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to myself and friends could lnduce me toi
appear in a newspaper publication. |
wish to state as nearly as l can rccollect
the facts concerning the sale of my land,
and the public can judge whether any one
is to blame. On the evening before the
day on which my land was to be sold, |
spoke to my brother, VIM. Reading, and
requested him to not let my land be sacra-I
feed; he told me that lie was not then in
possession of the money, and that /
ought to have made the fact known to him
sooner; l told him that l had thought
could make other arrangement, but had
,faield Of doing SO; he stated, to me that for
certain reasons he was not willing to give
the amount of the debt for the land; | told
him l wishedit to pay as nearly as possible
the amount. The next day in Bowling
Green, VIM. Reading told Afr. H. H. Jenks
the circumstance, and asked him if ne had
the money; Mr.. jerks reply was, that he
had not the money at that time, but that he
could get it for him by the next Monday,
If he, VIM. Reading, could borrow the same
of some person until then. VIM Reading
then saw Robert Allise1 and tried to get
the money Of him; Mr.. Allison said thathe
had the money with him but that he had
promised it to Abram McPike, and that he
could not let him have it, until he would
know of Mr.. McPike (who was then on a
iury)if he could do without the money un-
til the next day. My brother then went to
the sheriff and asked him if he would wait
for the money until the mex Monday, in case
he should become the'purchaser. His reply
was that he thought McPike would be will
ing to stop the sale Of the land by him w,
Reading being responsible for the payment
Of the money; my brother told him that he
would not give the amount of the debt for
the land, but that he did NOT wish to let it
be SACRIFICED The sheriff said he would see
james McPike, and if he was willing to wait
it would be satisfactory to him; my brother
told him he would give him Messrs. II II
jerks, Robert Allison, and James Campbell
as security for the payment OF the money
on the next Monday if he would wait Sc
long. The sheriff spoke;o McPike, and h
said he would not wait unless my brothc,
would become responsible for the payman
of the whole debt. Ny brother then went tt
Mr.. Campbell and he had not the money Il
spare; he then went TO Mr.. Allison a sccon'
time; Mr.. Allison told him be- could let hin
have the money the next day; my brothrf
then went to tie sheriff; they spoke a fc"
words, ] did not hear what passed. Th,
land, however, was sacraliced as the dock.
ct will show, and the balance Of the deb
remains against me unpaid.
There was 10 acres sold, the whole OF
which only brought s~evcnty-tive dollars
shal II now state. something about an accl-
dental meeting of the sheriff and ! Il few
days before the election, at his father,
house. have understood that it has been
said that | there cleared him of all blame
|on nv part. | will here state the sub
stance of the conversation which followed
that meeting. ] was at his fathers, and h,
came in and appeared very much irrltat"d
he asked NE wherein he was to blame III th'
sale of my land, and said that | had circu
lated it all over the county against HIM.
I told him / had not circulated ii anywhere
he then told me if | had not that Charles
Bacon had done so for me. | tod him tia
I had never changed words with Bacon on
the subject at any time, he then said thai
my brother had. | told him that | was no
accountable for what either my brother o'
Chas Bacon did; he then insisted on my tel
ling him wherein thought he deserved Gel
sure. | told him that all for which | cen
sured him was that he did not wait Il few
days for the money; he said he suppose,
that ifhehad paid tue money for me, SHOULD
then have been satisfied. | told him tina
all we asked of him was to wait a few day
5 and that | thought it required some tim
to make his return of sale; he said he wa
not to blame in that, for the law made i
e his duty to make the return on the first dayo
e the court; and that James McPike coul'
have moved against him the next day.
then said that if it was the law | supposed
he was not to blame. | am informed that i
= has been said that | should have given hin
: a certificate clearing him of all blame.
f here state that if any such instrument ha
s appeared, that it was a forged one, and tina
III hauo oavor o;yon apy cnnb ;pctrumonf