Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-17

IN JAIL FOR CONTEMPT.
W. }. Reilly, of Appleton, Formerly Of
This Place, Arrested on a Charge
of EmezzIment.

This Place, Arrested on Charge
of EmezzIment.
From Monday Milwaukee Daily News
After a scathing arrangement by
Judge Seaman of the United States dis
trict court-One of the most severe re-
Dukes ever administered in the United
States court chamber of Milwaukee,
W. j. Reilly, known in lumber circles
throughout Wisconsin Illinois and
Minnesota, was to-day committed to
to the county Jail for contempt of courts
Reilly appeared before Judge Seaman
today on an order to show cause why
he should not pay SO, 339. SO to the trus-
tee of the bankrupt estate or be adjudg-
in contempt. The order was issued by
Refree Paul B. Carry of Appleton, be-
fore whom the bankrupt was previously
examined.
ut was conclusively shown in
the evidence taken before the referee
that he has swindled lumber firms from
which he purchased. He has contradict-
ed himself and testified falsely at every.
turn, even admitting in his own testi-
mony that what he had said before was
false. That is not the question at issue
however. 1t is to be determined here
on this order to show cause whether
Mr.. Reilly has in his possession the
funds stated by the referee or whether
he has funds where they are accessible.
Reilly was not represented by coun-
sci but appeared for himself. When
askee by the court if he had any further
statement to make he replied that there
were two amounts-S275 and 175--which
had not been charged up to his favor.
The total amount unaccounted for, he
said, would be- 81 ,047, instead of SO, 900.
"Have you 81 ,O47 in your possession?"
asked the court.
"No, have not S147," was the reply.
Reilly was then taken in charge by
Deputy Marshall Glantz and escorted to
the jail.
According to Frank B. Lamoreux,
who represents F. Heinemann, the
trustee of the bankrupt estate, Reilly
was formely of Appleton, being en-
ployed there by the Alexander Stewart
Lumber Company. He afterward sold
lumber on commission and in April
of 1901 he went to Dale, between
Medina and New London, where he
started in business for himself. He
made purchases from wholesale lumber
dealers in Wisconsin, Illinois and
Minnesota, carrying on his correspond
ence with the wholesale firms on
stationery headed ''W. J. Reilly, retail
lumber DEALER. He Immediately sold
the lumber, sometimes shipping it back
over the same roads to retail uealers,
and carrying on his correspondence
with the retailers on stationery headed
''W. J Reilly. wholesale lumber deal
err" By this means, what he purchas-
ed on his credit he sold for cash, thus
getting ready funds in his possession.
He is said to have secured $4,000 by
b1CSO U1CUIOOSs Ou aug uSU 1U3 lJO1 uG
burned out, recelveing 50, 900 insurance
In August of the following year he filed
a petition in bankruptcy. At his first
hearing he swore that he paid out the
greater part of his money to Howe and
Wright, two men in Minnesota. Howe
ard Wright were located, one in Idaho
and the other in Duluth, and it was
found his story was false. Then he adj
mitted it was a lie invented to hide
the discrepancies in his accounts and
said he gambLed the MONEY away in
Milwaukee. Oshkosh ana Appleton
He was ordered by the referee TO pay
SO, 1885,. unaccounted for, and his
hearing this morning was on this or
der.
At the lssthearing, according to the
attorney for the trustee, Reilly told
the court that he had pawned his dia
monds to pay DR.. Schneider for All OPP
GRAFTON on his child's eyes. He was of
the opinion he had made considerable
Roadway in working on the sypathies
of Judge Seaman, says Mr.. Lamoreux,
and it was probably for this reason he
was not represented by counsel today.
". j. Reilly was several years ago
a resident of this place, being employ
ed by the Gerry Lumber company. He
served in various town Offices and was
chairman of the county board at the
moved from here to Appleton in 1896.
The Scrubs Victorious.