The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-01-18

10 Exactly What II. D. Stringer
Said,
In the Circuit Court This Morning
in the Famous Case Be-
tween Stringer. Baker
and Lamy.

This morning the lawyers hogan TO ex
anime wi,nee.es in the case Of I. n. Bake
". H. ID. S,ringer and E. Lamy. This
| "a celebrated c.-e," and ost Of j, hs
, grown an amount Of iitig alton and rsvels
: ton. Of the ",rickr of the irxdine trade,
> which have kept the lasyers busy ant
happy, and the social knobs Arouad The ba
roou stoves ssiping for months.
! Ii viii be remembered that year and q
half or two years ago, I n. Baker AMI H
ID. S;rircer made a trade. ]. n. B.kei
owned III. brick building on Onio STREE
nov occupied BY Bronson & Pierce a. Z
} drug siore. Baker traded this building &,
H. d. S;ringer, receiving in exchange FOL
il money aud farm, owned By Siring-r in
Cole county. Shortly after, only a day OF
two, we helieve, Slrinser cold the property
Ia Mr.. E. L,my, receiving check. in pay
meni. A few days after. or st least in =
very short time, b ,ker found thst there
v.s = heavy mortgage on the farm he had
received from Slrinser. Tnen he b~g,n to
kick, and !~xsi proceedings we're brIun
agsin-, S,ring-r BY q .ker.
Thi. pre-~n, suit il one in equity ia
which Baker is trying TO recover his build
ing from Mr. l. nv on the ground tina,
in the original trade Stringer came - very
slick game orer him."
The court from thi- morning vac still a.
q tomb xhrn the tall form, -arurnine count
enanc. aud piercing eyes Of :. u. -. S;rinrsr
came in ,iew "n the witness STAND.
1t is impossible to give all Of HE te-ii-
mony, but s.mple OF i, will give an idea
Of The ch,rming f..nkns~s and unaffected
simplicity with which the famous trader
unxound his tale. Smith & Shirk e.. Baker
and Snod y 4 Snort aud o. A. Crsndsll
for the defendants.
This IL sb ut the stvle Of TIE testimony.
L'wyer-Mr. Sirinser, we're you not
some time il oonsuulsting this trade with
NJ. Baker!
Stringer-Oh, yea, me aud the old man.
meaning Bsker-were haggiing over the
m alter for several days.
Q-DurinS the time were you much To-
gei,sr?
A-Oa, yea; Ne sere bummins around
tosn ws,cning each other pretty Close.
Q-During that time did you and Mr..
B. ever drink Together?
A-Weii, should smile-I mean !
should rather think we did.
Odd you drink often!
A-Preiiy often.
Odd the proposition. 10 drink while
you we're hagyliny over thi, trade always
cone from you or Mr.. b?
A-weIi, they did no, always come from
me.
Q-Durins this time that you and Esker
we're going around together, taking over
this trade, did Mr.. B. get drunk,
A-Not exactly drunk; he's got hard
head and can stard a good deal, but he
vas pretty full for several DAYS.
Odd you have any object in going
around and drinking with Baker!
Alt u.s this way: knew that Baker
vas IN awful keen hand At . bargain.
knew he vas a IN IN who Vas troubled with
very little squsmishness when il came to
trading that he dad not, IN fact, have very
much honor or principle when il came 10
getting money out of a trade. 80 !
thought il I corld KEEP The old man in
. good hun,or and feeling pretty comfort
able during the tim, tina, 1 could get
little the advsntsge Of him, and get the
best end Of the bargain. l vas on the
trade, and meant u trade right from the
start.
When Mr.. Baker VA. put on the .tard
he also inside spicy rrvela'ions. He said
that S,rinser had pictured the farm in
Cole county in glowing colors; had told
him that there we're several brick houses
on il; plenty Of wafer and all s1ch good
points M these. B,ker said there was
.ome truth in what Strinser told him about
the plentiful wsier and brick hou-es. When
he, Baker, went down to see the farm. be
found it had several brick houses and .
big mortgage on il. But the brick house
consisted of an old ram shackle rattle trap
that Vas about to tumble down, and some
brick out-hou.es thst would double dis
count the others for mesne~s. There Vac
q supply of water which Wa . little too
plentiful, consisting Of two great big bayou
th.t took little too much rom TO make
them perfect.
This il merel, the outline and substance
of their remarks, which were . little in
clined to be strictly personal. The case is
in progress.