The San Francisco call., 1908-03-31
CREDITORS ARE
ON STOLL'S TRAIL
Former President of the Main
Winchester-Stone Com=
pany Is Pressed
Criminal Prosecutions May En-
sue if Settlements Are
MOI Made

A. q. Stoll who resigned the presi-
dency and surrendered his stock in the
Main Winchester-Stone saddlery COM
pany with considerable expedition last
Friday. appeared hy proxy before. his
creditors Yesterday. although he was
not to be seen about his offices in the
Main Winchester building in Bush
street near Montgomery. Attorney
O'Donnell. representing Stoll. called on
J. M. Thomas. attorney with Dinkel-
spiel & Schlesinger. representing one
Of the firms which claims 10 have suf-
fered under Stolls system OF finance.
and asked an extension of time until
today in which to settle an account
amounting 10 $500.
IF settlement is not made then said
Thomas last evening. "ouF~client might
be IN a position to bring criminal ac-
ton against Stoll on the ground that
/ he uttered a check on a bank knowing
! that there were no funds on deposit
there. Our client in this case is the
/ Greek-American sponge company, and
Stoll gave il two clleckS-one for $3.50.
the other for s15o-in. payment for bills
of goods. The checks were returned
marked no funds. =
WILL MEET CREDITORS
Other persons interested in the
| scrambled career of sStoll were looking
for him yesterday. but with less sue
cess than Thomas had When Stoli
appears at Dinkelspiel & Schlesinger's s
! Offices this morning al 10 o'clock other
creditors viii have the opportunity OF
meeting him for the first time since
/ last Friday. O'Donnel. said that Stoll
put his own funds into the pioneer firm
/ and is innocent of wrongdoing.
New details Of the method followed
/ by Stoll in his money madness mani
1 festations We're given yesterday after
noon by Senator c. ". Cross. attorney
for the firm of Main Winchester Stone
! Cross prefaced his remarks with the
statement that there is not the least
question of the financial stability OF
the firm, saying that it could show a
balance of s15ooo0 clear over al
cIaims.
"One of the transactions in which
Stoll engaged and about which we
would like an explanation" said Cross
is that by which he got $4,000 from
| the State savings and commercial bank
of which he was an official and Charlie;
p. Haag is cashier. He secured the
money. by signing note for the Main
| Winchester-Stone company, indorsed by
/ himself as president. The question is
now, whether the firm or Stoll person
ally profited by the transaction. As
for the money. part of it has been paic
back and Frank Winchester has as
sumed responsibility for the sum due.
SOUGHT TO CORNER TRADE
I'VE learn now that the United har-
ness company which Stoll and II. NJ
Estes promoted. is in debt to the Main
! Winchester firm TO the amount oil
! $4,000. While we are told that the
company is good for that amount. we
have not considered that as q present
! asset. The United harness company
was scheme whereby Stoll and Estes
evidently hoped TO corner the retail
/ harness trade in the state. The debt is
for goods sold to the corporation"
Attorney II. c. Sehaertzer. who rep
resents Frank Winchester personally in
the Stoll matter. said that affairs ha6
] not progressed yesterday SO far thai
( any definite policy toward Stoll could
be determined upon.
At the Offices of the various StoI
| and Estes interests, which occupy the
entire fifth floor of the Main Winches,
ter building. it was stated that Stol
did not appear yesterday, but that Es.
tes was about.
In the office of the United harnes:
company it was learned that at on.
| time the company operated stores ir
Fresno. Marysville. Oroville. Reno. Sar
Jose, Santa Cruz, Santa Maria, Stock,
ton, Woodland. Watsonville, Bakers.
field. Chico and Colusa, but that some
Of the places had been discontinued.
Inquiry was made for StoIl at hi:
! home. 334 Spruce street, last evening
but a member of the family replied
| that Stoll was not at home.