The Portland daily press., 1900-08-11
qnE LAST STEP.
Woodbury. g Moulton
Case Up Again.
Hearing on Petition To Discharge
DankruptS.
The Evidence Concluded
For Remonstrant.
negence of the Petitioners win
Begin Today.

IN the u. 5. District Court yesterday
.aaarred the hearing Oh the petition Of
qhseaore &. Woodbury. and Edward II
vork 10 IL discharged from bankruptcy.
qhomas j. Haskell, one Of the firm s
asdlsors had lied a protest, and this
resulted in lhe hearing.
9bsn v. Freeman, Esq, appeared for
xr HASKELL, and Harry n. Verrill, Esq.
far tie members OF the defunct frms
Theodore C. Woodbury. and Edward IL.
York. who we're both in attendance.
a. The opening OF court Judge Webb
ssss notice that II either Of the parties
.houla desire 70 make an appeal after the
as bad been concluded. they must pro-
slas means to preserve the evidence as
As court had no right 20 90 20 such ex-
pns.
nr. Terrln suggested that stenog-
aphas should he secured, and said he
woula send for one. The court replied
STAT this would he al right. and then Mr.
Ysfrlll sent for q sno1than d expert.
Al the suggestion OF Mr. Freeman GER
Aln books Of the late firm now IN the
pasion d Ardon y Coombs, ESQ
Is trustee, were sent for, and produced
b Mr. COMBS. The written testimony
d Theodore &. Woodbury. and Edward
Il. York given before Referee Pierce from
Deesmber y 20 February I. was also pro
dasd.
Sir. Freeman then called TO the stand
Lsl D. French OF Winthrop. a clerk II
lie Railway Mail Service, who IS IN
tAAree Of the records at the post ofdee
.shoNing 1.-THE arrival ana departure o.
nails. and the clerk on the trains having
tAsa mails. Mr.. Freeman explained
isat ha had introduced this witness &
nsge that the firm had a knowledge o
tAslr shortage ON October 81. 1899, where
IS Sd. Woodbury. had later testified tina
Il Aaeved the firm was solvent on tia
4k. notwithstanding that on the las
Isl OF October ne had received MOTTO
bonn New York that the firm was inso
vent.
Clerk French testified that the mai
from New York to Portland on Octobs
81 1879, arrived III the regular cours
Of transit. The first mail du
At 1910 a. N. was delivered a
TIE post Office about twenty -fly
Minutes later, and from ten t
fifteen minutes afterwards was distribut
ed in the boxes. Letters received on thi
mall might have been posed in TIA
New York office as late as nine o'clocl
on the evening of October 30 and possibl.
as late as ten O'Clock. Witness had ex
amined the record OF the mail from New
York over the Portland & Rochester roat
Of that date. October 81, 1899, and haC
noted no irregularity. 1t is not usual FOL
mail from New York to arrive over thi.
route
Dir. Verin had no questions to ash
Ar. French, who was then excused.
{ Mr. Freeman occupied the rest of the
forenoon by reading several Specifications
that he had drawn up in behalf of his
client and the answers corresponding to
these Specifications which were made in
the dispositions OF MessCs. Woodbury. and
York in their hearing before Referee
Pierse last winter. Mr.. Freeman pointed
out the discrepancies between these speci-
locations on the dispositions.
At the commencement of the afternoon
session Of the court Mr.. Freeman con-
'lnued to produce quotations from the
evidence Of both Messrs. Woodbury. and
York as given by them at the time OF
their former hearings with the purpose OF
proving the allegation in one OF the
spaoinoations which was TO the effect that
Doth Messrs. Woodbury. and Yor k knew