The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-10-24
Upton. IOWA. OCTOBER "a. 1879

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due regard for the interests aud well
fare ofall the property holders of our
coun.y, and especially these men who
have been moro particularly affected
BY this action, We propose to give you
. blief history Of the afiair from the
beginning, and shall endeavor, II pos
sible, to show the circumstances under
which 1t was brought about, and the
means used to accomplish 1t; and, II.
after we have done 81. any citizen Of
this county can reconcile their action
In the matter with good common sense.
To say nothing Of impartial justice.
then We shall he most willing to admit
that our ideas Of Justice. right, aud
common sense are widely different
from the rest of mankind.
At tie May term Of the District
Court Of Cedar county. one Thomas
Hoiihan, Of the city Of Chicago, filed
his petition in replevin In the afore-
mentioned court against T. 4 B. Mink,
asking Of said court judg gment against
the sail T. d B. Mink for the possess-
ion OF about $4,000 bushels Of corn
which. he alleged, was unlawfully de-
tained from him by the said Minks,
and asking . writ Of replevin to obtain
the possession Of the same. and, as Ia
Ill such actions, It was necessary, In
sNe.tae IN h; rs
that he should file his bond In said
court with sur-ties that could be ap-
proved by the Clerk of said court, In
The penal sum Of double the value or
the property claimed; aud. In due time
the required bond was on file, signed
by the parties mentioned above as
sureties, aud who have since reapet
their reward for such accommoda-
tiOns.
Was this y novel, or unusual
proceeding. and one which was
calculated TO endanger the
rights. privileges, or lib
critics Of the citizens Of our county,
that II must be met with prompt and
decisive punishment at the hands Of
this Board? Is il = remedy which no
one Is permitted to avail themselves
Of except by the permission Of this
worthy Board" IL it not law OF this
State, enacted for the benefit Of every
single individual Of the State? Have
not the citizens OF every other State
doing business In this State the right
to avail themselves Of this law as well
~ our own citizens? IL it q crime to
become surety for another In III &C ion
ut law: Must = man be denounced, \
execrated, punished for such duty?
Has ii come to such pass in this
country that men do not dare to assert
their rights under the law for fear Of
the devil:sh malice of those who are
attempting to d~fraud them Of their
property or rightse Are men who
thus act towards those seeking to OBJ
tain their rights at the hands of the
law, safe men in our community:
should such conduct be encouraged by
good citizens: Aud should our Board
Of Supervisors be made the
tools of such men To assist them Ia
carving out their malicious purposes
against any one daring to ask the In.
reference Of c0urts to recover property
from them which they uiJustly with
held from the owner?
scarcely was the fact made known
to Me.srs. T. 4 b. Mink that these
men were sureties for Holihan on his
replevin bond. when they be,ame
filled with the most intense hatred to-
wards these men, and their malice
towards them exhibited itself on all
occasions whenever they came In con-
tact with them, both In words and
actions; and the threat was boldly
made by them on the streets Of Clar-
ence and elsewhere. that Messrs. Bent
T. Cntsreii. Sharp 4 McMiil "a, l.. d s.
G. Wilkins and Festus d yo would
rue the day that they put their names
to T. HOlihaa's bond. and immediate
~ afterwards there followed all kinds
Of stories about the worthiessness OF
these bondsnen; aud. faiiing to accom-
plish their ends and purposes by DO
flaming and slandering them, they are
melted to still further pulsue them by
unscrupmlously taking the reverse po-
sition, aud swearing that each and
every one of them are worth the full
amount claimed by them to be worth
in their justification on said bond!
they go 10 their attorneys and tell
them what they want; . petition 10
drawn, settiaw firth in substance that
these men justified on . replevin bond.
aud thst they stated on oath that they
were worth NO aud SO. aud that they
believed they stated the truth, and
asking that their assessments be raised
to the several amounts set out ia their
petition. aud Wolf 4 Lsndt, true to
their clients. presen<ed to aaid
Board the prayer Of said petition to
be granted; aud granted II was on that
petition and their affidavit to support
il, without notice to those parties, ur
any opportunity given to show csa~e
why their assessment should not be
raised; aud the Auditor. oil! % mod
estly and condescendingly, requested
to notify said parties Of their said &C.
ton after Il was oil done. aud, II we
are not misinformed. after the time
for appeal had passed.
Now Messrs. Wolf d Landt are In
the employ Of the county. They arc
the legal advisors Of the Board Of Su-
pervlsors, aud for such services, you
We, the pe0ple-pay them the sum Of
$500 per annum. These attorneys
knew we'll the circu instances surround
ing the whole HOLMAN W. Minks
transaction. They knew, or had .
right to know, for tho means OF infor-
nation were withi0 their reach. about
what the financial standing Of every
one OF these men wore; they knew the
motives that prHnpted +. 4 B. Mink
In their pursuit II these men, aud yet
instead Of occupying n position with
regard TO these partts- which would
leave them free 10 ivtse the Board
I with references to Il. ,irnpnftiallv aud