The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-24
Ordered to Assume Charge OF
Property of Breweries.
HEAVY BOND REQUIRED
Will Act Jointly i'm Anticipation
of Trouble.
Receivers S. H. Allen, q. IL.
MhitcOmb and Il. F. Carver.


named the following receivers for the
brewery companies:
S. H. Allen. former supreme court
justiC .. Topeka.
George N'hitcomb. Of the firm OF
WhitconIb G Fl 1Inilton. Topeka.
T. F. Carver. attorney and former
justice of appellate court. Tnneka-
The curt fixed the joint bond Of
the three receivers at $4,000 for each
company. There are nine companies
involved in the receivership and there
fore the three receivers will have to
put up $J5 GOO bond. The unders tandlnS
is that the receiV will act lolntlN.
and rot divide up the companies among
them.
The comranies which are in the
hands of receivers. so far as tnelr
Kansas business is concerned are the
foil wing: joseph Scblitz Brewing as
s5ciation, Val Rldtz Brewing company,
Ferd Holm Brewing company, the
Helm Brewing company. Imperial
Brewing company, Rochester Brewing
company. Kansas City BrewetleS
company. Pabst Brewing company ana
the Helm Real Estate company, the
latter being the concern which hoios
the real estate belonging to the Helm
brewery.
There was no receiver appointed for
the Anhcuser-Busch Brewing company
beca Use that company has entered ap-
p. aranee in the ca>e. arc will fight tnf
reCeivershiP proceedings.
No receiver was appointed for the
Mahan SUPP ly company. The big Whole-
sale house al Wichita which skip
ped the state. 1t is likely that the
Mahan company prosecution VIII Ds
DIR -pped, as he company has oecIaFeo
that it does not intend to return
The receivers will probably put up
their bond this afternoon, and Will at
CnCe proc cd to take possession CT all
the brewery property in slght. 1hey
4 at
Pittsburg. owned by the Helm COM
pany, AMI also a good deal OF real
estate IT Kansas City and LeaNen-
worth owned by various concerns All
the beer wagons and horses owned by
the various companies Will also pass
into the custody Of the receivers, ana /
they NAV also seize all the wet goods |
which happen to be on hanG IN any /
of the ct2ld storage warehouses through
out the state. 1t will then be up 10 |
the brewing companies to come in and !
prove tn -ir ownership to the properly
if they desire to do So
The Job which the receivers have be
fore them IS by no means an easy oue-
1T looks to me as though we We're
thing" said Judge Carver. when in
formed this morning of his app"int-
Inert.
school picnic" ADDED Attorney Cen
eral Jackson, cOnsolingly-
cit may be like a Sunday school
picnic 1 attended once out in Ellis
c0untv'' Il marked Judge Carver.
When Governor Hoch was informed
cf the action of the supreme court he
said: ''Those are good appointments,
and this whole thing IS a great victory
for prohibition. 1 hope that the fight
these travelling solicitors for orders
for liquors run out of the state. There
should not be one of them allowed to
do business here
What Will Become of the Booze?
One of the queer questions which is
likely to arise for the receivers to set
tie is what will be done with the large
quantities of liquors, bar fixtures and {
saloon paraphernalia which are likely {
to come into their possession.
Ordinary property the receivers can
sell. and turn the money over to the
court but the law forbids the sale of
liquors in Kansas. Neither do the re-
ce.vers have authority to destroy the 7
liquors.
When asked concerning this matter
Judge Carver said I'VE will simply
obey the orders of the court with
reference to the disposition of the f
property which comes into our pcs i
session." i
,rhe court may order that the liquor /
be DESTROYED. as is done with liquors S
and bar fixtures captured by sheriffs {
lnder the search and seizure law =
May Not Re Much Left. +
It is possible that when the receiv- +
ers begin to hunt around for liqUor
hey will fnG very little left. The
;ane may be true of saloon fixtures
va gons. horses and real estate. 1t is
;aid that one brewery company has
moved nine carloads of liquors out of
he state since the injunction was is
iucd. There are runners to the effect
hat real estate standing in the name
# brewery companies has been trans b
erred. and saloon fixtures shipped to v
or placed in hiding. When t
he receivers go after the property of c
which they are supposed to be au- a
1OTized to take possession, they NAV h
ind nothing but an enDtv she'll
The action of nine of the breweries e
n falling to appear in court would in 2
icate that they propose to get away "
With all the property they can. and \
ct the state have what they cant
ave. Disobedience to the Injunction
rould he contempt of court but the
reweries are ALREADY outlaw con- y
erns. and the only effect would he to IA
eep them from ever coming back c
rithin the jurisdiction of the Kansas il
upreme court. 7
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