Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-07-07


in which "fellow giving his name
as Hunt, claiming to live in 1nde-
pendence," is mixed up, receives
rough handling from the Post, and
as it AYERS was threatened with
rougher treatment by the citizens of
Nashua. The particulars of the
transaction as given by the Post
are substantially these:
Mr.. VIM. 4. Waite, farmer of
Riverton, Floyd county, some
months since made written contract
with certain unnamed parties to sell
pumps on certain conditions. Last
spring he was surprised to find him
self sued in Jackson county on a
note for several hundred dollars, the
plaintiff being Hunt aforesaid, who
claims to hold the note by purchase.
Waite went to Jackson county with
his attorneyto defend the suit, and
found that the note on which it had
been brought was his original con-
tract to sell pumps converted into 4
promissory note by tearing off the
end, according to the ingenious form
recently described in all the papers.
On this showing, and by his own
testimony Judgment was given for
Waite. The sequel to the affair
was the appearance on the scene
last week, of the sheriff Of Jackson
county accompanied by Hunt, with
a warrant for the arrest of Waite on
a charge of perjury. This seems to
have created considerable indigna-
ton in Nashua, and threats to duck
the Independence man in the Cedar
were freely uttered. The Post says
in conclusion:
There is good reason to believe that it
is put up job. Hunt doubtless being
one Of the patent right swindlers himself
and his air of injured innocence as the
purchaser OF the note is only part of the
game He tried here to persuade Waite
to pay the note and be releascd-but
Waite said he had not long to live any
way and he would die in Jail before yield
ing to the demands of the bold scoundrel
The note is a forgery, and the arrest of
Waite part Of an infamous plot to extort
money from him.
If the farmers would shoot every pat
ent right man hailing from Independence
or Maquoqueta they would be rendering
good service to the State. There is a
hard nest at Independence that will see
its portrait in public ere long.
Except tfifii: :sat our method Of deal
ing with them wo~ld not be quite so
"iaafy as than suggested by the
Post, we fully share it's feelings of
detcstatfon ofpatent right swindlers
wherever they may be found or hail
from. We wotl'. rejoice at the de-
tecfita and punishment of a scoun-
drel who claims his residence at
Independence, as cordially as that
of scoundrel from Nashua or any
other locality, and this is the senti-
ment of nincty-nine one-hundredths
of the people of this community.
We are fully aware that the good
name of our city has suffered greatly
by the unprincipled operations of
men who have made it the base of
operations for swindling raids upon
the farming community. BY far the
greater number Of these swindlers
are not, nor ever have been, resi-
dents of Independence. They were
in most cases peripatetic scoundrels
who temporarily made our city their
headquarters, but we have had to
bear the stain of their rascality, and
the honest people of this community
have therefor potent reason for
wishing to see every guilty party
broHght to punishment.
Rut while expressing our just and
proper Indignation against these
swindiers Of the farmers, itmay be
well to ST est that it is not always
the farmer who is swindled in
patent right operations. There is
ample evidence that, taking advan-
tage of the almostculflversal feeling
against paten+'of 81 men in the
community, s,syincing have set up
the defense of IF fair, gainst notes
which they gaveAe heartily 9 faith, and
knew what they " .ng. 1t is
but few months j .n' a case
of this kind occnrredOs s.. at as :, .a.unty,
where the maker of a y .he sIaght
to avoid payment by swear,e that
it was forgery, and afterwai 4, to
avoid the consequences Of his so far
successful rascality, was compelled
to pay the note in full, and a con-
siderable sum in addition as smart
money. In this case the unguarded
of the maker of the
note furnished evidence which
would have sent him to the peni-
tertiary for perjury. In the case
above described by the Post, we
have no means Of deciding on which
side the swindle is located, except
the good character and reputation
given Mr.. Waite by the Post. If
''Hunt' of independence or Maquo-
keta or any other place is attempt
ing a swindlc upon him, we hope to
see Hunt get the full deserts Of his
rascality. In the meantime we
await the Posts gallery Of portraits
with some interest.
WE notice that some of our Re-
publican exchanges are criticising