New-York tribune., 1901-05-26
1902 "a PAGES. WITH
MRS. LEASE A BANKRUPT.
HER ASSETS LARGELY MONEY DUE ON
LECTURES DELIVERED. SOME
FOR HENRY GEORGE.

An echo of the Henry George Mayoralty cam
palsn in 1897 was heard yesterday in the CLERKS
office of the United States District Court when
petition in bankruptcy was filed by Mrs. Mary
Elizabeth Lease. the PopuIist lecturer The
petition was filed through her attorney, Henry
WolIman. of No. 20 Broad-st, and the total
amount of liabilities is placed at 3247 30. with
assets of s.. 293 -. The petitioner gives her ad-
dress as No. so East One-hundred- and twenty
hrst-st. Much of the Indebtedness mentioned is
as indorser on mortgages given by her husband
C. > Lease. Among the creditors named are
Jane Marsh. of Wichita. Kan. Judgment for
money lent in 1896, for which bond and mort
gage were given by Mr.. Lease, and indorsed by
the petitioner his WIFE the amount of the
debt being 81, 363 60. She also owes Robert Hill
ditch, of Kingman County. Kan. 81 $40 15 on
a Judgment obtained in December 1880 for
money lent. The other debtors z. G. Rob-
ertson. of Wichita. Kan. S2O4 for money lent
and $500 a promissory note She also owes
w. B. Mucklow, of Hartford. Conn. S1S3 15 for
printing. and includes in her list of creditors the
Manhattan Press Clipping Bureau. of Union
Square, although she denies the liability as she
says she did not order the clippings charged to
her This bill is for S13 A
All of the assets named by the titioner con-
sist of debts due, and include Representative
Frank Hilton. for printing speeches ordered by
him, S1S5 10; the Rogers Loan Company of
Wichita, Kan, judgment, 800 the Rev. Mr..
Gashweiler. a former pastor at Saline. Kan.
money lent, 800; H. c.. Tichenor. Springfield
Mo, $50; o. H. Hendee, Hutchinson, Kan. SIS;
H. B. Kelley, Lawrence. Kan. 500; DR. Frank
Pierce. Toledo. Ohio. 500. all for money lent
The other debtors are Willis ]. Abbott chairman
of the Henry George Campaign Committee, $500
for lectures delivered in the Mayoralty campaign
Of 1897 A. J. Westfall, Sergeant Bluffs, Iowa.
SO: l. f. Dean, Honeoye Falls. n. Y. $500:
T, McGin, Portland Me. $500: A. B. CASTOR.
Des Moines. Iowa. $3.50; F. Ridgely Pittsburg
Kan. S15; H d. Wood, Greenville. Tex. $40,
and H. Van Vleet. Springfield. Ill. S75, all or
balances due on lectures delivered by the pc
titioner.
Henry Wollman. counsel for Mrs. Lease, said
Nearly all the liabilities set forth in Mrs
Leases schedule, except two sail ones -t.-1
she has put in as Claims against her but ---'-1
she Denies are for loans made by Western loan
companies TO her husband. Charles : Lease. of
Wichita. Kan.
When married man borrows money and
wishes to secure the loan by mortgage. of c~-'rse
it is necessary that the mortgage should be
signed by his wife we'll by himself. 1t is
the invariable custom of Western loan COM
panies to require the wife not ~7ly 10 sign the
mortgage. but also to sign jointly with the hus-
band the notes or bonds 10 secure which the
mortgage is given, although the money is paid
10 the husband
Nearly all of Mrs Leases liabilities with the
exception Of the two small claims above referred
70. for deficiency judgments against her on
obligations TO loan companies in proceedings
brought to foreclose the mortgages TO which I
have just referred