The Archive · 1924

Tangled Litigation Over Fur Deal

More Revelations Concerning Sipailoft: Parties now input ing the Accounting 'The euse of the Fur & Wool Trad= ing Ca. (D. Biederman) La. "Anderson, Meyer & Ca, a dispute over a deal n" Siberia, in which defendants nove for a nae trial on the grounds of the salle ed perjury of fre of plain' witnesses, Mamet a further stage on Thutsda Fudge Lobingier originally found for un vein a eyn Ing, id it wae further—ulspute ing that occupied 'U.S, Court th The successful party alleged that defendants had more than 120,000 skins of various animals, which they: valued $189. at the ord 1921, but for which 28 cents "ch.

Urea in April. us they paid Mr, R. it, Evang appeared for plaintiffs; Sie, W. Chalaire and it.

Franklin for defendants.

Mr, RT. E the course, of a speech lusting sever Said his clients differed with the accounting rendered by defend auditor, particularly with rote to the division of profits accruing from the sale in New York. According to the stipulation drawn up in Tientsin, he was of the opinion that this document provided for the formation of u trust on the part of defendant, in which capacity they ould only ct. It appeared, was found in the teanseript of the evidence, that Messrs. Fox, of New York, sold the furs and billed the eonsijgnment For one-bult of the yr: fits, but by als" claimed that this firm acted with defendants, who allowed tha! per ced this.

Continuing Me. Kenn that this conistieuccd a venture aid Sei had facts been kuivot hi him time of trial, they 3 male joint defendant That point was not materia! statutes: pr such a the whol firms, Duvinge the cote of tin ake counsel estate that 1 ity of the vieiaity: was the uemhes gest win con the city: svt nally for disorder "pud ete gentleman claimed a Various times to both Koltchak and Simionov, thowzh historians fail to Aigclove that either of them acknow Jedged him. With him and most of his ventures, was 0 Sipailoff, who is at present in Harbin, awaiting trial on eharxes of murder of Danish citizen. It was hig migdeae's that brought about this suit, fe when he murdered Noskol, the black the Afongolian canvas, as it wae al he took the loot from the widow and old it (o defemiants for MS{0,- 000, for which they received in New York G.$00,000.

Upon resump Chalaive directed hia -arzuner meeting the question of the trust, fand declared that it sas purely: ordinary conversion of funds which his clients acid ax for which they vere entitled 4 just proportion of tie profits, Supporting this aren COS, Franklin, concluded mew and ced Las. rested bythe Wace Police days azn in cones ssmugatlins of annie Andre Leion were the Freeh sized Cour One stated that a pistols and was sent to prison for nine months and expelled, and: the other man was expelled without sentence, the evidence against him being somewhat doubtful.

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