Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-12-09

The Dauphin county property to start with.
1t was In testimony that Mcclure owned the
property and got Gilman to go and negotiate
Its sale with George b. Money. What does
Mr.. Money do2 He turns around and divides
that property in four parcels, and makes a
deed of one individual fourth part to whom
| Daniel j. Minnick Who is he? Mr.. McFee
told you he was a client of his; that he was
not worth dollar on earth, and had not
been for years. Yet, Money deeds this land
to him for 80. 800. What does he with the
other three-fourths2 Makes three deeds for
81 500 each to Myers, HOLSTER and Phelps.
What for; why We're these deeds given to
these men? Can You tell me? After they
got these deeds what did they do with them
In the first place what did they give for
them? Not dollar. They had nothing to
give. Myers was the secretary and treasurer
Of the company; HOLSTER the vice president
l don't know what Phelps was. Had Myers
amy money; had Minnick any money! Not n
cent What were these deeds made TO them
tor1 These deeds were made to them so
they could send back mortgages TO this COM
pany and tins company could return these
mortgages us assets; first mortgages on prop
erty sworn to lie worth SlSU,O10. Here ara
the oaths Of these two lovely gentlemen
exhibiting the official record of the Maryland
statement with the great seal of the state
attached, James II. Myers and Eli liolliser.
These are oAths. gentlemen. These men put
their hands Oh the Bible and swore. before
God. that the statements made i'll this paper
were true, You are dealing with serious mat
tiers, gentlemen | don't know whether you
wake up to the fact, that these men swore to
these statements, ''SWurn and subscribed be-
fore me- John Henry Poole Commissioner
for the state Of Maryland Read down the
schedule Il. ''being first liens On lands owned
by this company on December lst, 1875 y
value of property murtgaged, zone undi-
ylded fourth part OF the Dauphin county
tract, "si5.O00 :" another 'nndivided fourth,
$40 900" another undivided fourth,
100000 another undivided fourth 5000"
They swore to that, mind You, and the man
who swore to that oath. who kissed the book,
and before God and under his oath swore that
that land WAS worth 4lsU.0DO, has been see
rotary of this company mp to last January,
yet they "h0Ne nothing To do with the Della
ware City company.
The man THAT made that oath, that covered
with filth and in his absence, don't want to
abuse him, and ! won't take that back r.
| that signed his name to that paper and sent
| it cut to the world that that company had
| mortgages On ; 100000 worth of land iii Dan.
| phiu county. is the same James Ii. Myers who
was their secretary mp to last january and
| yet they have nothing to do with that land.
| MIR. Bird welt On to deal at length with the
fraudulent mortgages held by this company,
| and their gross oyer-estimates of the values
| of the property on which they are based, as
| they had been brought out in the evidence
~ nc 4'ii. ne v"tllueu' "ouiH that H. una.
! wy iVt"""ic Nl'N ,ulhfaLH anu elis ltHhhh-
t'l eoiitPaaN alG tle Haiio eioh'eu ny thc
SINE art' eaIrAel on " tl9 Sn,lG HecI'ioiH'
"itu tne same assets anu II WY He 60
"hetI Is lhuIe any ulHeIGite ~ h!'lH ho
would say nothing unkind, he would leave ali
| abuse to the counsel on tue other side, Who
stood up yesterday and called the defendant
mean N1""lu' II ti"Nel' "t,u eurAN'
ana liat AM ilPuhVE' Mhen nc hIicM
ne WIS ullet thv PIoteet2h ni thl7 u"ft'
ana tuat ne "ouId no more nave uhieai - uu
y on, ol illls court room tilah ne Moa'l nave
daieu 70 ~. ne Muliiu itaNe u 10 INC l'ty 70
say Mnlth me greater coward me man WnV
STANDS ana ABUSES another when ne KNOWS me
man must ~ sill WIN MS tongue ia hl'
mouth. ana ms n7t ny MS Slde' or ne hal
VINO stands as me Defendant III thlS tnlt
Any lawyer can ADJUST Il witness but God ilell
way, and if i were on jury, 50 help N,
God ana lawyer was TO htllse Mlthess ~
! TINS man abused that man, would give I
verdict against hlnli could under my oath
MIR. Bird next argued, in reply to Mr. lore
! that the character Of James b. Henry, tin
second president vi tile company, would run
pare i@Ner1biy WITH that d nls successor NJ
; l}rlEhi,
lie thrn turned to iht 90 st.ot ot EhA
! constitutes corr Grafton hed NAl are avn ga
: De iut tile act oi Il tgriuriIipu a3ldtu" liD
, the life, soul, being and &l>tutiHt ui a rNlpu
, ration are it, officers and tht son eaIH.u
: separate the two. On TINS l"lllt Mr. Ems
cited the case of Tweed 81, the Nr%pog
t Bank, in which the defendants cp,lil7t
/ sought 10 draw IL dlSlllng line between lraul,
4 lin G. Flynn, as president al tho bank, an
{ Franklin q. Flynn as I'M individual, bGt wa
e stopped by Judge Gilpin, who snid ,.Nu sir
: You cannot do ii, What lie did IA Frlki
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