The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-11-29
Mowry's Confession.

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In compliance with Mr. Mowrys request, pub
lishcd in the Bulletin, this week give to the
Doniphan County pnblic his confession, IL pab;
lished in the kan.as City Times last Winter.
Bat in order that the pnblic may understand
it, we give sketch Of the history of the Conan
che Counfy bond business, as taken from official
| documents.
In the Eall of 1873, Mowry and 9 few Others
went to ConaDche County, for the purpose of
frandulently organizing the County, and making
| \ speculation. The County was organized on
false statements, and Mr.. Mowry made one of
the Commissioners, and was also elected a mem
Der of the Legislature, and as such, served full
term. In that fraudulent transaction, he was
followed by the same parasites we recently
spoke of, who are always at hand to do his bid
ding. A. II. Carrier was always present to wit
ness and swear to his transactions. Harvey
Dunlap, the Constable whom he carried around
with him, ready to serve his papers and make
his arrests, in the Dale affair, the Sheriff of
Comanche County. After having made his
pile in Comanche County, Mowry returned to
Doniphan County, and was elected Ia the Legis-
lature from here. BY this time, the Comancho
County bond fraud had been discovered, and
Mowry expelled from the Legislature for connec-
tion with it. This affair preciptated the whole
expose.
In the matter of the fraudulent school bonds
of Comanche County, everything was proven
against M0wry except the actual forgery. He
knec there io settled population in Conan
che County to authorize the formation of q
school district, or ISSUE bonds; yet bonds were
snot far t,vn lisfr ,f fbatn
made payable to Mowry himself. He took an
extraordinary interest in securing the purchase
of the bonds by the Commissioners of the School
Fund; and when they were purchased, he drew
the money for them from the State Treasury.
The amount of purchase money, $3.50, he said he
paid over to Alexander Mills, and proved it by
Carrier. This money was paid to Mowry at the
State Treasurer's office, on the 18th of March,
1874. On the following day, he purchased, at
Topeka bank, 81 900 draft on a New York bank.
The draft was made payable to A. J. Mowry,
and the stub retained in the bank, corresponds
with the draft in this respect This same draft
was deposited with d. NJ. Steele & Co., of st.
Joseph, on the oath of March, endorsed by Mrs.
A. j. Mowry. When the draft was returned,
cancelled, to the Topeka bank which originally
addition of the word Mrs. before the name of A.
j. Mowry, in different hand and with different
ink from the original writing. All these things
are facts, from the records. Let the public
draw their own conclusions. Mowry, in one of
his letters to the Chief abused w. u. Craig, and
virtually accused him of perjury, because he
had simply made mistake in the date of
tain deposits, and in the person who had made
one of the deposits. But Craig had stated sub-
stantially the truth. Yet the reader led to
believe that Craig the villain, and Mowry
the prosecuted saint.
We have said that everything was praven ex-
ccpt actual forgery. During the investigation,
two experts examined, who compared the
signatures on the forged bonds with writing ad-
mtted to be Mowry's, and they both gave it as
their positive belief that it was all done by the
same hand Experts. are not infailible; but all
the circumstances taken in Connection, there is
room here to draw an inference six eight inch
es long.
After Mowry's expulsion from the Legislature,
he came 10 this County. 1t was supposed that
he had fed from justice, and the Governor Of
fered reward Of $500 for his arrest. He was
concealcd4or several days at OF near Palermo
and his man Carrier was still hovereng around.
He sent despatch from st. Joseph to the Gov
ernOr, signing to it the name of j. c. Inman, in
which he offered to arrest Mowry if the reward
was Increased to $500. This was refused, when
Carrier came forth with Mowry, aud claimed
the 5000 reward-which he did EOt get. Now
rys trial came off in the Summer of 1876. He
was not acquitted, but nolle was entered by
the State, solely for the want of witnesses-all. /.
the parties in the transactions, by whom any
thing could have been proven, having eth er
fled the country, or were fictitious persons.
Mowry was incensed at Gov. Osborn, because
he would not come to his rescue, and had given
him public notice that he would attend to him
in joint convention of the Legislature for the
election of United States Senator. He ran for
the Legislature, in 1876, in order to carry out
his PROMISE but the people left him at home.
Then, his only recource was to publish letters
against Osborn. This brings us down to his
Confession published in the Kansas City Times,
few days before the time fixed for electing
Senator. And here is that letter. As he chose
the Kansas City Times as his medium of COM
munication, We must be permitted to copy the
heading that the Times put to it, which is by
no means complimentary to Mowry. Read the
Confession" carefully
BARGAIN AND INTRIGUE
A. J. MOwRY On THE SOUTHWESTERN BOND FRAUDS
HOW THEY GREW OUT GOVERNORS WISH TO BE
A L. s. SENAToR-THE BOGUS REPRESENTATIVE OF A
BOGUS COUNTY TELLS WHY AND HOW IT WAS ORGAN
IZED-ASD ISTIMATEs THAT COULD TELL MORE
ABOUT THE BOND FRAUDS IF HE WERE GIVEN A
CHANCE.
PALERMO KAs, Jan. II, 1877.
To the Kansas City Times:
As the excitement over the organization of new
Counties in the Southwest has nearly subsidized per-
haps If may not amiss for to write the facts
of the matter remember well, that you ut the time
declared the whole transaction scheme to secure
votes for Thos. A. Osborn for L. s. Senator You
,cerc right, and will now give you my reasons for
saying
On the 18th day of September, 1873, l. in company |
with Others. arrived in Sun City, Barbour County
Kansas, our way to Comanche County, to estab- |
sh homes. claims previously selected. there
received letter from w. H. SmalwOod. then Secre-
tary of State informing that the papers were in
the Governors office, to organize Comanche County,
and asking if there fraud in the matter
Enclosed in his letter copy of the names of the
Petitioners. and the names of County Commissioners
asked for, and point designated for County Seat |
| immediately showed the letter to the postmaster
Mr. Douglas, and asked him if he knew any of the |
parties names. He did not. then wrote TO Small |
wood that thought it best to let the be taken
and that would definitely settle the matter. But, |