The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-09-13
CHdrIeS -AIbrigHt.

The man whose name heads this article /:
! one of the three Radical candidates for Con
erressman at large. He resided in this place
I in 1Sj4-the year in which the bill organ
! ling Kansas into territorial government
| passed Congress and was approved by Pres
ident Pierce. At that time he albright
was engaged in the practice of the law
! here, and was also one of the editors of the
| 4Ueghdnidn, a Republican and Know-No-
thing sheet published in this place. Soon
/ after the October election i'll 1854 he started
( for Kansas, from whence he returned to
| this place, as we well remember, during
+ the winter following, and then his career
/ of swindling commenced. Just when he
! finally left here for Kansas we are unable to
say, but believe it was in the early part of
| the spring of 1855. The particular date is
not at all important for our present pIlr-
| pose, which is to expose and hold up be-
! fore the honest voters of the State the ways
that are dark and the tricks that were not
vain of this political demagogue and shys-
! ter We therefore make and are prepared
! to prove by the most indubitable evidence
tions against the aforesaid CHARLES AL
BRIGHT, now a candidate on the Radical
ticket for the high and responsible position
of Congressman at large from this State ::
First, That Immediately before he left
Ebensburg for the territory of Kansas he
was paid, at his own urgent request, by
several of the most respectable citizens of
x,f l..
vested by the said Albright in the purchase
of town lots in what was then known as
Council City, in Kansas, for the benefit and
advantage of the gentlemen who paid him,
(Albright) their respective sums of money.
Second, That one gentleman of this place,
still residing here, paid him one humdred
dollars to be so invested in the purchase of
town lots in said Council City-tbat CHAs.
ALBRIGHT never returned to this place
after he left Kansas, where he only remained
a short time, but on his return to Pennsyl-
vania, went to Carbon county, where he
now resides-that the gentleman referred
to, now residing here, addressed to Albright
after his return from Kansas to this State,
two or three letters wishing to know what
had become of his 800, and where his
prospective town lots had been located
that up to this day CHARLES ALBRIGHT has
refused to reply to either of the letters,
to render any account of the aforesaid 800.
Third, That another prominent citizen
of this place invested $50 for the same pur-
pose, and paid that sum to Albright, with
like results.
Fourth, There are others Of our citizens
whose knowledge of Albright's financial
operation in Council City lots is of the same
character.
The foregoing allegations arc true and
are susceptible Of the clearest proof. AL
bright played the same game with several
citizens of Johnstown, as was recently VEN
tilated by the Mountain Echo. Now let
CHARLES ALBRIGHT, who is making Radi-
cal speeches throughout the State, come to
Ebensburg and explain to his old friends
but deluded victims what he did with their
money, and on his failure to do so, then let
him and his political supporters forever
hereafter hold their peace.