The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-07-15

{ dOes coose the verdict will he that an
N ho9est man when compared to Others
shoa I 0ight n.ue.
There vsa lie il mot nos
! resident Of the county, bus he aud La
Due iaaugursied the whole hing. got the
,ours to ia-ue the l'ond., retained i've on<
lhoussnd dollar bonsl. ios his trouble, anil
received for The bonsls ninety Fix CENTS On
lhe dollar, for The whole That j. mos~
hen / ever got " ever expect io
realize. The truth oi the m.iier Is vhe" |
he ledger IL b.laoced hriw~en that rail
rosd coupany and my-elf. lear viii
cs@e out on the wmng sheet. he-i''ss the |
lo-s Of honor.
True ! g, $4,000 in bo"si-. but at their
pre.ent market value they ere not worth
aud .pen, tia, sum in engineering
the job tLrosgh and advanced money from
time 10 time Ia the cs,ris.ciors.
Thea there Vas .. ! brlisve
he i in bu.ines. in q. He vss when ] left
He ID truly remarkable MN lie gut his
6aeer deep into ih.s railroad money. but
slvays saccr~~i~d in e~csp;ng unscsthed
and without bsesih Of suspicion attached
70 his name.
The $50 GOD in hind. h.pi~ued I" fall i"
nv hansis this gay: When the n'ad Vas
fus commenced. people h~g,n Hsking in'"
q. from oil quart.rA. We held . u,r~t'nx
the dirrcso.. 81 the rosd-prr-id~si over
BY LaDus, and il vss then ih.t our ss.s-
picious v~re amused that all would mot
come out right. LslDse intiMsird ihs'
the county Il Jackson would nat give her
bousis until the IosL was running Z" Nan
s.s City. s"si the isc' Mas plain Q" every
luiy that tie road w"sid never h~ e",n
pIesexl. Il "a, then 6r-t drcislrsl ~ sPpso-
psisse The ss,"s~y "n hs,.d Ia Our "wn ase,
- yell o. the uns'ld b's~is ANIL 'isrsmp.
Thi. I opl..-~.i, Esr I -iiii h.d h"Ie i" the
ultimate sMsrs--. ii our ~nierlpsi-~. and
Thought by us"sissging the Tosd hrsi aud
selling the r~-i I'll the is'"'ls We c"nlsi
receive .,..,,-y .ntsri-nt ." pui the I"sd
through Ill right. aud leave ~ the $40.
OO Of Jsrk~.p county lsoSsls t"r ossIs~ls~--.
Nv influence wen. l.ai'n-. shortly after.
went io New York f"r the rurlx'-~ al rs'--
| ius the nnnr ., as.st while h~ Gas gone the
6rss cloud hogan tn gather. The co''irac-
tors hs.i not l~~" paid "a. and ih'e,i-"~''
Ia si..p x..k umls-- the money wss f''Tih-
cunning { went sso,,n.i s"d rai-s,i whsI
mson~v ! could, mud satisfied the balance
cat al INV individual ns""ey ---on'rii'np
like 81, AM. / have i"r.oi'~n the exact
.assL
l..D,~'s visit di.lm't prove . success
lie came nsck ls.,s~r than he went. n"
,.tI~r meeting vas held. aud ] s"n"uncss
My nnqusli6s.i sii-srps"vsl al the eour's
they wanted tn ,.nrs,.- xnd threatened u
turn over Ia the the 81. Clair county eour
the s9D. OaO in hos"is siill in my lrosssssiou
n,sn the payment to me by the county "
wha, money Z hsd paid out. This c.nss'
u~ Ia he bitterly si~n"n"c.d, and ! THREAT
~n~sl To give up nv position ~ -scretsT.
of the company, aud wash my hands al tn
Whole thing.
Al this time there vas nnexIends'
money in the treasury. ] do not know III
exact amount, but think II wss s"methin
like 10000. l ofiervsi TO give them ih
r~u,s,ming bon.is IL they would pay N
$1,000 for my tronbl- and MONEY sdvsnt
esi, and say nothing more shont 1t; bG
. ,hi. proposition vas not accepted, aud n
tanned the bonds. Shortly after snesl's
meeting Of the directory was held end
. really did resign. This caussd sens
,iou. The board va afraid would 81
I pose al the working Of the road, and the
divided among ihemselves the money n
! naming in the treasury end also tried
ees the boods from me. again offered
! compromise on $4,000. bu, was again n
e fused. 70 held on 10 the honda
u Ireally inleaded to turn the bonds ov'
to the 81 Clair county court. but in conve
= sas,oa viih certain Of the judge. l VI
given 10 understand that not cent YOU
u they pay for the return Of the bonds, %
6 Of course still kept them. Thea IL SCENE
" - il everybody in the county had sodde
z turned against me, and lost con6den
2 and hope in everything and determined
y keep The bouds II all hasar,is. Hos veil
y have kept that determination you .
knOw.
!" In concluding this letter, which 10
ready ex,eoded further than l had ~
y mind IL doing. Gill say thsi re'rieo'i'
J" IL On the track Of many. The Bill Ae'
Who they di-Pise has hrxu" ." talk, and
= do nos isie.j 10 stop until Others are ca
J" ri-d down 10 ny depth. ! vil! write u
.s.in Of no distant day, s"sl give you q
" librs,y ii having ihia letter published
y" you think bert. WV. o. MEAD.