The San Francisco call., 1908-04-10
Gabriel Hines Accused
of a New Fraud
Restrained From Selling His
Sfork on Petition of East
ern Creditors

Once more the unsayory Gabriel
Hines, notorious as the proprietor of
Kragens, Is legally charged with fraud
and deceit. The charge is accompanied
by federal court Injunction which
spoils Hines scheme TO trick his credit /
ors and at the same time TO bamboozIe
the public with another series of his
fake bargains
Hines had just got his latest venture
launched when number of his eastern
creditors closed down his game. Sew
eral of the wholesalers who were
caught by Hines recent failure went
into the United States district court
yesterday and got an Injunction re-
streining him from disposing OF the
goods in his store. charging tha he
had resorted to trickery and deceit in
order 10 cheat them out of their lawful
due.
According to the arithmetic of mis-
criditors the slippery Baltimorean. not
satisfied with clean up of sIso.o0o al
legged TO have been held out In settling
up mis- recent failure. had the cards all
stacked TO get away with another s1s5.-
600 of their money, making a total of
$4,000 as the prospective net result of
mis- cunning failure.
The present action against Hines
comes as the climax of series of COM
plants and charges against the crooked
methods he has endeavored to intro
duce into san Francisco. Caught in one
scheme after another. Hines has lodged
and twisted into some new enterprise
of dishonesty. Scandal has marked his
career from Baltimore TO this city. De-
nounced for his tactics in Van Ness
avenue and finally driven off that thor
ouehfare, he opened ar establishment
in Market street and under the pre-
tense of ..workingnen's store" re-
sorted to every petty trick and device
to cheat his customers. Even his en-
ploy>s were victiInized. and ultimately
Hires was convicted in the police court
and fined for insulting his women
clerks.
Tie injunction asked. by the. eastern
creditors was issued yesterday by
Judge de Haven. II is directed against
Hines. w. H Wright. travelling sales
man who acted for Hines in buying the
bankrupt stock. and Charles r. Havens,
to whom Hines made an assignment.
The petitioners. composed of eastern
firms. charge Hines with double dealing
and fraud. The action was brought by
Matthew ]. whittall of Worcester,
Mass; the Herschede Hall clock com
pany Of Ohio; Birnbaum. Auerbach &
Co of New York, Charles P. Cochrane
of Philadelphia, Barnet waIdram of
New York. Edward l. Blimbine & Co.
of New York. the F'indlay table manu-
featuring company of Ohio and Judkins
& Co. of Chicago.
! Hines creditors declare that w H
Wright, who was supposed to have pur-
chased the stock in Kragens for s16o,
900. does not possess adequate means
to pay any such price, and, further
more, that he is acting as an agent for
i Hines The creditors who petitioned
for the restraining order also say that
4 the $4,000 which was bid for the
stock is not a fair valuation of the
Egoods and that the stock should easily
bring s325. 900. II. their petition for the
injunction the creditors above named
allege that Hines INTENDED to settle with
them by giving each ceditor a proper
tionate amount from the $4,000, and
not from the real amount brought in by
the sale.
Il A notice OF the restraining order has
been served on Hines. Wright and
Havens and they have been cited to ap-
pear IN court on April Is to show cause
why the injunction should not be made
permanent. The attorneys for the petit
Il tioners assert that the assignment to
Il Charles r Havens by Hines was made
Ito prevent his many creditors from OBJ
lfainlrg a just settlement Hines cred
litors say they will make a vigorous
leffort to prevent him from asing his