The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-07-11
Gbe Ginres, New Bloomhelo, l11a.
That Twenty Thousand Dollars.-A short

That Twenty Thousand Dollars.-A short
time since we stated that a "bill in equity"
was to be filed against the committee ap-
pointed to distribute the $780, 900 donated to
the "destitute and needy suffering by the
great fire at Mifflintown. The bill has been
prepared by Hon. B. F. JunlSin, counsel
for James Robson, of Mif1intown, who is
the plaintiff, and will be filed to-day or to-
morrow. After quoting the act of the Leg
islature, the bill makes the following aver
ments ".. ."l
"That under provisions of said Act, the
said named committee, who are the De-
PENDANTS in this proceeding, received the
said twenty thousand dollars, SO as afore-
said appropriated by said Act, and accept
ed the said trust of distributing the same
amongst the destitute and needy, and pro-
ceeded to pay out as stated in the 2d col
unn of Schedule A., which shows the
payment of $16,500 not objected to, to
the persons in said Schedule named, and
leaving in their own hands $500 either
not paid out at all, orif paid out in part,
was paid out as follows, to wit To Ed
mund S. Doty, a man of large MEANS be-
lieved to be worth over 100000, said
Defendants as said Committee paid the sum
of $500; to James NJ. Sellers, believed
to be worth over $50, 900 and is a man of
large means, they paid $1,000; to VIM.
w. Wilson, n man worth over $4,000,
and q man of large means they paid 500 /;
to George Jacobs, a man believed to be
worth $50, 900, and is a man Of large means,
they paid $3.50 and to Mrs. Samuel Bell
L. ;,,,r I, 1,n 4ro Of n
cember, 1870 whose property was destroyed
by another fire and was situated in Fer
managh township, Juniata county, Pa,
three miles distant from the borough of
Miflintown, they gave $3.50.
And your Orator believes and so believing
ayers that the last five specified payments
were made by Defendants as Committee
aforesaid either through frGud or gross negJt-
renee on their part they the defendants at
the time of so doing, well knowing that
the said last mentioned five persons were
not the objects of the bounty of the State,
and were in no wise entitled to any part of
the said $4,000.
And your Orator believes and believing
ayers that the said Committee, the Defen-
dants, retained each the sum of $4,000
lin all $500, 00,) for their services in paying
out said 500 000,00, thus subtracting from
the objects of the bounty the sum of $500,
90 in addition to the mispayments before
mentioned.
The prayer for relief is: q
list. That said Defendants Committee as
aforesaid) be enioined from paying out any
part of said $40, 600, 90 to Edmund S. Doty,
George Jacobs, Mrs Samuel Bell, James
M. Sellers and William W. Wilson.
2d. That said Defendants he compelled
by decree of this Court, to pay out of the
said $50, 900 SO as aforesaid appropriated
by the State, to James Robinson the Plain.
tiff, the sum appearing to be due to him
to wit five hundred and thirteen dollars and
ninety-two cents at his pro rata share oI
the said $3500,00, either remaining in the
hands of said Defendants, or by their gross
negligence and fraud Illegally paid out, il
whole, or in part, to the said Doty, Wilson
Jacobs Sellers and Mrs. Samuel Bell.
3D. That such other relief may be givel
as may be, or become necessary or proper.
James Robinson, Plaintiff, B. f. Junkin
Solicitor for Plaintiff, ....r