The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1841-02-26
CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.

"A cENSE oil justice 10 ourselves anu
the public at large induces us to
make the following statement Of facts
On the Odd of Sept. 1880, we sold
Charles Hayward, Esq. of Ottawa, a
splendid buggy wagon and harness Tor
$3.50, and took said Haywafd's note for
the same, payable with interest at the
branch of the State Bank at Chicago on
the LIST day of January, 1910. Said Hay
ward went south soon after with the wag-
gon to spend the winter, and at the same
time assuring us that his partner, l.. Del
ano, would pay the note when it became
due. The note fell due and was not paid
Mr.. Hayward met Mr.. Frink on board a
steamboat from St. Louis when he re-
turned in the spring, and expressed much
surprise that his partner, Delano, had not
paid the note when due, and at that time
pledged his word to Mr.. Friuk that he
would pay said note in the course of a
week and as was subsequently ascer~
tanned, Mr.. Hayward then had in his
pocket the amount of said note, which he
had received from the sale of the wag-
gon, after having had the use Of it through
the fall and winter. The week passed.
with others, and the note remained I'M
paid. A few days after this, Mr.. Hay
ward saw Col. VIM. Fowler, who then
had the note, and after apologizing for not
having paid the same, again pledged his
word TO pay said note in ten days, which
promise also failed. About the first of
May last, having payment TO make at
st. Louis. we sent said note TO our agent,
o. &. Parmely, at Ottawa, to receive the
pay and forward the same for special
payment at st. Louis. The note was
presented, and payment again evaded, and
the note returned, we Immediately sent
the note to Ottawa again with an urgent
request for the pay thereon, and all the
consolation offered was, as we consider
ed, an insult in offering to pay the note in
scrip at face value, which was at that time
selling for 62i cents on the dollar. On
the 18th day of May last, Col. Fowler
called on Hayward again for pay on said
note, and after much evasion, Hayward
refusing to pay any money, Fowler took
horse at $40 and endorsed on said nota.
On the Goth of May, G. X. Bingham
and NJ. O. Walker called again on Hay
ward for pay, and were put off with anew
and indefinite promise, &c. About the
LIST of October, NJ. o. Walker and o. G..
Parmely again called on Hayward, and
received new pledge that he would pay
the same by draft on Cleveland on the
lst of November, or by the 18th at far
,hcst, since which nothing has been heard
from Mr.. Hayward or his draft until to-
day, Goth November, 1910, when, as by
this time we had reason to expect, he fur
Their evades the payment of said note, and,
up to Jan. 90, 1871, manifests no dispo-
siton to pay the same. As the first note
was payable at the Bank, and of course
subject only to six per cent interest, we
have often requested Mr.. Hayward to take
up that note and give another at the Gus
tomary rate of IL per cent interest; this
he also refused to do. Now were it not
for the fact that this same Charles Hay
ward is reputed to be one of the richest
men in Ottawa, and known 10 be able TO
pay such note any day in the year, we
should have omitted this notice but
such being the facts, we deem this notice
due ourselves and the public, that others
may not be deceived, or led to contribute
to this mans wealth, in like manner of
ourselves, and fully believing that man
thus situated, and who shall thus estimate
his word and promises, both verbal and
written, is no longer entitled to public
confidence, and ought not to pass without
being noticed in manner thus public.
FRINK, WALKER & Co.
Successors to Frink & Bingham,
Jan. 20, 1871. Chicago, Ill.,