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il Bryant Aircstede famous negro minstreler of the late Dan Braionlt;‘r in the Erie county barged with any crime, ion is due to the fact thai he is unableor Debt.Neil Bryant, t, is just now jail, lie is ut bis incar-£y a debt, which, he clams, be is not 7 responsible for. The ltory is a long and the details are scaiely of suffl-public interest to warrait their rc-la-full. Briefly, howjvcr, the mainWhicare blt;LookMonare that the minstrel, Lew Benedict,. Men Men. claim against TJryant -or salary as aBoy’Menher of a troupe which he manag 'd, , T ,. ! Ladimtin? with three years interest, etc., !1 «k »• 41out $1,000. Lew assigned his claim j her*} brother, Mr. A. B. Benedict, and theprosecuted it, and st Bryant. Executi eere returned unsa;ot a judgmentissued,and pro-it lidhe ungs were begun to collect the moneyBryant's bondsmen, the Messrs. Meech.V 7his purpose a body execution was i«on learning of which, Mr Bryant pre-1 himself, and was duly committed toReThis he did in order to tyve his bonds-from the litigation which was threat-against them on his account, and his uct, under the circunlsttnces, is cer-i very commendable.Benedict’s claim fora88ensone. Benedict was asalary is not a ember of thepe managed b;j Bryai venture was not jueceisful. The re-RjSholt;Poll90c;fish,ub y abo1 Fan 8poyangooi were accordingly divided, and Benevas awarded’a f«r’The latter,ver, claims that he was uijder con withBryaat -for a'Specified sum, ant.. in the division of the funds he did not Ow ^ # ^ J* •b mu^aSjthejoontt^ct called for.IJn-wmethinjfjfartberis docs in the case,stay in jail until
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Branford Gleaner
Branford, Connecticut, US
Wed, Dec 04, 1878
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