, 1873-10-03
Exposure Of tho Tricks Of a Slippery
IlaNtl-Sharlk.
Further skir1nishiug Between the
0andy-Makers.
How constables Arc Manufactured in
North Chicago.


llahed q notice tint ho had la,,d to sell or or
change. Miss Whitakor Baw tho advertisement,
md having Bomo lots sho wished 10 dispose Of.
went 10 him, to make sono arrangement with
him. Previously, however, Miller Ind OK
changed Homo Iowa lanl OF hors, for somo lots
which l,o represented as being noar tho Cornell
Watch Factory, but which Bho aftorward found
woro about six n,ilos southeast Of 1t. It wus
' Two OF those lota which Miss Whitaker wished to
acll Miller. when tho fais complainant
won't to lin; ho thought lo. could
dispose OF hor lots for somc furniture,
and aa1od her to execute dood
leaving the grantees nnmo blank, and ho would
fill it out with tho namo Of the ono who sold tho
furniture. This wis dono by Miss W. Instead,
however, Of inserting tho two Calumet lots,
Miller put in tho description Of q farm In Liv-
iugston County, containing 30 acres, aud worth
$4,000 or thoreabouts, mud mado ono Jol1l +.
Dattloa grantee. -Four dnyB aftor Battles con-
veyod to him tho same promises. Nlillor after
ward conveyed tho for1n, having previously OBJ
tainod loan Of 81, 900 OH 1t, to Il land spccu1a-
tor, ono e, r. Conglon, Of Major Block, In this
: city. Some dnys aftor tho execution, Miss
Whitaker called on Miller 10 SEQ II he had pro-
cured the furniture. no eaid ho had not,
aud Ind destroyed tho decd. Ho claitna
fhat ho had given her GOO acres
Of land in Missouri for his farm, and had paid
nil expenses Of tho transfer.
An indictment was found agafnat him In Sep
tcmbor last for forgery, in inserting tho namo of
Dattlos in tho decd, but, on motion. before
Judge Booth, 1t was quashod, and Immediately,
Oh motion Of tho Stnte's Attorney, Miller WAS
rcoommitted under ball Of s2,500 to await the
action Of q future Grand jury. hnbeus corpus
WIS sued ont md 0lilor WAS brought up before
1f11r fi1r1 r-rufnp pf1nS7 13fl1
alr, Reed md Mr.. Chclsoring. for tho people
and complainant, insisted that q forgory is Il
fraudulent alteration IN m ~. lnstr,,- t::
and Tint soro neh I'm eaneq N
without tile knowledge Of Miss Whitaker. Thut
Miller was q. principal, not MI agent. tho COM
plaiuant looliing to him alone. Even if forgery
could not bo sustained, 1t was III obtaiuing Of
money under falBo protenses.
Judge Gary, however, decided against both
points. It was not forgery. inasnluch ms the
dood was not operative until some nnme WIS ill.,
aertcd, md Miller could not inacrt any name, ua
his authority was only paro], and tho instrument
was under seal. It wns Of no valuo nor author
.ity. Forgery could not bo committed by por-
what he or sho thought it was. Miller was only
agent, and, If an agent, transgreHses Lis agency
:by inserting wrong name, by doing m 'ln-
authorized net,
Secondly, it was not q case Of false protonBes,
ua It was not case where person Of ordinary
prudence would be deceived, which is essential
by The statute Amy Que accustomed to business
would have read the dood before signing, and
thus disco yercu tho fraud. Tho wrongful act
was putting tho name Of Battles in the decd uu.
authorized, as the ngont of Miss Whitaker, and
the most that can bo nlade OF it is . bleach OF
trust Tho act Of inng it was right, but tho
pretenso OF basis for q criminal prosecution,
but unqucstionably n bill in chnncory might bo
filed for rooonyeynnco or fraud; and therefore
tho witness must have his liberty.
ftrrtt, f1,nrkx nH If.
ing deputy airectionutely urged his company on
him, and, by virtue Of capins. will afford him
free lodgings again. Tho calias was issued ut
tlla instance Of nnothor irate dupo, whom Miller
had defraudel out OF Bome laud and L horse and
buggy. Tho lind was recovered, but tho where
abonts Of tho horse md buggy are aa yet undis-
covered.
ANOTHER sR1na11Rn TN TIE CANDY WAR.
Yesterday afternoon, boforo Judge Tarwen,
Tho argument for tho dissolution IN the case OF
,Gunthor lgninst Maranosi was argued. Com
plainnnt and defendant both introduced nusnor-
our a!tidavisa in support Of thoir yiows. Mr.:
Walter Butler COUNSEL for Mr.. Gunther, urged
that complainant had Il right to Ills un1no; that
the sign was deception, aud that it was really n
fringemont. To explain the sign, largs brown
paper imitation, about foot long, VIVA intro
. auc.d i'll Court. THO case was taGon uudor nd
sisonlont by tho Judge.
THE LAMAR TROUBLE AGAIN.
In the case OF Melvin aud Others against tho
Lamar Insurance Company and others, tho
answer Of tho ncceiycr, Chandler, WIS filed yes
tortlay. In it le sots out TINT lo is tnacquaiut
cd with many uf tho facts alleged in tho bill, as
to tho settlement Of the claims Of Cushman a1d
Hardin, or Of swett. lie has collected @99 900
from tic Peoples Of San francisco. which lias
been distributed among the policy-holdere. io
ora OIL their bonds given him by swott in prefer.
enco to going into un exponBye and doubtful
litigation. He has collected about $50, 600, alld
instituted some 200 suits, mud is settling as rap
flI ct, 1,1nf Fufr ~
FRAUDULENT ELEcTIoN.
In tho Criminal Court yesterday MI affidavit
was }lol by Patrick Duly stating that, on tho LIST
Of April lust, town meeting Of North Gheago
vas elected Moderator, but not sworn. IIo tlon
declared tho polls open for voting. Various
persons acted a. elorls, without authority.
eieoeS. DonniIo kept tho pons open maH until at Il
y. lie then took shoballot-boxes to police
station, and there the ballots wero counted by
strange persons. There were 700 na,nos on tho
boxes. Seven hundred ballots wore Immediately
takon out. Tue clerks thon left, md ca1no back
in a hour with now poll-list, manuiac-
turod for tho oa occasion, containing the y
wore thon counted and tailed, still having 800
or 40u ballols which wore taken out and doaroy-
cd. Oharloa LlngTen, who pretended to 20
olectod Constable by aail election, bus since
,uRurpel said Office. mud Daly asked that Il rule
ahoull bo entered for Lingren to show cause
why quo warra1lto should not be issued. A
numbor moro Of Huch cases ara expected to bo
commenced next wcols.
$4,000 FOR FALSE 1aIrn1soNMESr.
A. capiaB waa suod out by Rncllol Z. Woaton
against J. F. Merrill In tho Circuit Court yoBter-
day claiming as damages s5, 000.' tn l.cr at}ida-
Wit Miss Weston alleges that Morrill, had her ar.
rested on charge Of larceny, and she YVES bound
over to appear before Justice scully, and on
such appearance was discharged for yant Of ev-
idenoe. S1o doeH not know how much hor inju-
ry IL, but thinks 1t iH Mt loaHt $1,000.
BANKRUPTCY ITEMS.
M order was entered In the caso Of IIobon-
Htoin OF nj. to sell the intorost OF Liobonslein
for $500.
Tho case Of William Whitcomb waa ordered
dfsnnscI ,nloss objections arc filed In ton
days.
An order for final discharge was Issued In the
caso OF LucuD G. TiHllor.
COUNTY CQuET.