Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-10-03
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The mammoth cared ass who doesn't
know any better than to assert that the
laboring men who worked for Gen.
Washburn previous to his ASST gnmcnt
some years ago, were not paid, is a tit
companion. tor the ignoramus Hodges,
and that harmless lunatic, VIM. Ewing,
who claims to know where Gen. WASH
burn had bags full Of money hid away In
those days. The facts are that the men
employed by Gen. Washburn in and
around his mill were paid off In cash,
ETC., to the lastpenny. Some of his head
men and foremen were with the balanee
Of his creditors paid off in valuable pine
lands and other property, at a cash ap>
prisal, after which the trustees decided
back to the general over $500. 600 worth
Of valuable property. But what of ali
this? Why notice the lying and dis
cordant notes OF the mammoth cared ass,
us he brays aloud for his bundle Of this
ties? Why stor to dispute with the
harmless maniac Ewing, who is no more
responsible for what he says than anyone
of the thousands of his kind who fil the
mad houses of the land, and whyl ah
why! need we waste more white paper
and space on that inflated blathcrskite,
Leonard B. Hodges, who only opened
his eapacious mouth on this wheat qnes-
ton to put his foot into it.-From the
Pioneer Press, Sept. 20.
So that's the way you talk, is it?
The men "were paid IF in cash, etc"
We know some parties in 1his county
who state that Washburn was owing
them at that time, aud that they got
60 per cent in cash and 40 per cent in
''e'c." That is. the 40 per cent was
never paid IN any manner. Among
the number we're ". 4. Lambert, who
is now treasurer Of Morrison county.
and James Muncy. Their experience
with ". D. Washburn. as stated to Us
by Mr.. Lambert yesterday, was as f;a~
lows: Messrs. Lambert & Muncy
took a sub>contract from Smith &
Mackey to get out pine logs for Wash>
burn, the last named gentleman to pay
for the logs. Before the logs had been
paid for Washburn went into banks
ruptcy, and after considerable trouble
Lambert & Muncy succeeded in GET
ting 60 cts. on dollar as final set
clement of the entire amount, which
was about eighteen hundred dollars.
They were thus swindled out Of over
seven hundred dollars. But to make
the matter still worse the logs were
scaled on the bank by scaler sent
f;r the purpose by Waskburn "r his
agents, and the scaler. managed to
cheat Lambert & Muncy out Of
200. 900 fcet. an that the logs actually
scaled 200 900 feet more in the boom
than thev did on the hank. The logs
were worth six hundred dollars On the
hank, and TINS the entire amount Of
the earnings Of Lambert & Muncy that
went wronsfully into the pocket Of
Washburn was 81 3O0. Lambert &
Mnncy are both working men, and
doubtless worked harder that winter
than any men IN their employ, yet
they were hardly able in the spring
to ray their men, but they did man
age to pay every cent in cash, while
their legitimate profits were thrown
into the fupd to swell the $500, 900
turned over to Washhurn after the
creditors had been disposed of: The
above is the version Of Mr. Lambert.
whose veracity is conceded by all the
citizens Of Morrison county to be be-
yond all question. It is = needless / to
add that Mr.. Lambert is a supporter
Of Donne':y, in whose entire record
not a suspicion of. dishonesty. can bc
found. "A We derive no pleasure from
bringing these facts to the surface.
and do so only because we believe i,
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