The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-09-24
STILL FURTHER FROM BROWN.


five hours before that article went into
type, assured US that his election ''could
be made of more advantage to the JET
FERsoSIAS than the election of any
Republican" Perhaps Mr.. Brown was
displeased because he found he could
not corrupt us.
Mr. Brown informed us and Others that
the 81 ,094 note was "bail money that he
was compelled to pay for that miserable
old scalawag, Benner Wall" Wequote
his exact language.
Now, had Mr.. Brown been a candid
man, he would have said at once that
the 81, ,094 note was given to take up the
notes which were found in the Treasury
when Wall absconded, oohict 10oltId haUe
been true. But ''honesty is the best of
policy" was never Mr. b. g motto in pol
itics. He thought those. notes in the
Treasury had been forgotten, and that he
could work up a little sympathy among
honest farmers by whining about the
immense sums of bail money he was pay
ing for that miserable scalawag, Benner
Wall" But Brown rather overacted his
part, and we began to be suspicious that
there was large cat under the meal tub.
One thing after another turned up. The
more we investigated, the more we found
to investigate. We found that Mr..
| Brown had been indebted to the Treas
ury for years, and yet there was no evil
dence that he had returned single dol
lar. But Mr.. Brown says that mot one
cent of these notes was ever borrowed
of Mr.. Wall" Why does not Mr..
Brown say what these notes were given
for. That would be very easy to do
Ayl there's the rub! Mr.. Brown evades
that question. He says he invited us to
his office and showed us the cancelled
notes. True; but he did not say who
received the money. He then said that
he lifted the notes by giving the 81, ,094
note, forgetting that not forty-eight
hours before ne had told us that the
1904 note was given to pay up the de-
falcation of that miserable scalawag
Benner Wall" The truth of the matter
was plainl Brown talked too much,
and had told too many different stories.
Now, we come to the third item in
lawyer Browns bill of particulars
September 16, 1868, eight months after
he went out of Office as Prosecutor, he
made a settlement with the Commission
ers-''settled IL full to our satisfaction
as such Prosecutor" as those gentlemen
say by their record. Settled forsoothl
But did he pGya There comes the rub,
againl If lie did so, why does he not
come forward with the proof2 Why
don't he get a statement from Solomon
Shaffer, Esq, who was then Auditor?
Simply because he cannot, and he knows
it. Will he get a statement from either
of the Commissioners, David Engle,
John Cooper or William Taylor, that
he paid the 1902 03 then due the county.
WE DEFY MR.. BROWN, To DO so.
We, therefore, again assert and prOUe
By the official record, made by his Ol0n
party, that Henry BroIon has neoer paid
back into the Treasury one dollar of the
$2,212.57, and by making the evasive,
fiimsy statement, which we republish
herewith, he. virtually admits that our
charge is true. Let him state time and
place,, and to whom paid. Nothing less
will satisfy the people. They have been
deceived by the sophistry of pettifogging
lawyers long enough. They want facts
not evasive ''chin-music" and afida- |
Wits from that miserable scalawag, |
Benner WALL" as you call him.
But in the third item of lawyer Browns
defense, he tells us that all who read
this statement will bear witness to the
fact that ''the long and tedious examina-
ton of Mr.. Wall, made after he was
brought home, did not disclose one sin
gle cent ever received by me in any way
whatever Wonderful! Did you not
have an interview. with Mr.. Wall at the
jail directly after he was brought homer
Was not that investigation carried on by
menEof your own party exclusively, and
were you not pretty badly scared at
that very time for fear you would be
put on the witness stand, as you should
have been, and as better men of your
party were.
And now, Mr.. Henry Brown, your
whine about ''over generosity to certain
friends, and going security and bail for
others" deceives no one. Were it true,
It has nothing to do with the question at
issue, which is only one of fair dealing
with the county, But as you have vol
unteered this information, we should be
glad to have you show that you have
ever lost one dollar by being bail for any
official. On the contrary, have you not
always kept about even with such off
cials by keeping enough money borrow
ed from them TO make you whole, and
little more. Call Ex-Treasurers Vanlue
and Splitter, and Ex Sheriff D. d. Nc
Cahan. We are glad to hear that you
are about to pay the 1904 and interest
into the treasury. 1t is never too late to
commence good work. Take areceipt
for it. See that it appears on the record.
Carry the voucher around with you to
show to Republicans, when you want
heir votes, and if the people of the
county do their duty, Esquire Ballard, as
Prosecuting Attorney will collect the
balance, or find out whether or not, as
you chargeta certain ex-offlcial, the id
.hief, stole it." Republicans vote for you,
Henry Brown2 Honest Democrats may
pc deluded into doing so, but RepubIi-
;ans, neXeri
EXTRACT from letter from Mrs. J.C.
Aldrich, Wauseon, Fulton county, O.;
2. p Hall d Co., Gentlemen:
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