Show WESTMINSTER ABBEY FAILS L Westminster Abbey tho the man whose dingy warehouse at 61 el Front street k Now o I ow York Tonic has for tor nearly y half a a. con con can tur tury b been en a building of ot mystery meter on f the waterfront of ot lower Manhattan mado an assignment recently Liabilities t ties are and the tho assets consist of ot supplies supplies of or old cannon models of ot sail Ball l ing g ships hips pistols rigging mackintoshes mackin- mackin l' l toshes paint groceries old swords and a n mixed assortment of ot Junk from the tho riverfront all of ot which I- I Iare are to he be auctioned off Mr Ir r. r Abbey Abbey Abbe blamed th the tha collapse of his Ms business s which In the cIa ha day of ot I. I American sailing ships and later Inter when South South t American revolutions were popular enjoyed enjoyed a high degree of prosperity t to o the work on tho vino new subway The up torn-up condition of ot the streets he complained had hall driven customers away k Mr Ir Abbey Abbe Is tho son on of ot an Englishman English English- r l- l man who gave 0 him his Christian name namo t as s a mark of ot respect to the tho famous jr r. r cathedral His father started the theM ther M r Business nearly half halt a century ago ngo r P it he the court papers rs refer to him as a n ship i ship chandler but It was wal a no br byword byword by- by r word you along the waterfront that you OU F could jf could get Jet anything from an n old nail jr to tn I a ft cannon at atno no Westminster Abbeys Abbey's r. r p. p Is I-II stock Hock filled tho the c cellar llor and four floors and It would have o been blen a aim aim- f Tile Pie matter onCe to accumulate there all l 11 the necessaries to equip a first class t South American revolution One of ot Mr Abbeys Abbey's most famous ramous Investments was f tho the purchase of or worth of or old swords Words rd discarded d by the United States f t army Almy Nobody ever heard what beCame boj bo- bo j came of or them K- K In front of ot the warehouse w were re III signs nl one of or which road read Westminster West est minster Dealer Bonier r In Guns Rifles j. j Revolvers Re and nd Military Pistols Pistols' while I another other stated j that Best Dest Mixed Ta 1 a could be had wholesale le or noto re- re f. f to tall at 18 IS cents a pound nn and 1 a third advertised arl Sailors Mess Ies and Slop Kits l |