, 1880-08-01

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hands the sale and renting Of some property
marvellous. Buthis business is rapidly leavin
him, for the exposures given in The TKlBuN
OF his scoundrelisms las attracted attentio
from all quarters, Trask has been largel
engaged III renting small tenements to poo
industrious people. He las also rente
largely houses that are reputed to hay
been used for illegitimate purposes. T
the poor and helpless he showed no mere
whatever, utterly dlsregardlng all the Law
Of the State, stealing and hiding their pro1
erty under the alleged color of law, and tn
robbed and oppressed families lave neve
been able to hear OF or see their goods again
| Upon those who are discarded by decent 50
ciety he placed all manner of indignities
and compelled them to submit to impositions
also under the color OF law, that stand with
| out an equal in the criminal history Of Chi
cago. Trask at present is in the clutches o
the law, and The TRIBUNE, in the interes
of the poor and helpless, has done much t,
bring him there. Ills rascafity has beer
| shown in every edition of this Journal durin:
the past week, but it would take month!
and months to record in press all the eyl
dence that continues to crop out Of bis pas
| rascality.
TILE CREATURE DELACY (AL1As H. H. COOK
DOOR, unprinetpled towns.nan of Trasl1's
whom he picked up dead-brOke, after having
! been dropped in Chicago by some circus
company, was made q capitalist by Trask'<
was intrusted to him to sell, aid which he
did dispose of to other parties. Cook has
some excuse. He shows that he is the victim
OF dissipation. lie is long, lanterr-jawed
sort of a fellow, who never had the guiding
hand Of Il mothers care. Trask once had d
brother in his employ, but the brother was
sharper than Trask, and the partnership was
dissolved without notice. Cook, it is said,
used to make COLLECTIONS and then 20 on
sprees with the cash, whereby Trask was the
loser. ~,
WILLIAM T. TURNER,
with his red face and hang-dog look, showed
by Ills own evidence that he was willing
tool, and always ready to perform the dirti-
est part Of any diSreputable job suggested
ey Irask: The villain .McD)pnough, the OK
vile for him to perform.
The man Payne Fitz, who claims to have
been Irask's attorney for the past two years,
testified for him Friday before. Justice
at quarter to o'cIock on the morning Of
the 18th Of July, when Mrs. johnson claimed
thnt lie left her house at twenty minutes to
:, and .{ler house was more than half mile
vlously to his own office. The fact is,
TIE AL1B1 WITNESSES
sgn swore .oe1n to too much. They were altogether
other,s heels. : For instance: t II HE Rev. M
1lr. Forsythe swore that he arrived at the
Van BNren street depot at S: 80 in the morn
his Office at twenty minutes to 0 o'clock on
that same morning. There. was a phenom-
enal walker. This reverend pedestrian
walked clear to Madison street. then took the
car and got to Trask's office, corner Of Hal-
best record ever. made. by St. Julien, and
O'Leary would do well to look after his
lanrels. The cheek uf this gang stands With
out parallel. In court Trask was caught
tGTo,aclluig CO., the te!oW-eonspirator on the stand.
knew the Court, and abused the attorney that
was prosecuting.
Yesterday afternoon, before Justice Wal
lace, Col. Cameron had an Information sworn
out against Trask, charging him with per
sonating another, in swearing before Justice
Joel W. Smu1l. Of Austin,
THAT He WAS FRANKLIN J. SPENCER,
In the repleyln suit through Which the fra
grant HOrr, the Constable, was enabled to
get from McDonoug'l 4 warehouse receipt
for Mrs Wagner's goods, on warehouse he
didn't know, and couldn't remember where
1t was. Trask was arrested, and gave bail
for examination.
Mrs. E. n. Diggals, who lives at No. 19l
West Madison street, who testified regarding
Irask r. "a. on Fri4ay before Justice Meech has
From her story it would seem as if she had
reason to detest him. She has occupied her
present quarters for nine years, has been q
prompt-paylng tenant, and is given char
the, vicinity. Irask onls became her land
lord some two years ago. When she leased
the house on the lst of May last the rent was
raised, ana Trask represented that the Rev.
Mr. Forsythe, the owner, had agreed to make
sary, including sKylight and light Shaft for
ventilation, i'll some Of the inside rooms. She
paid her rent for the month Of May, but !
40 repairs had been attempted, and none had
been made to her house, though she had fire. |
agreed. On the 9Th Of July she went to |
1rask's Office and told the clerk that the re-
PAIRS must be made, rs agreed upon when |
'!le leased the house, and when Trask sent
ne he carpenter to commence work the June
following she sent her son to Trask. asking
lin to come over in the evening to her
louse. Trask agreed to come, but he didn't,
II course. On Monday morning the owner,
ent from EngleWood. TrasK sent over
apitalist WHY WY rrasf T f;0 had not not
oine over Saturday night, and why no i'm
'royements had been made: Cook said that he
|
i've minutes after he
CAME BACK WITH 4 DISTRESS WARRANT
nd levied Oil her furniture She ran at once
0 Trask's $ office and asked him what it meant,
nd he said that he had acted under the au-
hority Of the Rev. Mr.. Forsythe. She pafd
er rent, but Trask insisted that she must
ay Cook s. for costs Of levy. She paid
rask SG0, and went back to the house,
ook had been making a list Of her
roperty, and he and his pal would
OF leave until she paid them s., which
ne finally did, and obtained receipt from
ook - for costs OF distress warranLo And
ere again their rascality crops out Trask's
ttornpy said that the case had been settled
nd the warrant destroyed. There was an
legal act and one that should not be lost
glt Of. Here was 4 warrant issued ir dis
ess for rent, and it was no doubt like all
theirs that Trask issued, in his name as
vner. The statute explicitly specifics that
lese warrants shall be returned to some
llstlce of the county, and summons issued |
tereon. and where i'm aMicable settlement
made it shall still be returned
Is 'stice 0s'Gs Peeords of P0fofh }he countg s9e
ut this was not done in this case. They |
snply destroyed the evidence Of their ras-
llity. Friday the Rev. Mr.. Forsytlle col / :
cted the July rent of Mrs. .Diggals himself,
I'd gave her his receipt, and allowed her the I
that Trasl illegally attempted to collect
her. Yesterday she signed q stipulation |