Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-07-21

yours and partly copied from the
Nashua Post, in which l have the
honor of figuring somewhat con-
spicuously, and to which l desire
brief space in your columns to re-
ply.
The article in question, after
lauding the scoundrel Waite to the
skies, pronouncing him an "honest
man." a "victim OF fraud" etc, in
Inmates that upon my attempt to
have him arrested and punished for
his felony, the citizens of Nashua
gathered in force, and threats Of
placing me in the river, with heels
up," etc, were freely INDUCED in.
Let me here dismiss these bruce
citizens with this remark, which
will at any time be verified by VIM.
Shrigley, the deputy sheriff Of Jack
son county: Twenty-Five of these
cowardly DULLES were defed by one
man, who, with his back to the wall,
denounced them as they richly de-
served, for cut-throats and would-be
assassins. Furthermore, / did ar
rest Waite; took him to Jackson
equity, where, week before last,
Justice p. L. Lake, of Maquokcta,
after preliminary examination of
more than day, bound him over
in bonds of $500. At the next term
of the District Court Of that County
Mr.. Waite will probably figure
rather largely, and 1 venture the
assertion that if the pcrjured rascal
does not forfeit his bond and leave
the country, he will stand No.
chance of performing some hard
labor in the State Prison.
The Post man, after denouncing
the citizens of Independence as
rascals on general principles, =
winds up his philippe as follows:
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 a 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 sc undrel.
The note is 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 mailing from independence
or Maquoketa they would be rendering
good service to the State. There is a
hard nest at Independence that will sec
its portrait in public ere long"
"Bold scoundrel" and "tried to
persuade Waite to pay the note, y
are particularly refreshing, es-
pecially when they come from
50 pure q and honest q man as
Andy Felt. (For further information
in this behalf | refer to Judge G. G.
Cole, Of Des Moincs.) The matter
Of the note was already in the Su-
premc Court and beyond my adju-
dication, and the statement is a
sheer fabrication. Now for .fucts.'
About the first of January, 1870,
this man Waite gave his promissory
note, accompanied with property
statement, Tin which, by the way,
he Hed,) to ID. S. Wood & Co.. for
$2l3.5o. Accompanying the note
was written agreement, signed by
both parties, in which Waite was
to be furnished certain number Of
Woods pumps-the first one of
which Waite was to receive within
ten days from that date, and the
balance as he ordered them. The
consideration for the note was that
Waite was to share half in the
profits of the pumps, and the con-
tract and note cere acritten upon
t,ro different pieces Of paper, and
,rere printed at different offices.
Waite signed the contract, the note,
and the property statement on the
back Of the note.
On the 18th day Of that same
January the first pump was shipped
to Waite, and he receipted for 1t on
the Eapress Agent's booA at Nashua,
although he swore that he knew
-nvthing about it, and had never re-
ccived any pump! The note was
given on one years time. After
passing through, as l have recently
learned, the hands of three parties,
| bought it in good Anticipating
therefor my money--exactly as every
man has right to do. The note
ras, ,chen I bought 1t, endorsed By
man ,cho resides IN Jackson com.
TT; and not receiving my money,
and being nearer Jackson county
than Floyd, l did what every bust.
ness man would have done-sued il
in the nearest court l could. Not
dreaming that the villain would
have the hardihood to deny his own
signature under oath, | was little
dilatory in gctt ng to the trial; and
when l did get there it was already
over-thc eager haste of the err
tuous and honest Mr.. Waite having
forced a trial upon my attorney. l
had in my pocket while en- route for
court, the original contract in
which the consideration for the note
is set up-a piece of paper which
Mr.. Waite, before I get through
with him, will very likely see again.
OF course l instantly asked for a
new trial, and the case naturally
gravitates towards the Supreme
Court; pending a decision from
which, l thought it would be as well
to place Mr.. Waite under the heavy
hand of the law, and make him an
swer for his perjury. In this in
stance l again did what any man
would have done-bromght him be-
fore court IN close proximity to
the scene Of his s'corn .talsehood.
At the preliminary examination |
proved by t,co reputable citizens of
Independence that they SAW him
sign the note after hauing corefmHy
read 1t! l proved by his own
neiglibor (the Express Agent at
Nashua), that he swore to point
blank lie, when he testified in the
District Court that he had never re-
ceived any pump, and at his trial |
will establish beyond the possibility
of a doubt that this honorable man
has perpetratcd n felony; and, if
there be Justice in Iowa, he shall be