The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-24
MORE CREDITORS
 AFTER RAILROADS Italian Losers in Decatur
 Cotton Failure SEEK HALF MILLION
Suits Were Filed Yesterday in Nor gan County Court Against the Louisville and Nashville and
 Southern Railroads

| Additional suits aggregating claims for s50O.00o were filed yesterday against the Louisville and Nashville and Southern Railway companies in Decatur by Percy, Benners & Burr. attorneys, representing the Italian creditors of the bankrupt cot ton firm Of Knight, Yancey & Co.
 The suits were forwarded from Bir- mingham to the clerk of the law and equity court of Morgan county The suits filed against the common carriers by the creditors of the defunct cotton firm, whose failure in April of last year was the sensation of the cotton world.
 It was announced yesterday by the local attorneys having charge of the suits that the Italian creditors of Knight Yancey & Co.,, who were dipped with alleged spurious bills of lading, claimed the same mismanagement of affairs as the German and English creditors. They claim that the railroads which received cotton from Knight, Yancey & Co. and which issued bills of lading for alleged cotton and real
  of Knight, Yancey & Co. and assisted in the perpetration of the gigantic frauds.
 The claim is also made that the railroad companies made defendants in the litiga- tion were fully, cognizant of the fact that the practice Of Knight, Yancey & Co. was illegal. but after receiving this informa- tion it is stated that the practice con- tinued indefinitely
 The suits filed yesterday are the second of a series which have been or will be flied against the Southern and Louisville and Nashville railroads by the creditors of the bankrupt firm. It is stated that more suits will be filed charging that the railroads winlxed at the false practices surrounding the bills of lading and that every effort will be exerted to cAlse the companies to refund the creditors a sum of money said to have been lost through the false bills of lading
 A few weeks ago the first movement to secure a return of money from the rail- roads was taken by the English and Ger man creditors. The suits heretofore filed aggregated over $1,00O,000. The additional ones makes total very great, but repre-
 
 amount of the failure according to the accepted figure.
 It is stated that the Italians who lost through the operations of Knight, Yancey & Go. will take an active part in the trial of the cases. It was stated that they will furnish evidence to be used by the United States in the case against John w. Knight and on account of the inability to get the evidence from Italy in time for the trial set for next month will be the chief reason for the continuance as noted a few days ago.
 It is understood that attorneys for the Louisville and Nashville and Southern Railway companies will attempt to re- move the cases filed yesterday from the state court to the federal court at Hunts vile. This action was taken in the for mer cases and will result in the later cases, according to the general opinion. In that event motion will be made by Percy, Benners & Burr, representing the plaintiffs, to have the cases returned to the state court, as will be done in the other cases when they are called in the federal court