Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-01-22
WOULD THROW
BROWN INTO
BANKRUPTCY
Eastern Creditors Allege That
Bisbee Merchant Showed
Fayoritism In Paying Off
Some of Those He Owed.
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J TOMBSTONE, Jan. 21-A petition
hiss been filed in the district court
by several eastern corporations. cred
itors OF Joseph Brown, who conduct
ed the Brown Store, in Bisbee, and
recently made an assignment, request
ing that he be thrown into bankrupt
cy alleging that ne has violater num-
Der of the provisions of the bank
ruptcy law, the principal offense al
legged being that during the four
months previous TO the filing OF this
petition, he showed fayoritism in pay
ing on creditors.
The petitioners are the Fechheih;er
Keifer Company, corporation OF
Ohio, for $2535.33; Isaac Faller Sous,
of Ohio, for s111.S0, and Stern. Lauer
Shoal Company, for s46.S1 The Pc
ton asks that Brown be summoned
into court on the 4th day of Febraury
to show cause why the petition sholld
not be granted.
The judgment that was recently Sc
cured by Paine, Weber & Co.
against the Copper Belle Mining CSm-
pany for S272, 229.04, in Pima county,
has been filed in the district court
here by the attorneys for the plaintiff
1t is expected that unless the minor
ity stockholders take steps, during
the thirty days given them to inter-
cede. that an effort will be made to
have the property sold to satisfy
judgment. At the present time there
are several other suits pending
against the company, one of Martin
Costello. who is trying to foreclose
q hot he h.
erty, which case has been in the
courts for a number of years and is
now on appeal to the supreme court
of the territory, and on which decis-
ion is expected at the present sss-
sion of that court.
At the sheriff's sale of douglas
property yesterday afternoon for back
taxes, several Tombstone parties were
the successful bidders, among them
being Mrs. W. Fuller, d. P. Hickey
and J. F. Ross. Some of the proper
ty brought from SIS to $50 above the
costs and penalties. The bidding on
the Bisbee property that VS. sold this
afternoon was ute brisk, some bring
ing good prices. The property be-
ing sold is for delinquent taxes, some
for a number of years, and others
Outy lot lHG year 1870.
The sheriff on receiving the bids,
gives certificate ifof sale Tor the
property to the purchaser and at Tie
end of nine months executes a deed
for the same. The former owner has
the right, under the opinion of the
attorney general, to redeem the prop
erty within nine months time, but is
compelled to pay to the purchaser 10
per cent interest on his morfy, and
under the law, the purchaser can
through the court obtain immediate
possession of the property
= Two more divorce actions have
been filed in the past two days. Sarah
}. Williams of Douglas, wants a de-
cree of divorce from d. 4. Williams.
on the ground of cruelty and inf1del-
ity. The couple have considerable
community property, consisting of the
Grove saloon, in Douglas, valued at
$4,000, property in Port Arthur and
Beaumont, Texas, valued at 800, 900, /
besides considerable cash in the bank
of Douglas and mining stock and min
ing property in Mexico. The couple
were married In Tombstone, in Aug
ust 1905.
Myrtle E. Citing. of Bisbee. peti.
Martin Citing on the grounds that he
has been guilty or subjecting her to
cruel and outrageous treatment The
couple were married in Cripple Creek
In June 1902. They have one ci1ild. |
a little girl of the age of four wears,
the custody of which the plaintiff asks
for
Adyices were received at the sbar.
on the lookout for a prisoner by the
name of Van Lean, who is wanted
there on charge of robbery. Van
Lean was arrested a few days ago
by Ranger McAda, on a charge of
having broken into a ranch aouse he
low Benson, and stealing a number of
articles. He was turned over to Con
stable Trask, who placed him in the |
Jall at Benson. During the night Van
Lean made his escape, but was not
until Trask went to feed tbe
prisoners nthe morning. Upon dis
covering the escape he notified Nc
Ada, who started in pursuit
He found Van Lean in the vicinity
OF Drasoon Summit and boarded No
3 to start home with the prisoner He
Iiad reached point near Sibyl, when
van Lean asked to go into the toilet,
Wn1ch McAda permitted him to do.
soon afterward it was discovered that |
van Lean had opened the window
ana dropped from the train and made |
MS escape. As soon as 1t was dis |
covered McAda had the train stop- |
PED and going back, expected to find
van Lean lying beside the track as /
tne train was moving at lively rate
when ne escaped from the window. !
ne found the place where he bad |
landed but no trace of the man could |
De round, and it now looks as Though |
ne mad made good his escape.
IL IS the opinion that Van Lean fs |
an old offender and is wanted for |
something more serious than robbing |
Ine ranch house, as it is hardly prob. |