The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-25

new SENSATION.
I'll. III. fuckers Attorney Makes
Startling Charges.
Claims Receiver Morse Mis-
managed Property.
SALE TO MIR, STANNARD
Says 1t Was Made at Half of
Price Offered.
Former Manager Is Paying Off
Old Claims.
SALE TO MIR. STANNARD

Sensational are the proceedings this
afternoon before Judge Hazen, referee
in bankruptcy for the Uncle Sam Oil
company.
Charges were made in a bill of ex-
ception filed by Albert L. Wilson, at
torney for H. H. Tucker, Jr., and for
the Uncle Sam Oil company that ]. c.
o. Morse, receiver, sold tar belonging
to the bankrupt company at a price
that was just about one-half of what he
was offered. That sale of tar a by
product of the oil refining, was made
c. A. Stannard, for 81 900 when he had
been offered $4,000 by another party.
Numerous other exceptions also were
contained in the bill including the OBJ
lection to the hiring of Charles Will
Jams, attorney for the receiver and the
fees paid to the attorney for his ser
vices.
Also that Thomas McDonough who
it is claimed was simply an office boy
received 500 per month when his ser
vice was worth merely $40 per mouth.
1t is claimed by Tucker that the bin
of the receiver is $4,000 for his ser
vices while Williams wants $1,000.
Both Mr.. Morse and Mr.. Williams
deny that they have decided on what
they will ask.
ton Brown in which was contained
question to the legality of P. w.
Goebefs election as trustee of the I'm
Gle Sam Oil company. Judge Hazen
later.
.Disanowed claims were referred to the
present trustee, P. w. Goebel and his
attorney.
I'VE have paid off claims that rep
resent right around $4,000, since the
receiver was discharged and Mr.. Goe-
bel took charge of the company" said
H. H. Tucker. Jr-, promoter of the
Uncle Sam. Oil company, who was for
merly its secretary and within the
past year has experienced a vicarious
career. Indicted for a fraudulent use
OF the mails in the promotion of his
oil company, imprisoned for contempt
of court. served his sentence only to
find his company in the hands of a re-
ceiver whom he charges with mis-
management. These are incidents
scattered lavishly about within the
past ten months.
altogether" continued Mr.. Tuck
err, 1--WE have paid off claims of about !
$4,000 out of a total amount of about |
$4,000. What do you think of that? |
And while we are doing that this |
crowd who cried out. God save the |
poor stockholders have been piling |
UP charges and costs of $4,000 for |
their mismanagement of the company |
during the last seven months. These |
leeches have been crowding in and |
trying to get what they could while |
we have been settling UP claims. Mr.. |
Goebel has since he has taken hold |
paid off $4,000 in claims and the |
receipts IOT these we nleQ THIS AFTER
noon with the referee in court. BY
January 1st we will have paid off all |
our claims in full
Were those claims paid off all in
cash %"
Some of them in cash and others
wish to take out stock for their claims
but have already signed a receipt to,
us for their claims"
What about your book? Have
you found a publisher yet?"
THAT book is going to be on sale
in every county of the state of Kansas
and it's going to make hot reading. 1
am going to show these fellows up
Mulvane, Rightmire Allen, the
United States district attorneys office
and others. / am going to show that
there was a division made and that
these fellows all whacked up. The
district attorneys office had a share in
1t. With the profits from the sale of
that book 1 hope to buy out some of
the stockholders who are disgruntled.
But the main thing is that we have
paid off these claims. Here are the
receipts right here. 261 of them"