The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-01-29
THAT COUNTERFEIT BILL.
THE COURIER DEFENDS.
Mr.. Spifler Fails 10 Come to
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| ohS "SSh tSo ias1 1iiuTSudN, IL
our paper was about to go to press,
we We're favored with visit from Mr.
Samuel Splitter, late Treasurer ot
Hancock County, &C., &C., who ap
peared very anxious to make a state
ment with regard to his connection
with the counterfeit 500 bill then ag.
itating, and which still agitates the
public mind. Indeed so anxious was
Mr.. S. to unbosom himself to the pub
lie, that he offered to pay for the
space he should occupy in our columns.
We said to Mr.. S. that our forms
were ready for the press, and that it
would be impossible for us to give
him space enough to make an explana-
ton in that issue, but we would insert
a few lines promising that he would
make an explanation the week follow
ing. The lines promising an explana-
nation were written out in Mr.. S.'s
presence, and submitted to him for
bis approval, receiving which, they
were put in type and appeared in our
paper. This agreement as to an ex-
planation was talked over afterwards
in tho presence of a prominent Demo
crat, and it was agreed that the ex-
PLANTATION should be written out and
furnished in good and sufficient time
for our next paper. Mr.. S. asked us
to make the explanation which appears
in the Courier, which we declined to
do. He also asked us to write out
an explanation for his signature, which
we refused to do; but told him that
any explanation which be or hisfriends
had to offer, or which should come
from any person who could throw any
light upon the subject, should be
welcome to place in our paper, as
we wished to do injustice to none in
the matter. The next week Mr.. Spit |
Ter was in tswn during the greater
part of the week, but never came near
to make the explanation promised, |
and all the information the anxious
public have received is contained in a
short article in lastiweek's Courier, in
which the editor explains, we suppose,
by direction of Mr.. Splitter, that the
bill got out second time "by mis-
AXE" Who is responsible for that
Has that bill been in cir
,ulation but once since Mr.. Vanhorn
eturned it to Mr.. Splitter !? The peo-
Die, gentlemen, whose servants you
ire, wish information upon this sub
ect, and if you have any respect for
he men who placed you in power,
you viii not refuse it. No whitewash
ID explanation, made by an irresponsi-
,le third party, will go down in this
natter. While many persons are of
he opinion that the Court House is a
,ad place for an honest man, no one
lenies but there are some honest men
Who hold office there. Justice to
hese men demand that the Jonah,
Who is sinking the ship, should be
brown overheard. Such men are !
cry unfortunate if compelled to do 7
usiness with men who are SO forget
III as to leave counterfeit 500 bills 4
catered around, or mixed up with
ther peoples money, and they owe
to their regulations That an expla
alton shall emade by the person SO
oing-nOt in an ont of the way cor
er of their party paper, in the third
erson,-but over the signature of the
erson guilty ofsuch criminal careless G
ess. Another duty that Mr.. S. has t
eglected isthat OF informing the pub c
C what disposition he has made of t
ne bill, which the Courier alleges is .
lfe in his possession. Has he de- {
-reyed or disposed of it in such way .
nat it will not get INTO circuIation
gain and give some one else as much {
rouble as it did Mr.. Yerger s
Now, gentlemen, for the present, f
'e close this subject. To US it is any,
ling but pleasant one. s
"No private grief nor malice holds our pen;
weowe but kindness to our fellow men,"
We trust that those whose rep ]
tations are at stake will See the
ropriety of making an expla s
alton. Our columns are open for the c
xplanation, and our minds for con
iction.
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