Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-03-20


CuIlom was the party who had |
the Judgment against Casanavs and /
was about to sell his property. Five /
hundred, twill aforementioned, had |
been contributed by Sherman anil |
had been already sent. Hayes hal /
contributed one thousand, sending
the same to Shellabarger's Office by
Webb HAYES; but subsequently
Webb Hayes returned to the Office
of Mr.. ShelIa barger, and said that
his father wanted the thousand dol
lars returned, as a detective had in
formed his father that there was
collision and fraud between Casa
nave and the New Orleans attorney.
On Casanave being informed ofthis
his virtuous indignation was arous-
ed at the idea Of Hayes accusing him
of fraud. The source from which The
charge originated seemed to make
Casanave as indignant as the charge
itself. He went to see the Presi-
dent, being provided by Mr.. Shell
labarger with the following note:
/ recommend Casanave to call on the Pre-
/ sident to give him an opportunity TO speak
/ to Casanave about the fraud that the detec-
| tive spoke about, provided the President so
desires. s. >
Armed with this missive from
| Shellabarger, Casanave went to the
! White House to interview the Pre-
sident, but he waSreported not in,
/ and Casanave failed to see him. Mr..
Shellabarger then asked again to see
/ the telegram Casanave had received
in regard to the sale of his property.
On the hack of this telegram Judge
! Shellabarger wrote the following to
John Sherman and requested Casa
nave to take it to him, which he
did:
MY DEAR SECRETARY: The $500 you sent
to me have sent to Badger. still hold the
81 900 by the President. He reports coHusion
and fraud. What shall DO?
SAdL. SHELLABARGER.
Sherman replied, requesting Shell
labarger to investigate the charge
of collision and fraud, and on doing
so Shellabarger found that the fee
charged the returning-board MEM
berS was a reasonable one, and that
the debt against them was bona .fde,
and there was no collision or fraud
in the matter. In the mean time
other kilograms had been sent to
Cullom requesting that he hold up
execution on the payment of the
$500, (Which Sherman had contribute
ed, and the 81 900 which Mr. Hayes
had sent but afterward attempted to
get back but Cullom was firm; he
insisted on $3.50 additional. Shell
labarger saw Sherman and he hand
ed over $3.50, making $3.50 contribute
ed by him, which added to the ST.
600 contributed by Mr.. Hayes made
SI,750, the amount demanded by
Cullom before he would agree to an
extension of time on the balance.
This matter being arranged fur her
proceedings were suspended. Casa
nave was relieved for the present,
and returned to New Orleans, say
ing that he had a document" in
his possession which would bring
the Administration to time if they
endeavored to shirk the payment of
the balance of the $1,000. Whether
Mr.. Hayes became alarmed after
sending his son to Shellabarger with
81 900 lest the matter should be
( made public, and therefore wished
to get the money back, or whether
the story of the detective was real
one, / am sure / do not know; but
| think the most probable solution
of Webb's effort to regain possession
of the 81 600 contributed by his
father arose from the fact that on
reflection the old man saw that
Casanave had violated that portion
of his civil-service order which pro-
hibited assessments for political pur-
poses, and according 10 this order
Casanave had clearly no right to
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