The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-10

who owned stock would stand for it.
What was the proposed receivership
supposed to do?' was asked
Act with the reorganization COM
mittee or until some arrangement
was made" replied Tucker.
Revertlng to the plans OF the COM
pany, Tucker stated that it was pro-
posed to found a station of the COM
pany at every county seat where the
population of the county was 5000 or
barrel TO any retail customer who
might apply, that in less lots certain
dealers were supposed to have the
privilege of purchase as against the
consumer.
The alleged transaction in which
the application for the appointment
of a receiver was made and petition
for involuntary bankruptcy filed by
gone into by Tucker. He stated that
after talking over the matter with
krauthoff and fuckers own attor-
neys, John Jones and J. B. Tomlinson,
that he agreed to turn over $2,500 in
bonds of the company which should
be used in the proceedings for reOr-
ganization. That fuckers attorney,
J. B. Tomlinson, advised an act of
Herewith R. n. Allen, T. NJ. Walker
and J. NJ. Patterson were named as
trustees. That Tominson drew up
the trustee.
OlQ you lQlenQ 10 turn over any
property to the trustees2" was asked
NO, SIR replied Tucker. He
stated that the trusteeship was simply
pretense.
On returning to Kansas City, Kan
sas, from Topeka at about the time of
the filing of the petition of involun-
tary bankruptcy Tucker stated that he
met a Mr.. Porter, bookkeeper in his
employ, who told him that Karnes
New and Krauthon were attorneys for
the Standard Oil company and that
he. Porter, as clerk for the Standard
Oil company, had drawn up vouchers,
etc, for payment to the law firm for
alleged services rendered.
Tucker said then he became suspic-
ious of the whole proceedings. He had
stipulation drawn up calling for
dismissal of the proceedings but that
he had never seen what became of it.
That his s., 500 bonds had not been return
ed to him, though he tried to get them
back These are the bonds which are
supposed to be held by three law clerks
in the office of the law firm acting as
attorneys for the petitioning creditors.
Tucker Cross Examined.
Shortly after this Tucker states that
he discharged his former attorneys and
engaged Waters & Waters and A. L.
Wilson
In the hands of E. A. Krauthoff, at
torney, Tucker did not escape unscath-
ed. Krauthof Immediately attacked
the soIvency of the Uncle Sam Oil COM
pdnE. he asked IL Inc EOIil-
pany had. any money to its account
when the fraud order was issued by
the government checking delivery OF
mail He first gave the amount as
about 5000. Tucker said that he took
the money out of the State bank at
Kansas City, Kan, on a check payable
to the company Some money was paid
out the first day and about 3,116 was
left This he turned over TO mis- wife.
He presumed th2- she put in some
boxes at the bank and that other bills
were paid out from it Later with
money that came in by telegraph or
express order, about IS, 900 was on hand.
Bills came in and he paid out 1000.
The balance finally admitted belonged
to himself.
ITS your money?'' was asked.
You bet, it's my money. but I'll
take every cent of it to protect the
obligations of the company" retorted
Tucker 1t seemed that there was not
much money really in the banks to
the credit of the company. The ten
sion came tight when two answers and
petitions filed by Tucker, one in To-
peka and the other outside stated
that in one that karnes, New and
Krauthoff had made the proposition
to fix up a deal for receivership and
in the other that fuckers own attor-
neys had made the suggestion. The
point attempted to bring out was a
confession that Tucker was a party to
the action with full knowledge OF the
nature of the attempt to be made
Tucker claimed that both answers
and petitions were correct and that
he would stand on both of them