The Evening critic., 1882-12-19


hands. John Smith, pension claim that
had worked 30 hard to got the evidence in, he
collected tho $25 from the Government, also
at Topeka, $50 due mo. Also s1iO75 horse
claim OF O. y. l.. Rowland. have not received a
cent for my services. He sent Rowland n worth
less check for $40. He has drawn the whole
amount of $140.75, and tho check he sent to
Rowland being OF no value. He has been TO
sec Mr.. Rowland 10 compromise With him, but
Rowland would not compromise with him. aud
Intends TO proceed against him at an carly
day. why do you not ut once prosecute and
stop the swindling which he has been at for
(signed) "a. NJ BRADLEY"
Immediately after obtaining ball at the
for, he went to Philadelphia and obtained
from q newspaper onlce, In that city, which
prints what are known as the patent outsides,
side, cuts thom up into column slips, and
causes to be set up at Job ofllco In that city
yillainous, libeloua, malicious, wholly un:
and others. He got up those slips, forged
them, as II werc, and had them thus
printed, TO give them the appearance Of hay
Ing been clipped from newspaper, In order to
deceive, and mailed them TO the parties In the
State OF Ohio upon whom he had sold mo
forged notes. He took this plan OF newspaper
llciouely libel me. The envelopes containing
those forged and llbelous slips were all nd.
dressed In his own handwriting, and were also
mailed TO many newspapers. Ho wanted to
impress upon said parties that was the VII
lain and that he was being persocuted. Ho
told the editor of the Miami Onion, Troy, Ohio,
that tho said article was clipped by him from
the Philadelphia Sunday Henl, thus imposing
upon them, with lie, tho Philadelphia Item
never having published line OF 1t.
From said iibeious article, as forged nnd
foisted upon the public press, clip tho fol-
lowing extract which shows tho object
IN. W. Fitzgerald is the person who caused
the arrest of II. f. pritchard this past summer
In several instances in tho State of Ohio, and
a rit M md mt ant.
right notes. Thus far he has failed TO prove
anything against Pritchard. by all known to
the facts IN tho case 1t is looked upon as
wholesale prosecution and plan TO got pos
session Of large cattle ranch In Texas, on
which Fitzgerald owns heavy mortgage. II
is q fact known 10 all that N. W. Fitzgerald and
sum OF money In the past four years In deal
Ing in patent-rlght and other fraudulent notes
In tho States OF Ohio, West Virginia and Mary
land"
My answer to tho above is that did cause
his arrest on two occasions upon two out OF tho
eleven forged notes which he sold me.
have not the case In hand TO make proofs.
The prosecuting attorneys of Ohio and tho
District OF Columbia have tho cases In hand.
and my brother have made quite a sum OF
money, In dealing In patent-right and other
fraudulent notes, in Ohio, West virginia and
life, excepting tho eleven notes purchased
OF him upon his assurance that they were gem
uine No. 1 bankable notes, and would be
HIS object was to poison the minds OF the
persons upon whom he had sold me forged
NOES, and to lead them to think that was the
criminal, the forger, tho scoundrol aud tho
villain, and thereby relieve himself OF the
odium which attached to him. These parties
to whom he had mailed these slips have sur.
some Of eaid witnesses, to induce them to sign
statement that he was not tho
to sell them medicines. These per.
sons testified that two persons, one Of whom
they believed to be b. +. Pritchard. came to
their house and wanted each one OF thom to
buy medicine for tho benefit Of an Ill mem.
Der OF their family, the said medicine to cost
throo, four or five dollars, as the case might
be; not to be paid for unless II eifectually did
Its work; they TO have three months In which
to try tho same. Each of said persons who
agreed to take the three, four or flve dollars
worth OF medicine, as the case might be, was
few days afterward confronted with a letter
from tho "western Medical Works." at In.
dianapolis, Ind. written In the handwriting of
Benjamin L. Pritchard, with tho statement
that they held their note for three hundred,
four hundred or flve hundred dollars, as tho
case might be, and asking them what they
would give for Its return.
These letters arc written by b. +. Pritchard.
Thus II Will be seen that many poor victims
farmers, honest, Industrious laboring people,
were defrauded; were brought Into court upon
suits on forged notes gotten up and sold by
said u. L. Prichard when the persons had
never received one penny,s consideration
amount Of trouble and expense In lawyers
and court fees 10 defeat tho villainies OF this
Gently how they they f had been defrauded led Of their
hard earnings by the rascalitios OF u. T.
Pritchard.
before tho Grand Jury, Prltchard offered an
attorney I'm Ohio five hundred dollars II no
would prevent two certain persons from COM
qs aesnst here hint to- At testify that IN tho desires
TO provo against this man d. I. Prtchard
have In his own handwriting. He made an
IavtN I...,l ,lnV tl,n NJ ntnn otl
claiming that he never sold me any notes,
adding perjury to his other crimes.
His object In attacking me, through tho
slanderous articles that he caused to be
printed, is In tho hopo OF turning the public
attention from his own villainies, and In hope
OF breaking down my own testimony, In the
forthcoming trial, where he VIII have to an
swer for his crimes, at the bar of public JUS
tice. He supposed that General La Fayette
Bingham, who won't West on tour for MS
and would probably never return to Washing
ton, and Prltchard caused to be printed, at q
printing ofllce, in this city, some letter-heads,
printed In the name of "La Fayette Bingham,
Attorney-atLaw, Washington, d. O." Upon
those letter-heads no wrote letters, and forged
tho name OF General Bingham to said letters
to Prophet and Eastman, lawyers In Ohio, and
to several other parties, upon whom no had
sold me forged notes. He forged General Bling.
his own p. o. box, sNo. "a, City postofIice."
(Here is ono OF those forged letters-in which
he wants to have me indicted for his crimes y
"UUtce q La FuyNte BtHgHdU, Htt0JHey-Ut-LUU,
Washington, ID. o., Aug. 10, 1882.
"PRoPnET EASTMAN, ATroRNEys-Ar.LAw:
"DEAn SIns: learn by the clerk OF Meigs
County Court that you are the attorneys for
Fl. Burne and w. O. Hullibarger, defendants;
and that 8. O. Fitzgerald is the plaintin. do.
sire to inform you that the whole gang OF
the Fitzgeralds are swindlers, and that F
paid no consideration for such notes.
snow Will aid you In the.defense,it you Will
have tho Fitzgeralds indicted in your county,
which think can be done, provided you follow
my instructions.
~ can furnish you n true copy OF both notes,
uict them on copy, and have them arrested,
| and they will be too glad TO give up the notes.
ask, can Burne and Hullibarger appear be-
fore your Grand Jury and say that Nathan W.
Fitzgerald procured the notes by false and
fraudulent pretenses, as am informed he is
the man who took said notes and then trans.
| ferred the Same to his brother, Samuel O. Fitz-
| gerald. Ifyou can do that, can furnish you
| a man who will testify before same Grand
| Jury, that $. O. Fitzgerald offered said notes
| for sale in your county, knowing the same to
| be false and fraudulent, and thereby indict
| him, and as they VIII both be In Cincinnati in
| october, then have both arrested. Follow my
| instructions, md II l am not right Will pay
| all expenses, and at the same time Will war
rant you will got both tho notes.
81 will send you q truo copy of each note, IL
| you Will havo your two clients (B. H. appear
| before the Grand Jury and indict N. W. f.,
and will see that s. O. is indicted, too, at the
| same time, and besides l Will furnish you
| proof that $. O. i. never paid cent for those
| notes.
"Pieaso answer fully by return mail.
"Vory respectfully, etc., po,o,u
WL. BINGHAM, BOX 3l,'