The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-12-14
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ToSTogIA NEWS.

An interesting and somewhat com.
plicated lawsuit, in which Col. L. J.
HissOng (dry goods merchant hsrel is
defendant, and James Patmore, an
employee Of the C. & T. railroad, is
plaintiff, Is now pending before
Squire brSdner. The evidence, thus
far elieited, shows tnAt some time be-
tween the day of the State election,
and the lTth Of Oct, 8 counterfeit so
Oil was passed st Col Hissong's
store. Also, that on the I4Lh Mr. Pat
mOre purchased bill Of goods at
Grapes & Co.'S store. and in payment
gave . $50 note, and amongst other
change received in return q SO note.
he then went over to HissoDg's store,
and bought about S14 worth Of goods,
and passed the same $50 bill he had
received At Grapes & Co.'S q few min
utes previous. Two or three weeks
elapsed when, one day, Patmors was
informed that the $50 note tie had
passed was 8 counterfeit. He
thought 1t was impossible, but AffldA-
wits being made TO that effect, be re-
deemed the money. He then fell
back on Grapes & Co. for indemnity,
but their cashier, from whom Pat
more received his change, declared
the bill never passed through his
hands, and PAtmors has brought suit
against Hissong to recover damases.
There is = ludierous feature OF the case
which was next brought forth on the
stand. About election time . "Oluff''
game a betting was INDUCED In q1ite
extensively among some OF the Hud-
sOnites here, and the evidence dis
c!ased the fact that this Identical SO
bill is the backing they had. Mr..
COnagan Dem first had possession
Of said bill, and gave it to the editor
Of the Democrat, with the remark
that IL would "do to blum with.n
The editor enjoyed the bliss OF "bluf-
ing" . few days his partner next be-
came m enthusiastic Hudsonite, with
SO counterfeit Ia his pocket, and
finally after the bill had gone the
rounds, and the game had grown
stale. IL was given to Ed. Jones, at
that time local editor Of the Demo-
crat. He soon after, so be testifies,
gave It to a woman Of doubtful char
acter, who, about that time bought q
bill Of goods As HIssong's, and shortly
after LEFT for the West. Conagan,
Meyers and Ell. Jones all swear that
the bill minutely resembles the one
they had In their possession. No
suspicion rests upon Mr.. Pstmore a.
to any Intentional wrong, even
II he did pass the bill, as he Is known
to be 8 man Of honor and veraeity.
Alex. Brown Is attorney for tn Q
prosecution, and 8 F. Foote, for the
defense, and We understand the mat
ter is to be sifted to the bottom, az
either Of the parties to the suit would
rather lose mOre than the amount In
controversy, than bear whatever
Odium may bs connected with the
suspicious Of having used It. It now
looks as II the responsibility might
be thrown back upon the players in
the game Of "bluff,D as their own
testimony shows that they had pos
session OF spurious $40 bill, and dis
posed Of It, which comes within the
meaning Of Sec. 8. Page 5O2, Of the
criminal Law Of Ohio, which states {:
That II any person shall sell, barter, or
In any manner dispose OF any false,
forged or counterfeit bank note or
notes, every psrson so
offending shall be deemed guilty of q
misdemsanor, and, upon conviction
thereof, shall suffer the penalty OF the
law" 1t Is not supposed that any of
these parties intended to DO any
thing Illegal, but that Is no plea
against ''erimlnal negligence" and
their own testimony shows that they
were careless, and that ths "bluff"
game may not yet be settled.