The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-20
INSISTS FIXEL
LOOTED STORE
Cross. Examination Fails to Shake
Mrs. Dillon's Sensational Story
in Insurance Suit.

The cross examination II Mrs. Hugh
Dillon. which began In Judge Man
delFs court, TUESDAY, was not con
pleted when court adjourned at noon,
Wednesday. After Attorney T. j.
Navin had finished with her, Bernard
B. Selling took up the questioning, aud
while there were times she tried to
dodge. most OF the questions were an
swered promptly, and the majority If
the answers stamped Mrs. Dillon as AN
exceedingly clever Witness Only in
minor details was her testimony Of
Tue sday shaken. The billions are SUI
ing TO recover from Craig. Wright x
Walker. a. Kro!ik 4 Co, aud Burnham,
Stoepel x Co. $4,000 paid TO Craig
Wright x Walker for adjusting the
loss after the fire which almost de-
stroyed the Dillon store two years
ago
On the stand. Tuesday, Mrs Dillon
charged that Adolph Fixei. credit man
for krolih Co.. who took charge OF
the store after the fire, had looted the
place. Fixel smiled broadly. and seem
ed TO treat her testimony as joke.
When the eross-examinatien failed TO
shake heI story, he became more at
tentfve and conferred frequently with
his attorney. Mr.. Corwin, credit man
fer Burnham, Stoepel 4 Co, was also
mentioned frequently, but not SO prom
inently as Fixel.
What goods did you see FiXel
take?" Mrs. Dillon was asked.
Il saw him take dress goods.
How much?"
cannot say the number OF yards.
He ordered a clerk TO wrap them UP
ana he took them out the back door.
How did you come TO watch him
well, We had been missing goods.
and my-sop told me to keep an eye
on Fixel. Others told me the same
thing. RE had taken a lot OF things
hefoTeH=Mas warned.
Did you protest?'
No What good would a protest
do? We were in the hands OF our
, creditors. Fixel was running things to
suit himself | couldn't protest till
We got out OF their clutches"
Did you protest to the creditors
when you learned that FiXel had paid
over $4,000 TO Craig, Wright &
! Walker"
+ Ne-were in their hands, J.,
/ They could do as they pleased, and
were doing So added the witness.
"Fixel told Us to leave it to him and he
would keep the creditors off and allow
! us TO make a complete settlement. He
/ said he would see that all the money
from the fire sale was deposited in Ne
| Old Detroit National bank He told
o n nd a
/ told him we didn't want cent Till
our creditors We're paid"
Through the Intervention Of J. l..
Hudson the billions finally settled with
their creditors at 80 cents on the
dollar Attorney Selling tried for an
hour TO get Mrs. Dillon TO say that
they knew that II the creditors knew
they were going 10 claim the $lO,OOO
paid TO the Gdjusters, they would new
err have consented 10 the settlement
at 80 cents. Mrs. Dillon refused to
answer the question with yes or
no" and continued TO explain more
of Fixel's doings until warned by the
court to answer the question as put
To her. Then she cleverly said that
she didn't know what the wholesalers
would do under those or any other
circumstances.
/ In Tuesday afternoons hearing Mrs.
billion also testified that Mr. Wright.
one of the adjusters called at the
store with his wife. selected some OF
| the best goods in the store and TOOK
| them away. She said that Wright ana
| his wife looked over the stock ana
whenever they saw anything they
wanted he would say: Put that down
wife
And to think | had TO watch that
kind of business going on, said the
witness. when J protested 10 F1xei
about it he said il was all right, 10
say nothing about 1t.