The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-01-19
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Her
r aid to-day publishes the following:
te The tributes paid To George w SEQ
Vile, attorney for the defense in tn,
Guiteau trial, have created general de
m sire to know all about Scoyiile
20 The reputation given TO Scoville was {
e complimentary one, and his alleged hon
esty of purpose and purity of motives
|, which actuated the defense of the vii
famous criminal have engendered q
4 sympathy for the man who thus 5raved
: public execration. How deserving he
q is of this may be judged by glance al
\ the statements which follow. There
= were any number of rumors rejecting
= upon hlr. ScOvilleE The victims Of the
h man preferred TO remain quiet and un-
: demonstrative, but when SGsagh4 out ons
of them freely told stories of ais WRONGS.
Mr.. D. n. Stoelzel, residing hare is
. about the heaviest sufferer, as his loss is
: something over 81 600 through Scoyille's
; trlckery, which placed him in rather a
!, deplorAble financial condition. When
asked If he knew ScOville, and if he
. ever hRd any business transactions with
: him, Mr.. s. replied:
, YES, HE KNEW HIM =
do I kaow himl Only too we'll.
|. He VA devil in human form. Scoyiile
. hsd been my lawyer for twenty years
and 94tlead, besides icing light IN
the Methodist church, and often called
upon by brother Thomas to preach. /
did not think my business could be con-
fided TO better hands, and he became nv
trusted attorney. He acted in the most
. scoundfelly way. / sold a piece of
property on Indiana avenue 70 Judge
, Anthony for $1,000, payable 81, 600
, cash and the balance on time. The last
payment made to me by the Judge was
IN the shape OF note for 1898 80. The
note was made payable one year after
date, but Judge Anthony failed to take
II up. Scoville came to me and offered
to collect 1t, saying he would compel
Anthony to pay, and suggested that two
notes be taken instead of one I gave
ScoVille the note for collection and as
time went on without my receiving the
money, ] inquired about it. ScoVille
said that the notes had been placed in
the First National bank for collection.
The cashier said that the only notes he
knew OF that description were two
made payable to the order of George
Scoville, and that they had been paid the
day before. Anthony was the maker of
those notes, and we inquired of him
about the matter. He stated that he
had made the notes payable to Scoville, |
as he had understood from Scoville that
wanted it so. afterwards asked SEQ |
Vile for the money bat failed to get it. |
ton but finally said he did not intend to |
reimburse me. He then went into bank. |
ruptcy in Milwaukee, and / lost ALL"
"Dtd he ever refuse to payI"
"Yes."
Had you given him any money as at
torney's fees" t1e >
mo, don't owe him anything. He
simply had the notes for collection"
did you ever have any other disa-
greeable transactions with hims"
"Well, this house am cow living in
was mOrtgaged to Mrs. David Ferris for
$500, and Scoyille was the trustee. /
needed the money Judge Anthony owed |
me to take up that mortgage, and 40 in
formed Scoville. After be had pocketed
| the funds he wrote me note saying
that if did not satisfy the mortgage he
would forclose and turn me out of my
home" s.-.
did you take up the mortgage W
mo. Ihave never been able to do SO
and the house which was once my own
l am now paying rent for. Thanks TO
George Scoville." r--..-
did he ever promise to pay you after
he went into bankruptcy
mo. He said he had plenty of money
but he proposed to keep it. received
printed schedule of his liabilities and
! saw that he sWOFe to ewing me $500 bor-
amount and lied about 1t being borrowed.
It was simply stolen. He failed for 1885,
GOO, and never heard of his paying
solitary cent. My son sent that Sched-
ule with explanations to Mrs. Garfield
last week"
Add yoa ever take any steps to reeeE-
er your money from him?"
yes. first went to John Scammon,
who said the Offense was an ipdictable
m far he tod 40
attend to the Natter
JUDGE ANTHONY
was seen and asked, "Do you know that
Seville collected the money and failed
to account for it?'
81 heard that Stoelzel did not get the
money"
HE ALSO REMEMBERS sCovlLLE.
Mr. David Ferris, who resides at No.
243 Warren avenue, said ~ have good
cause TO remember Scoville. He cheated
me out of 10000. He was my attorney
and alter my wife's death he got an or
der from the court to sell the farm which
minor heirs, my children, and guar
dian was appointed, Scoville going on
the bond. He controlled the estate and
loaned money from the proceeds of the
sale Of the fRFn on securities. He gave
| us securities for our money and to my
daughter gave notes payable in ten
years. On q payment of 81 800 he gave
me security on the house, 800 Warren
avenue, which had belonged to him, but
which he had sold, retaining a mort
gage for the price paid. My daughter
and myself were interested IN that tran
saction, and to my daughter he gave the
ten years. notes. objected TO the notes
on such long time and he gave me
contract which provided that he would
pay the money whenever il was called
for. He never fulfilled that contract and
when spoke to him about it he said, 'Oh,
that don't amount TO anything In an
other transaction / had with him he
acted in the same fraudulent manner.
He loaned $1,0O0 of our money on a
farm in Iowa which he Afterwards said
could not be collected, but he made q
proposition in the settlement. He asked |
me TO give him the mortgage on the |
farm and note held for 81 800 and
he would give me note Tor $4,000 se-
cured on twenty acres Of very valuable |
land in EngleWood. This note was |
Twenty acres belonged. Scoville en-
dorsed this note, which was made paya- |
BILE in one year. He promised, alsQ, TO
give me trust deed, but he neglected |
to do go. He explained that Tooke was |
perfectly good and that he (Scovilie) had |
property Of ToOke's in his hands for |
sale. I afteFward discovered that the |
land was not located in Englewood and |
Informed ScoviIle of my discovery, at |
the same time demanding an explana- |
ton. He then told me that the,
property was farm at Spalding Station |
and thai the debt was occurred by first |
mortgage, ] endeavOred to find Mr.. |
lToOke, but his name was not in
the directory and no one could
tell me about him. Seoyille subsequent
" informed me that Tooke lived al
would Investigate the properly, and
q learned that the farms had already been
mortgaged for 90, GOO, considerably more
than their worth. My mortgage there
fore was worthless"
did you ever get any money out of
|. him 81
"He gave me note for $500, out of
which ! managed to get 500, and on a
note he gave my daughter for $500, she
succeeded In getting a little"
ri "Do you know of any others whom
, he has treated in this way -
"Yes. There were several One OF
whom was Mrs. Holmes, of Canandaigua,
New York, the widow of former min
lister in Chicago He defrauded her out
f of 4f1,5O0 She had three small chill
. dren, and when she discovered that she
: WAS sWIndIed, came TO me with tears IN
her eyes and told me the pitiful story.
ScoEille had collected life Insurance
, policy in her favor taken out by Der
| husband, and had failed to account for
, the money. He is most unmitfgated
! cheat and scoundrel."
The lawyer referred to by Mr. Stoelzel
Yves seen il the afternoon, q most feputa-
BILE member OF the Chicago bar, who
J made the
II FOLLOWING STATEMENT.
, Stocked came to me and explained
, his case He told me he had no money
! | Int Vnfid give a portion of all sue