The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-01
STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Further Particulars Of the Flight and
Liabilities Of Thomas Hunt.
WOrkmen Crushed by Falling Wall-JO-
seph Rutledge Charged with 0utrag-
ing Mrs Smith-NOtes
INDIANA.
Particulars of the Flight and Liabilities Of
Commissioner Hunt.

Particulars of the Flight and Liabilities of
Commissioner Hunt.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
RICHMOND, March 31.-JOhn B. Dougan re
turned tonight from pursuit of Thomas Hunt,
the fleeing county commissioner. He overlook
Hunt in the vicinity of Eureka Springs, Ark,
but found, much to his surprise, that Hunt had
sent home a sum of money sufficient to cover
what Hunt claims is his Indebtedness to the
Bull estate as administrator, and that he was,
therefore, not amenable to criminal process. 1t
became known here yesterday that the Rich
mond National Bank held deposit to Hunts
credit. But tho nature and history of it were
not disclosed until this evening. 1t seems that
in addition to the s., 500 New York draft which
he bought in St Louis and presented
for payment to a bank at Eureka
Springs, Hunt bought also in St Louis,
a s., 200 draft. This second draft he mailed be
fore he left st. Louis to the Richmond National
to be placed to his credit as administrator of the
Bull estate. 1t arrived here week ago to-day;
but the officers of the bank said nothing about
it, and none of the parties in interest, neither
the heirs of the es -, nor Hunts bondsmen,
nor his creditors had any knowledge of the de
days before Dougan started in pursuit of Hunt,
but the first knowledge he got of it was at St
Louis, when, learning that Hunt had pur
chased it there, he telegraphed to New York to
stop payment, and received in answer word that
it was already paid through the Richmond Ma
tionaL As Hunt had always done business with
Dougan's own bank, the Second National it was
at first a matter of surprise that he should
have sent the draft to the Richmond
national Your correspondent is reliably in
formed that in addition to the interest of Dou
gan, as bondsman to the Bull heirs, the Second
National has an interest in Hunt as one of its
general creditors. He owes the Second National
between $1,000 and $4,000 As his design in
sending back 81, POO was manifestly to free him
self only of the liability for which he could be
held crilninally, he sent the money to the Rich
mond National. no doubt, to make perfectly
sure that it got credited to the right account
The Indebtedness to the Second National is
secured in part by Endorsement and in part by
mortgage on Hunts Touring mill; 81, 900 is
secured by the mortgage. One of the indorsers
Of the Second Nationals notes is Hunts brother
who lives near Liberty. On Saturday he pre-
scented for record here a chattle mortgage on
household goods, and perhaps some other per-
sonalty, executed by Hunt in st. Louis, and
sent from there by post 1t is given TO secure
the brother against his liabilities as indorser.
In addition to u houringmi and an interest
4 an oil-mill, Hunt has here tract of land of
ninety six acres, His total liabilities, including
the Indebtedness to the Bull heirs, is thought to
be about 600. 1t is difficult to put value
on his real estate but it would seem to be
worth not great deal less than the sum of his
debts TO the oil-mill in which he is interested
there attaches the right to use free of royalty Il
s.-g2lsahEe process of extracting oil, and this
of itself would command, your correspondent
is told, considerable price. On the whole,
Hunts affairs present no sufficient motive for
his fight.
Suit was began to-day by John L. Rupe
against the Buhl estate on a note of 81, 600 made
by Hunt, and Endorsed by George Bah before
Bulls death.