The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-24
A SENSATION FOR VEINS /.
Colonel Foster on the war
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From the Maryville (Ao.,) Locomotive,
Some two months ago a man CALI
ing himself ]. L.. Foster, came to
this place, and represented himself
as Assistant Attorney Of the St. 10,
seph and Denver City Railroad, and
entered into the practice of law
Subsequent developments brought
to light he fact that the "railroad
attornsysh;p" was a hoax. but this
was passed by as an extraordinary
every day fb, without any particu.
lar censure. Developments of a
still later date brought to light the
fact that telling occasional false.
hoods was his forte ; but he could
tell them without my apparent
computations Of conscience, and
some of them were told with no vi.
sible object. while others ere CAL
cnlated to scrape up confidence and
deceive. He came TO this point
from Troy, Kansas, whore he had
spent a short time in the practice
of law, and where he had succeed
ed admirably in working into the
good graces of o number of citiz-
ems, and leaving them to whistle
for the amount of their accounts
Glib Of tongue, iull. ofgood humor-
ed stories, and always ready to re-
cite one, apropos to the occasion,
his hair sprinkled with the venera.
bic grey, and his countenance al
ways presenting bold front, with
q pair Of the usual professional gold
spectacles astride his nose, he was
we'll calculated - deceive. He was
regarded as q quick, ready, well
read and able lawyer, and was rap.
idly building up q reputation as
such, none of which was at all un.
deserving, for he is undoubtedly
one OF the best that has ever prac-
ticed in the Second Judicial Dis
trict. He was one of the appli>
cants- for the Judgeshlp OF our new
district, and, we honestly believe,
had some hope Of success. His Pc
tition had been signed by all the
lawyers of this town except one,
We learn, and be had all arrange
ments made to Iako last Tuesday
mornings train 10 go to Topeka, 10
present his claims to the Govern
or, when on the evening previous
he was suddenly brought to grief
by q requisitlon from the Governor
of Iowa, which demanded Mr.. Fos-
ter's immediate appearance at Chm
ton, Iowa, to answer TO the charge
of embezzlement. 1t appears that
in the town of Montezuma, Iowa,
Mr.. Foster entered into the prac-
tice of the law, and was very suc-
eessful in business. He received
several fat claims TO collect, among
which was one amounting to be-
tween seventeen and eighteen hun
dred dollars. which in time was du-
ly collected, but no returns made
therefor. Mr.. Foster was arrested,
had q preliminary examination,
and was bound over TO appear at
the following term of the District
Court, and failing TO give the re-
quired bail he was committed TO
prison. A few days after, the mem
bers of the bar, and some of the cI-
tizens, through sympathy, entered
into q bond for his appearance, and
Mr.. Foster was released.
When the next tern O. Court
came round, however, he did not put
in an appearance as promised, and
the bond was forfeited.
Now, the laws of Iowa, like those
of Kansas, provide that If the par
ty is delivered INTO The custody OF
the proper officer within SIX months
after the time prescribed by the
bond, then the instrument shall be
null and void Consequently the
snreties set about to find out the
whereabouts of Mr. Foster, and
started a detective on his track
When the officer arrived here, he
stated that no had traced Foster
through some dozen different towns
and IN each of which be had mana>
ged to establish an eRviable reputa-
ton as a lawyer, but u very uneD,
viable II as an INSCRIPTIONS abu>
Scr of 'credit system" The officer
also stated that Mr.. Foster was
guilty of bIgamy, having some two
oil three wives at other places be-
sides the one no was living with at
this place, and whom be married al
Troy but a short time since. For
this last charge, We have of course
only the officers word, and will not
presume TO judge of the truth or
untruth thereof. AS to the charge
under which he was arrested, there
are probably two sides TO that, and,
IN justice TO Mr.. Foster. who is now
IN the clutches of the law, in Iowa,
We will give briefly his own state
mont Of this matter, as future de-
velopments will test their truth
Mr.. Foster acknowledges the col
Letting of the claim, but states that
be had q partner IN The law busi-
ness with him, who absconded with
the whole amount, and left him
bankrupt. Of course, If this state
ment of the case is true, he is not
guilty of q crime, neither can they
criminate hlm /; and hence it seems
rather queer to US that he should so
~sedulously AVOID an appearance al
Court.
We shall advise our readers Of fu
ture developments as they come to
our knowledge.
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