The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-06-18
SHARP PRACTICE.
How Q Joplinite Pooled Q Chicago
LAWYER.
And Q Clash Between State and
Federal Authority.

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Federal Authority.
"There are tricks in Ill trades" it il said,
but about the sharpeai trick We have heard
Of lately Was related to . BAzl0 reporter
yesterday.
A merchant in Joplin. bought large
stock Of goods from New York house,
and ~ security for the balance due,
$1,000. gave . chattel mortgage. very
tight and binding in its character, upon
the whole stock. Time passed and the
merchants indebtedness became due
Pressing demands we're made upsn him by
his New York cre,iii"rs without avail.
Finally the New Workers resolved tn cluse
the business mp, and a Chicago lawyer Was
ielegrArhea To AM instructed To GU 10
Joplin. procure the mortgage, which Was at
. certain lawyers Office there. and ioreclose
The Joplin merchant got w;nd 81 the mn;
ter - soon n thu Chicss' le;,l m,n srrIv-
ed, and g,ing to the lawyer Who Ind the
mortea ,e in his possession, they laid their
heads together AMI put up a j"b on the
aforesaid lakeside legal man. Alter con
snltatisn the Joplini,e hurried to Jefferson
City to ,o into bankruptcy before the mort
gage cculd be enforced.
The next morning after his arrival, the
Chicago man entered the lawyers Office anil
told him he wished To zee that m,rrg ,ge
The lswyer told him To call in the evenin z
~ he WA very busy and had not time la
look il mp. Thus one day Wa -svei i"r
the merchant who Was on his way to Jeii.r-
-on City.
The next day the Chicago man va
cordially welcomed by the Law
yer, and taken out tn interview
the lions. lie was met by p,rties who
we're in the secret, aud after csrrias. riding
a champagne supper, etc, he went ID bed
roy ally drunk. did this Cnic ,so m IN. Thus
another day was & ,ine,i for the Joplin mer-
chant.
The next morning Mr. Chicago awok.
with a sore heal and serious misgi wing
about his neglect tn perfurm the duties ioI
which he Was sent there by the New
Workers. 30 he arose and started With tn
firm Intention tn have that mortg,g on tn
third day. In the meantime the joplin
iawye. had made out 4 bogus mortgage q
nO account whatever, sni by sun. mean.
nad z iien hpli ii an old recorders sea
md stamped IL, 40 that it bore every aP
,~arance CT bona file document.
When the Chicago man entered AMI i'm
,erst,vely dem,ni-i the morty ,se. tn,
lawyer said carc,e-sly:
oh. yes; rca'I.. had io-g't;en all a,'ou
it. Bu, here il is. tpn!lins the b"gn. on
"ut Of his pocket but you will iin.i that I
don't amount tn anything"
The Chicago man looked il over care
inlly ani heartily agreed with his Jupli
friend that the morts 'ge Wa worthless an
not bin,iing. anil cur..i the Ne~ Y,rke,
for senling him on suci. ipoIs errInd
After this the C;.iciso MN departed fo
81. LoHis, snl the joplin nun f,ilo~ei
him.
BY this time the Joplin merchant has
SUGGESTED in going into bankruptcy ans
had an assignee appointed. after which he
ton. went tn st. Louis, where he met q,
Chicago lawyer snd his own from Joplin
Hardly had they met, however, when
new party appeared in the persan Of .h
Nes York firms own lawyer fru;n thu
gcity. The Chicago IN IN lit into the New
Yorker ior the firm sending him on sooI'
errsn,l. when the Joplin man prodics
the original mortgage. AL the C,icag,
man saw how he had been dup.d. A
var Of words en>ned between the Chicag'
man AMI the New Yorker, which resulteS
in fight. in which New York came out
second hest.
After this the New York lawyer came
and seized the goods (slthough the
owner had gone into bankruptcy and soid
them to party for Sl2!OOO This party
in turn sold them again, making Just
-, 900 on the trade. Ju., a. the lat party
got possession, the United States Marsha
seized the goods they belonging to the
a>signee) and nov the last buyer sues the
New York firm for the $1,000 which he
paid Tor the goods.
All Of which goes to show that there
Is something else in Joplin besides black
Jack and lead.