The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-08-15
MR. MARTIN AGAIN.
MORAN, KANSAS, July 20. /,

MORAN, KANSAS, July 20. 1884.
Editor Register:-I notice few re-
marks in the Inter State of July 9th,
In answer to my letter in the REGIS
TER. Instead OF buying of the Rail-
roads bought of Burnham. The
railroad gave him possession and he
had no trouble for several years on the
piece of land / bought. I think about
the time the Fl. Scott & Wichita r.
r. was built. The Leaguers took pos
session on Or about three years ago
and don't see as it makes any differ
ence who sues for possessesion SO long
as they would not go off without be-
ing forced. And as sure as the sun
shines they will have to go; and how
it is that the Inter State can take
sides with such fraud as this land
jumping, 1 cannot understand. No
matter if the railroad company got the
lands through fraud; the parties who
now own the land came by it honestly
and paid hard earned money for it..
But here comes the Lacquer and says
"You can't have this land; 1 don't
care if you have paid for it,"
Fellow citizens, it is the most out
rageous state of affairs 1 ever heard of.
When our suits were in the lola courts.
Some of the so-called best of the Lea
guers went into court and made aft
davit that Melvin LAWYER was worth
property enough to respond in any
amount of damages, or at least 81 600.
His father told me and others he had
nothing. What can you expect from
such men. There will be day of reck-
oning some time.
AT the time the League got up that
petition last winter and sent it to
Washington, signed by Gov. Click, to
have suit brought on the even sections
1 employed some parties to go also ON
the same errand to see what was going
to be done. Mr.. B. f. Brewster, at
torney general, told them the title was
all right, and there would be no suit
brought, and there was no use spend
ing time talking about the matter.
Mr. Hutchings may talk and blow, but
he knows the league have got no show
and he ought to tell them SO, or come
to trial and let the court decide on it.
Anyone standing in the way of set
Ting this controversy, is too mean to
live. Wilcox says the Martin-Lawler
case settles nothing; 1 think he will
find out he is mistaken.
1 will say to c. F. Snyder, if there
is any bosh about their threats, they
are responsible, as he (Snyder) is one
one of the parties who told Hopkins
and myself our lives were i'm danger,
as there were men in the league none
too good to kill US; and was also told
by man that 10 or Is of them lay in
wait on section 4 after night, armed
with guns for the purpose of killing us,
Hopkins and ~ if we happened that
way. Will say further to Snyder, we
proved in court that he was warned
not to go on the land he now occupies,
as it belonged to other parties and he
had no right there, and would lose it
if he went on. He speaks of no hon.
orable man coming here and raising a
racket. If some man would let them
have their own way, the league would
be claiming lola, and go in and de-
strOy all the records, as 1 have heard
several of them say our records did not
amount to anything, and some day
would be burned up. Nobody but fool
or a robber will put forth such argu-
ments.
There was prominent Lacquer sta
ted one day last week in s. c. Carner's
office, that the majority of the leaguers
did not want this land matter settled
for the reason that they were having
as good thing as they wanted. They
have no rent to pay and no taxes, and
a good many Of them had nothing
when they went Oh the land but an
old team, but doing well at some one
else's expense. Yours truly,
J. s. NJ.
p. S. Since the above was handed
to the editor have been again warned,
by man who came all the way to
Moran for that purpose, that my life
was in danger, as the league have, de-
cided that / must die. / have only
to say that l still live and can always
be found without much trouble.