The Detroit times., 1908-07-30
CLAIM AGAINST
CURR|E FIRM
POUR IN
MORE ASK RETURN OF STOCK
PAID FOR BUT NOT DELIVERED
-RUMoR OF FINANCIAL RES
CUE. FOR BUSTED" FIRM.

Petitions for the return OF stock
which the petitionsers claim was paid
Tor and never delivered. and later
turned over TO Hayden, Stone q Co..
by Cameron Currie & Co. as collat-
eral. continue to pour Into the cir
cult court. Another batch came Wed.
nesday morning. The petitions show
that the defunct Arm had customers
all over the state, and these were
caught as we'll as Detroiters.
Charles w. Mixer, of Hastings.
Mich. alleges that on June 2 he
bougf. so shares OF American Car &
Foundry Co. stock. for which he paid
sl,S06; and on July 6 he bought
Greene-Cananea to the amount OF ST..
$50. He says Currie & Co. wrote him
that the American Car & Foundry
stock could not be transferred to him
at that time as their books were clos
ed pending the payment OF a dividend.
Before the transfer was made the
crash came. He now asks that the
stock be delivered to him.
Deputy Attorney General Harry
Chase. representing, William B. Engle,
of Lansing. claims his client paid
$1,3S0.76 for 80 shares of Missouri
Pacific on June rs, but that the stock
never reached him. and he believes 1t
Is now In the hands Of Hayden, Stone
& Co.
Walter Rogers claims to have paid
two assessments on ten shares OF
Keeweenaw copper stock, which he
bought through Cameron Currie q Co.
in March, and he now wants the stock.
which was never delivered.
Anna Bowen, Of No. 1873 Alexan-
drine-ave. west, acting as her own So
licitor. fled petition couched In the
usual style. In which she claims to
have bought Is shares Of Greene-Can-
anea which was never delivered.
Jacob Nathan claims to have paid
$l99.39 for stock several months ago.
but II was never delivered.
Grand Rapids Man stunq.
Arthur II. Vanderberg, of Grand
Rapids. claims TO have made q pur-
chase of stock on Jan. "a, on which
he owed a balance OF $242. He claims
to have made several offers to pay
over the money when the stock was
delivered. but he still has the money
and the other people the stock. He
asks the court to order the accept.
ance OF his check and the delivery of
the stock. Mr.. vanderbery also
claims that on July II he ordered
Cameron Currie & Co. to sell Is
shares Of Anaconda copper stock. and
he turned the shares over to them.
The next day the crash came. He
wants the stock returned.
Robert II. Reynolds claims that he
placed five shares OF Wolverine cop
per stock with Cameron Currie & Co.
to sell. He says the sale was never
made and the stock Is now in the
hands OF Hayden, Stone & Co.
Charles T. Jones bought 800 shares
Of Silver Leaf and Silver Queen stock
through Cameron Currie q Co., for
which he paid cash. Later he bought
Nipissing stock on which he owed
$l26. He left the silver stock with
the firm as security. and he now finds
that the whole lot has been placed
with Hayden, Stone & Co., he says.
+. McGinnis. of Ann Arbor, says that
on Jan. Is he purchased 35 shares OF
Boston Consolidated copper stock
from Cameron Currie & Company.
paying 1925 cash for It. He has made
repeated demands for his property but
never secured It.
Creditors Meet Again Soon.
Another general meeting OF the
creditors OF Cameron Currie & Co.
will be held within a day or two to
hear the report OF the committee con.
sisting Of Guy A. Miller, John j. Jack.
son, J. w. Chapman. Harry Helfmann
and John N. Anhut which has been
tlvxn tkav In In
with the receiver.
Discussion OF the instituting OF
bankruptcy proceedings will come up
then.
Certain creditors are very anxious
to have bankruptcy proceedings
started. There Is hesitancy about
starting this proceeding individually.
however. and II may be held back
until after the general meeting.
II develops that the Chicago Board
of Trade sent a representative, ]. II.
King. here to look into the condition
OF Cameron Currie & Co.'s AFFAIRS be-
fore the smash came. He reported
their condition bad. and also stated
that this condition had extended back
several years. Names of the neces-
sary three signers were secured to
bankruptcy petition but the announce
ment OF the failure and appointment
of a receiver halted the course OF
things.
There was rumor Wednesday. on
Griswold-st. that wealthy and infiu-
entail friends OF the members. OF the
busted" Arm would come to the res
cue yet. IL bankruptcy proceedings are
not started; and settle the claims II
they are not found to be too high.
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