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AUGUST 8, 1925
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J. X. Hearst, of Canada,
Surrenders to Police
Head of Defunct Hearst Music Publishing Co.
Gives Himself Up to Winnipeg Authorities
MONTREAL, CAN., August 1.—Joseph Xavier
Hearst, former head of the defunct Hearst
Music Publishing Co., of Canada, surrendered
to the Winnipeg authorities on Tuesday of this
week. With a casual greeting to the chief of
police, the writer of popular songs and reputed
financial wizard introduced himself: "I under-
stand that there is a warrant out for my ar-
rest, and I am here to face any charge there
is against me." He was placed in custody and
will appear in court soon.
Hearst disappeared from Winnipeg early in
December, 1924, following an investigation into
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the affairs of his company. Auditing of the
firm's books revealed a complete financial col-
lapse of the corporation, involving a loss to in-
vestors approaching $750,000. Despite the con-
certed efforts of the police of this continent,
Scotland Yard and Germany, he defied appre-
hension. When action proper starts against
him, Hearst will be faced with charges of mis-
appropriation of funds, with obtaining $40,000
by false pretenses and by a civil action, with
negligence, malfeasance and breach of duty as
an officer of his company. Branch offices of
the company were formerly located at Toronto,
Vancouver, Chicago and New York.
According to a statement given out by Hearst
before he surrendered, he declared that he had
reached Winnipeg at eleven o'clock in the morn-
ing and "had attended to one or two matters
in the meantime." Following is the text of
the voluntary declaration:
"I desire to say that it is for the sake of my
wife and children that I am surrendering my-
self. No one can say that I have obtained a
cent of this cash or that I went away with any.
The situation now is that I have no money.
My family has no money. But it is my desire
to surrender to the law and straighten matters
out. If I took any money belonging to the
company or the shareholders, it will have to be
proven. The account of losses of the company,
as I have read them in the newspapers, are
greatly exaggerated and in some cases fictitious.
I will do all I can to straighten out the tangle.
I can account for every copper received by
the company and also tell where it went. It
will be difficult to find where there has been
any personal gain for Joe Hearst."
As the result of insistent demand of a num-
ber of the company's leading stockholders, the
financial collapse of the firm was aired in the
provincial Legislature during the last session.
Facts brought out showed that stock had been
sold throughout the province at a price con-
siderably above par. An official investigation
was ordered with a view to amending the sales
of shares act and preventing victimization of
the unsuspecting public.
A statement issued by the authorized ac-
countants after the crash stated that the huge
business reported as having been done by the
company was almost wholly fictitious. The
books set the 1924 business at $583,000, of which
$542,000 was declared to be bogus. The assets
of the company were placed at $30,023, with
liabilities of $46,854. Among the general cred-
itors was the Dominion Government with a
claim of $11,353.
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An opera, a symphony, a choral work and a
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