The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-24

don and P. O'Halloran, in order to re-
cover the $500 due
Upon reading the petition. in which
the facts above stated were set forth.
Judge Bum issued an order permit
ting an action to be brought against
Conroy and his official bondsS.eu.
Timothy Reardon and P. O'Halloran.
1he bond given to the city of st.
Paul by Conroy, May 21, 1895, when he
entered upon the duties Of his Office
as clerk of the municipal court. was
In the sum of $1,000, signed by Timothy
Reardon and P. OHalloran as sureties.
and reads as follows:
Now, therefore if Thomas F. Conroe shall
well and truly account and paw over to tba
treasurer of said city on each day al fines.
penalties, fees and other moneys which NAV
have come into his hands during SAID day and
VIII at all times pay over to all persons on
demand all money which they may be en-
ileo TO which may have come into his
hands in virtue or by reason of his Office.
then this obligation shall be VOID.
The summons and complaint in the
action against Conroy and his bonds
men were filed in the district court
Oct. q, and copies of the same were
0oiy SCI 'So On lhe three defendants.
GAVE A USELESS CHECK.
In the meantime Conroy had paid to
the attorneys in the case for Wallace
500 Of the $500 due, and on Oct %
he handed to the attorneys check
drawn on the Scandinavian American
bank for $4OO, in full settlement OF the
claim against him by Wallace. This
Uybar
ton on which it was drawn was mark
ed by the cashier IN. s. F. which in
banking parlance means mot sufficient
funds Investigation by one of the
attorneys retained by Wallace reveal
ed that on the date when Conroy drew
the check he would, in order to have
the paper honored at the bank. have
had to deposit just $3.50. and in view
OF this sum not being deposited the
cashier was forced to mark the check
as above stated. In other words. Con-
roy had on deposit in the bank SO
when he drew his check for $500.
The filing of the summons and com
plant in the district court was not
made public, probably being overlook
ed In the rush Of business, but on the
November term calendar Of the court
the index refers to the case as
WALLACE Ys. CONRoGRABBR.
The twenty days having elapsed aft
er the complaint was served on the de-
fendants and neither Conrov nor one
OF his bondsmen, Timothy Reardon,
having answered. application was
made for Judgment in default. and on
Nov. II judgment was ordered and
docketed against Conroy and Timothy
Reardon for $51375 each. The other
bondsman, P. O'HaIloran. made an
swer to the suit, and the case as TO
him was continued to Nov. Is, and Oh
that date again to Nov. 23
Nov. 10, week after judgment had
been entered by default against Con-
roy and Reardon, the attorneys for
Wallace received from Conroy 5000,
and yesterday afternoon the final $500
Of the $1,000 due and payable Feb. IA
last was handed over by Conroy.
The case when called in the court
yesterday afternoon was. on motion of
the attorneys for Wallace, dismissed.
The judgments docketed against Con-
roy and Reardon, however, viii stand
until the costs of the action have been
settled by Conroy, the final payment
made by him yesterday simply squar-
ing up the 81, 900 and making no pro-
vision for the court costs in the case.
NOT CoNRoY's FIRST.
The legal bout Mr. Wallace has gone
through with in order to secure a re-
turn of bail money deposited with the
clerk of the municipal court is moth
ing new TO Clerk Conroy. He has been
there before, and one of the cases on
record in which he played a star part
and was finally compelled to settle by
paying back $500, happened just two
years ago. Dec. %, 1886, Leon MichaeIs
and Humphrey Michaels were arrest
ed and arraigned in the police court
charged with a misdemeanor. The
case was continued, and Leon Nj
chaels, in the absence Of bondsmen,
put up $500 In cash for the appearance
Of himself and brother in court Jan.
O. The money was handed TO Clerk
Conroy, and the defendants released
from custody.
Jan. 8, 1897 the defendants appeared
in court and after a trial We're dis I
charged The court ordered the clerk
to pay over to Leon Michaels the 500
which had been deposited as ball.
Miohaels was ready and wiling 10
get back his money, but there was coma
delay on the part OF Clerk Conroy, and
it was not Until Jan. 13, that ConToy
handed M4chaels check on the Min
nesota Savings lark for the 5000.