The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1857-03-19
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Whereas. there has appeared in the public
Sawsn.nArs Of the CITY OF Richmond, 10 wit:
The Richmond Palladium. the Richmond
Jets4rsonian. and the Broad Axe of Freedom.
The following certificate to VII
This is TO certify that have been acquainted
with F. B. uuat for about years past;
was for 2 long lime in the employ OF NordyAe
Ham & Co., Hant being member of that
firm and have heard Hunt say tina. he WAS
The :. best witness in town AMI for money
enough he would swear To anything From
ma tca dealings with flant. | believe him 70
Be dan Lerous 10 HI, opponents, and | could
not beltege him, i he G7sre PIT uDon hts oath
HENRY E. NORTH.
December 8.h, 1856.
And whereas the above named certificate
has had very injurious effect on the other
wise fair character of the sail Franklin B.
Hunt. and not intending in any way 10 injlre
the Character OF the said franklin B. Hunt
make the following statement for the purpose
of coun .erac,in the influence which the said
certificate may have had upon the public
Sometime during the wia'e~ Of 1855 and
SO, was -nga red as banI IN the shop Of
Nor1yke. Ham & c., AM 50 also WAS Jas.
Conner We ha frequent CONVEX 'atlons with
Franklin B Hunt: those conversations were
shop hands often do in those conversations,
or rather Jokes. we had no particular objects
in view. only TO be talking. Hun being good
! ,ker. AMI 50 was jams Conner. Ii was in
one of those Jokes that Hunt said he was
the best witness in fayo-, &c, &c, without
nearing ANYTHING. and did not understand
anything else BY the expression at the time.
tan joke, AMI thol .ht TO more of II until
sometime during tho m an-h IT December last,
J ,mes Conner came 10 my house on Sunday,
and asked me whether | remembered the eN-
preston OF F. HINT? | replied that |
dill CDnrer then wished M 10 make a GER
tifaate, setting forth that expression. | did
NJ. wish to do it, AMI in order to evade Con
ner's request, TOT him, that hal no INK or
PAPER about the hous,, H then asked me
where | woul De On Mon ~. told him that
| would be at Spin1ings able at work. he
said he would ME again. Accordingly,
while I was a, work a. Spinniny's Stable on
Monday. Conner came there and had the fore
gong certificate wiki much other m atter writ
ten on half sheet II paper and wished me
to sign it, | toll him | coul not do it. He
then said, for me II scratch out, what did
not wish 10 sign | wen. an scratched out
all except the above certificate and signed my
name to it. He had not gone ten minutes,
when brgan to think that gu hit MOTTO have
signed nv name to it and my first though
was that | would follow Conner. aud recall
the certificate, bat did n. 10 i. [ have
been sorry many times since that ever sign
eI that certificate for never knew anything
against Hunts general character, and | never
wished in any way u impeach it, and did
not think at the time | signed that certificate
that it would stigmatize the general character
OF + B. Hunt, and do not know Of any
thing that would authorize an Impeachment o
the yeracity Of said Hunt. openly make 8
public recanta.ion os every charge and imph
cation of the kind.
HENRY L NORTH.
Attest, JcHx II. Pc p,
j. NJ STARR.