The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-09-13

subterfuge. Another point comes 10
light to-day ia connection with HAYES
axccutorship OF his unclc's estate. BY
the will II Is made obligatory that the
requests he paid IN three years and inter-
est in three years. The law provides
that an executor shall account for his
trust to the probate Judge within spcc-
fled time. as set forth in the letters testa-
mentary above. Judge +. Wilmer. of
this county, tells me that Hayes has
never rendered
AN ACCOUNT OF MS STEWARDSHIP,
as he ought to have done. BY the pro-
visions OF this Will. Hayes came into the
possession OF all the personal and mixed
property, etc, of the deceased. 1t is
wcll.known fact that Sar,iis Birchard en-
joyed the advantages to be derived from
large collection of paintings. These
were his hobby. and he would talk about
them to his ncighbors. and tell of this
and that one which cost him $500 each,
yet in 1872 Biichard swore that he had
only 500 worth of household goods, jew
els, plate and other articles, including his
picture gallery. The next year it was
5000. When Hayes got hold of them
they, together with the few traps he
brought up from Cincinnati, were worth
only 81 900. Last year they were worth
1000 more, because he had purchased
books, and this year he lists them at
"a, 800. Then there Is Sardis Orchards
diamond. He himself failed to consider
1t Of any value, as it cats 10 figure in his
tax records. and Gov. Hayes ovcrloCks
1T entirely, and has done so ever since be
became its possessor. Some time before
Sardis Orchards death, he planed the
founding OF
APCBLIC LIBRARY.
and finally set apart $4,000 tor that pur-
pose. The project was TO purchase a
piece of land in the heart of the city known
as the Fort stevenson property, and there
erect eventually public building. the
city TO enter into the scheme. put up its
city hall, and the Birchard library TO be
associated in the purchase. The price
for the land was about $4,000. or this
amount the city guaranteed SD 900 in
bonds and the balance, $4,000, was SUBJ
scribed by the trustees of the Orchard
fund, to be taken out of the $50. 600 that
Sardis Orchard had set aside. Now Gov.
HAYES says most positively that the S9,9S2
returned 10y Birchard in 1873 was
MORE THAN SWALLOWED
by the obligations incurred by himself
in carrying out Orchards projects for
the benefft of Fremont, and that he him.
self gave $4,000 more property and in
Cured obligations for the amount in the
purchase of Fort Stevenson. 1t will pay
to look at the record. AT meeting of
the city council of Fremont. Oct.6, 1873,
which was before the death of Sardis
Birchard. the following communication
was read by the clerk:
Fremont, Oct. |. lS73-Hon.E.F +. Dick
g I,,.l
please find $4,000 in promissory notes.
10 be used by the city of Fremont in
the purchase of the square in said city
known as the Fort Stevenson property.
This is done OH behalf of the trustees of
the Orchard library in accordance with
a proposition made by said trustees to
the city council of said city in relation
to the purchase OF said property for a
park and for the site of the Orchard
library. Very respectfully.
Il. b. HAYES.
If the people of Fremont are TO be be-
levcd. indeed they ought TO know some
thing about their own municipal affairs,
this is the only money ever paid by X. b.
Hayes for the Fort Stevenson improve.
ment project, and this did not come
from him. 1t was from the Brchard IL
brary reserve, and was made TO the city
of Fremont about three months before
Sadis .Birchard died. and Hayes had not
pad a penny for himself. 1t will be
necessary to find some other channel i'm
which to say the income OF the Orchard
estate has run away and honestly escape
the tax assessor. In the years 1874,
1879, and 1876, Il. b. Hayes
TOOK HIS OATH
that he had no credits, and yet ! showed
by the records on yesterday that he had
in his possession between 5000 and
$4,000 worth of mortgages during these
years. How many more credits of sImi-
lar character there were and which he
ought to have scheduled and paid his
honest taxes on cannot be fully ascer-
tanned.
Sardis Birchard had peculiar way of
doing business. When he sold piece
OF land he seldom gave deed and took "a
mortgage to cover the notes. II was his
custom TO draw up a contract to give a
deed when the contract should have been
fulfilled. 1t is presumed there were
MANY OF THESE OUTSTANDING.
They are not recorded. These, OF course
fell into Hayes possession when he fell
into the property. AS matter of course
they were credits, and he was bound by
law to return them for taxation. but he
did not do so. On the contrary, he takes
his oath that he was the possessor of
nothing OF the kind. There are num-
Der of mortgages beyond those spoken
of yesterday which are here presented.
April /, 1865, J.. Wolhoof bought for
5000 Of the city, Birchard and F. j. and
IA. NJ. Norton lot IL in Fremont, giving
promissory notes secured by mortgage.
This mnrtDnUo i rarprlcI IN nnnn o.
volume III OF the records of Sanduskv
county. This mortgage has never been
Cancelled. Ii was another popularity of
Sardis Birchard that he never pushed
those who owed him money. lie was
satisfied with his per cent, and mort
gage could
RUN I'LL DoOMsDAY,
as long as he got the interest. The fore
going is one OF the number that HAYES
found himself possessed of on MAY 81.
1866. r. q. Gillette bought of Norton
L. Birchard, lot in the subdivision of
the southeast quarter of section 80, town.
ship five, north of range 10, east Sandus-
KY county. He gave promissory notes
Tor SOS "a. securing the same by mort.
gage. This mortgage was witnessed BY
{. II. and {. Greene, and was recorded
by a. +. Gallagher, on page $50 OF vol
ume IL, OF the records OF Ssndusky
county. On the same page is this entry
FREMONT, o., Feb. 6, lS76.-The with
In mortgage has been satisfied in full.
and may be cancelled off the record. K.
Is. Hayes, the executor for 5. Birchard,
received aud recorded the above on July
o,,le'o. JAMES MARSH, Recorder.
=. The foregoing is additional credit to
the list already given for 1874 and 1873.