The Washington times., 1904-10-22
REFEREE BRADLEY
EXPLAINS PROGRAM
Creditors File Claims in
Waggaman Case.
SMALL PROGRESS is MADE
Some Funny Incidents Occur at Court
Brief Session Held
Today.


The meeting of the creditors Of
+ Thomas Il. Waggaman. held in the
grand jury room at the City Han this
morning, was a very brief affair
Referee Andrew y. Bradley called the
F meeting TO order at 10 o'clock. and i'm
mediaJely announced that no motions or
. petitions would be heard today. as il
would be necessary 10 give the whole
+ day 10 receiving and filing proofs OF
claims and letters Of attorney. Nh
+ Bradley announced that ne would re-
/ Ceiye letters and proofs until D. M. to-
/ Gay, and would then adjourn the session
/ until ! ,. m. Tuesday next
AT that time, said Mr. Bradle--, II
/ VIII hear from attorneys as 10 the
rights of the creditors they represent
: 10 vote in the election of the trustee
/ Only creditors whose claims are unse-
/ cured are entitled 90 vote for the fun
/ amount OF their claims. Secured credit
T crs are entitled 20 vote for the difference
/ between the amount of their claim and
the value OF their security. The ques-
+ tiou OF the values OF securities, par
ticularly those ON List No. ], is open TO
discussion. and ] do not care TO pass
. upon It until I have heard from the at
/ tOrneys interested.
Two Kinds Of Claims.
There are two kinds OF claims Sc
cured on List No. ]. those FOR which
notes were given during the time imme-
dlately preceding the bankruptcy pro-
ceedings and others for which notes
were given en- the first year or two of
The existence of List No. J. Tie relative
value or these claims viii nave 10 be
settled There are also claims secured
by deeds of trust on real estate. such
deeds not being recorded The value OF
these VIII have TO be settled also. II 1t
is impossible 10 hear all the attorneys
on Tuesday afternoon. Z viii hold
another hearing the following day,
Wednesday, at ] p. ~. The next meet
ing after that viii be held Saturday
October - az 10 a. m, when the trustee
VIII be elected"
ar. Bradley called attention 10 a mum
Der of claims which hal not been pre-
scented in accordance with the forms or
requirements OF which were defective in
other particulars. and which could not
he said. be filed by him unless presented
fin proper form. He called the attention
Of the attorneys TO the necessity of using
proper care.
Attendance Smaller.
The attendance at today's meeting was
not SO large as at yesterdays. The at
torneys were all IN evidence. but the
percentage of feminine creditors was
much smaller. Mr.. Waggaman was on
hand. looking cheerful and bright He
=. and Mrs Belva Lockwood exchanged
the c0urtesies the occasion demanded
chatting amicably a few minutes When
she had left the court room, Mrs. Lock
wood met i'm the hallway. a hoary- head
ed newspaper man. old in the ways OF
the courts. who has worked at the city
Han from a time when the memory OF
man ruuneth not
Have you heard anything about Ger
tain proceedings known as the Wagga-
man caseg asked Mrs. Lockwood OF her
venerable friend.
He Thought He Had.
'I have some iudistinct recollection OF
such proceedings, replied the old man.
beamiug beuevoleutly a Mrs. lockwood,
I through his eyeglasses.
'Weu 7 was talking 10 Mr. Waggaman
in there said Mrs. Lockwood, humor-
0usIy land I gave him q plan whereby
he can pay on all his indebtedness.
"Open bauk-With q croWbar2" sug-
gested the Ancient one, TacetiOusly.
, on. dear, no. said Madame Belva.
90 Look here. 8Ir. Waggaman, you are
the best advertised man iu the country
I today All the local papers are giving
you solid columns Of reading advertise
! Uelt every day. and the out Of town
papers are printing stun about you too
All you've got 10 DO now is 70 90 on the
lecture platform and you will make "a
+ ''He SAID he could do better than
b that" continued Mrs. lockwood. "EIC
, said ue would pay dollar Tor dollar when
The estate was settled up"
With a sigh Mrs. Lockwood left the
E city Hall and the old newspaper man
% returned % work
PeHeued Creditors.
Attorneys continued 10 discuss ques-
! tlOus that are sure 10 come up. They
, are now Specializing on how long IL will
I take the case 20 get into the Supreme
Court Of the United States. The Cath
4 0Ic University has claims which 10 will
e attempt 10 nave come In ahead Of the
81 claims Of other creditors. as have also
Riggs Bank and one or TWO other bank
ars. for notes made many years ago by
|Waggamaus some OF which are not yet
due. THESE claims are for large
amounts aAd strong Tight viii De puL
II have been very much amused. ' said
one lawyer today 'at the number Of
eN post tacto prophets that have sprung
& lD since all THIS trouble came To light
E They say u told you So with great
, glee, and say they knew four years ago
that Masgamau would bust
what j want 10 know IS why they
didn't say something about BE- while
s an these persons were being MIXED
dry"
Filing Of Claims.
4 After the meeting was over this morn
ing the majority of today claims were
filed promptly, and iu a little while the
. grand jury room was very quiet Every
: now and then, however, some one would
drop in to file a claim.
t one old Irishmau had troubles eettiua
x Dis papers made out properly and was
5. sent back 20 his attorney by Referee
!. Bradley lie soon came back with his