Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-07-13

l will keep my bond, but / must have
some collateral security that the money
will be paid when the order is set
aside" Accordingly $1,000 in money
was given him, and SIS, 900 in I. C. and
l.. X. K. bonds. Judge Jewett vacated
the order according to the above agree
menf,. but before he could render judg-
ment and decree, the attorneys Of the
Ohio and Mississippi road smelled a
mouse, and obtained charge of venue
and had the case taken before Judge
Lord. The needed judgement and de-
cree were obtained from Judge Lord,
and then Mr.. Crawford, acting for his
other clients, asked that he be permit
ted to file complaint for the Liverpool,
London and Globe Insurance company,
for the recovery of judgement and a
decree of foreclosure and sale of the In
diana Southern company, and so this
particular branch of the case stands at
the present time. In 1873, the Liver
Iool, London and Globe Insurance
company of the first part, the Ohio and
Mississippi railroad OF the second part,
and the Fort Wayne, Muncie and Gin
cinnati railroad of the third (these are
roads occupying the beds of the Indiana
Southern) endeavored by q compromise
to settle their differences for an agreed
upon sum, and the first provision of
this document is:
"Active litigation and contest be-
tween the parties hereto, In the origi-
nal and cross suit aforesaid, shall be
suspended until it be definitely ascer-
tained whether or not the settlement
hereby contemplated can be carried in
to effect; and the parties of the first
will also procure Of the said Swift and
Tilden like suspension of the sctive
litigation in their favor in the cross
suit"
TILDEN's PECULIAR CONDUCT
as trustee 10 this case is matter of
considerable comment. For over a
year Mr.. GuiOn and Mr.. Parker have
endeavored to have Mr.. Tilden dis.
charge Mr.. Crawford as the attorney ofl
the trustees, and appoint another man
to represent its interests, and he has in.
variably declined to do so unless re-
quested by Mr.. Lyon, one of the attor-
neys Of the Liverpool, London and
Globe Insurance company, the very
parties who wish to f0reclose the mort
gage on the road of which he is the
sworn trustee. Less than thirty DAYS
ago the United States Court at Inianap-
Oils ordered the Liverpool, London and
Globe, and the Trustees, Tilden and
Swift, to make answer to the replica.
ton OF the 0. and M. Fort Wayne and
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:
1. That Samuel ]. Tilden sells the
use of his name for a consideration, to
holster up the credit of fiedging rail
roads.
2: That after occupying the position
of Trustee of the Indiana Southern, he
betrayed his trust by permitting its
bonds to be taken from his control and
hypothecated for song in foreign cap
tails.
3. That he betrayed his trust, by EN-. :
as the attorney to represent the
interests of the road he was supposed
% be guarding man who was employ ,
ID by its bitterest opponents to fore
lose its mortgages. !
4. That while acting as the sworn :
Trustee of the Indiana Southern road,
le has permitted himself to be used as !
he tool of the Liverpool, London and I
ilobe Insurance company. !
3. That he has betrayed his trust in :
he Indiana Southern by refusing to re- .
move from its employ man who is a {
orrupter of judges. Nor is this all. .
,he holders of the bonds ofthe original :
ompany have obtained the possession o
the farms of the men Who subscribed
the capital stock of the road, and
hese men blame Tilden for neglecting
heir interests, and they will vote for F
he devil in preference to him. Fur. Fl
hermore, it is charged that he has Il
ought or been presented with $4,000 il
,orth of the stock of the Fort Wayne, 2
luncie and Cincinnati Railroad COM L
any by Winslow, Lanier d Co., cor. d
OratiOn which has its rails on the road ri
ed of the Indiana Southern. This in al
self is fraud in the eye of the law. p
short, Mr.. Tilden, as reformer, is Sc
first class fizzle. al