The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-06-27

merited, a taaaing, and to avoid an exam
ination of his 6ungling cork. decamped
from the room in double quick, deployed
down the stairs into the street, as fast as
his half cork would let him, and made
good his escape.
Now the facts in the case are these =
III % who is no other than our clever
fellow citizen, VIM. B. Hitchcock, it isl
true, he has but one leg, accident deprived
him Of the other, but by industry and en-
ergy he succeeded in life, and has gath
cred around him little property, and
has that which the Findlay man, whom
we shall call by the first letter OF his
name, CRAWFORD, cannot boast of, credit.
He was thus enabled to procure an arti-
fetal limb, which he did from an estab
lishment in New York, and it served him
good purpose for years, and for which
he paid the manufacturer. Billy, think
ing that it would be advisable to have
two, ordered a second from the manufac-
tory in New York. Upon the reception
of the new cork, he dispensed with the
use of the old one. In the course Of
time, fellow whom Billy took to be
man, made his entree into our village,
and learning that 'H." wore an artificial
limb, called upon him, and recommended
himself as manufacturer of, and dealer
in wooden and cork legs, and solicited the
job of preparing one for him. "H. y
told him that he did not at that time need
new one, but that he had one at home,
which was out of repair, which, if he
could fix, he might undertake the job
To this he consented. He took the limb
with him to Findlay, but as the citizens
Of Findlay are an honest set of people,
we don't like to classify this mean fellow
as one of. their number, we will, therefore,
not say Findlay, but to his residence,
somewhere in the west, and in the due
process of time notified ''H.' that it was
ready for him. "H.'' went to Findlay,
adjusted it to the stump of the leg, but it
did not suit him. Crawford saw himself
the difficulty, and promised to re-arrange
it; and when finished to send it to ftH. y
by express. This he did in a few weeks,
with a bill for services rendered. ''H. u
again endeavored to use it, but this time
was surprised that tie bunSling mechan-
ism of the would-be pretender in wooden
and cork legs, had spoiled it entirely,
and rendered it unfit for use. Thereupon
"H." wrote to "C.,'' and told him that
the leg was spoiled, and that inasmuch as
he could have had it repaired in work
manlike manner in New York for $40
and he had rendered it entirely useless, he
would play quits with him by his dropping
his charges. To this letter Crawford
replied in the following communication
rlNDtAy, June ID 1862.
w B. HITCHCOCK Esq Dear Sir: l wrote you June
1861 sending you of charges repairs YOU
Artificial limb and supposed would have received the
amount time have been disappointed; and
after considering your proposition for damages &c,
have come to the conclusion TO accept the same.
You say that you was at an unnecessary expense
eight do,a in coming TO this place after limb suppose
and the limb could with expense of twelve dollars
been made worth 10 you fifty dollars. then accord
ing to your own statement you damaged only
fortyelght dollars, will limb that price if you
will express to me by the 18th of this month, have
job of the same kind to make for that will be
here by that time and the job made just the kind
then want. You will therefore express the same with
charges of fortyeight dollars by the above stated
time and the viii be paid receipt of same hop
ing that this will make the matter all right between you
anu ''l'' nave 's p''A'D'' 'f Js CRAWFORD. e'
"H.," upon the receipt of the letter.
instead of sending the limb by express,
with the words sc. O. D.'' marked on
the package, concluded to go with it tc
Findlay himself, which he did. He put
up at Reeds Hotel, and..in his room, upon
the evening of Monday, June 16, in the
hearing Of two gentlemen, who will cor
roborate the facts as stated, talked the
matter over. Crawford, by sitting near the
door. and keeping it open, got the limt
in his possession, and like one intent or
a dirty trick, ran off with it, leaving ssH .
minus one cork = about SS49 which this
beautiful pink of honesty filched of him
70 recover the amount is one of the diff.
culties connected with the law, as there
is no provision on the statute books fol
sucking blood out of a turnip." Nor car
y ''H." ever recover by legal process any
thing from the man &C." who, if our in
3 formation is correct, is worth nothing
and less than nothing, as he even has NJ
credit. If Will Glessner, after knowing
: the facts in the case, don't despise tn.
wretch whose meanness we have exposed
7 we shall have formed a wrong opinion o
him. Indeed, we were astonished a
VII noticing the idle rumor, made evi
IDENTIFY by the party himself, who, las W.
v are informed } is fellow repudiated b,
e the citizens of Findlay. He has done
:, . worthy citizen of this county injustice
has in measure wounded his feelings
!, and all this to get up what we know i
!, sometimes god send, a local item. MI
H., although minus the leg for whicl
! this fellow of the baser sort agreed to pa,
t him sSi9, has still another, and is upol