The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-09-04
HAYES IMPLICATED.
THE MISSING LINK IN THIEF, CAS- A.
NAVE'S STORY
HOw the Fraudulent President Interested
Himself in His LOulHlaaa AIly-e rhos-
sand Dollar COntrlhutlan "a ihe Hash

= Guo VAhOto N'fto'"0"g WV kl1s,ss -
this SHARP Ptesident piaker,as ash sort Of
reserve I'd bring the Hayes gang to time
in case they should bang back with the
balance of the money. 1t was not the
intention of Casahave that this tell.tale
documsntsho1ld be made public unless
the frauds from whom he is extracting
money should attempt to cheat him and
leave him in the lurch THE Po9T got i's
grip upon it, and consequently the pub.
lie gets the benefit Of the complete ex-
posure.
As was shown by the recently pub
Iished interview With CAsanave, he
came to Washington for the expr ess
purpose of making the Administration
raise the money to pay the claim against
his property in NeV Orleans. The at
torneys who defended the Returning
Board accepted the assurance Of those
thieves, th,t their fee should ba paid,
They performed their duty faithfully
and succeeded in saving the sCoundrels
through whom HAYES had been made
President, from the penitentiary. Hav
ing accomplished this, they demanded
their we'll earned money, and were prsc-
tically told by the returning boarders to
get 1t if they could They sued for their
fee, and Casanave's livery stable was the
only property belonging to the quartette
of rascals that was not execution proof
Casanave came to Washington to urge
his claim, and the letters he wrote and
received have been published. He re,
ceived, as he states in his interview
assurances that the money would be
raised. He believed in these promises
and while waiting tor them to he filled
received theltollowing telegram from his
brother:
NEW oRLEANs La, Aug.12, 1879
g. CAsANAVE, Washington, D. c.;
Keeper at the stable contents advertised to be
sold Saturday. 10th; what am to do'
P. CAsANAvE.
This dispatch alarmed Casanave, and
he Immediately rushed TO Judge Shella-
barger, the legal adviser of the Admins
tration, to whom he had oeen referred.
"Look at this Judge" he said, as be
exhibited the telegram. "My property
will he sold in three days unless some
thing is done, and can't wait any long,
or. That money must be raised"
Judge Shellabrger adj l5ted his spec
cles, read the dispatch over twice, and
said to Caas auave: "YOu stay here till l
come hack I'll go and see the Secreta-
ry" (Sherman)
That was about 2 o'clock in the after
noon of the IL h, the date Of the tele
gram. In an hour or so Judge Shella.
barger returned and told Casanave that
it would be all right" that the money
would be sent to his Office that af er-
noon. An hour or two later Webb
Hayes entered Judge Shelabarger's of
fee and gave him 81 600 in national
bank notes, saving his father had sent it
and that was all that could be raised just
then. It was too late in the day to
transact any business involving the pay
ment or transmission of money; 30
ShelIabarger told Ca4anave to go home
and sleep soundly, as the matter would
be arranged and his property saved early
next day. For the purpose Of attending
to this business Judge ShellabArger ar
rived at his Office early next morning
(the l3 h), and found Webb Hayes there
awaiting him. He at once accorded
WEBB private interview, aud the latter
said that his father wanted that 81 900
held back that detective had inform
ed his ftther that there was 'Collusion
and fraud" between Casanave and the
New Orleans attorneys. Webb said fur
ther that this "dete tive" had discovered
the whole plot, and had voluntarily in.
formed his father of it. Casanave was
In conspiracy with the attorneys to raise
the amount named Is 000), which was an
exOrbitant and outrageous fee for the
services rendered 10 the Returning
Board. This was early on the morning
of the l3 b, and as Casanave was waiting
on Shellabarger to see what the latter
would do, he was called in, after Webb
had left, and informed of what the latter
had told. He denied most emphatically
that there was any collusion or fraud in
the affair, and said that the amount of
the fee was agreed upon before the at
tOrney5 went into the case; it was not
an exOrbitant fee, as there were three
lawyers engaged in the defense.
Judge Shellablrg4r asked to see again
the dispatch Casanave had received in
regard to the sale of his property. L.
was produced, and on the back of it
Judge ShelIabarger wrote the following
and told Cssanave to take il to John
Sherman
Ny Dear Secretary;
The $500 you sent me I have sent to Badger.
still hold the q 900 sent me by the President He
reports COllusOn and fraud. WHAT shall dOH
SAMUEL sHELLABARaER.
This note was carried to Sherman,
who replied to Shellabarger, REQ testing
him to investigate the matter. Tne
Judge made inq Iiries amo lg lawyers ia.
miliar with legal aaIirs and legal fees in
New 0rlesng, aud ascertained that the
Zee charged was reasonable enough. He
% reported to John Sherman who then
directed him to send the ST. 600 to New
Orleans In order to have a distinct
understanding in regard to the payment,
e9ellaoarger then sent the following
telegram to Gallon, the leading attorney
who had defended the returning Board:
WASHINGTON D c., Aug. 10 1879,
q North rIl0'', Ne Orleans, La. Ezehange AHey,
near CNgor House Street:
Should we send one tnoussnd more on Return.
ing Board judgment will you give reasonable
time for the balance
sHELLABARGER WILSON.
To which the following was a reply:
heS"s SAeudbargs & wilson, Washington. D. C.:
fVou send mt two hurdred aud hny dollars
more making total ofS1 $50 and Casanave will
give security not to dispose Of his property, will
walt till january. E. NosrH crLt,s
Immediately upon receipt of Cullom's
reply, Shellabarger saw Sherman again
and got $3.50 additional and eant iT 10