The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-01-11


THE A., 7. 6. F. BONDS.
Brete Harte says:
OF ways that are DARK,
And tricks that are vain,
The Heather Chinee Is peculiar.
and cheats of Railway Corporation can
out Cninee the Heather himself.
For seven or eight long Year,, The great
question in this county has been the Santa
Fe railroad bonds Every man that came
out for Office, no matter even If it were for
school district Office, but had to pledge
himself on the bond question. The case is
finally settled. The Supreme Court has de-
cided that the county will not have to pay
them, or believe that it will not have TO
issue them. The case has been pending q
long time, and has been fat take for
our lawyers. OF the lawyers in
this county, L. A. Myers got a
thousand dollars out of the county
for assisting the defense. Judge Bliss a
thousand, Keller and Gephart fourteen thou
SIND and Morse has recently had . judg-
ment against the county for eighteen hum
dred, which added to the hundred he re-
ceived as retainer, makes nineteen hun
dred dollars for him. am told that the
attorney fees paid by the county, cost not
far from fourteen hundred dollars i, The case
of Mere seems the mos. peculiar of all.
The other attorneys had contract for so
much money. to be paid them in the event
Of the county's not having to pay the bonds.
Morses' contract reads:
/, d. Ii. Morse, hereby agree and under
take, and with the Board of County Com
missioners Of the county Of Jefferson, in the
State of Kansas, to render my professional
services, taking dispositions, procuring testI-
mony and trying the case now pending in
the Supreme Court OF the State of Kansas
at Topeka, wherein the Topeka & Santa Fe
Railroad Company, is plaintiff, and the
said county OF Jefferson, is defendant, for
which services az Aforesaid, the said county
of jefferson, by its Board Of County Com
missioners agree to pay to the said ID. FL.
Morse, the sum Of one hundred dollars at
signing of this contract, and such further
sum for said services as shall be Just, reas-
enable and right, and it is further agreed
BY said party Of the second part, that if
the said ID. H. Morse shall be required to
90 from the county of Jefferson to procure
testimony in said case, the said county
shall pay necessary travelling expenses.
Signed this 25th day of April, 1874.
D. H. MORSE,
THos. 4 BAYNE, Chairman.
JOHN GEoPFERT,
j. NJ HUBER.
] am told by parties who ought to know
that the commissi iners had all the attor-
neys in the case that they wanted, but fear
full that NOISE might be employed by the
company, they gave him this retainer, and
supposed that at the close of the suit, they
might possibly pay him fifty more. When
he came IN with his bill for 81, 500, they
were completely dumfounded, and would
not pay il. He appealed to the District
Court which was then in session. The COM
missioners instructed County Attorney Fos
ter to defend it, which, l am told that he
partially neglected to do. Consequently
this judgment for 81 500. At which the
commissioners were so wroth that they i'm
medialely pass resolutions requesting Mr..
Foster to resign, which Mr.. Foster ha+, up
to this writing, failed 10 do, and Isuppose
will not, as his successor, W. F. Gilluly,
Esq, will be sworn in in few days. am
told, upon good authority, that Morse did
not DO SIS worth of work in the whole
case. 1t seems that the main item of evil
dence wanted by the defense was the poll
books, and strange to say, they We're lost
and remained out Of sight from the time of
the bond election, until few days before
the trial of the suit, and Stranger still, it
turns out that they were in the possession
OF very prominent lady Of Valley Falls,
which seems to put at rest the moo,ed
question about woman's keeping secret.
At least this shows that she can, until she
gets pretty good pay for revealing.
The county papers report the sudden
death OF Mr.. Isaac johnson, OF Osawkee.
Cause: Heart disease.
The storm has ceased, the sky lie almost
clear, the roads are drifted with snow, and
it is bitter cold, and oh, for the poor peda-
gogues who have to ride five or six miles TO
school. J. NC.