Show 1 fatalities Follow Them r CHICAGO Aug 26 James H SSIoore of the Diamond Watch company com-pany was found at his residence His Brother William H Moore and the pfcief agent of the Diamond Watch Company in the handling of its stock ftvas not in the city James H Moore had not heard of 3tibe fire at Ontonagon He said This is all news to me I have not had a I telegram from the town advis iag me of the loss and I am unable today to-day what it is I do not know what the i value of the plant of the company is tfcere nor what insurance was carried car-ried I could not give the slightest estimate as to what the loss is AH 113iese details are known to my brother and he is not in the city He could probably give some accurate figures if i lie was here but I cannot 1 PURSUED BY FATALITIES peculiar fatalities appear to have i pursued the Moore brothers who have I been until within the last three weeks tile chief promoters of the stock inters inter-s of the Diamond Watch company TheIr sensational failure on the Chi I ago stock exchange is still fresh in the minds of the public Only a month ago the storehouse of I tihe company at 56 Michigan avenue jtnis city burned and gave the fire de I i Ipartment a twentyfour hour fight On I the heeds of this came the failure of I line Moores on the stock exchange for an amount variously estimated at from I I 1 0000 to 1000000 The loss by the IjrGcMgan avenue fire was 75000 I ID When the Moores who were carrying n enormous line of margins on the < < rock exchange surrendered the ex change iteeif was closed and has not been opened since Xor has a settle went been effected with the Moores c THE STOCK Diamond JIaitch stock last winter i lr A J i was forced by the Moores to sensational sensa-tional figures closing on the day of their failure at 220 They were persistent bulls in manipulating ma-nipulating and this it is claimed caused caus-ed their failure President Barber the head of the company Js in Europe negotiating match contracts with the French German Ger-man and Austrian governments Last advices from him were to the effect that these contracts had not been closed How seriously the burning of the Onitonagon plant will affect the business busi-ness interests of this company can only be judged in the light of recent developments as to the manipulation of the tock during the spring and summer |