Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-04-05

eccentric old man ard arad o. the banks.
As soon as he returned from the West ne
called upon his brother and received his
bonds in good shape. Shortly after thomas
wife died, and, after living the lie OF wild
over a short time, he married a young VIC
man, whom, il was said, admired him for the
money he posse sed. AtIey living with the
old man a short tire the young wife deserted
him and commenced proceedings tor alimo-
nv, in the Common Pleas Court OF Clark
county, tin, ir marriage hasing taken plsoe in
that county. In 1877 Thorn Davis made a
will. entirely ignoring h uutut wife in 1t,
and soon after this he cid. Nothing was
said about the bonds in the will AID notody
knew what had become OF Il en-.
One day last month asraueer appesrei in
Osborn, and claimed 10 be L. S. Detective.
He accused cd man Davis OF sealing
his bro,hels bonds, and after
a great amount OF tax and blust'r succeeded
in getting the old man 10 justice Office 10
| bonds, as he denied having taken them.
Finally after great deal OF protesting by
the ole gentleman proposition fer comp'o-
mise was made; the old man Offering 81 500,
but the detective demanded $4,000. The
old gentleman then offered TO give his note
for the Ia ter amount, but the detective re-
fused to give bis name, and did not know to
whom the notes should be made payable, and
concluded to let the matter drop until he
could consult with his accOmplices. In the
| mean time the friends of Mr.. Davis sus-
picioned something wrong. and lie was finally
induced to make known his trouble. The
local press in the vicinity ay that he vas ad-
yised to consult with J. x. Mower, Of
Springfield, whs was Rnt for, bat upon his
arrival i, was found that he vas in the en-
ploy Of the deceased brothers wife, who was
in the scheme to bleed the old man. Attor-
ney winsns, Of Xenis, was summoned, Who
advised the old man to stand suit asd a. this
was supposed to put an er1 TO the srhsue,
the attorney LETT, not s1p.c:icg 10 hear from
it again. Bat on S.tu y OF last
week, Winans vas sSsis cs!ei to
| Osborn, snd % going to the
| place learned that ansthsr attempt vss t>ing
made to induce the cid man to si'e up his
money. Thi. time his decsa.ed brothers Sec
ond wife was there in person and with her
was . detective whe c5ald give his name.
which was Koun,z, and bis home was Al
Miamisburg, Montgomery county. winans
had An interview with the Aianisburg man
aud sson learned il was the saae old scheme
being worked by new persons. They were
willing to compromise the case tor $4,000,
although the sto!ea (7) bonds amounted to
| near 1000. He informed the party that
he would have preferred to prosecute them,
but Mr.. Davis did not want to 60 10 law as-
less really necessary. and if they desissed
they would be allowed to g, but II they
bothered the old man any more he would
commence criminal proceedings against the
whole party. They said something about not
allowing themselves to be blufed. and then
disappeared, and it lie expected they will drop
| the case.
The notes which had been fixed up for the
old man to sign were divided mp into small
amounts, 30 a. they could have been divided
had the scheme succeeded.
1t was learned that Thomas Davis disposed
Of all the bonds himself, and some Of the
money derived from them was paid to his
wife for alimony.
The second wife, formerly Miss Lorenzo,
above mentioned, resides in this city, aad was
married to Thoi. B. Davis some years ago.
The case occlpied considerable attention
at the time and is well-kaown to our
citizens Mr. Mower was called to Osborn
in behalf OF Mrs. Davis, as her agent, and
was interested only in being informed OF the
fact should any assets belonging to Thos
Davis b. discovered, a. Mrs. Davis, notwith-
standing the will, is sole heir to Davis per-
sonal property, and hence to what ever asset:
may be discovered. 1t appears somewhat
suspicious that the old gentleman should be
willing to compromise BY paying $4,000 il he
knew nothing about the bonds. Ths sgentl
of Mrs. Davis and the detective have th'
numbers of the bonds and are engaged il
working every clss to the missing property.