Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-08-19

inee for Vice President, he gave. sub
stautiallv. the following statement:
.s.Some six years since | purchased forl
80 200 two lots from James Frank, who
had laid out an addition on land bought
from VIM. H. English. l knew Frank
Intimately, and had so much confidence
in him that l was careless about looking
at the abstract of title, as he sand all was
right. l paid part down, and altogether
paid 81 1000, and then had chance to sell
the property to good advantage, but the
would -be-purchaser found that English
held a first or blanket mortgage over
the whole addition. l then went to him
and asked him to release it, offering to
pay extra my pro rata of the mortgage,
when he said he would not do it, as the
mortgage was not due until 1880, and he
would see about it then. This was IN
'76 or'T7 In the meatime Frank had
turned over to him my last two notes,
and l told English that nnleSs he releas-
ed the mortgage would not pay anOth-
er cent. as he might come on me for any
amount he saw tit in 1880. He said l
could do as | liked, and subsequently
| forecloSed on the lots, bid them IN him
self and secured an additional personal
| judgement against me for $1,000. When
| learned this | went to his office and ask
ed him what | owed thousand dollars
for; that | had paid him $1,000, and that
he had the lots back, and what more
could he ask? lie said what he asked
was his money, and he proposed to have
it and that right away. then told him
what l thought of his robbery, and he
ordered me out of his Office. l had Il
small harness shop on Delaware street,
and was compelled to go into bankrupt
cy."
MR.. CHARLES W. MOODY,
Formerly prominent druggist on In
diana avenue, was next visited, and was
very free in giving his opinion of man
who, he firmly believed, was
WOLF IN HUMAN FORM.
Mr.. Moody said: In 1878 Or "A was in
business at the intersection of Indiana
avenue and Tennessee street, and owned
the building. Was doing well, but con-
cluded TO add to my building, and, as l
had a little extra money, and as there
was large amount of building going
on, thought would buy some ground
and start brickyard, and that, thereby,
could make the brick for my house free
of cost 1 accordingly bought ten acres
south of town from B. F. Heffgen for
$3.50 per acre, and paid on the property
$4,000, leaving two first mortgage notes
of 81 900 each yet unpaid. These Heff-
gen sold to English, and on them l paid
until l owed him $69S 45, according to
my figuring. l also paid the taxes, and
this was the only incumbrance on the
ground. In the meantime there was nc
sale for brick, business was dull, and
though I worked night and day ]
was unable to meet the interest
) English then foreclosed, and though
met him at the Courthouse, and on the
. steps asked him to be lenient, that was
J doing all mortal man could do, and that
/ would pay him as soon as possible, be
: said, and these are his exact words:
"'IF YOU DON'T HURRY UP AND PAY
Me FASTER, WILL DRIVE YOU TO HE'LL
AND GOMEZ
"But this is not ALL continued Mr.
Moody, he bought in the property and clio
sed my drug store on personal judgment
/; of $4,000. How he got that l could not
discover, until l found that the notes
: were gold bearing and that he had eX
; acted the premium. When he closed my
store, other creditors, of course, came
and was ruined. At that time con
sidered myself, and was worth clear o.
everything, $4,000, and Bill Englisl
ruined me"
Mr.. Moody is now. engaged in th'
manufacture of baking powder, an(
is doing fine business.
AN OLD GERMAN,
, George Schriter, was next visited, us i
/ was aScertained that he had felt the gril
9 of the iron hand. He WAS formerly il
: the saloon business, and owned a three
story brick building on Washington st
opposite the Courthouse, and is an hon
est, hard working man. He is now quit
feeble, and when talking of his bushes
with English grows very excited. Ac
cording to his statement, he traded hi
. property with the Octopus for fOu
houses and six lots in EngliSh's addition
and subsequently mortgaged the proper
, ty, which was valued by English in tn
trade at $4,000, to him for 81 800 to pa,
a security debt. The inevitable foreciO
sure followed, and when friends helpet
|, redeem the property on the last day Their
was an item of 800 for attorneys fee
for his son, who attended to the case
The "poor mans friend" also exacted tn
full penalty on the tax certificate whicl
Schriter was unable to take up on &C
1 count of sickness.
" A BRIEF RESUME.
These three gentlemen were the onl!
ones interviewed, and they were chOSel
because they could be easily found ;wer
: well known, and were each of differ
, ent political faith, Beiler being a Re
: publican, Moody National, and Schrite
! a Democrat, so that politics could hav,
nothing to do with the record spread be
: fore the public. AS your correspondent
proceeded with the investigation, offer
of statements came from every side, an(
6 especially from the poorer class.
would be an easy matter to fill the Com
mercial with affidavits of parties whit
had been glad to escape with their lives
and there is abundant room for another
, chapter.
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