Hamlet, April 10—Attachment papers were served last Thursday upon the workshop, trucks, supplies and equipment of H.C. Crabtree, sheet metal and roofing contractor here. The property was attached to secure accounts of several hundred dollars, due out of the state creditors, after Crabtree could not be located for a summons. It is understood that about $600 of the amount is for bad checks and that there are more than $1,000 worth of such checks outstanding against him.
Crabtree has been in trouble at Fayetteville several times during the past year, having been hailed before the courts there for operating a car while under the influence of whiskey, but in some manner he always got out of them. About 120 days ago he was arrested at Aberdeen with a woman from Fayetteville and posted a check for $300 bond. The check was returned from the bank for lack of funds. Meantime Crabtree had left for parts unknown, and as yet nothing has been heard from him.
The shop here is closed and the key is in the custody of the officers. It has not been advertised for sale, but it was reported yesterday that it would be sold to satisfy the claims against it.
Crabtree had built up a splendid business throughout this section. During the past few years he has handled some big contracts at Fayetteville, Red Springs, Raeford and other towns throughout the Sandhills.
From the front page of The Moore County News, Carthage, N.C., April 15, 1926
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