New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-05
''SIECEL DEPOSITORS
RIOTOUS IN COURT
Furious Because Hearing
Is Postponed, $50 Storm
u. S. Commissioner.
"PLOTw THEY SHOUT;
LYNCH CRY RAISED
Marshal Henkel Rescues Mr.. Gil-
christ-CroWd Plans a March,
but Balks at the SluSh.

United States Commissioner Alexander
Gilchrist, jr., az mildmannered an oincldi
as ever took testimony in a bankruptcy
case was the centre Of a riot in the Fed
eral Building yesterday afternoon "hell
$50 depositors in the wrecked oank Vi
Henry Siegel & Co., stormcd his ONCE u
demand the why's and wherefores or ms
nostponing the scheduled examination OF
Henry Siegel and Frank L. Vogel for one
week.
Marshal Henkel rescued him. but not
before the noise had interrupted the
! courts then in session and brought ON
Gals and others hurrying from all partS
, of the building
Then the rioters started for the Slmp-
son. Crawford store TO get goods, tneir
money or Henry Slegel." Police reserves
were hustled TO the store as wei as 10
the Fourteenth Street Store. but 1t was a
long, slushy tramp from the feoerdi
Building 10 18th street. much less 18TH
street, the site of the Simpson-C CRAWFORD
store. so the demonstration fooled.
While all this was going on the Illness
of a witness and of Arthur c. Train held
up the grand jury inquiry ordered by DIS
trict Attorney Whitman. At tho same
time arrangements were being MADE 10
furnish bail for those who may be lndlct-
ed. 1t is understood that surety com
pany agreed TO furnish bonds up 20 S2oo,VOo
II that amount be asked by the District
Attorney and fixed by the court
The trouble i'm the Federal Building be-
tho Nfl
the leisure class among the deposltors In
the bank began to gather in the buldihs
and to question Commissioner Gllchrlst as
to when Henry Siegel would arrive. When
the time for the hearing, 2 O'Clock, ar
rived, Mr.. Gilchrist announced that the
hearing had been adjourned for a week.
There were then about forty or the &c
positors in the room and more than
hundred i'm the corridors.
A. n. Bresel Immediately began speech
in which he informed the Commissioner
that the postponement was part OF a pot
TO defraud the creditors by forcing through
the settlement plan which will be voted
upon at a creditors meeting on Monday
next While he talked fat depositor'
who becomes hysterical every time meet
ing is held, contributed a few screams
and an excited Italian began cursing
everybody connected with the case ana
pounding the table with a law book.
While the din was at its height Marshal
HeukeI. accompanied by force Of depu-
ties. came up on the run. They had TO
fight their way into the room and TO Mr..
Gilchrists side. The marshal grabbed
Rresel and started TO clear the room.
Miss Jessie Martin. who had 5000 OF the
80. SOC. 600 deposited IN tho bank, went 10
BreseIs rescue with an appeal 10 Henkel
TO be heard
There were other outbreaks and cries
OF "Lynch Siegol !" THE unwritten law
for us :" and "On 10 Simpson-Crawforda :.
Miss Martin. Bresel and another depositor
finally went before Judge Hough, who was
hearing a case. Miss Martin Informed
him that she did not want to talk In court
as there were reporters present Judge
Hough oblisingly adjourned court to hear
the depositors.
The conference was brief, the judge IN
forming his visitors that their rights would
be protected and that, In his opinion the
adjournment, agreed upon after confer
ence with him in the morning, was ad-
visable.