, 1876-11-04
TIE INDIANA SOUTHERN.
Who basely feTgncd his seine to set,
Who holds few poor Endgeons yet,
Whtlo ali ths biz Dish Rt!p the uels
None blt Sam Tllden.

HOW SAMMY nocUs-FocusRp THE Road AND
DtsuoNoREp his TRusTEKsHtr
CInrtnndi Enquirer (Demoerdtic orpanl. June, 1a7d
In the glare OF the Galclum-light Ut impartial
Investigation tho hoot-prlnts Of Samuel J. TIL
den are found IN ouch devious and scrpentiae
paths rs were never troddcn by tho foot Of q
rctormer. We havo been led to this conclusion
Of late BY the exposure OF Incidents IN the
career OF the favorite son Of New York which
have come to the light Of day, and the story We
arc about to relate more than confirms 1t. The
facts IN the Ease have been carefully c0latcd by
representative Of the Enquirer, sent to lndI~
ara for that Especial purpose, and they Will be
found to be backed up by documentary evidence
OF must corroborattve character.
THE STORY OF \ HALFWAY.
IN ls40, the Legislature Of Indiana, by special
net, chartered tho Fort Wayne & Southern Rail-
way Company, road designed to run bo.wcen
Fort Wayne and JetIersouville, Ind. 1t was A.
80 designed to extend the ROAD into Loulayllse
BY means Ut tunnel under tic Ohio River, and
rllnrter for that purpose waa obtained from
the Legislature u Kentucky, special clause
IN its charter, from the the atase Of III.
be paid n real cstatc, and u,e farmers Of Allen,
Wells, BlaekfOrl, Delaware, Henry, Rush, De-
cat,lr, Jennings. Jefferson, Scott, and Clark
Counties, under this provision, took stock to
LHG EntAA ~ %H4 n!1unnk w tAAaA ~ HnI'ol u
lbllars. The land thus subscribed WIS convey
I'd In trust to the Non, John d. Dclrecs to be by
blu, held for the benefit and security Of the
original bonlholAers. In 1858, work WIS COM
me,peu un tic road, 6nl tue HEARTS Of the farnl-
ers beat high In anticipation Ut the time when
the iron horsc would 80 suorttng by their doors.
The work of negotiating tho bonds Was slow
one. and tho Trustees Of the r9atl found .
frtcud III the person Of John c. Parker. who
assisted them with loans and also IndoFseu
their paper. In 1855, hfr. Parker was elected
President OF the road, tnurh against hls
will, and he at onre set aGnut raisng tht means
TO complete thu roal. With this end In view,
he visited the East and made an arrangement
with Well.known New York Clistoln-House
broker named Herman Livingstone, who took
$0 1S0, GU Of the Cunlpany's bonds to Europe u
enucayor tn yaisO thu lncans on thes's 70 pus-
cl,use rails tu irou tho read: ln London Nv, Nv
inestone met certain William Eauter Wsg.
stan, who had been barker tn Englalll and
who WAS represented to hin tu te immensely
wealthy ind wrll.vctscl III railroads, he hav-
Ing been concerned with Str Mnrton Feto IN
nany Of Ills specltations LIyingstong and
WagstaH n,ale contrurt by which the latter
agreed to como to this country, to bring civil
engineer with hin, and nsaese the value Of the
work on tic bed Ut tbs road A1realy made, aud
then, II all iyaa satisfactory, to complete the
road Mi. bolt, the President OF thu Liverpool,
London, and Globe Insurance Company, OF En-
Rand, furnished WagstaH with an order on tEt
6rancl. office Of his Company tn New York for
SIS, 900, s1Il Roon after MF. Wagata1, accompa-
nIsd by private secretary and y civil engineer,
arrived in the Empire City.
uohoAs TO WAosTAy1. ......
O. h, arrival In this country, he was teted by