Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-07-10
ATTEMPTKD BOND FRAUD.
A Lafayette County Man Has q Fin
ger in the Pie.
Not Amos" this Time. but ono Of his
Disciples.

the Kansas city Times of the 9Th inst. con-
Cherokee county Kansas, out Of $3.50. 900 iu
ponds. One OF the parties implicated ia A.
W. Rucker. u former resident OF this county.
He WI. raised. or resided for some time in
Freedom township. He removed from there
o this city, studied! law and lracticed hi.
profession here "A year or TWO. lie now
turns up at Baxter Springs kan>as,in a man
ner not very crafty ing 10 bis ;ri"nds. Below
- the account from the times:
BANTER SPRINGS, July 81. 1872.
Some tune ago the county oil Cherokee.
Nunsas. voted an appropriation ot Sl5O .UGU
IL BOMBS 20 aid III TIE culslrurtlul VI a rail-
rol, Il from Baxter Springs 10 Seneca. 10 COLI
.cci w;Ih the Atlantic X Pacific i'a!iroau L!
he latter point. For some cause or otiici
hi. project WAS abandoned aiiG Tie bonds
Acre not issued. IL seems that The ururr
under which The election WAS he'd Was
.ousriy drawn. and that the county was not
sufficiently protected h! It's tcrlhs. LoiG
after the Seurca project Was ui'a''dohcu. ana
Iilcr the people vi iiC rUiinly had Weii-iiiSh
oryott,n thai they Lad voted benIs III AID OF
il. smother railroad project Was iha'Euratcu
ny the people vi the southern Part oi tu'rt.
.cc county, aud absorbed tine attention y!
The people.
IL then occurred to the minds of certain
elbows oil that class which InIes;, lew COM
.nuHitic>, lying in wait Tor opportunities To
% p,uudcr the people, that The unioucticG
appropriation OF SIoJ.uvO afforded y hue Up-
.%,uItuniiy tor n steal Oh u grand sale. Ia,
:am-s oi this gang are. DIR. j ID. tiarkc, A.
". Hacker. Dr. Robinson. aud two inrm-
.ers o. the Board oil County Commissioners.
Van Alta and " III. Ii. CiIrke.
These hive formed "a ring and matured
heir pan. Van Alta, being president %
.ic board, WIS To cuuN cnc himself and Clark
the two constituted aquurum ct the buard
At Columbus, tnc county sr:tt, III the nISit.
he bonds We're to he hiIr'i uIl. signed All,
tttcstcd; and DIR. Robinson was to proceed
ST. Louis and Negotiate them. According
) Il night mcc,inE Of the board MAS hr.U
Il Columbus, Van Alta aud Clark PRESENT.
he remaining EIcinbrr OF the board, Col. j
<. boyd being uiiai'pri>ci "i tiic csii.
The bonds were -.Ier,.;iS csCcticG-;ht
printed iorlIs lia\j;IS been %-rcrrtlN prorGrc,.
~ }. d.. Clarke and \. W. Iiuckcr-aiIu
thry were delivered /" l:o!Diusui. VIII" forth
Min posted ii To 81. Louis to II. ""tIat,
slI"iu. Somehow OF other h,"rNCr, tur pro
ceilings got nui>.i abroad III iiaAtrr, AID
, Ui. March immediately iCl, .rapIt"L 1t" ali
-..>trih bankers 20 AZ O.i ''c purchase OF til,
.,nris aid procure tue .IrGc-t Of any person.
I'll, ring t!,rnI iir sale.
br. Clarke and Ittckcr were immediately
,rrrstcd, rs w,rc ' AN Alta aI! W N. Ii.
.lLrkc. ihr County commissioner r.. an.
li'Oii examination the t"ar were iirid 10 al
prur before court, the first TWO iii the siIi.
II -, 5vU zach. ON Charge Ui c'nl,cZZicInrnl
.id ina.!ca>ancc IN office. Subsequently.
,s"nii>"I WAS arrested ana held FOR 'int"E-
.irmcnt. in the s,iln oi S2,bNO. linus tn,
halter >lnII> AT present.
At iir>t the citizens Of Baxter were high.
y eNa>pcrat-d AMI excited over the affair.
nd threats oi !%yIc:iug Clarke ami Ruc~cI
We're freely made. but the better Judgment of
lie citizens prevailed and they are HOW n
IrSc fully protected by the Law. There l..
-cIrcely Il shadow Of Il doubt al t!I,iI gull
,nd the people are determined to puuis"
lem 10 the fullest extent OF the statute.