The Brunswick news., 1919-05-01
WAS ON STAND
| FOR MANY HOURS
Creditors Tell of Enormous
Profits They Were to
Have Made.
STATE COURT SOUGHT
BY THREE OF THEM
Warrants chargin Cheating and
SwindIing Sworn Out Against
Freedman. Who Quickly Gave
the Necessary Appearance
Bond.

Bond.
| Wallingford's methods at high fin
ancing had an all-day inning in the
| United States referees court yester-
day, when Judge Crovatt took up
recess bearing in the case of H Ike.
Freedman. bankrupt. IA
| At the session held a week on ten
days ago, when Benito Padrosa was
made. trustee of the estates the hear
ing was recessed in order to get the
| testimony of freedman. the saw-
yers in the hearing yesterday were
| Judge Max Isaac representing the.
creditors; Judge D. w Krauss, rep.
reeonting Mrs. Freedman; R. w Dur
den and l.. J. S. Smith, representing
Freedman, and F. M. Scarlet, repre-
sent:ng r. B. Mccullough
From early morning until 8 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon the case was.
heard and the limited space in Judge
fEreyatt's offiGa was ,taae e-.,,ss aceofHs.
Imodate the crowd present. ps Anna
them being creditors and alp
an apparent desire to knowgsA 4se
tsort OF a showing Freedman #I
inr to make. He took the staA
Ii O'Clock and for, five hours he I
subjected to gru.elling oss-exah
irfaiion at the hands of Judge, fshacA
| in which frequently gloves werc.
thrown aside and various and sundry.
things were called by their propsFs
names Freedman statement was aS
sen1e stages pitable, often dramatic
Issisd always of such nature as@to chals
Ienge the sympathy of fair-minded
pee pie. He showed mental suffering
| and displayed the fact that he had
been under strain and at one time
came very near coIlapsing.s
His statement in brief was. toll
effect that he lost $1,000 In HIS buy
line venture between October ansH
February. and between those daf&
aIso lost SIS 900 in thu local afterro68
| newspaper. All Of this, plus laj
| sums of money. he was forced
!. spend because of tfe critical iunes
OF his wife. Freedman did mot maR1
| a very good witness for the7 sinaple
reason that he had; M records Of his
transactions. was testifving from
memory and .en names and figures she
svinced sD exceedingly poor. memory.
TheAwhole truth of ethe Freedman
transactions in Brunswick, in which
Inc succeeded In borrowing sometime
4 like $50 OGa from brunswick business
1 men is best illustrated bv one witness
In. R. Minehan. Of the Mipahan Ante
4 company, who swore that he loaned
Freedman something like $4,000 thai
h. was advised by Freedman that ne
was going, to dispose of large quaint.
4 ties of Junk and other material at thT
! picric acid plant from which a trs
; rnendcns. sum of money was to ,Sbl
learned. and ont Of the net proceed
The was to allow the lender fifty3pG
eens.
/ DR.. J. r. EHarrell, anothars witne
who wasT: enchanted by sFreedms
Arabian knights story out OF,
4 money and who fell fo the tim
/ 81 600, swore that Freedmen ais
sE3ated his junk story to him and
severely crossexamined BY
msr' 1, attorney, admitted that u
6stion to- the return OF the tho
4 erilars, heNwas tsSet 'conimis
hut the good nat,ired doctor
].nqs' give the amount OF this sacon
1esion x
William Dunwody, the vers
q v%lng real estate man. also SCI
sltd have beeu 1ulled into peaceful
\ nv FiNadman's charming stories.
q he did sa q, lesser sums. and il
lEecst. him saon to find ont tha
Z thnst laid nlans IT mice and mel
laIrvavs carrv Mr. Dunwody. ho
dtd not state that he was offer
II Other inducan,ent tn adaka ths
Other creditors evarisned dur
4 SAv were Renitc Padrose Yi
fanpea for sl.Sao r. ~ MetAss
who confefsseH that Frpeamal
s20teedei in bewitchmg him o.
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