The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-07-28

ployed, and do hereby employ, the
said Charles L. Jewett, to use bis per-
sonal services for the purpose OF OBJ
tanning such decree for a Receiver, and
such final decree as aforesaid.
''Now, therefore, the said Charles L.
Jewett hereby agrees to use his best
efforts and personal services in the OBJ
tanning such orders and DEGREES afore-
said, in the said action in the Clark
Common Pleas Court, and the said
parties of the first part, in considera-
ton of she services of said Jewett in
procuring the said order for Receiver
and the final decree for the amount OF
said l 500 bonds and the sale Of said
property, do hereby agree and bind
themselves, upon the due and legal
entry of such orders and DEGREES. to
pay on demand to the said Jewett the
sum Of $50, 900 in lawful money Of the
United States, and also the further
amount of $50, 600 bonds net of the
said 1, 500 bonds so owned by the said
parties of the first part.
"Witness the bond and seals of said
parties
lSigned "JoHNC. PARKER,
f'HENRY CRAWFORD"
Ii will be observed that Mr.. Charles
l.. Jewett's name is not affixed to this
document. Mr.. Parker explains this
omission as follows When the paper
was handed to Mr.. Jewett for his sig
nature he exclaimed Gentlemen, i
can not sign that; it might implicate
the Judge. This is an affair of honor.
Twill keep my bond, but I must have
some collateral security that the mon
ey will be paid me when the order is
set aside" Accordingly $1,000 in
money wrs given him, and SIS, 900 in
l., C. g. L. Railroad bonds. Judge
Jewett vacated the order according to
the above agreement, but before he
could render Judgment and decree, the
attorney of the Ohio d Mississippi Road
smelled mouse, and he obtained q
change of venue and had the case
taken before Judge Lord. The needed
Judgment and decree were obtained
from Judge Lord, and then Mr.. Craw.
ford, acting for his own clients, asked
that he be permitted to file complaint
for the Liverpool, London and Globe
Insurance Company, for the recovery
of judgment and decree of foreclos-
ure and sale of the Indiana Southern
Company, and so this particular
branch stands at the present time. In
1873 the Liverpool, London and Globe
Insurance Company of the first part,
the Ohio e. Mississippi Railroad of the
second part, and the Ft. Wayne, Mum
Gle g. Cincinnati Railroad of the third
(these are roads occupying the beds of
the Indiana Southern) endeavored by
a compromisH to settle their differ
ences for al agreed upon sum, and the
first provision of this document is:
''Active litigation and contest between
the parties hereto, in the original and
crosssuit aforesaid, shall be suspended
until it be definitely ascertained wheth-
er or not the settlement hereby con-
templatef can be carried into effect;
and the parties of the first part will
also procure of the said Swift e. Tilden
n like suspension of the active Iitiga-
ton in their favor in the cross suit"
Tilden's peculiar conduct as a trustee
in this case is a matter of considerable
comment. For over a year Mr.. Guion
and Mr.. Parker have endeavored to
have Mr.. Tilden discharge Mr.. Craw-
ford as the attorney of the trustees, and
appoint another man to represent its
Interests, and he has invariably declin-
ed TO do SO unless requested by Mr..
Lyon, one of the attorneys of the Liv-
erpool, London, and Globe Insurance
Company, the very parties who wish
to foreclose the mortgage on the road
of which he is the sworn trustee. Less
than thirty days ago the United States
Court at Indianapolis ordered the Liv-
erpool, London, and Globe, and the
trustees, Tilden and Swift, to make
answer to the replication of o. & NJ.
and Fort Wayne & Muncie Railroad
Companies, when they announce
that their attorney, Mr. Crawford, was
dismissed, and the case is indefinitely
continued.
SUMMING.
A careful reading of the above state
ment shows:
81. That Samuel J. Tilden sells the
use of bis name for consideration to
bolster up the credit of Hedging rail-
roads.
2. That after occupying the position
he betrayed his trust by permitting its
bonds to be taken from his control and
hypothecated for a song i'm foreign cap
itaIs.
3. That he betrayed his trust, by
employing as attorney to represent the
interests of the road he was supposed
to be guarding, a man who was en-
pioyed by its bitterest opponents to
foreclose its mortgages.
4. That while acting as the sworn
Trustee of the Indiana Southern Road.
he permitted himself to be used as the
tool of the Liverpool, London and
Globe Insurance Company.
5. That he has betrayed his trust to
the Indiana Southern by refusing to
remove from its employ a man who is
a corruptor of Judges. Nor is this all.
The holders of the bonds of the orig
inal company have obtained the pos
session of numbers of the farms of the
men who subscribed to the capital
stock of the road, and these men blame
Tilden for neglecting their interests,
and they will vote for the devil in
preference to him. Furthermore, it is
charged that he has bought or been
presented with s., worth of the
stock of the Fort Wayne, Muncie &
Cincinnati Railroad Company WINS
low, Lanier & Co., a corporation which
has its rails on the road bed of the In
diana Southern. This, in itself, is a
fraud i'm the eyes of the law. In short,