The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-29

after having bought the engine and accounted for
| the disbursement Of the moneys 10 the original
| purchasers, upon some real or pretended claim
carried Oh the trumpet and decorations, claiming
| some $50 or $40 ae being due him, and at meet
ing called ~ the stockholders IN reference to said
claim, Mr. Sieklea volunteered, US be WAS going to
| Ohicago aud was going 10 pass by whore Mr..
Sweetlnnd then was, TO stsp and sec Mr.. SWsetland
and settle hiselam and get polse sion Of the prop
erty tAken away az Aforeiad Said proposition
OF MI Siokles being accepted, certain power Of
| attorney was given him to recover said property
taken away, and that no title passed to said Sick.
| les by said power Of attorney, and never was 80
intended by those executing 1t, and any act done
| under it was only the act Of tho principals said
Sickes acting in the capacity Of an agent and il
DO has any claim itisa personal one, to be main
| taiHe1 against the persons executing said instru
ment, rather than against the property itself
lVuT committee turtEerrcEUrt that IN the spTing
Uf 1888, the same party claimed tho ownership of
the fire eRglnc, and also some $500 in exchange
| which he had paid out for hose or other things
pertaining 70 it,and upon an investigation had by
a committee, duly appointed by the Trustees Of
| the town UfMOline, who found he had been paid
the amount claimed prior to the appointment Of
! THEN committee, and reported to that effect and
| adversely to his claim, and one Of the committee
| then conferred with the claimant aforesaid and
| informed him Of the action Of the committee and
trustees thereon, ho being Clcrk Of the Board of
Trustees at the time, and that said claimant then
and there yielded all claim against the town 10
| reference to the whole matter Of exchange, en-
| gine, etc.
Your committee further report that it is not
true, as asserted by said Siekles, that he Is the
owner OF the engine aforesaid, ind chat not one
tarthing Of his claim has ever been paid by the
town or byany other party or person." aud "leit
uncared for aud exposed 10 destruction" hut on
the contrary each Board Of Trustees successfully
have appropriated moneys from tho treasury for
repairs and maintaining the engine in good order
and that IN order TO show the trivial nature in
which said claimant himself regarded the whole
matter, we find that he proposed to sell his claim
in public place for what he could get several
years since, and that upon being offered the sum
Of ten cents by the foreman of the engine company
be accepted the same in payment Of all his claim
therein, and promised to make out all necessary
papers to give validity thereto on the subsequent
day, and upon being asked to execute them the
neIt day, replied that II was not necessary, and
that he did not wish the trouble or something to
thAteffect, as the transaction was good one and
the purchaser could take possession of the proper
ty NJ any time.
In view Of the above facts, authenticated by
some Of our best citizens and part ofthem orig
inal contributors towards the purchase Of the en-
CINE aforesaid, your committee cannot resist the
conclusion that said claimant has no valid claim,
and find no evidence that he ever had any claim
on said property any more than any Of the orig
inal contributors and would report 10 that effect
add ask to DO discharged
CnAs. W. LoBDRLL,
l.. L. HEMENwAY,
D. W. DMOCK,