, 1876-02-01
4. n. F. Lowis, 1ts Editor and propri.
etor, Enjoying the Enforced Hog
pitality Of the Sheriff:
Dccnuso Milton George Snys 1io Fraudu.
lcntly Disposed Of lIis Property
to S,yinllo Ills Creditors,
What the Rag-Baby Granger Has to Say
About tho Affair,

III ulH AIll1AFlL Hloa On WHICH 10 PE0cHEc
writ Of cap.ae, George statos that he lcnt
tho monoy TO 1sowIs at different times and Ia
different snms from Tobrunry, 1879, TO soptom-
bor, 1875. It 10 also alleged that Lswis, in
March Inst, executed to D. A. Davis 4 chattot-
mortgage for $4,000, duo March, 1876, on q
largo amount Of personal property worth e4o.-
600. That at thas sime Lowis only owed Davis
about $1,000, anl that tho mortgage Was
eiYon TO
rRAupuLEE1LT covEn
up tho property. George also nlfogoa that, aomo
limo last summer LOWS acknowledged thht lie
had paid Dhvis' slobt. Nevertheless. last Fri
day, a. s. Trnio. a. holder Of tho noto fos st5.-
600, foreclosed Tho mortgage md sold tho prop
erty to Gerritt L. uoodlcaa for sorno 5000 nr
e0.0o0. Thts operation, also. tho plaintiff c1a!na
was Illegal and he clntgoa that IIoodleea Eaid
no money for his purchase that tho wholo
operation Was schono on tho par. Of Lewis
TO CHEAT HIS CREDITORS.
and that ho evon acknowledged himself tint ho
hal takon short cut on George and tho rcst
Of his creditors.
paintin further etstos that Lcw.s, fcv days
ngo, took picture worth $4,000 from blu otllce,
No. 407 Wo8t Madison street, and sccrotct II. and
also Hecresed valuable horse e'!d busy; that no
Is rotnoyinG all his valuable property aud +,
preparing to ioAye the btato 1t vlow Of all
those statoments George aeAod for capias
against Lewis for hia arrest, and 1t WIS iBBnod
on h!s frat giving bond in double tho amount
Of his claim.
THE AHnEsr. ...
About o'clock yesterday afternoon Afr. Lowin
was sitting n conversation with his attorneys IN
tho Times building. 4 great deal Of heeyy
figuring was being dono by which hss nBdets OF n
for thousands might bo spread to covor IN in-
dobtedness OF over a50. 900, whom MI officer on.
tersd, arnaod With capias I'd reapondondnn,
took him tn charge aud conveyed him to tho
County Jail, whore ho arsiycd Just tn time for
slipper. .....
WHAT 1Ewrs BATB.
During tho eyoniug q Tn1nuKg roporter waited
On Mr. Low's at tho Jail. He fonud him not in
e9ass tas sSs ss Ss ''9 soys sGs ys sn eas u sas
in tho lailors ofIloe. lilo appelred disappointed
that tho miniona Of tho ptees had not bofore
| pounced upon him and In largor numbers, aud
at first was oqnnlly noltcitous With the reporter
in reforenco to tho circumstances which had
| combined aud iod 10 Ais nndden incarceration.
| What Ia the trouble, hr. Lowis7" Quorrd
tho reporter.
ho responded, smiling At tho time.
Tho reporter hunted up tho capiaB, aud called
ha intention to ita features. md tho certainty OF
| hin remaining 10 tho quarters ho was occupying
all night nillohs ho Gavo bond in the
sum Of $4,000, aud a!l at onco bis
memor. .as refreshed rs by drcan, mad he
proceeded
| TO urHAvEL THE BTnNT
| Of hiH miBfortune5. lIe Bntl at tho timo Of the
big fire lio wns Hodly depressed financially, over
which he 'Iat nos boen ahlo to entirely recover.
That somo tune nfter TO tooknto ha employ Atr.
| deorgn farmer, wbo Ind Homo means. THE
conditi0n Of tho bargain wns, that George Wns to
htlyanco him about $4,000 anil taAe his note*,
therefor. mud ho woutd pay him not only q lib.
cral interest but salary OF 81, 600 per year. Dir.
George oamo allow with his monoy 10 allow that
to CROSS particular bridge In hts ntrAlrs he
| f0u1u II tn call II. A.
Davis, whom he WAS niready owing. for further
Aolp. 10 do this hn gayc DnviH =
s1EElTHa cuATrKt MonTuArE,
covering tho office Of The WetLrn RHr1t, b0oktt
acoountH4 and everything, on the condition that
tho saino should not bo ma1o a matter OF record.
1Io owed Davis at tho timo 90 600. sud IN oonaid.
oration OF the mostEaEo aud hls noto for elt .0oo
additional. NTH tho ptomito Of enough moro tc
lime Instead Of ( Davis holding : %
to the mortgage and note, and keep.
a bosh III to A. T. To. @ ' From .hs IT. sto' e'sSns eom
mcncod his troubles In earnest. Ir1lde ofton
called upon lin, hut appeared satisfied upon
boiug assured repeatedly that the note
in tho meantino, hoTerer one Of hit
editors needed o helping l.aud and he came te
hia rescue by signing with him a judgment noso
Tue uoto was due tho 1Bt Of January. after beine
once oxtcnded. but he was not prepared 10 mot
it, wi,on tss holder came down Gu him and pro
cccded
TO LEyY OK HIS RErHcrs.
Mr.. Trude Was sont for, and, shaking the mort
gage In tho faco ot tho holder OF tic judYme,,
but Trudos conddonce was by nj
moans strengthened by { tho Z transaction
and AM following @ l. . t.'is, M h, y ,,t he = ssys, III h
pretty woll scattorod. embracing papar-doaless
employees, note-holders, and everybody. unit
lit. Trudo advertised that ho would fore
closo on his mortgage and Offer th
lie e oleo t was .soopalngy e9 s,s soa al ii ee1s
atay proceedings proving futile Tic sale VA
! made to Qerfott IIoooioss for little owe
5000. and yesterday AIr. iIoodless packed VI
tho aiects and moved thotn, ali except til
,, books. which hr. Lewis was pondsriug owe
= = when arrested. Mr. LaWIs sayB te
Has soMR PROPERTY,
but would not montion ltH character OF amount
10 has got de:erninod what stepa 70 tako, an
10 will attempt 70 give bail to-day
for last night It was evident that ho,w ,waa on til
ports port a and inslma.ions rscent!y dropped i
! chancory proceedings. ho will probably bar
0 some difficulty in getting bond. for 1t ia sal
. that auco tho aale OF his oflco ho haa bee
! negotiating to ..........-...
and this has given riso to q suspicion that thor
was conspiracy somewhere from tho Aate o
r mortBaetng lis ofYBctA under tho peculiar eli
curustauceu lo did whiat Las EXTENDED thruuK
facts can only be elected by moro extended ju
vesslgation of affairs than cunfd be MHdo ias
evening.
HOPELESS AFFAIR.
: It Is undoratood that the paper Ia In D hopn
+ lcss condition. It's indebtedness for paper. o.
n tained On aIr. deoIgo'H eccount, 10 about sl0,
000, and ho has no money With which 10 mee
d tho cH.tn, h!l he lad having boon swallowed u
n | 1AEfR II ia At4tHt3 thek TIM In