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Show J. Oheever Goodwin, the librettist, who resides at G2 West Sixty-sixth street, filed a petition in bankruptcy yesterday, with liabilities $5617 and no available assets. He has clothing $25 and books $25, which are exempt. There are fifty-nine creditors named in the schedules, to whom he owes amounts ranging from $3 to $895. He owes five doctors for medical services $844; for medicines and drugs, $172 ; for groceries he owes $1982; milk, $89; meat, $158; fish, $39;' baker, $33; rent, $1028; newspapers, $28; flowers, $33; clothing, $75; shoes, $37; sporting goods, $50, and schooling for children, chil-dren, $150. James O'Neill, his attorney, said yesterday yes-terday that Mr. Goodwin has been ill for the past two years and not able to do any work to keep up with his expenses and was compelled to resort to this petition in bankruptcy bank-ruptcy on account of his illness and illness in his family. He har "een so worried over financial matters th'o did not know what to do and he wu: now go through bankruptcy and get on his feet again. He has no interest now in any of the comic operas and plays which he wrote. New York Sun. ' What's the use? |