The Topeka state journal., 1900-04-12

braska. Opera House and Amusement |
company. chartered under the laws OF /
Missouri. but in which he himself owned |
all the stock. that in September 1881. !
he transferred the St Joseph opera |
house TO the corporation for the alleged
sum OF $4,000. but that the transfer was
in form only, and that Mr. Crawford
continued to operate the property as ne
had always done; that in 1898 he placed
a mortgage on the St Joseph opera
house and the biIlboards in Topeka
Wichita and St Joseph to secure pre-
tended issue of 100000 of bonds OF the
cooperating. naming Mr. hulvane as
trustee. and that $50. GOO OF the DOE1S
were issued and placed in Mr.. MuIVaneS
hands; that the bonds were never ne-
gOtiaJed and no consideration was ever
paid on them, but that they were after
wards assigned by Mr.. Mulvane TO the
Bank OF Topeka TO secure a PRETENDED
loan OF s25.0 000 IN 1896. il is claimed. the
Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska Opera
House and Amusement company con-
veyed the St Joseph opera house Tor
security to Lewis Sells. for the alleged
sum OF S350GO but it is claimed that
there was in reality no consideration
whatever, and that the property Fea4i$
belongs TO Mr. Crawford
Still another allegation IS that MI
Crawford had sham mortgages placed
on lots 139 III and 1z3. Monroe street.
and that whenever any bona nde lncufn-
brancas upon the property were palo
Mr. era WfOrd refused to have them re-
leased upon the records but instead
would have them assigned to his Wife,
thereby clouding the title Afterwards,
it is claimed Mr.. Crawford decided the
property TO Lewis Sells. but that ne re-
ceived no consideration for II
Another step in the proceedings was
the organization by Mr. Mulvane OF the
Amusement Syndicate company, Wnlch
the petition alleges to have been to as
siSt in defrauding Mr. Crawfords 5 cred
itors. It is claimed Mr. AIulvane owned
all the stock in the company but 10 give
it character he transferred 5000 worth
I each to z. ". Freeman and D W Null
/ vane in consideration for promissory
notes for which they were not to be held
/ liable It is claimed that this arrange
[ menr was made simply TO form cor
poration. Last March Mr. Crawford
+ gave the company a deed TO the Topeka
/ opera house for the alleged cons1dera-
I ton of $500 but it is claimed that no
I real consideration was received by hlln
/ and that the conveyance was therefore z
void The St Joseph opera house was
/ also transferred to the company for the
4 alleged sum of 81 600. L NJ Crawford was
/ made manager of the properties OF the
/ Amusement Syndicate company, and O.
4 T. Crawford, his son. was made Secre-
/ tary and treasurer. Mr. Crawford then
[ leased the St. Joseph opera house to the
1 TootIe estate for five years for the sum
/ Of 5000 q. year
More recently. it is alleged, there has
| been q pretended sale of all the stock
I of the Amusement Syndicate company
( ford. OF Topeka, for $50, ,000. Zehrung Is
Martling. of Wichita. and o. T. Craw-
/ to F. C Zehrung. OF Lincoln, Neb-; J. I.
/ employed by Mr. Crawford to manage
the Lincoln opera house. and Marthng
to run the one at Wichita, and the petl-
ton claims that all three of the pur-
chasers are insoIvent and without funds
| to pay for the stock in the
company, and that the trans
fer was fraudulent transac-
ton. made in the interest Of Mr. Crayv-
ford who has continued uninterruptedly ,
to manage the properties through all
these years.
IN consideration Of all these allegations
Judge Hook is asked to set aside these
various mortgages and deeds for which
no consideration was received, and &c
turn over all of the property in the pos
session of the Amusement Synd1cate
company to the plaintiff. 5. B. Isenhart
as trustee. A receiver is also asked fol
the Crawford opera house because th'
receipts are now all going to Mr. CraW
ford ard it is claimed that they amour
I to about 81. 600 a month and should go L
his creditors An Injunction is also ask
| ed for TO restrain the defendants from
/ interfering with the trustees right o.
possession of the various properties.