The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-10-26
A Heavy q Real Estate Speculation.
The "SWearfng Committee of the
I Democracy Make an Investment.
. REAL SPICY
AM ~UndergradeD Purchase.

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lows. Before the election much was
said about the transfer of real estate
to certain men-who were known to
occupy an enviable (?) position in the
Democratic party. as the swearing
committee"-to entitle or Equality them
to swear votes in on the day of the
election. Now it is hoped that no
Republican viii be so u~ngrateful as
to charge that the following notable
transfer of real estate was made for
any such purpose. 1t would be equal
ly unjust on the part of staid and
quiet Democrats, with honest inten-
tions, to suppose that there was any
chicanery intended. We repeat, for
the staid and quiet Democrats to sus-
pect anything but that it was a bona
tide transaction, and not made with a
special view to qualify the Democratic
swearing committee to discharge
a dangerous obligation to the party,
would be to cast an imputation upon
the purity Of the motives of fellow
Democrats for which any and all such
ought instantly to be expelled from
the party. 1t may be well enough to
state, however, that two Of the men
TO whom this vast tract of real estate
wastransferred Jointly with others, are
now. under bonds ON charge of false
swearing at the Spring election, and
that their cases have not yet been
disposed of. But the reader must not
be kept in suspense. Here is this
remarkable document:
William Schlamp of Vanderburgh
County, State of Indiana, does here
by convey and warrant to George
Flarlang, William Il. Holmes, Thomas
O'Conuer, James Hughes, Joseph l..
Benjamin f. Wright,
App, Patrick Gaghan. x and Barthol-
+ Joseph H. shemwell,
omew Sullivan, + of said County and
State aforesaid, for and in considera-
tionof the sum of twelve and ffty.one
hundredth dollars ($12 50-100,O the
following real estate in V~anderburgh
County and State of Indiana, to wit:
That one fourth "a of Lot No. TWEEN
ty seven (27,) which lies next aud ad-
joins Lot No. twenty-eight (28,) in
Block No. one hundred and thirty
six (136) in Lamasco, according to
the recorded plat thereof.
Ia witness whereof the said Viii
liam Schlamp has hereunto set his
hand and seal, this, the 9th day of
October, 1868.
WILLIAM SGHLAMP. ESeaL.1
STATE oFINDIANA,
Nanderburgh County. 90
|, Ben. Stinson, a Justice of the
Peace in and for the said County, do
hereby certify that on this 7th day of
October, A. d. 1868, the within
named William Schlamp personally
appeared before me and acknowledged
the execution of the within-deed.
Witness my hand and seal at
Evansville, this, the date above writ
ten. BEN. STINsON, Justice.
7'S ~Va6de dP4h4a" County, ISIS.
Personally appeared before me, the
undersigned, a Justice of the Peace
in and for said county, William
Schlamp, and acknowledged the exc
cution of the foregoing instrument
for the purposes therein mentioned;
aud [ certify that the names of Ben
iamin E. Wright and Joseph I'll.
Shemwell were interlined before the
signing of the same, and at the in
stance and request of the said
Schlamp.
Witness my hand and seal, tvs
18th day of October, 1868.
BEN. STINsON, Justice Seal |.
1t will be observed that the names
off, Benjamin +. Wright and "Jo-
seph II. Shemwell are " interlined,"
and that to fully explain how that oc-
Cured a supplementary aoknowledg
ment, or certificate, is made by the
Justice of the Peace Sin and for So i
county" This supplement which
was wisely made-contains also the
following remarkable language:
Personally appeared before me, the
undersigned, a Justice ofthe Peace, in
and for said county, William
Schlamp. and acknowleo yed the
execution of the foregoing instrument
for the purposes therein mentioned,
and / certify that the names, Benia-
min Il. Wright and Joseph II. Shem-
well, were interlined before signing
the same, aud at the instance and
request of said Schlamp." OF course
theywere. Certainly no one wouldAave
supposed that Mr.. Schlamp had left
out t1o important members of the
Democratic swearing committee "
inadvertently, To suppose hat he
did, would be doing injustice to his
presence Of mind and to his a~cuteness
as a heavy real estate Spectator.
1t will also be observed that the
transfer of ~onetomth of Lot 2z,
Block 1876, Lamasco, is made. The
lot named has a front of twenty-five
feet. The deed is made to nine men
jointly. In inches, the nine men get
seventy-fiy and each man becomes a
real estate owner. or, in other words.
a " freeholder to the erteat of EIGHT
AND oNE-THIRD inches OF ground.
Certainly this is an enormous real es-
tate speculation!
Again, it will be seen that the con-
slderation is $12 so. This transac-
ton, therefore, makes the men to
whom the property is decided owners
OF real estate to the anaoHnt of 81 3e
SO. The lot purchased is in the lower
part of the city, and, it is said, about
fifty feet below the grade. Taking it
all in all. the readers of the JOURNAL
uill M dnnht arree ,rith - IL