The sun., 1885-02-08
FARMER DrcxrxsoN.s MoNRH
ne says Cnshter D,ck,nson sf Wall Street
Had asne Of ls-AAaser TcansastIsna.


Had ssne cf Is-Slassr Transast,sna
AsruERsr, Feb. IA remarkable examna-
tion has been going on for the past two weeks
at the county jail at Northampton. seven miles
distant. before II. II. Chilson. Master in Chan
cery on the petition OF Edmund N. Dickinson.
n farmer, 45 yenrs OF age. to be allowed 10
take the poor debtors oath. The history OF
the case Ia peculiar. Dickinson came OF .
good family. His father Bella U. Dickinson.
was wealthy farmer. who died few years
ago. leaving the son Edmund the use Of large
farm at East Amherst. and at the lstter's death
his children were to inherit II. The farm
house was burned IN March. 1882. and Dckin-
son soon decided to build house on land Of
his own instead OF on the old site. In the fall
OF 1882 he began to borrow money. in sums
varying from $500 to $780, on his Individual
note. having first decided all the real estate OF
which he held clear title to his wife. though
this was not generally known. He continued
to obtain loans until he bad got upward Of
$4,000. During the same year no got enlorssrs
SGan money es at the n First Ha Na,ons ons BanI
h.rst but told tho endorsers in few wesks
that he found h: could get along without the
money. and hnd destroyed the notos.
In March. 1884. he obtained the money on the
M notes at Ses nS E,ry in Arri las, he start
$1,000 with him. About tho 2lst OF the sams
month his family resolves, a letter from him
Of money MOI % having been Knocked down d and
robbed Of 81 GOO In New York city. and asking
Nh, fuSds S% sent on Tor him hin h 10 return home
Of nEo. started imms iintely for Denver. to
which point the fnther desired tho money to be
and advised him TO continue his trip further
west for his health which he did. lrst exscut-
After the news came that Dickinson Ind been
Iroet.d in New New York HTd had gone to Salt Lake.
who had endorsed notes kpura NefOrp and
which II cSin-on had reported destroyed.
isarn"d nat the very ."ms notes With tn" da,s;
they wero held as endorsers. Dickinson's wife
executed q n,ort9age on THO real estate, which
dorsers from loss. News also came from i. ".
WleyN Co; that they, had loaned dickinson
and they wanted TO see him, Thoss who had
loaned him money on his individual notes.
s ccsssr Fl sESH
Ha!ley. put special attachments upon the real
estai. he'd by the wife,
Jun" aud worked ON the farm unmotst-d un.
Ill Dacrmber last. when Chester Smith sum-
monci him before c. q. Parmenter. Commir-
sion.r o. Insolvency Mt Amherst. to give an nc.
count OF the disposal OF the large sums OF
iSs2. Tie examination occupied eight daYs
ana Dlcklnson's sworn statement WAS contra.
dictory and unsatisfactory. and. ns he refused
the Con,mi! !s,oner ordered Dickinson under
arrest; Faiing to obtain bail. he wns taken to
After yIHg in IniI about u month. through his
counsel John &. Hammond h" made Rpplica.
ton to take tho poor debtors oath. md Master
IN tlnncery Chiison opened the hearing on the
18th OF January.
Lawyer Hammond nverred that the man was
insane. Dickinson'S memory seems 10 have
improved n iittIe since he has bs-n in jail. His
story now is that AT his visit tn New YORK In
March he went o. thu Wall Street National
Bank and talked with Cashier john z. lickin.
son about Investments. Cashier Dickinson
said he Invested money for people md made
money for them. and the Amherst Dick In son
was about to put what money ne had into the
cashiers hands. but the latter would not give q
receipt f.rlt. This decided him not TO inves.
and he returned ~ Amherst bur on his visit to
New York in April. he says. he did place 81. 100
In Cashier Dick uson's hands without getting q
receipt for IL. The next day wien ne went to
the Wall street Bank To learn how much profit
had accrued Cashier Dickinson told him he
had lost "yery dollar OF it, hut that h. might
get some OF IL back. Cashier Dickinson also
told him, he says, thnt i, might ,-mharrass hin
in his position in the bank II he lthe farmar)
stayed around and the cashier gave him 500
ani told him TO 20 out to Salt Lake CITY for
white. until lie could see ii he could recover
the money.
Mr.. Chison rendered his decision. refusing
to allow Dickinson 10 take tho moor debtor's
oath. and hnding him guilty of fraud He was
sentenced to two months in Jail.