The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-10-24


and without limit as to amount, as
the .one was, which 1t was sought to
get executed by our people. 1t turn
ed ont afterwards, that that statement
was fslse, and It was known to be
false by Mr.. Trimble. We recellect,
and many Of our citizens win recol-
lect that in the progress Of those meet
ings and It one Of them, Col. Geo.
Giilaspy. finally, after having hung
out : long time, signed that general
Guaranty, and they win rccollect fur
ther, that he did so, under the follow
ing circumstances. Judge Trimble
took Gillaspy one side in the Hall
and had few moments conversation
with him, privately, and Immediately
thereafter, Gillaspy stepped forward
and signed the Guaranty. We saw
this done, as did laany others of our
best citizens, and spoke of it at the
time. = Now, for the explanation
Gillaspy sued Trimble in the Circuit
Court Of this district, which suit is
now pending in Van Buren, county
claiming a. due him, from Trimble,
the sum Of six hundred dollars, and
for cause Of such claim, he says that
he has had topsy note to said Rail-
road Company, of which the follow
ing 10 : sopys
"OrTUNwA, Ia, Oct. 36, 49,"
Upon the completion of the st.
Louis and Cedar Rapids Railroad to
the west bank Of the Des Moines river.
opposite Ottumwa, Iowa, promise to
pay, to G. E. Fulton, Trustee, Five
Hundred Dollars, value received, with
ton per cent. after due as above"
tSigned1 GEORGE GILLAspY."
Our citizens, many of them, win re-
member that they gave similar notes,
at the same time Gillaspy did, which
was about the time, or little before
the meetings, we referred to above.
Gillaspy, in his petition then adds,
and we give his language:
Your petitioner further represents
that after the execution and delivery by
him of said note, and about the LIST day
of November, 1868, there was held in
the city of Ottumwa, a public meeting
for the purpose Of perfccting the said
guaranty, at which meeting petitioner
and defendant were present, and in the
purpose of said meeting the defendant
expressed himself deeply interested,
and ~ anxiously desirons of having
the said guaranty SO perfected as to be
acceptable to the capitalists of St.
Louis aforesaid, and at said meeting
the said defendant very warmly and
persistently urged petitioner to sign and
90 upon the said guaranty and thus aid
and influence others whom defendant
claimed were being Influenced by the
course pursued and to be pursued by
petitioner to go upon said guaranty /;
when petitioner informed defendant
that he had already given his note for
$500 90 being the rotc above copied,
snd that he thought that was ali he
ought TO do or felt able to do by way
0faiding the completion of said road to
Ottumwa, and the petitioner AYERS
that the defendant thcn and there
promised and agreed with your petit
tionor not in writing that if he would
sign the said guaranty he defendant
would pay for petitioner the said note
and protect him from any liability
thereon, and your petitioner AYERS that
Ia consideration of the said promise and
agreement on the part Of defendant to
pay said note and protect petitioner
from the payment thereof he did then
and there sign his name to said guar
anty and which said guaranty was a.
nally completed and accepted BY the
said capitalists of St. Louis, NO., and an
arrangement made hereunder BY which
said railroad was completed by the
way Of Bloomfield to the city Of OF.
tumwe.
Your petitioner further represents
that by the 20th day of July, 1870, the
said road was completed to the west
bank ofthe Des Moines river opposite
Ottumwa, Iowa, and that thereupor
his said promissory note became due
and payable of which fact defcndan,
had notice.
Your petitioner further represent.
that on the I'D day Of Sept, 1870. III,
then owners of said note by propc
transfer w. B. Bsnnifield. ct. all, bro
suit thereon in the Circuit Court Of sail
Wapello county, Iowa; that afte
the commencement Of said suit agains
petitioner he gave to defendant writer
notice thereof aud demanded of hin
that he should protect petitioner from
the payment of said note, but petitione
AYERS that said defendant wholly neg
lected and refused to protect him fro1
the payment Of said note, and has eve
since, and now refuses to perform hi
said promise and agreement with You
petitioner in that behalf.
Your petitioner further represen,
that at the October term 1870 of til
Circuit Court Of WapellO county, iuds
ment was rendered against your pet
tioner in said suit on said note for Il
sum Of $5l3 So with costs taxed !,
&4.5b, and that on the 9th day ,
March, 1871, petitioner satisfied sai
Judgment and costs and interest whie
had accumulated thereon, pawn
thereon the sum of $554, ,46, aud so vol
petitioner claims that defendant is ii
debted to him in the sum of Six Hun,
red Dollars. He therefore asks jad
ment for that sum with interest ar
costs. (Signed)
HENDERsHoTT q Son,
Plaintiffs Atty.
According to Gillsspy then, that i
tie private side conversation in Ia
lor's Hall, was an agreement by Trir
BILE to let him of the note il he wou
sign the general guaranty. This |
tic game was to get Gillaspy's mai
on this paper, and through his ind
ence, get others to sign 1t, and so du
the balance of our fellow citize1
many Of whom had also signed sin
lar notes as the above, but who VIC
not offered, by any manner of mca
that their notes should be cancelled
We surmised and were satisfied frs
the manner Of these gentlemen, Ii
some such game was being pl.
ed all the time, and now Gillaspy
let 1t out. In this Kilkenny fight
tween these distinguished Dem ocrs
who is right? Study the circumstans
and Judge, each man for himself
Trimble Is now running on the refo
ticket, and attacking the character
his opponent Judge Loughridge
integrity, making this attack the b
den Of his speeches.