Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-03
BANKRUPT HEARINGS.
Kilduff and Doherty Cases Before
 Referee Newton This Morning.

Referee Newton came to town early to-day to resume the hearings on tho petitions of Sheriff John R. Doherty
 and the E. c. Kilduff x Go for dis
 charge in bankruptcy. He found it
 was impossible to take mp the Kf1duff hearing as some of the principals were not present Attorney ]. J. O'NeilI had
 started for St Louis; Miss Jennie Kill 1 duff, who has claim against the con cern, was unable to attend, and book 1 which Attorney Bronson, counsel for the creditors, has been clamoring for
 since the first hearing, was mot in IcoIrt Trustee F. B. O'Neill stated that all
 the books of the concern that he could
 find were in court. They amounted to three or four. MT Bronson said the l day book was not produced and that
 the last hearing was adjourned solely
 on account of the absence of that
 book. Everybody connected with the 1 Kilduff Go, he said, appeared to be
 anxious to bring the book into court,
 but it was strange to him that they did not get it there. He inquired of
 Mir Adt, the photographer, who occu- pies the premises of the petitioner, if
 anyone was there inquiring for the
 books and he was informed there had
 been none. Later, however, John H. Kilduff saw him and told him he de- sired to search the store Sunday, and MT Bronson told him that that was. l his own concern.
 l Trustee O'NeiiI then said he would
 bring all the books he could find in
 the store belonging to the petitioner,
 and in short time he had a pile two
 or three feet high in court.
 E, Benjamin Witkowski's claim to the | Jao csaH& &<>p 1,n SSoc rr7xya oy other hearing. Attorney Thoms, his
 counsel, merely amended the petition, and thts closed the matter. The pa- pers will be forwarded to the court in q few days. asf
 Regarding Sheriff Doherty's petition, l the sheriff was sworn and examined 1 by Attorney Bronson, counsel for the opposing creditors. The sheriff testi- I fled that he endorsed a note for Post
 master J. H. Guernsey in the post office at the public desk, but could not say what kind of pen or ink he used. He borrowed from Edward Belden on that note $25. He could not recall sending anyone to collect the note and l did not know that Attorney Kennedy l tried to collect 1t. This closed the ex- animation and Mir Bronson then claimed that the sheriff testified he closed his relations with the state as superintendent of the labor bureau in May. and that he got paid for his ser vices for that month, $120.4 40, which included some expenses His check
 book, however, showed he did not fin I ish with the state until June, and. that
 he did not deposit any of that money. l Mir Bronson claimed that the petition CTS account as agent and the states account might as well be his own ac- count He should have handed over l to the trustee, Attorney Minor, the l money he received from the state for 1 his work for May. 1t was impossible l to show what money he had in bank when the attachment was made.
 Attorney Cassidy claimed the sheriff should not have turned over to the trustee what was only due him.
 The referee thought that was a ques. ton for some consideration. This closed the matter. The evidence will be sent to the court as soon as posst-
 ble a At 1O.3O the proceedings stopped and at II 80 they were resumed. By that time word had been received from At torney Garyan of Hast'3rd inforriing them that he had twice missed his train and could not get here until 7 o'clock. John H. Kilduff was there l fore not ready to proceed, MT Garyan being his counsel. Attorney B. 1T.
 Hartogensis of Baltimore, Md, had travelled all night In order tp get here
 at 9 o'clock this informing and he oD- jected to the case going over. Every
 body interested had been givena suffi-
 cient and plenty of time to be on hand.
 he claimed. Attorney Bronson also objected and warm but brief inter- change of words took place between him and MT Silduff Finally Mir Kill duff was sworn as to certain'claims hy
 George O., his brother, and Miss Jen- nie Kilduff, his sister. The latter has claim for $21O wages and. $10O for money. loaned against the estate. George has two claims also, one for $2OO wages and one for $500 money loaned. The hearing was of a gen. eral nature.
 This afternoon at o'clock Attorney Garvan arrived and the nearing went on Attorney Hartogensis put John 1T. Kilduff on the stand and cross-ex- amined him minutely regarding the business of the concern for some time before the petition in bankruptcy was fled
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