. his father, a retired
butcher. put up $4,000 to buy a half interest in
the lease that johnson held. Young Hammer
stein put up the other 10000 with money Sc
cured by mortgaging his half interest in the
lease. or this amount 5000 was secured on
two demand notes for SO. 500 and 81. 200 respec-
lively. upon which the Twelfth Ward Bank ad-
vanced the 50. 600.
That was last February. and everything went
when young Kahn had the doorkeeper OF the
theatre arrested on a charge OF larceny. His
partners wife gave bail for the doorkceper and
n GOODNESS sprung up. The disagreement culmi-
mated a week ago in n suit in the supreme Court
brought by young Kahn for q dissolution OF the
copartnership. and an accounting. and the APP
polntment OF a receiver. Simultaneously suit
WAS brought in the City Court by Kahn's law
yers against young Hammerstein to collect the
amount OF the 81 200 demand note, tho plaintiff
in this action being Jacob Samek. who said he
was a jeweller at ZIG East Broadway.
In hts application for n reccivcrship young
Kahn alleges that Hammerstein violated his
agreement not to draw more than SIS a week
from the funds OF the firm, by drawing out 500
at one time and q week later taking from the
the theatre for two nights. He also asserts that
Hsmmerstein certified certain bills for labor and
services OF persons he alleged had been en-.
ployed to work for the firm and collected the
amount OF these bills, applying the money to his
own uses, although he knew the alleged services
Hammerstein had not paid the $1,000 demand
wife to bail the accused doorkeeper OF the
theatre without consulting Kahn.
Lawyer Wise, whose partner bought out the
elder Hammerstein's interest in the Harlem
Opera House, yesterday secured an order from
Justice Mccarthy in the City Court on Hammer
tested 81 200 demand note. and an order to
Samek to appear and explain how he got posses
sion OF the note. Samek's address Is not in tho
directory. and Mr.. Wise complained that he
couldn't find any trace of him AT the East Broad
way address. He alleges that the proceedings
part OF a conspiracy to freeze out his client.
He declares that at the time the bank advanced
the money on the 81 200 note the bank officers
signed an agreement not to demand payment
for two years time. and that the bank has no
right to allow the note TO go to protest.