The San Francisco call., 1910-12-21
EMELEE SCARED BY
BANKRUPTCY PAPER
President of Metropolis Con-
structiOn Company Leaves
Hotel When Wanted
Assistant Secretary Refuses the
Service of Citation and
Eludes Marshal

Chris Emelee and Leslie T. Strong.
president and assistant secretary. re-
spectively. of the insolvent Metropolis
construction company. have failed to
appear in court in connection with the
bankruptcy proceedings of the concern.
and the marshals who have been seek
ing them believe they are in hiding to
avoid the service of citations.
For two days United States marshals
have been seeking the two officers of
the construction company, but have
been unable to locate them. and at the
Manx hotel Deputy Marshal B. F. Towle
was informed that Emelee had paid his
bill and left the hotel. where he had
been staying for some time He de-
parted Monday shortly after he learned
that proceedings had been commenced
in the United States district court and
that citation had been issued by
Judge Robert S. Bean for his appear
ance yesterday morning.
OBJECTION TO CITATION
Judge Bean issued the citations
against Emelee and Strong Monday
morning when a petition to have the
construction company declared a bank
rupt was filed by creditors. Towle went
to the offices of the company at "a
California street, where he was told
that Emelee was out, but that Strong
would be found in his own Office at Isl
Sutter street
The citation named Strong as the sec
retary of the company. and when Towle
handed him a copy of the citation he
refused service. stating that he was
the assistant secretary. While the con-
versation was going on between Strong
and the deputy marshal Emelee. who
was unknown to Towle, sat in chair
few feet inside the counter.
Apparently it was short time after
this that Emelee went to the Manx
hotel, paid his bill and disappeared
without leaving a forwarding address.
MARsHALs' QUEST FRUITLEss
The deputy marsha1s kept after the
elusive president until midnight, when
they gave up in despair. Meanwhile
the district court was notified of the
error in the original citation. and a
new one was issued naming Strong as
the assistant secretary and setting the
time for appearance in court for
Wednesday, instead of yesterday morn
ing.
But to find Strong a second time was
impossible. He failed to answer calls
at his room in the Kenilworth apart
ments, and he did not come forth from
those quarters while TowIe kept a
vigilant watch, pacing up and down be-
fore the door, from 6 o'clock yesterday
morning until nearly noon.
The creditors have adopted a scheme
by which they expect to outwit the
president and secretary. A w.
Hinecke, the treasurer of the construc-
t1on company. who is also a petftioning
creditor, accepted service of the cita-
ton, which is to show cause why the
construction company should not be
declared bankrupt
CONTEST FOR COURT
ok.
omcer OF corporation. but whether
Hinecke is disqualified will be fought
out in court unless Strong and Eme lee
appear this morning.
A petition was filed yesterday by
Marshal A. Frank, who was appoin ted
receiver by the superior court, oppos-
Ing the transfer of the matter to the
federal courts 1t is alleged that the
petitioners who seek to have the mat
ter transferred and a federal receiver
placed in charge were the ones that
began the proceedings in the superior
court and that they should be estopped
from interfering. Frank said that he
had given bond for S65.000 for faith
full performance of his duties and that
another bond for $1S0000 had been
ity that the contracts for street and
other work would be carried out
Michael Casey of the board of works
was subpenaed yesterday to appear in
the district court this morning and
give testimony on the condition of the
construction company's contracts with
the citv