American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-05-10
THAT ONE HUNDRED q FOR
TY DOLLAR SWINDLE.

TY DOLLAR SWINDLE.
On the 97th day Of October, 1853, we
received communication from the present
editor Of the Eagle in reference to a con-
tract entered into by the former editor of
thatpa to print the Assessors blanks
at one cent per quire, the county finding
the paper, but afterwards received one dol
Tar per guirei We have before stated that
this opposition by Tuthill d Schleich to
the payment of one dollar was toput down
Ellis and get possession Of the Eagle. In
speaking Of the payment of this one hun.
dred and forty dollar swindle the editor Of
the Eagle made use Of the following Ian
guage:
This account when it was settled and
corrected by the county Commissioners,
was found to be only $l.40 showing that
Lilly had certified to $lSB,60 more than
had been done for his Office. Such trick
cry. corruption and fraud, we have never
before witnessed. They should both be
driven from the Offices they have dishon-
ored, and would have been if the Commits
soners had done their duty"
Such, reader, was the language used by
Tuthill 4 Schleich against the payment Of
| this claim FIVE months before they pur-
chased the Eagle. Atthat time, and when
they expected, by throwing odium on GER
tain men who stood in their way, to ac-
complish their own selfish and corrupt po-
litical ends, they could scarcely find Ian
guage strong enough to express their in
dignation at the payment of this sWindlel
4 But after having accomplished their object
: -namely--to get possession Of and con-
> troll the Eagle, and as they can no longer
use this swindlc to advance their otOn in
e tereStS, they turn around, and in the very
S face Of their former denunciatlons of this
swindle, advocate its payment before the
Board Of Commissioners. In order 10 show
the hy pocrisy and utter dishonesty of these
, men we copy below their petition, drawn
Z up, as it is, in the handwriting Of Mr..
Z TathiH, principal editor oft Eagle, arg'
J ing tile Commissioners to pay the one hun
dred and forty dollar sWindle Mey had be-
IS fore denounced. Here is the evidence Of
s their guilt:
:, To the Commissioners Of Fairfield Co. o.
Understanding that your Honorable body
= = will be applied to for additional pay on
n contract for printing Assessors blanks for
9 the year 1859, and believing that the la
! borer is worthy Of his hire and knowing
Q Q that the contract price Of one cent per
u quire was no compensation for the labor
y performed, we believe it would be Just and
- right TO pay AN additional amount sufficient
to make it equal TO tile usual price had fol
such work, and that in so doing you would
J be sustained by an honest and liberal pub
y lie. TUrHILL, ScHLEIcH " GRUDER.
- Now remember that the "aSuot price
,e for printing Assessors blanks was one dol
l. Tar per guire, and when Mr.. Tuthill drew
3 up the above document he knew he was ad
= vocating the payment Of the fau amount o
70 the one hundred and forty dollars he hat
to before pronounced Fraudulent And ye
!" he had the audacity to state that the peO
$, pie would sanction this scheme Of public
Y, ~ plunder! Thus adding insult to injury.
= Such, reader, is a partial history of thi
Y, MISUNDERSTANDING, as it does, the tr"
Ut character as well as the true motives o
+ Tuthill d Schleich. While they were pro
,ir Tossing warm and undying friendship 70
en- certain men they were at the same tim
engaged in laying scheme to accomplish
n. their ruin! At one time denouncing thi
claim as fraudulent andin in few month
es thereafter advocating It's pdymenH In or
er der to accomplish their selfish ends the
" secretly stabbed those for whom they pro
of tessed great friendshipl Yet the very act
for which they denounced others they al
rk forwards endorsed!
" Let these facts go before the public, an
a. a. yet an intelligent and honest people est
nd mate the true character of these men {
n loud professions and secret intrigue. TIL
MI public can now see what little con6denC
"' can be placed in the assertions Of the edi