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ground of tho slandeter to charge me- With
having swindled Andrew Jordan out Of
100. bow7tEe facts cut Of which he has
made so much capital are merely these
In the fall of 1853 Andrew Jordan and my
self were endeavoTing to effect a trade
Some 3 or 4 months Before we closed our
bargain. he wished 10 sell lie tie farm
ION which | now reside; AID fer which he
asked 1900. I was not willing to give
him more than $500. There vas a differ
ence of lC0Lc;wcen us~hicl.;T was not will
ling TO give. But in order 10 induce re to
Igive it Mr. Jordan, argUed that could get
THE Boyce place adjoining Il very cheap;
and could thus be able TO make a cheap and
iiae farm. After several inefeetual at
,tenpts 10 trade, ! told hin that if be would
get tic Boycc place Toy me at$G00I would
igive him s9C0foFi,is, bit otherwise I could
Inotgive hin more than the 500 w!.ich I had
previously offered lin. We then parted
understanding that ifle concluded to take
inc up he would come TO Mr. Shaw's where
| was then living, and let nc know it.
Accordingly he came, ard inforInedm me that
ihe had concluded 10 take ne up at my own
proposition, and got nc to write HIM q let
ter to Mr Boscc. But concluding that
!there;sauld be much delay in the ;matter if
we waited FOR sn cnswer to The letter, L
l proposed to him that if he would get on
lis horse, AID ga immediately to St CHARLES,
aad close it with Boycc according 10 our
agreement / won!d give him (Jordon) $95
more, IS 1t vas getting late tie season, and
7 wanted to move. lie goes and secs Mr..
Eoyce, males Tie trade, comes back Iy
&Ir Si"w's and appoints a time fer me- to
come up 10 lis house when, and where we
could close our trade BY writing. At the
ia?pointcd time I went up together with Mr.
Shaw, paidhim 400 in specie gave him my
note fer 800 more due on the LIST. day Of
June following, and ti:cn another note due
as soon as Gfr, Jordon could procure a decd
If5r me from Mr. Royce which note vas
written Wit oil the conditions upon it. 1t
was drawn il9stily but i'll strict conformity
to our bargain. l append a copy that it
may So c.k ivr i:st'E.
7I25-On Or before the fist day of Jam
Iuary next I~rromisc to Pay a. Jordan or or
i&er orc krnG:cd end twenty five dollars.
Conditioned wien the said Andrew Jor-
tdan causes 10 Le made to HE a good deco
10 ono itundf, i AMI sixty acres CT land be-
longing to IL z. Eoyce. known as the Geo
WILLIAMS pace, o.; w..;ch b now lives, by
Inv paving enc hundred Gui!=rsi in cash, and
securing tie payment Ci fre hundred more
(which III al vii. Ic Six hantrcG aallars for
tine W;iiipmS tact Il lIrd. with ten per
icPrt Oh tie h~ai;ncr tia: % uct Iav down.
October 60, 1913.
CiiAS. BACON.
Mr. Jordan, | fresrmc, knows TIE reason
iwly lie Git! net get L e Royce place
lie trusted to MIR. Boycc's word; but
closed lis trade with me in writing which
was perfectly satisfactory at the time. I:
was done in the presence of Mr.. Richard
son before whom the deed was acknowledge
ed. His certificate will be found below:
Some time in the fall Of 1913 I was call
icd upon to goto andrew Jordan'S 10 take
the acknowledgement Of a deed between
<aid Jordan and Charles Bacon. saw Bs-
roa Jay some 'ioa"y, and give his notes az
i suppose for Tie balance. I did not see
that t'IcIe Was any difficulty in the trade or
itransact;nn. | thought every thing was per-
i@tyct:y satisfactory at the time; and | never
heard q any difficulty afout the matter
until July lest over tie prairie, to the best
of my knowledge and belief.
JOSEPH RICHARDSON.
Aucusta0tn, 1916.
shall now conclude my remarks upon
this transaction. TWAS aplain coatractbe-
tween man and man; clearly stated and sat-
!isf,ctorily understood at tie time; but no w,
latter a lapse Of more than Q years, 1eyamp-
led and circu!atcG- Cor what purpose I leave
the public to Judge. T!:"rgh the story of
my sWin'iirg Andrew Jordan out of one
hundred doll is has been promulgated by
Ione whose especial business it is to minister
in holy things, ] pIouounce it as false as
his own hyrocr:tical hcart.
rs for tic story of my having the pro-
mike ui Tho ploco &c G,cu|v - a.