The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-02-17
NOVEL BUT QUESTIONABLE
METHODS OF BUSINESS
COMPETITION.

in the issue of The Manitowoc Tribune
of February 3rd, 1881, of the article en-
titled "a Novel but Questionable way tc
get a Contract" we went to the house o.
Bartlemaus Muehowsky, at Nordheim,
who is the person referred to in said art
icle as having been hired and sent by Us,
&c, and whose statement appears below.
On our way there we stopped at the
saloon of John Schichy at Nordheim and
found there jacob Roemer, of the firm
OF Rand l. Roemer, and Albert Becker,
of the firm of Rand S Co., who had with.
out our knowledge preceded us but q
| few minutes. We then left Schichy's place
and proceeded to the house of Mucholsky
and there to our surprise met these gen.
tlemen again. When we came to the
yard of Mucholsky he came out to meet
US and was Immediately followed by
| Roemer and Becker. Then Mucholsky
said right of, ''well now Wagner is here
and Roemer is here. and tell you that
Wagner has nothing to do with this mat
ter, which certainly was not very pleas
ant for Roemer and Becker, who imme-
diately answered that that was not what
he told them in the house, they had his
statement in their pockets. Mucholsky
then told them chat what they said was
not true. We then asked permission to
put our horse III the barn which was done.
Then Roemer and Becker put their team
in the barn also. Mucholsky then invit-
| ed us to come into the house, which we
| did, and Roener and Becker followed,
| then Mucholsky suggested that we had
better go up to Schichy's and have a glass
of beer, shake hands and be friends, this
| Roemer and Becker were most too will
| ing to do. But that was not what we
were there for, We said that we wanted
| satisfaction, in the presence of Roemer
and Becker and wished Mucholsky to
make statement and have the same re-
duced to writing and signed by him.
MUcholsky then directed us to put his
statement in writing as he gave it, and
| that he would sign it and swear to it.
Roemer and Becker then tried to brighten
him out of giving such statement, but
the man said he would make such state
| ment because it was true. The man then
gave and signed the following statement:
Town NEWTON, Man. Co., Wis, !
February 4th, 1881.
l, the undersigned, Bartlemaus Much
owski, residing in the town of Newton,
Manitowoc County, Wis, being the man
referred to in an article appearing in the
Manitowoc Tribune of the issue of Feb.
3rd, 1881, entitled GA Novel but Cues
tionable way to get a Contract" as the
person who is there mentioned as having
gone to Messrs. Rand & Roemer and in
structed them not to put in their bid, and
as having been hired by Wagner to do
that, do hereby state and certify the fact
to be really as follows, to-wit:
When | came to Mr.. Wagner's hard
ware store [ brought an old saw and ask.
ed Ernst Wagner jr. if could get anoth-
er saw III place of it, who said 1 could
and save mo another saw in place of it.
[ then asked Wagner if he guaranteed
the saw, he said yes and if it should prove
to DO soft | could return ii. Then Wag-
ner asked me If l was one of the commit
tee-that is the church committee re-
terreG TO, and | said no. Then Wagner
asked me if L knew whether the contract
was to be let Sunday and ] said yes it
was to be let there the next Sunday.
Then Wagner said | don't know how it is
that the committee have been over to see
Rand y Ro6meF, they have not been to
sec us yet, only the carpenter has been
here to see us and told us we should send
out our bid. Then Wagner ir. told me
to go over to Rand e Roemer to see if
they had the job or not, and if they had
the job he would not need to. come out
there Sunday, and if they did not have
the JOB L should find out their price if [
could, that Rand & Roemer were to do
the job for, that is the amount of their
Did, and if | found out the price and
Wagner got the job afterward, then was
to have the new saw, If not, [ was to pay
for the new saw, and that was the whole
talkswe had about the matter and is full
and exact statement of the whole affair in
the said article referred to, and nothing
further was said.
BARTLEMAUS MUCHoWsKI.
When we had taken and redaced to
writing the foregoing statement. but be-
fore the same was signed Roemer drew
up paper and requested the man to sign
it, such paper contained a statement that
the man was sent to Rand & Roemer by
Wagner III the name of the committee.
When Roemer read this paper to the
man, the man said that statement was not
true and refused to sign it, and Roemer
then tried to show the man that the pa
per read differently from what it did read,
but Roemer failed to deceive the man.
and the man in spite Of the warming and
protests of Roeuer and Becker then
signed the foregoing statement, at the
same time suggesting to Roemer, that he
fought to be ashamed to believe every
thing that was told him by some old OK
from the country" We then withdrew
| but Roemer and Becker stayed for sever
al hours after, boring the man for state
ment, but failed to get any because the
statement they wished him to sign was
not true.
We now leaye this matter to the pub
lie to decide for themselves on whom the
imputation of dishonesty and trickery
rest. E. WAGNER & Son.
Nh. MONROE TAYLER. Of Eaton, a re-
| spected and well known farmer, had his
left hand caught in power feed cutter
| last Friday The hand auJ Ioxua- mart IF