The evening times., 1901-06-11
LEVIED ON THE HOFFMAN
A Deputy Sheriff in the New York
H0stelry.
Valuable Paintings and Rrfc-n-Brac
Attached In order tn Satisfy ii
Judgment Obtained by Edward :.
SfokcS-FumOus Pictures Included.

gE&CS-EHmOus Pictures Included.
NEW YORK June 1.-THE legal struE-
gle between Edward s. Stokes and the
new Hoffman House Company has Eeen
renewed with greater visor than ever, and
unless the company makes some settle
Dent with the former master Of things
at the big Broadway hosiery before next
AIordsy there may be warm times Yes
ter5ay afternoon Mr.. RadIoy, deputy
sheriff. walked into the Hoffman House,
and hunting up j p Caddagan. the
manager, Informed him that he had come
to take charge under an execution issued
ii the Supreme Court.
The deputy sheriff thought he could set
enough out Of the magnificent paintings
in the cafe and the paintings and bric-a-
brac on the DarI0r floor to satisfy the
judgment so ne told the manager that he
might run the rest of the hotel for the
present
From the time of this announcement
darls-visaged young man kept watch to
see that nobody removed the ornaments
designated by the deputy sheriff The
young man is in the employ of the sheriff.
and he viii keep his eye on the pictures
and bric-a-brac of the hotel until next
Monday. at least Unless the Hoffman
House Company makes some settlement
with Mr. Stokes by that time there may
be sheriff's sale at the hotel
The deputy sheriff was there as the re-
suit of q judgment obtained against the
new Hoffman House Company, by Ed
ward s Stokes in January. 1895. The ac-
ton was brought against the new com
pany by Stokes to recover money he had
expended on the place and for rent while
he was receiver of the Hoffman House
The original judgment was for $27,6 6I7-ff
An appeal was taken SuccessiVely to the
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court
and the Court Of Appeals, but in each in
stance the judgment of the lower court
was sustained. The costs Of the appeals
were SI6S.6i and $22S 60. These costs were
tackled to Mr.. Storkes' bill against the
Hoffman House Company, making the to
tai in tbe three judgments amount to
SOS GA, So The three judgments were put
in the hands of the sheriff yesterday by
Carter, Hughes & Dwight, counsel fer
Mr. Stokes At the hotel last night MT-
RadIey said: Yes I am in charge here
under the executions issued in the Stokes
case OF course, I am not allowed 10
make an excessive levy, and you see there
is at least property worth $559,0o9 lying
around I only selected what I thought
was enough to satisfy the judgment, and
levied on that
I included in the levy certain paintings
in the cafe, which are said to he very
valuable, and a lot of bric-a-brac on the
paTlor floor. I don't know that the sher-
if could run a big hotel like this, but We
certainly can keep tabs on these pictures
and bTic-a-brac. Nobody will get away
with them y man viii be in charge day
and night until after the sale, or at least
until there IS n settlement"
~ III these Things De sold bI the Shnr-
ih2' was asked
Certainly they will, unless the judg-
ment IS satisfied some other way The
notice of the sale has been posted in the
county court house and viii take place
on Monday, June IL
AIr- Caddagan, when asked whether the
sheriff had taken possession in the hotel
denied II vigorously. I have not seen
any deputy sheriff today said Mr. Cad
oasaIi- Anyhow, this thing don't
amount to much. There is over SJgJU11
worth Of stuff in this hotel and ] guess
any Judgment against US Is safe enough
No there Is no sheriff in charge here
Notwithstanding 1Ir. CadGagdu'S state
meHt- however. Mr. RadIey and his men
were outside. sitting in the corridor Of the
hotel, near the cafe, -s1noking cOmfOTta-
He did not see me. hey?'' said Deputy
Sheriff Radley, when told what Mr.. Cad
CaSaD had said Wei. ! saw him and
tod him l was in charge Of certain prop
erty IN the hotel Dy virtue Of an order
Of the Supreme Court. If Mr.. Caddagaa
doesn't think I'm in charge let him try
TO move any Of the stuff
The paintings in the cafe of the Hcff-
man House have made the hotel famous
Crowds Of people have visited the cafe to
see them ''Nymphs and Satyr by B0u-
EUeTeau, valued at $4,000; q canvas by
COrreggio, completed in the early part of
the fifteenth century. and "A Mother and
Her Babes by Philip R Morris. are
among these pictures. The cafe IS hung
with several valuable tapestries These
alone would more than satisfy Sir. Stokes
judgment If they were put up at auction.