Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1843-02-07
From. tte Green Bay RePtbticat
Gov. DOtys Tricks to avoid the payment OF
his honest Debts,

Green Bay, thought it the best opPortu-
nifty | should have for a long time perhaps,
10 collect a small demand which / had
against him and which had been endea-
voring to have settled for the last twenty
months.
| will endeayor 10 e i've statement oil
the manner in which the demand origina
led, in order 10 show the public how he
endeavors to bubble and avoid the pay
inent Of ii. In the month Of May, ]S4l,
and soon after Doty's appointment 10 the
Office of Governor Of the Territory, he ar
rived at Green Bay in the steamboat CO.
lumbus, and had with him two boxes of
Ware of some kind, supposed to be goods
or furniture; they were marked Jas. ID.
poty. Astor, Green Bay, 10 the care Of
w. III. Bruce, Green Bay, and as was
at that time occupying the warehouse OF
w. IL. Bruce, Of course at the request Of
the clerk of the boat received the goods in
store and paid the charges, amounting to
SO 54-l0O. and took the receipt OF the
clerk Of the boat as is usual in such cases.
it appeared by the bill Of Iading that they
had been originally shipped from Wash
ington city or some place beyond n. York.
Soon after the goods were received by me,
they were delivered to Mr.. Doty, and sup
posing that he was an honorable man at
that time, and that he would call and pay
the charges or would not refuse to pay
them when called upon, | did not detain the
goods for want Of the charges. but charged
the amount to Mr.. Doiy together with the
storage which was thirty eight cents more,
making SO 90; supposng that | should
get the money in few days at least, but
since that time | have never seen his no.
nor.
wrote one letter to him at Madison in
1871, and received no answer. | after
wards saw his son, Charles Dolly, at this
place, and told him the circumstances and
requested him TO remind his father Of the
demand and request him 10 send me the
money. A short time after received
letter from Charles, saying that he had
spoken to his father on the subject, and he
SAID he had paid the said charges to the
clerk Of the boat Mr.. Hayward, and had
got his receipt for the same. soon after
saw Mr. Hayward, and he said that Doty
did not pay the charges, and Mr.. Hayward
is ready 10 make oath 10 that fact now.
afterwards saw the Govern0r's son,
Charles, and related the story to him
again, and wished him 10 tell his father 10
send me Mr.. Hayward's receipt so that
| could settle the matter with him and get
my remedy Of the steamboat, but have
never received the receipt, nor any reply
from Doty or the son.
And when he was stopping at the Astor
House the other day, took with me Mr..
Hayward and went up to see Doty, but he
was absent that evening, and | was tod
hat he wouII not leave town until the next
day in the afternoon. therefore thought
would call on him he next day. Ac-
cnrdingv took with me Mr.. Hayward
nnl weni uF t. Ihc A~'or House about din
ucr time so 10 hc sure to get an interview
with him, BIT he had sIoped-had been
missing about two hours.
then went TO Edwin Hart Esq. Of Ma
yarino, and obtained TWO warrants against
Doly, one in my own favor, and one in IA
vor % w. II. Bruce & Co. for u small de-
,naad Of about 81, which has been due
nearly three years, and sent Mr.. Bennett,
tho constable after him. The constable
overlook him 30 miles from Green Bay
lie said to the constable that he should re-
sist the service Of the warrants, and that if
ne took him back TO Green Bay, he did it
at his peril. He told the constable that
he expected to have been sued long before,
(thus acknowledging tho demand) but if
TIC should come TO trial ne should nonsuit
me for the reason he said, that the goods
in question were Two boxes of books furn-
shcd by the United States for the use Of
tho Territory, and that it belonged to the
United States TO pay the charges; thus con-
trndicting his former statement that he had
paid the charges To the clerk OF the steam
boat, and amounting in my estimation to
something ike a falschood. As a reason
for resisting the service Of the warrants
was that the Justice, Edwin Hart ESQ. who
ISSUED the warrants, was not, he said,
Justice; that he Gov. Doty) had removed
Mr.. Hart last October, and that he had
also removed Mr.. Geo. NV iliams; ano-
Their justice in Navarno, and assured the
constable that he knew that both those JUS
,ircs knew they were removed long since.
Now the facts are otherwise. They assert
positively that they have not had any knowl
cdge Of their removal from Office by Gov.
Doty, and have been acting as Justices in
good Iaith-and thus by the neglect Of Do
~, or by his Intention 20 involve the whole
community in trouble and litigation have
rendered many judgments against individ-
unls which are rendered thus good for no.
hing as it were, according To Doty's opin-
ion) unless they be sued over before some
other justice. He also gave the constable
another reason why he should obtain a
uonsuit in case he came TO trial; that was,
Ae was yet resident Of Brown county
and that could not for this reason sue
him on a warrant,that it must be by sum-
mons; and proposed also to the constable,
mat if he would consider the precepts as
summonses, he would send back to Green
Ray and employ an attorney to attend the