Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-08-26
FACTS AeAIs,T FAL.EHoop.

aud the comfort and lpport Of ny family
during my absence.
Having the utmost contideuce in 4. II
Lee, a reliable friend, | committed TO hi:
care and ce ntrol All my affairs, with prom
ise on his part that my family should want
for nothng in my al-enc-.
This power of attorney may be found re-
corded in the Records of johnson county
Book of Deeds 8, page 2il which DO one
can read without seeing that it was not my
intent to part with my lands. but rather to
provide for their protection and preserya-
ton until should return.
| Having completed these arrangements.
| bid my family good bye, and arrived in Cal
ifornia on the 18th day Of August, 1850.
owed at the time left, as above stated:
judgment OF Thongs williams against me
In District Court. Record Book T. p PCS so. 10
To the schsol funds. record of needs, Bo !,
y. 10. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ~ OO
T. Carlton Reno, Book 9, p. I47' Il: may
have been something over,). )........... 260 Oh
To 4 G. II. Berryhi |, on mortgage, book
S.p. no. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 3js 10
Making in all. 50 FAR a. l now re-olec., $50 10
F. II. Lee. as my attorney, raised by mort
gage of said lands and otherwise, the sum
Of $3.50 IS, as will appear and can lie
proven by an account to which his ia me is
signed. rendered by him to me since my re-
turn from California, which You can see Ly
calling on he.
This money, and more was raised by
Lee in the following manner
LIST mortgage 10 the school fund, March,
Is, 1857 .....................ti - GU
THIS Is 'np,d, and I'm sued for II.
%. II; nortgaged my lands to Geo Pow,.'.
Al ri 30, 1872, book |, PAGE 1la,........ 40 %
Ts Is unpaid, all but some interest and am
sued on 1t see docket OF District Cour. and
II is drawing 23 per cent
81 H unortsaged said la IDS further to jas.
Guest, May = 1904. ,ok p. ll5........ ~ 50
This mortga- is satisfied
Jan. lst, 1851, Vim Canott paid him for me,
tWm. Canott you can see) e)................ "a %
II ls5', tent 70 him from California, IN
gold by Henry Felkner fsee Felsnae)...... 6o6 90
In l % he received Of Person for rent,
tsee n rs ny .......:..'..... loo ~
The same year OF p smith tSee = smith, %
Ia 1853 a ne received OF Il pierson, (sce 2oO 90
lie also received Of p Smith for laid 50 d or
mine (see Smith, also deed book II, p. sol 80 90
Anu for other lands which he savs he sold,
and got the money for, fsee deed book II,
$50 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 30 90
In all. as the records and witnesses will
pro.e, the tttle sum of................ $50 -
TIL S2o2 SO of the above is satsfed, and
should not b. counted in IS assets t. pay
my debts. leaving net moneys for my - 693 "
Out of this he paid claim to Blackwell Of
500 so. d tn this my Indebtedness when went
TO "a Ifornis, s.;n aud we nave 81 bis 20; VIII ch
subiract.d from s-.6s3 ~, leave. In Lee hands
$I,l,5 81. rnsceouuted for, and doubtless mReh
mrre for persDua property, &C.
| have no knowledge what became of my
personal property and farm ,tock. ! am
satisfied, however, that my farm OF 200
acres should have supported my wife and
two babes, especially if properly attended
to, and paid besides the taxes and interest
on my debts
This farm. with a good orchard, barn,
dc was rented for : 100 year, to Il. Pier
sou, another brothcr-inlaw of Lees, and
one ear while was gone. there was sold
from this orchard $500 worth Of apples
See Iiulda Street and H. w Fytfe. quite
a profit on rent Of Sl00 for farm
After Pierson rented Of Lee, he rented
a part of said farm for 81 per acre, lsee &.
RusselD, and part to Il. ltankins at high
rent
NV lands were sold to lie Grand Byington
for taxes for about $500. See record OF tax
sales.
On the 18th day of April, lS55, Lee made
a deed of my farm to my wife, Clurssa
Clark See deed book T., r. 397.
The little remnant left, To wit: the east
half north east quarter. section II, /. 70, i.
E, he transferred to his own wife, NJ. l..
Lee, June 9Th, 1859. See records, book T.,
=. $50.
On the 10th day of June, 1886, my wife
obtained n divorce from me for no other
cause than absence See divorce book T.
p. 2o9.
She filed her bill for divorce on the :oth
day Of October, lS55 only a little over two
years after ssl had sent home S606 by Henry
Felkner, $50 To her by Hiram Watts, AMI
other sums at other times, alleging, think.
nothing further than wiIful desertion and
absence Of three years, to which she swore
What was the purpose of this divorce She
knew of it, and never informed me.
After it was obtained Lee thought it best
to take some security Of my divorced wife,
and on the 3Oth of June, 1856, she gave
him mortgage to indemnify him against
any damages which might recover off him
in consequence of the deed he had made to
her of my lands, on the same lands for
$4,000. See Mortgage book 2, p. l6l.
Soon after her divorce, my wife removed
to Gentry county Missouri, and was marri-
ed to VIM. Cranor.
| returned from Observation-Disclosures Ion
ger than desired by the ups and downs Of
fortune, but never forgetting home and wife.
While there accumulated lands and other
property to a considerable amount, which
still own. When arrived in Iowa City
learned for the first time the condition Of
my affairs.
o<aIsv nv,% "a (..Wv ay,1 md
E. Pierson, as renter occupying my home,
and his lease was not out until March, 1853.
On or about the goth day Of August. 1857,
erected a small dwelling on my farm, and
staid there in possession Of the premises un-
til Pierson moved out, and then l moved
into the old homestead house, and have been
there ever since.
The last of February or fret Of March.
while living on said lands, and after | had
filed bill to set aside the fraudulent con-
veyance, VIM. p. Clarke, acting or assum
ing to act for said Gideon, leased or preten-
ded to lease my farm to Boyd Wilkinson.
Why was this done when the matter was
pending in law, and myself in possession
then for more than elk months?
On the 22d Of March, 1858, after said
lease was given, Wilkinson came to where
l Ilved, ana IN presence OF myeelI ana Jas
Studer, and within hearing of Marcus Nc
Dermot, threatened to take my life, if did
not leave my premises-calling them his
and that night sew veral balls were shot into
my shanty, which was living in, and had
put up to live in until Pierson moved out
Of my old home.
NY friends advised no violence except in
sell-defence, and to resort for protection to
the law. Accordingly, the next day had
Wilkinson brought before Horace Tuttle, a
Justice of the peace. by whom he was re-
quired to give bonds of 5000 to keep the
peace. This he refused to do. and a mitti-
mus was handed to A. I. McElwaine, con-
stable. who took Wilkinson. at his request
into VIM. Penn Clark's-his attorIsy-of-
fee. and delivered him to Johnston Orr,
deputy sheriff and jailor Of johnson county.