The Detroit times., 1908-07-29
ClAI MS AGAINST
CURR|E FIRM
POUR IN
MORE ASK RETURN OF STOCK
PAID FOR BUT NOT DELIVERED
-RUMoR OF FINANCIAL RES
cUED FOR "sUsTEp" FIRM.

Petitions for the return of stock
which the petitionsers claim was paid
for and never delivered. and later
turned over to Hayden. Stone & Co..
by Cameron Currie & Co. as collat-
eral, continue TO pour into the cir
cult court. Another batch came We'd
nesday morning. The petitions show
that the defunct Arm had customers
all over the state, and these were
| caught as well as Detroiters.
Charles w. Mixer, OF Hastings.
Mich, alleges that OH June he
bought 80 shares OF American Car q
Foundry Co. stock. for which he paid
$1,S06; and on July 6 he bought
Greene-Cananea to the amount OF ST.
ESQ. He says Currie & Co. wrote him
that the American Car & Foundry
stock could not he 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
| 81 ,3S0.75 for 80 shares OF Missouri
Pacific on June 25, but that the stock
never reached him, and he believes IL
Is now in the hands of Hayden, Stone
& Co.
Walter Rogers claims to have paid
| two assessments on ten shares or
Keeweenaw copper stock, which he
bought through Cameron Currie & Co.
in March. and he now wants the stock,
which was never delivered.
Anna Bowen. of No. 1919 Alexan-
drine-ave. west acting as her own So
licitor, filed 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
1899 for stock several months ago,
but 1t was never delivered.
Grand Rapids Man Stung.
Arthur II. vanderberg, of Grand
Rapids. claims to have made a pur-
chase OF stock on Jan. "a, on which
he owed 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
i asks the court to order the accept
ance Of his check and the delivery OF
the StOch. MT. NdnutTueIy aioO
claims that, on July IL he ordered
Cameron Currie g. Co. to sell 25
shares OF Anaconda copper stock, and
he turned the shares over to them.
The next day the crash came. He
wants the stock returned.
J Robert Fl. 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 r. Jones bought 800 shares
of Silver Leaf and Silver Queen stock
through Cameron Currie 4 Co.. for
which he paid cash. Later he bought
Nipissing stock on which he owed
1926. 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 So shares OF
Boston Consolidated copper stock.
from Cameron Currie & Company,
paying 1926 cash for IL. He has made
repeated demands for his property but
never secured 1t.
Creditors Meet Again Soon.
Another general meeting OF the
creditors OF Cameron Currie a. Co.
will be held within a day or two TO
hear the report OF the committee con-
sisting OF Guy A. Miller. John ]. Jack
son. ]. w. Chapman. Harry Helfmann
and John n. Anhut which has been
representing them Ia negotiations
with the receiver.
| Discussion OF the instituting of
bankruptcy proceedings will come up
then. The committee was TO have
met Tuesday afternoon, but owing TO
the inability of some OF the members
To attend. the meeting was postponed
a day.
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.
IL develops that the Chicago Board
of Trade sent a representative. J. h.
King. here TO look into the condition
OF Cameron Currie a 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 q
bankruptcy petition but the announce
ment of the failure and appointment
of receiver halted the course or
things
There was a rumor Wednesday. Oh
Griswold-st that wealthy and infiu-
entail friends Of the members OF the
busted" firm would come to the res
cue vet, II bankruptcy proceedings are
not started. and settle the claims IL
they are not found to be too high