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IN BANKRUPT COURT AGAIN. Bacon Testifies That the Charges of Moon Are Untrue. ALLEGATIONS OF FRAUD. Affairs of James H. Bacon Have Been Heopened-Examination on Before Referee Baldwin. The further examination into the affairs of James H. Bacon, brought on by H. T. Moon, was began this morning before Referee Baldwin. Attorney James H. Bacon, on April 5, 1900, filed a petition in the federal court in voluntary bankruptcy. His petition stated that his liabilities amounted to $528,426.24, of which $129,462.73 was secured with Dalton and Lark, valued at about $13,454.48. The remaining $398,963.51 was unsecured. His assets were put down as amounting to $5,209.50, of which $5,000 was in a life insurance policy, and all was claimed exempt. He had between 530 and 540 creditors and the Bank of Salt Lake and First Bank of Mercur suspended operations. On September 10th last the petitioner was discharged from bankruptcy, but the bankruptcy act provides that a case may be reopened for examination within a year from the date of discharge, providing that a proper showing be made by creditors of the bankrupt. A petition was filed on Monday last by A. T. Moon, a creditor of Bacon to the extent of $8,000, part of which is assigned claim, and the court adjudged the petition to be of such weight that a further examination should be made before Referee Baldwin. Mr. Moon is represented by Attorney H. J. Dininny, and in the petition some rather sensational allegations were made and a further examination of Ba. con, Jeremiah Schenck, D. H. Schenck, Charlotte Hoadley of Chicago and H. H. Rea was asked for. The petition alleged that at the time James H. Bacon filed his petition in voluntary bankruptcy he was in possession of property to the value of $25,000 and over, above the amount stated It in the petition as his entire assets. was further alleged that this property, consisting of stocks and real estate in Idaho and Utah, was concealed from his creditors and held in secret trust for him by the above named parties, who it is asked shall be further examined. In the petition it is alleged that Bacon owned large interests in real estate in Idaho, probably of a value of $20,000, also at least one-half the stock of the American Mining and Trust company a corporation organized under the laws of Wyoming, and that this property was held in secret trust by Jeremiah Schenck and H. H. Rea. The petition states that all these facts may be proven by an examination of the books of the American Mining and Trust company. The Bank of Salt Lake, and the First Bank of Mercur, which have been kept by Bacon. It is further stated that at the time of the former proceedings nothing was known by the petitioner about these assets but that recent transfers of the stock of the trust company by the Schencks to Bacon confirm the allegations. The proceedings were begun "this morning before Referee Baldwin. Twomey and Twomey, representing Ba. con. H. J. Dininny, Jeremiah Schenck. D. H. Schenck, Charlotte Hoadley and H. H. Rea were present at 10 o'clock, and after preliminary marks by Judge Twomey, the examination of Jeremiah Schenck followed. and was continued for two hours when a recess was taken until two o'clock this after. noon. Nothing of a sensational nature occurred and the testimony of the wit. ness tended to show that the allegations made by A. T. Moon were untrue. The examination of Mr. Schenck was continued this afternoon on the affairs of the American Mining and Trust company and Mr. Bacon's connection with that company. He was cross examined by Attorney Dininny and there was quite a discussion concerning the cutting out of a page in Mr. Bacon's private book of expenditures, etc. It