The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-07-15
A Very Peculiar Case.
II Would SEEM THAT SOME ONE
WAS Up A STUMP.

Judge Acker in The PrObat,
Court, Wednesday of last weel
of the petition wherein are Sc
forth the claims of Joel III. Stuml
against the estate of VIM. A Ju
lian, deceased.
There were so many peculiari
ties about this case that we hav,
concluded 10 present the matte
in full 10 our readers. We d.
this because we believe it will b.
of vital Importance to men whit
may expect 10 have some one ad
minister their affairs. after the.
are dead and gone. When a MAJ
is alive he is expected to look af:
Ter his business. 1t is expected
that he will steer clear of al
wreckers, but when he has paiC
the debt of nature, and his pos
sessions that are to sustain hi
wife and little ones go into tho
hands of strangers, there shoult
be some assurance that the hand:
will remain undefiled. If the,
are not, the call to judgment
should be terrible quick and sure
The claims of Mr.. STUMP
against the Julian estate, as SCI
forth in his petition, sS04.12
though the figures, owing to {
mistake in addition, show the
sum total in the petition to be
s70412. There are two notes
the first of which amounts to
$3.50, claimed to have been made
June %, 1872, and due one day
after date an l to bear interest al
So until paid. The interest on
this note to date of filing petition,
May II, 'S6, amounted to $235. So
and together with principal made
the snug sum of $4s5.S0.
The other note for $50 was
claimed to have been made Oct.
9th. 1876, and like the first, was
made payable one day after
date, and to bear interest at So
until paid. The interest on this
note was $13S32. and together
with the principal amounted TO
$31S 80. The two notes and the
interest on them made a grand
total of $SO4I2.
Now what probably called at
tention to this case more partic-
ular;y, was. that on the very lay
that Joel II. Stump, administra
tor of the estate of VIM. A. JUL
an. decd, filed a petition declar-
ing he estate insolvent, he also
filed the petition wherein it is
stated his claim of sS04.12, as ev-
idenced in the two notes and in
terest on same. Nor was that
ali. He was appointed admins
traitor of the estate April y. 1877,
and fled his petition to sell the
land May 6, 1878. and why these
claims should be left out all these
years without one word of men,
ton about them until a declara-
ton of insolvency had been filed.
was still more surprising, fos it
was not until May II. 1886, that
they were brought to light.
The personal property amount
ing 10 $293.30 was taken by the
widow. The sale of real estate
to s525. The amounts
Of the original claims against the
estate were $390.S9, and with The
interest on them of $210.31. added
in. amounted to s701.20. May II.
1856, when the estate was declar-
I'd insoivent.
Now at the time the petition
was filed to sell the land, he
claimed the personal property
amounted to but 293.30, and that
claims had already been present
ed amounting to over $500. Why
hen he should have remained
silent about his own claims, if
hey really existed, is something
mo fellow" can figure out. Ac-
,ordlng to his own figures and his
claims since presented, the claims
against the estate at the time
he petition was filed 10Y the
;ale of the land, really amounted
o something over $500, while he
,uts it merely at something over
800. Now a man that would ac-
uaIly fofget claim of over $500
or eight years, and under such
circumstances. is not capable of
attending TO business. #, how
ever, in this case, this seeming
ieglect grew out of a goodness of
leart, the name of the author
hould be craven on brass.
Now one of the most peculiar
phases Of this very peculiar case,
vas the notes. 1t is very evident
hat they were both written on
he same piece of paper and that
was then cut in two. The two
ii exactly, down even 10 point
he scissors did net reach and
which .WaS torn off. Now the eX
,ert testimony before the Court
md which came from some of the
lank officials in this place, is TO
he effect that the signature on
hese .aotes was not that of Wm.
\. Julian, and that the Two notes
rere written at the same time