Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-26
IN BANKRUPT
COURT AGAIN.
Bacon Testl6es That the Charges
of Moon Are Untrue.
ALLEGATIONS OF FRAUD.
Ahairs of James II. Bacon Have Reen
Heopened Examination on he
fore Referee baldwin.

The further examination into the af-
fairs Of James II. Bacon, brought on by
II. T. Moon, was began this morning
before Referee Baldwin.
Attorney James II. Bacon, on April
8, 1900, filed petition in the federal
court Ia voluntary bankruptcy His
petition stated that his liabilities
amounted to s52S, 1894, OF which sl2s.-
1928 was secured with Dalton and
Lark, valued at about $5,454.4S. The
remaining S39S,9635l was unsecured.
His assets were put down as amounting
to S5.2O9.50, Of which 5000 was In life
insurance policy, and all was claimed
exempt. lie had between $50 and $40
creditors and the Bank Of Salt Lake
and First Bank Of Mercur suspended
operations.
On September 10th last the petitioner
was discharged from bankruptcy, but
the bankruptcy act provides that
case may be reopened for examination
within a year from the date Of dis
charge. providing that proper show
ing be made by creditors Of the bank
rupt
A petition was filed on Monday last
by A. +. Moon. a creditor OF Bacon TO
the extent Of $4,000, part of which Is as
signed claim, and the court adjudged
the petition to be of such weight that
further examination should be made
before Referee Baldwin.
Mr.. Moon is represented by Attorney
H, j. Dininny, and in the petition some
rather sensational allegations were
made and a further examination Of Ba-
con. jeremiah Schenek, d, II. Schenck,
Charlotte Hoadley Of Chicago and II.
IL. Rea was asked for. r4
The petition alleged that at the time
James H. Bacon Med his petition In
voluntary bankruptcy he was In pos
session Of property to the value Of va
900 and over, above the amount stated
in the petition as his entire assets. II
was further alleged that this properly,
consisting OF stocks and real estate IN
Idaho and Utah, was concealed IRON
his creditors and held In secret trust
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who 1t is asked shall be further ex-
amined, r,t
that Bacon owned large inter
ests In real estate In Idaho,
probably Of value Of $4,000. also at
least one-half the stock Of the Ameri-
can Mining and Trust company, a cor
poration organized under the laws or
Wyoming, and that this property was
! held i'm secret trust by Jeremiah
sehenck and II. II. Rea,
The petition states that all these facts
may be proven by an examination OF
| the books OF the American Mining and
| Trust company. The Bank Of Salt Lake,
and the First Bank OF Mercar, which
have been kept by Bacon. Il Is further
stated that at the time OF the former
! proceedings nothing was known by the
| petitioner about these assets but that
recent transfers of the stock Of the
trust company by the Schencks to Ba-
| con confirm the allegations,
The proceedings were begun this
morning before Referee Baldwin.
Twomey and Twomey representing Ba-
! con. II. j. Dinlnny. jeremiah Schenck.
| ID. H. Schenck, Charlotte Hoadley and
II. III. Rea were present at 10 o'clock,
tllh Aliri IiNllHiiHAl9 ltlhui No W
Judge Twomey, the examination OF
jeremiah schenck followed, and was
continued for two hours when a recess
was taken until two o'clock this after
noon. Nothing Of q sensational nature
occurred and the testimony OF the wit.
ness tended to show that the allega-
tions made by A. 7. Moon were untrue.
The examination Of Mr.. Schenck was
continued this afternoon on the affairs
Of the American Mining and Trust
company and Mr. Bacon's connection
with that company. He was cross ex-
amined by Attorney Dninny and there
was quite a discussion concerning the
cutting out Of page IN Mr. Bacon's
| private book Of expenditures. etc II
was decided by the referee that the leaf
| In question could not be brought out
/ until Mr.. Bacon took the stand. The
! next witness will be Mrs Charlotte
| Headley Of Chicago.