New-York tribune., 1908-05-07
T.A.MINTYREEXAMlNED
LITTLE PROPERTY LEFT.
Receirer for Firm and Counsel at
Bedside Hearing.

Thomas !. Mcintyre. head of the ,sefunct broker
age firm Of T. A. Mcintyre Co, was eNamheo
about forty minutes yesterday afternoon .!
Charles c. Birmingham, one OF the receivers Vi "
firm and by the receivers attorney. Irving l.
Ernst. private sanatorium OF MISS Alston' IA
West elst street. His personal counsel l. .
ormiston. present during the examination ae
well es several physicians who have been allehu-
ing Mr Mcintyre since his return 10 the city
Mr. Mcintyre lay in bed while the receiver ana
his attorney tried to learn what mad pecoihe %
some rropeFtv which could he used To sven the
firms assets. Mr.. Mcintyre did not appear 10 pe
, ,.c, sick man and he readily answered all ques-
tions put him. But because they Iad beei
cautioned not TO excite him unduly his examiners
conteuted themselves with brief anu Idule'
superficial examination. expecting 70 supplement
their information at another examination "Ilca
VIII be held when Mr. Mcintyre regains his health
This his doctors say. viii be very soon
II became apparent that Mr.. Mcintyre possessed
little or nothing in the way OF property which
could De used receivers IN Strengthening out
the tangled financial affairs of the bankrupt frlf
He told Mr.. Birmingham that he possessed an
equity amounting 10 s75.oo in the Gleno + arm
onslov County. " G. his country seat inns Is
tate according Mr. Mcintyre consisted OF 2'"''
acres and the house the property cost s7o"" 10
construct He thought the estate altogether was
worth $4,000 hut he said a mortgage amounting
to s7aeo r-as now the property
He further testified that he owned some uni'li-
proved property IN Brooklyn. and that he also
owned house at No S6 East Goth street The
latter was worth s2eo,ooO, he said. and was mort
Gagged for $4,000. lie possessed also two safe de-
rosft boxes he said, one the Produce Exchange
Safe Deposit vault and another at the Day anu
Night Bark, but he was unable 10 say "ra' WAS Il"
them.
1t was also brought out that about week ago d
Miss Rov6 a trained nurse employed during 2 re-
cent illness of Mr.. Mcintyre. had got SAFE &C.
ros- box in IN. Day and Night Bank, but as 20
,be contents Of this box Nj. Mcintyre professeo
entire ignorance The receivers got an injunction
restraining Miss Boyd from removing the contents
Of this box several days ago Similar in]unc'iohs
were Obtained against the removal OF the contents
OF Mr McIntyre's boxes.
Mr. MCINTYRE did not deny that 4 large amount
or securities placed with the finn b. customers III
transfer had been h,-pothecate6 by the firm as So
.yritv FOR loans While admitting they were STonS.
he said such practices general in the hiafciai
.lisirs-t Mr Birmingham sTningly remarked:
Il would dearly love deal with ? house NniSn
r-orld handle nv securities IN that way
We'll II seems to have been the system, Eir
Mcintyre replied
In repl,. to some questions to what he lnterde
10 do in the 1av Of restitution, hs said Y waS MS
most ardent desire 10 do something for ms cIsi-
tcrs Il must something just as soon as 2si
get around said Mr.. Mcintyre. Il must 10 sonne-
Thing and hone that my creditors will give me-
The time % look around because IL they don't NON
ing can he hoped for
He said his automobile had been ple5Ee5 ~ him
as collateral for loan and the last he saw of the
machine wss OF the night he left the city for tf
South. He said he didn't know Tho had il now
Mr. Ernst said last night that apparently ABOUT q
million dollars owing the firm from its former
,nSto-,e-. hr, that the receivers expected II re-
cover not much than hundred thousand
dollars
United States Cornnlissioner C1ilchrist Nss not
rresent ~ the bedside hearing.