The Arkansas banner., 1844-09-04


 ing to be signed by her either as principa, or security, for which fact refer the public to the subjoined certificate of the Deputy Clerk of the Phillips Circuit Court:
 Helena, July 30M, 1s4i.- HoN JOHN c. p ToLLIsoN,
 Dear Sir-l am in receipt of your letter of this date, in which you propound to me the following mterrogatory, :. C., "whether Mar garet Williams has ever been sued by the Real Estate Bank upon any note signed by her either as principal or security i'' In an- swer thereto, state that Margaret Williams has never been sued by the Real Estate Bank upon any note as principal or security in her individual name.
 Yours, respectfully,
 l.. D. MADDOX, Deputy Clerk of P. e.
 Here might with safety close my reply, but desire the public to know all about the suit that was brought against me and others upon this note which gave to the bank as principal, and upon which the firm name of W. Williams & Go, was endorsed as security
 The Bank commenced suit against me and all the securities to the note, on the 16th of March, l841. Mrs. Williams was also inclu- ded in this suit on account of her havign been one of the firm of W. Williams & Co.,, and this was the only suit ever brought against her. On the 2d day of December, l84l, Mrs. Williams filed in court her de- fence to this action, and interposed her plea oi non-assumpsit, sworn to. She refused to acknowledge any obligation upon her as to this debt. The court stood adjourned over from time to time, until April, l844, and when the cause came on for trial, the Attor- ney of the Bank proposed to examine me, to which readily assented, as l had no de- sire to conceal any thing about it. They could not have forced me at law to have glv- en any testimony about 1t, but did not care to put them to the trouble of filing bill of discovery, and was sworn, and answered every question propounded to me. =, My tes- timony is of record, and the substance of ii Is as have above stated, that had endorsed the name of the firm myself, that the money was for my own benefit, and the note now sued upon was given to take up note and bill discounted for my own use, that had no express authority to sign the name of the firm to the note, and that 1 did the same without consulting with the other members of the firm, or without their knowledge
 Now, then, where is the grave charge ol perjury, made against me by the lying scoun- drel who would rob the grave of his father and commit sacrilege upon the dead My statements under oath were supported by the plea of my mother-in-law, and the correct ness of my statements have never been ques- toned until this bloated toad in the shape of man, Cyrus w Weller, did 1t. The public can now see that Weller has got hold of the wrong end of the affair, and without waiting to be put into possession of all the facts, has published that which neither he or any one else can sustain. Yes, in his greediness to find victim for his insatiate and hellish malice, he has let loose a flood of vile, de- grading and infamous lies upon me. l may have done wrong in using the name of the firm of which had been a member, but i could not be construed by the most hyper critical to amount to forgery. man may make an improper use of the name of finn of which he is a member, but Is, or can he. be guilty, under any circumstances, of iorg- ing the name of firm by signing the name of the firm with his own hand write?
 Tosprove what have said in relation to my consultation with Judge Sebastian, l re- fer to the following extract from letter tc me, from Col. Henry l.. Biscoe, the President of the Bank, who was present at the boart when the note upon which suit was brough was presented for renewal or acceptance.-- He says 'sthat the Attorney for the Banl Sebastian was present, and he stated as law that you had the right, although there hat been dissolution of the firm, to afix th firm signature to all mutual liabilities whicl had accrued anterior to the dissolution o partnership"
 Where, now, is the evidence of forger or signing my n,okter-tR-ta1c's hume 10
 note to present to the bank ? Will maj when he is going to commit crime ol thi kind go and consult with others publicly about it. and those, too, whose interest vii be affected by the transaction for Judge Sc bastian was stockholder in that bank a well as its Attorney, and was interested Il having all the notes secured lnow call thu attention of the pudlic to the certificate o the Cashier of the Bank, who acted as sucl from the time 1t commenced operations herr until it's close, and l request special am particular attention to 1t, although 1t IS long "Helena, 29h July, 1S44 HoN J. C. P ToLLrsoN,
 Sir :--I am in receipt of your two seveFa notes of this date, the first propoundlng t me ceatain interrogatories hereinafter set out and the other, assigning your reasons fo propounding these interrogatories, :. C: L relute the specific charges made against yo in the "1'imes and Advocate" a newspape published in Little Rock, in which you ar t charged of having committed perjury t1cict t and forgery once, ill luis, that you ap : piled to the bank for discount and swor {, that you were authorized to sign your moth 9 er-in-law's name to the note, that you di Q sign her name to note, was discount F ed, and that you were authorized 10 sig $ her name to it. Having referred to the arll cles above alluded to, in the Times and Ad r vocate newspaper, and observing that 1t re l fers to the R. [. Bank, uS. yourself and oth : CTS, tried at thelastterm of our Circuit Cour I I. in order to set the matter right before tn g people of the State, so far as can do SC |, nroceed to answer your lnterroudtOrleS, l