The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1856-12-04
Fer the Palladium.
Reply to James Conner-No. 1.

Your paper 2 com uTlCatlOu over tue sigma
ture Of j, CessEa. which justice 10 mysei
and some my friends, demands tina, should
notice. | did no! intend 10 be heard, bu. as
& Conner shall take tfem collectively and
denominate them Satan aud Gsensss. As
G4emes has made many false statements, |
will endeavor 10 correct them.
First: His entire statement in regard to
Jason Ham and myself is unqualified lie
he making reference TO Us twice. No two
men are hetter friends than Ham and myself,
a. far as know. One thing is certain, | have
received more fayors at his hands than | ever
received Of al mankind besides. Il IS true,
| have l~borcd under great pecuniary EN-
barrassn7tn.s. and Do ret. but Geemes, Ear.
never dDd. led IA creditor on the street vet, as
some others have | expect to pay every
cent l owe. principal and interest. like a man.
Jason Ham has cheerfully assisted me, with
ou: An exception. whenever / asked it-yes,
lie has more than once given me money when
did not ask il. enabling me to keep my fam
llv comfortable, at a time when { on account
OF sckness) | could not otherwise have done
50. He came to ny house when | was sick
and ln.erroga.cd my wife as 10 whether We
needed anything. and gave her money with
out the least solicitation. and if | an ever so
l
may take advantage Of me Through guise of
friendship" again. [ have had free access
10 his store for more than two years and he
has never been the man 70 rs much as dun
me once. for which / sail aver hold him in
grateful remembrance. FhIs much IS due my
slanderci friend. This infamous lie was aimei i
As hit az him more than myself Stefan and
and Geemes have had particular spite at
him for no other reason han tha. he possessed
the means, anI was sustaining the Bolt enter
prise.
Second: H says thai Re was moved by
common sympathy. s. Is hog, when he
steals through into a neighbors cornfeld.
Third: Il. says he proposed to take me in
with him. So he did, at the same time stating
sn"' '"7'0 were 70''7 ''rns7 500, $50. ,"v "v'S
out with him.
Fourth: He says i: was further agreed that
the case should BE- secured by caYea:, ani that
Immediately thereafter. a model should be
commenced and the work prosecuted with all
possible dispatch, until the application should
be fled in the Patent Office. This is down
right lie.
| told him l must have time to get out Of
the other patent before there was TO be = move
mais further than filing the caveat, and he
knows it.
The caveat was sent to the office, signed
BY Conner x Hunt. Two or three days later
Hunt proposed to interest ). c. Mendenhall
in the Bolt operation" &c.
This is true. l got the two fllibusterers
hitched, and then left them to tote on as best
they uuu,J Af.,r hohli05 them for some
time, it was my intention to do SO, and am
not sorry that l did. The only reflection
that | have Is, to occasionally think Of the
fate of poor Tray.
knew. of certainty. that Stefan and
Geemes were both aiming % profit By Us in
a clandestine manner, and 1 thought j: would
Be more TO my pleasure for them to tote on
to-ethsr l had hard work. as Geemes says.
to yet him to consent t. take Stefan along. for
he sad he hadn't no good feellns' for Ste
fan, and said that knew what time they
had about the receipt Sc. l had heard him
say Stefan was the "d-dest rascal that was
eve Tapped in that much hide" but stuck
to IT, and " fotch Stefan up Standia'"
Fifth He says solen1nly pledge! my
self to the interests Of the new firm. This is
s. most infamous LIZ. They tried 70 incor-
pa7st. such clause IL al article Of agree
meut. and / told :hem i was not 70 be did,
and they well know il. for they spent more
than TWO days trying to set UT said articles,
but they did not exactly sait nas. and they are
not sign d vet | know Of
B,vs. If you undertook to Gllibuster your
self iato the Bolt through ne, and caught a
Tartar. all | have 10 say IS. Won ought 70
have had better luck, better sense and more
honesty. Ia another place, he says, we a;
once determined to dissolve the partnership.
to WHICH all agreed, DE To complete the
dissolution Of ,he partnership, refunded TO
+. B Hunt the $50 which he had advanced
+, THIS a0c.hnr inf n
nous lie lie never refunded dollar, and
h. knows il. | borrowed the $50 Of =. c.
MerlenhaII, for which | gave my individual
note which he returned 10 nc some months
af,er he time spoken of hy Conner. is then
goes on to give Il disclaimer. which posi-
tlr.ig assert i q most pa pable forgery. /
never signed such lilse)aimer--.. was en-
tirelv diff4rea. thing which I signed. Now
mark they have fo-gel ny name to it. aud
S c Meadenhall's as witness The instru
ment in question l-9s not witnessed at al
They were teIsin. i: tia: they had dis
clainer from me l wrote 10 tha Ps.ent
O9ice for certified copy. if such was there
Tacv wrote NE il Wa, no: the1e. / wrote
,he second tn.e, ur-ln- a diiigeat search
sta-;ar ,hss Nendenhall L Conner ciainiei te
have one there in answer to which. re
ceiseI the following letter signed n Mason.
eva hand. Nov for the ciincEer, G-snss
T. 5 PATENT OFFICE,
Sept, IL, 1886
SIG :-Aiter careful search. I nave beer
unable to :ind Any disclaimer signed By yol
in favor Of James Conner, relative to Your:
and Csnuer's csvest for wire clo;h Fiou,
Boi:s
You. tifty e.utS are herewith returned