The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-09-21
THE DEMooRATIc CANDIDATE 70


THE DEMooRATIc CANDIDATE Fol
SHERIFF IN SEARCH OF a FARM-A
LAND SPECULATION That DiDN'T PAY
Since our contemporary across the
way seems to insist upon little at
tention being paid to the Democrat.
ic county ticket. must have Il, and
"wil' not he comforted" with any.
thing short of it, we are not unwill.
ing he should be gratiied. His
can 1idate for Sheriff, on account o!
the patronage OF that office, gives
him special unessiness. CAN man.
ner Of odium," it seems, bae been
''circulated" by Republicans about
this gentleman. That charges, well
authenticated charges, have been
made against Mr.. Wilson, we do
not pretend to deny; and since Mr..
Ilollabaugh has introduced the sub
.icct, We propose to give the facts in
regard to ore of them, and let the
voters of Hancock county judge Of
il tor themselves. We shall m ke
our statements undcrstandingly. and
challenge contradiction. lf,bcy arr
fnlse in any D rticul,r then let then,
be set right.
In the year 1889 two mon. Jones
and lloisins'on purchased eighty
acres of lani, lying short distance
from Findlay from L lsnn Colt, sen.
They gave their notes secured by
mortgage. In 1912, having failed
10 make their payments, they ap-
piled to j. III. Morrison. Of FindIay,
to take it off their hands. A sale
was effected. The deed WAS given
by Jones, Hoisington first giving a
deed to Jones OF his undivided halt
to enable Jones to convey the whole
to Morrison. Morrison took immc-
diate possession of the whole eighty
acres, and occupied it ill 1853,
when he sold it to j. W. Baird, who
took possession under q general
warranty from Morrison. In the
mean time the deed which Hoising-
ton had made 10 Jones, to enable
him to convey the whole tract to
Morrison, was mislaid and supposed
to be lost. Morrison had neglected
to have it recorded, and there was
nothing on record to chow that
Hoisington had ever parted with his
interest.
This fact by some means came to
the knowledge of Mr.. Wilson about
the year 1855. Here was a fine
=
opening for a little speculation. :
Jones and Morrison were both dead
and the deed of Hoisington to Jones
was not to be found. Hoisington
was at this. time living in Medina
county, Ohio. From the date OF his
deed to Jones, a period of thirteen
years he had set up no claim to the
land whatever, paid no taxes on it,
nor claimed any rent OF those who
had possession. But it now occurred
to some one that the neglect of Nor
rison may be turned toy good &C.
count. Whether Mr.. Wilson first
made this known to Hoisington, or
whether Hoisinglon came to Wilson
to propose sale, We have not the
means of knowing certainly. Ii is
a significant fact, however, that the
deed was executed and acknow.
lodged in Medina county.
How much value Hoisihgton at
taohed to his claim, may be inferred
fro@itbe factthat Wilson was able
to purchase it. of him for the i'm.
mense sum of tsoeaty dollars!-
Rather cheap for forty acres Of land,
lying so near the town of Findlay,
and which was worth from $40 to
$50 ,asr acre. And the advantages
fthis purchase were to be obtained
lat the expsnse Of the WIDOW AND
ORPHANS Of John H, Morrison. Mr.,
Wilson c0flse Sack and places his
deed ON record, and thereupon