Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-17
Council Bluffs
LIABILITIES OF O'CONNELL
Complete List Of Claims Filed Against
Dry Goods Merchant
DEBTOR SCHEDULES PROPERTY
He Also offers to Pay Thirty-Ffve
Thousand Dollars foe sNPeh and
Court Orders All Cred
Itars Notified.

A complete list Of the liabilities Of NJ J.
OConuen whose big dry goods store has
been closed for several weeks after his
creditors had instituted Involuntary bank
ruprcy proceedings against him, was fled
yesterday in the federal court No totals
we're given for the reason. as stated. that
many OF the claims ara inexact and may be
larger or smaller than the amounts named.
The list. however totals about 10000 more
than the value % the stock.
The debts are spread over a large portion
OF the United States and include all kinds
OF claims The list comprises 90 separate
Items. the lowest being 10 cents and the
largest E00lp. All are unsecured. One
item II S3gI5 comprises aggregate wages
due the clerks. and the Benu estate is
credited with holding the sack for 81. -. 40
for unpaid rent The Byrne-Hammer COM
pany Of Omaha has a claim for $500 for
merchandise and there is due II. c. Wester-
eaard. also OF Omaha yl.0d0 TOR merchan-
disc.
Debtor Schedules Property.
In addition 20 the stock Of goods and
the Gxtures. originally worth more than
aD.O00 but depreciated at the present time
on account OF the unseasonableuess 70 little
more than half Of that amount, OConneh
schedules property in Kansas City worth
$50 AOa. but upon which two mortgages, one
for S4000a and the other for $1,000. $40 acres
Of land in RocR county. Nebraska. OF IN
stated value. open accounts worth $2-st
and household goods valued at SEQ. but
clairned as exempt
! one Of the largest claims is fled by
I O'CouneIPs wife. Nellie L O'COnnen,
/ amounting to S0.oG0. Mr. OConnen says
she held the equity and title TO property
In Indiana worth that amount and which
was later traded for the Kansas city prop
erty mentioned. the title to which was
taken in the husbands name. O'Connel
I saws in his statement that he promised
his wife that her property should always
be safaguarded. Mr.. OConneh says IN ms
/ report. Il EXPRESS no opinion upon the
validity OF this claim, leaving 1t TO the
court to determine" A claim OF ESQ Is
listed "a due his sister. Anna O'Connen.
/ A number OF small claims are held by
Council Bluffs people and appear In the
schedule in this order;
! Postal Telegraph company. S2.z3; West
ern Union Telegraph company. Sss.I5; ID
IW. Bushnell s2A90; Council Biufts City
Water works. SIS So; Citizens Gas and Elec-
tric company. SgL23, J. b. Long, $4@; J
iG. Bradley Electric company, N0s.46' K h
Grady. agent American Express company
81. z. 8 Damon. SI428; H A Quinn Lum-
Der company, Slss5; Crushy-Wirth Print
ing company, $40; EmplSie. Shugart n Hill
s26is; Times Publishing company. SS.5S
Dodge Elevator company, 5000; DeVo
Hardware company, 81; Council Bluffs Bil
] Posting company, unknown; Bell Teiephons
company, S5. IS: independent Telephone com
pany. 10 cents: claims for advertising b.
various publications aggregatins a.OO0.
4 ComprOmise Settlement Offered
| Several days ago Receiver John N. Bald
win. r., applied to Judge MCPHERSON for
an order to sell the stock TO the highest
bidder, pointing out that IL was depreci
ating at the rate OF 500 day. The order
was granted and the best offer received
was $4,000 for the stock and fixtures
/ O'ConneII then made bid OF $4,000 in the
form of an offer 30 the creditors to pay thai
/ amount IN full settlement Judge McPher
son ordered all creditors notified OF tbs
offer and set next Tuesday for receiving
their replies.
i An order was issued last night by Judgt
Mcpherson requiring O'Connell to appear
before Deputy United States Commissioner
W. r. Sapp at 10 o'clock this morning fol
examination concerning his debts.