Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-09-04
s26.4S


lated by law 90
Paid entry fee to clerk, 'oc
paid A. G. Carr for serving the writ, 40
Amount of term fee regulated py .,
law,
NJ, S14.30
>tor.,r 1900
No., $3.50
Amount collected,
So tina: actually paid Mr.. Morton MORE
than was under any obligations to pay him'
and leave the public to draw their own con-
clusions as to whether my charges were eN-
brilliant. l have seen Mr.. Morton nearly
every day since, and he never has said one
word to me that he was dissatisfied. Nor dio
he at the time find fault with my charges
I never bought or offered to buy the bill, nor
represented TO him that had not collected IL
when had / continued to do business LOT
Mr.. Morton for some time after this, and I'M
iii I refused to loan him money! short time
before he went into bankruptcy second
time. And never heard of any dlssatlsfac-
ton on his part until I sued him for Boston
parties, attaching his stock in trade and smut
ting I'D his store short time before his
bankruptcy proceedings. MIR. Morton, as II
seems, gives the impression in his affidavit
that kept the money some time after col
lected it, when in fact and in truth pad y
orer to him the rery day that collected 1t!
The republicans of this county will judge
whether am at fault in this transaction.
In relation to the published account headed
81. T. Carleton, as a speculator," purporting
to give the facts in a certain transaction.I de-
sire to say that the statement published is not
fair or faithful representation. That Mrs.
Haywood died at the time stated, leaving prop
erty to the amount stated, is true. That great
deal of speculation and discussion as to
whether the issue of her half brothers and
sisters would inherit any of her property is
well known, opinions being divided upon that
point, even among lawyers, and my connec-
ton with this matter was due solely to that
fact. l considered it then, at least, an open
question not free from doubt. The attempt
is made to create the belief in the public
mind by this unfair statement of the case,
that l, by some unfair means, obtained Mrs.
VS. claim to several hundred dollars, for
very small sum; the sworn testimony of at
least three witnesses disproves such an
sertion and shows conclusively to the con-
trarv. That another man and myself pur-
chased this claim is true, and the whole
orse Co... a.
and grew out of a misunderstanding, which
no one was blameable for. 1t arose in this
way: Brainerd, the administrator of the es-
tate, as he states under oath, told me what
Judge Baker said to him as to the heirs of the
half blood inheriting equally in the same de-
gree or by right of representation. l took it
for granted that what Judge Baker said was
correct, and so stated it to Mrs. w. as the
testimony shows. And Mrs. w. and Mr.
Brainerds testimony both show that had that
been correct, there would have been no diff
Guilty, and she would have been satisfied
But rs Judge Baker afterwards decided.
she was entitled to three or four times
the amount that it was then understood, or
supposed she would inherit. She came and
saw me and l willingly and freely Cancelled
the assignment of the claim to myself, and
everything was satisfactory. as | supposed
1t is grossly unfair to give the public to I'M
derstand that we supposed or had any idea
that we were getting a claim to this large
amount, for SO small sum. The sworn testi-
mony clearly shows the contrary and clearly
demonstrates the fact that we were all acting
under a wrong impression as to the law gov
erning the distribution of the estate and the
cancellng of the assignment would have been
the last ever heard of the matter, all parties
being then satisfied, had not this Mr.. White.
spoken of in this statement, because of his
bitter hatred, not to me but to the one con-
cerned with me, undertaken to create a
wrong impression in the community i'm rela-
ton to the matter, and to that end he was, as
was informed, very busy, and out of this
grew the suits referred to. There has never
been any suit by Mrs. w. against ANYBODY
concerned in the matter that | ever knew
although such an impression has been given
by some of the papers. The fact that be-
came nonsuit in my action proves nothing
l did not desire to harrass Mr.. White. He
had stopped, as believed, trying to iniure
me, and there was willing to let the matter
rest True l paid $500 to settle Mr..
Whites suit against me, less by half than il
would have cost to try the case even if I beat
him, of which there could have been no
reasonable doubt. Mr.. WIS suit against Mr..
Carr, involving precisely the same thing, was
tried, and Mr.. W. was beaten, and the
verdict of the jury was an entire and
complete vindication of myself from
the charges contained in the published state
ment, and when those who appear to be so
anxious about the matter will print the whole
testimony, and not detached portions of it, it
will be readily seen that state the facts in
relation to that transaction But am led to
believe that l need not expect fair treatment
from some of those who are so active in oppos-
ing me, but that these unfair state ments will
be scattered like autumn leaves. all over the
county.