The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-07-21

'o'y VI ue CliCuhoieHCeS ieduiuB W uO
case. stated candidly the error in the
trust deed and then related the story OF
the forger. reminded the Judge Of that
solemn night, and bis deep interest in my
story riViled The attention OF the Jury. !
did not counec, the story with this deed.
| left tha, for them. But after ioriuring
Stephen Huntingdon TO the best Of my
i ability with the conviction that ! knew
and was ready to expose his rascaliiy, !
closed without informing The court what
intended 10 prove, and leaving my an
tagonis,S still in suspense. I then CALI
ed my first and only witness, an old man,
exceedingly old, we'll known through the
ciiy,as all accurate historian and perfect
walking record of old events and land.
1 marks.
"Mr. Stephens do yod know who oc>
cupied the farm, commonly called the
Upland Farm, IN II-E
avery well indeed; cir. I: was the
elder Judge Huntidgdon's favori'e farm
in those days;aud he Ii we'd on il fpr twen-
ty years. was frequently at bis house.
/, Stood on Rhat is now the corner Of
and -. streets, and his fields lay all
around IL"
"Tha. d.a1li sit. Hs is your witness,
fgen'iemen."
| They began to feel the eaiih sinking
under them. Their frs. questions swep,
quite away all their foo,hold.
"Did you know the father Of Mrs.Hun
,ingdoni'
81 knew him very well, sit.
"EIe was man of large property, was
he noi?" E
"Stephea Denton! fla! ha! Not he.---
Io was little cracked poor man. H
died pnor al rat, but imagining he was
rich. He made q viii, and Mrs. Hnnt-
ngdch had il proved after be was dead,
though he didh', leave farlhinR 10 pay
The fees. But she had grea. respec. for
. his memory
\ And .scAlrs. Hun.ingdoh's title cario
from her husbands father, aud no, her
own father. Now TO the next step. The
wilitof ,iesslder Judge Huntington, pre-
we'd coreclly, bu, for half q century stow:
ed swayinau inaccessible place, foreo,s
ten BY the3wbole world,and by Mrs.Hun
J ,ingdoh herself, was next produced. j.
was solumihous, and read it all. Farm
! after farm, was enumerated carefully ;per.
soma. securities wero reci,ed sera,im, nm
! iii the immense property Of the late Mrs
: Huntingdon was all stated and described
!. and then given to ELLEN, widow Of Sam
d uel Huntingdon, my deceased son, te
b have and 10 hold The same during the
:, term orher natural life, enjoying aod using
+ the income thereof" &C., &c, and on
her death The entire property was to be
divided among her children. Il was clear,
disiinc,,and terribly fotcible. Mrs.Ilun,'
: ingdon's will WAS but piece Of waste
paper as regarded any properly, but such
as she had acquired during her life time
and of such there was none. In oil The
lands she had only life-estaIe. Que,
II half Of tho entire property therefore be-
$ loneed 10 MtG. Debrsy,a although Ste
phen Huntingdon nigh. be entitled it
: one half Of ike premises in question, ye'
i, was nantes, that he had already abs
sorbed and tql andtred more than bis
entire share Of the property. and upon
pa'iiiion being made he would be found
J pennilesg.
, As the ,ruih came slowly upon him in
The courl-rooIn he grew pale and red by
J. turns, whispered ahetiIy with his coun'
: sci, cliDcbed his fists, and q. length with
. yell Of rage fell PROSTATE on the door'
and was carried out. Three mon'hs as
ter this John Debray and his wife were
: installed in the old mansion. and never
!. was j, so gay and brilliant. Nor vas there
shadow on any coun,enance, except
when among their pleasures stole in
though, or,he dark face Of Stephen Hunt.
ingdon, who now lay confined in p'i'
vale luua,ic asylum, where the charity o'
: Ellen Debray sustained him until bis
death.
y A Southern darkey, having pnTchas-