The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-05
RECEIVER APPOINTED
The Congress of Eastern Nations
in Hard Luck.
WOODS is IN THE SADDLE
The Turkish Bag Puncher Started the
Trouble-He Says He Is Not Get
ting His Share of the
Profits

The Congress of Eastern Nations has
run up against all kinds of hard luck,
the climax of which seemed to have
been reached yesterday, when Billy
Woods, the sporting promoter" was
appointed receiver for the whole con-
gress, including La Belle Saba, the
houchee couchee harem dancer. The
receiver was appointed on an applica-
ton made to Judge Clancy yesterday by
Charles Dockman, the Turkish bag
puncher, who claims to be a member of
the Dekreko Brothers partnership, and
who says his partners are trying to
beat him out of his share of the profits
which were accumulated during the
recent two weeks engagement of the
congress at Columbia gardens. Dock
man relates in his complaint that part
nership was formed at Denver on Nov.
10, 1898, and consists of himself and
Jean Dekreko, Andre Dekreko, Gabriel
Dekreko, Charles Dekreko, George De-
kreko. Joseph Bedrosian and La Belle
Saba, whose true name is unknown,
but who is the wife of Jean Dekreko.
The partnership was to continue for
term of one year, at the end of which
time. after paying off all the firms
debts and liabilities, the assets We're
to be divided equally among the seven
partners. Each partner was to con-
tribute SIS in cash to start with, and
his act" skill and labor to keep the
business going, and a settlement and
division of profits was to be made every
Is days. Dockman says he has COM
piled with every part of his agreement,
and that since the partnership was
formed the company has accumulated
cash and property to the value of $1,000,
the cash amounting to $500 and the
property to 81 500 Dockman says that
during the last four months his part
ners, the defendants, with intent to de-
fraud him, steadily refused to account
to him, the cash and property being in
the hands of Jean Dekreko, as business
manager, and have fraudulently con-
verified all the profits to their own use.
The defendants have declared to the
plaintiff that they intended to abandon
the objects of the firm and go to Salt
Lake, to engage there in the business
of selling jewelry, and for that purpose
intended to take all the firms money
and property for use in the purchase
of jewelry, and will do so unless re-
strained by the court On the first of
the present month the defendants pro-
posed to plaintiff to go in the jewelry
business, but he refused to join them in
such an enterprise, and they refused 10
account to him for his share in the
cash and property of the company,
which, he claims. amounts to $500. The
defendants are ready to go to Salt Lake
and have wilfully abandoned and dis
carded the plaintiff. He also charges
that Jean Dekreko and La Belle Saida
have appropriated to their own use $3.50
of the firms money and that La Belle
has the money concealed somewhere.
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for dissolution of the partnership, the
appointment Of a receiver, a sale of all
the property and division of the pro-
ceeds; for an injunction restraining the
defendants from disposing of or inter-
fering with the property in the mean
time, and that Saida be compelled to
dig up the cash which she has con-
cealed somewhere and pay it over to
the receiver.
Dockman said in an affidavit that
Ernest w. Bradstreet Chilly Woods
was a fit and competent person to be
appointed receiver, and Judge Clancy
appointed him, placing his bond at the
sum of $3.50, which he furnished, with
L. p. Keefe and ]. R. Thompson as
sureties. A restraining order was also
issued on the defendants.
Receiver Billy Woods, armed with
certified order of the court, made a
demand upon Jean Dekreko and Saida
Tor the property ana caSn, ana they
told him to go to Helen Hunt for it.
Receiver Billy Woods then went in
search of Judge Clancy and told him
about it, and the judge told him he
was not practicing law, and advised
him to go and see his lawyer. At last
accounts Receiver Billy had not re-
covered the property.
During the day bunch of the De-
krekos made a call on the county at
.a,,1 do loud hn,r f,,, ;,,o
tice. They wanted Billy, the receiver,
arrested, and wanted Dockman thrown
into Jail. Chief Deputy Kelley told
them their troubles did not concern the
county attorney, as they were involv-
ed in civil and not criminal proceed
ings. Dekreko said if he could not get
justice in Butte he would telegraph to
President Mckinley for it, and with
that threat the Turkish congress left
the office.
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