The Washington times., 1904-11-12
Referee Reads List OF
Claims Allowed to
Vote.
ON OBJECTIONS
Bankrupt an Interested Spec
tator of the Tedious Pro-
ceedingS.

Shortly before 10 o'clock this morn
/ ing the creditors of Thomas r. Wagga-
man began 10 file into the grand jury
room at the City Hall to attend the
meeting called for the purpose Of elect
| ing a trustee for the bankrupt estate.
The first arrivals were three women
| who took their seats at the back of the
room. Later the were Joined by others,
until there We're an even dozen of tho
genuer sex present Then came the
/ lawyers who quickly filled all the seats
available.
Al I0.W O'Clock Thomas L Wagga-
man himself arrived After shaking
hands with a few friends the bankrupt
real estate broker took bis seat in
/ corner OF the room near the long table
of the referee. His face bore traces OF.
anxiety and his hands moved neryously
from time 10 time. Otherwise ne was
calm and collected.
A Counting Machine.
The first evidence Of real business was
the appearance of the counting machine,
which was brought ia and placed at the
end of the referees table. Referee
Andrew Y. Bradley and his clerks enter
ca the 4bDA4A az wv ltN~Aft- NA 81 rf-NAA
pasteboard boxes containing the jacket
ed claims which have been filed with
the referee up TO date. There were i've
OF these boxes, which We're about twice
the size OF an ordinary pasteboard shoe
box.
Among the attorneys who were in at
tendance were George i. Hamilton. ".
= Mattingly, r. l. SiddOns, William A
Gordon, B. +. Leighton. James b. Ar
cher, jr., Henry ". Sohon. Rosa +.
Downing. " Gwynn Gardiner. G. 4.
COughlin. Leonard ]. Mather. Charles
". Darr, y. Golden DOnelsOn, r. J.
Behrcnd. Joseph 5. sullivan. Arthur A.
Alexander. Arthur Peter. ". W. Mil
Ian, Smith Thompson. jr. William II.
Dennis, Ralph d. Barnard, Wilton j.
Lambert Harry A. Haggerty, Clarence
a. Wilson, George A. Sullivan, William
&. Sullivan. Vincent a Sheehy, BenJa-
min Minor William HitZ, +. s. Bright,
W. J. Miller. Charles ]. Murphy. Olsn
%. Clephane. T. Perry Myers, T. II. lill-
Hard, and COrcOTan Thorn.
AT l0:55, Referee Bradley, who had
been going over the claims, called the
meeting 20 order. He apologized for the
delay. which, he said was unavoidable.
He should read the list OF allowed
claims and If there was objection 10
any Of them he would try TO dispose Of
the objection Immediately. II, however,
the objections were such that evidence
would be required before decision
could be made, he would lay the claim
aside, and consider IL disaIlowed for
voting purposes.
The reading OF the lists Of claims took
more than an hour and a half There
were two of these lists, the first con-
tanning the secured claims. the second
I the unsecured claims. and the third the
dlsallOWed claims. The last named were
disallowed merely for voting purposes,
said Referee Bradley. which aid not nee
| essarily mean that they were considered
/ invalid as claims against Waggaman.
Objection to Brother.
When objections to the voting capac-
| ity Of different claims were made, At
touey Sullivan objected 10 the voting Of
| John +. Waggaman's claims on the
ground that many OF Thomas r. Wag-
gaman's notes had been made for the
accommodation OF John f. Waggaman
Attorney Arthur Peter. who represents
/ John +. Waggaman. stated that his
client had fndOrsed for Thomas T. Wug-
gaman for twice as much as Thomas T.
| Waggaman had signed for him. II the
! claims were Offset the balance would be
greatly in favor OF John i. Wagg8man.
/ Further argument OF the legal points
were argued by the two attorneys. Ref
/ cree Bradley overruled Mr.. Sullivan and
allowed the claim or John +. Naggamau
Attorney siddons asked the referee II
/ he had read the claim OF Annie Gray for
Secured or unsecured?" asked Mr..
secured on list No. J." replied MI
/ SlddOns. smiling.
/ at Mr. Siddons' remark. Waggaman
/ himself Joining with somewhat slchIy
| smile.
| There followed a series OF questions
| on the part Of attorneys concerning the
| stakes OF different claims.
Statement of Case.
! Referee Bradley read a statement OF
/ the bankruptcy Of Thomas L. Wagga-
/ man, and the law regarding the election
| Of trustee Hts sarcastic illusions 10
/ the mystical List No. 1 brought smiles
/ % the lawyers Holders Of claims pur-
| porting 10 be secured on this List No.
/ ]. ruled Mr. Bradley. were privileged 20
/ vote as unsecured creditors. In conciud-
| Ing hts statement Mr.. Bradley said.
| This case has been pending for more
| than TWO months. II is more than one
month since the day on which the hrst
| meeting Of which this Is an adjourn
ment. was held. Being convinced that
! % would De- uuwise 20 begin the eXamina-
/ JI0u 0f the bankrupt Tor any purpose al
/ this time, I am compelled 10 pass upon
/ the status OF the creditors with whom
/ this opinion deals. as that status is pre-
/ scented by the facts now before me,
/ Applying the law TO those facts. j
| am on opinion that those persons are not
| secured creditors Of Thomas T.. Wag-
| gaman who hold notes which recite that
as collateral security for their payment
/ there are deposited with the bankrupt
/ certain notes secured upon real estate,
/ which notes are enumerated ana de
/ scrlbed IA "a list known as List of Notes
| No Z. which list is also stated 10 be on
| hle iu the ONCE of the bankrupt"
] A. 1905 Referee Bradley announced a