Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-01

!. At LOW PRICES.
] about IL o'clock Mr.. Morrison and
: er with their horses and told me they
t had just arrived"
BY this time it must be clear to Won
that this honorable, hlgh-t0led gem
tleman of integrity and veracity ,,could
{ with unerring precision indicate the
, path you would trav el from tlay to day.
+ Undoubtedly ordinary people will
: come to the conclusion that he is yer.
liable Cagliostro.
|, We will let the deposition speak
once more:
!, "Saw Morrison at Bloomfield on
September 4th. there had another
conversation with him."
HE again told me that Hatton would
not give up the deed, and that as he
walked back over the work to Wappa-
pello he CURSED all the way and de-
clared that the work was not done ac-
cOrding to contract"
HE lMorrison] said that If I paid
the cash he thought the matter could
still be arranged"
81 told him had nothing to do with
Hatton about that matter, but would
give him Morrisonl two thousand dol
lars in bonds and settle up with him.
but would not pay Hatton anythinr. y
"Well, he tMorrison) said Hatton
would surely not deliver the deed
ami the result will be that on the 22,l
of Sept. when the county court meets
he.will surrender the deed TO the court
made by it in the matter"
That HVOur friendO Enou, o-.o1,.
what you would do in the matter of the
surrender of the deed as detailed aboye
In my evidence you admit In your cir
cular for you say:
II decided to return the deed to the
court when it should convene and ger
rid of the responsibility myself.n
You are at liberty to sneer ut these
facts and can say If You desire, that
you will not believe them, or that thew
amount to nothing. They however do
not depend on my testimony altogether.
They are circumstances Surrounding
the transaction showing that possibly
your frienf' may have endea vored to
secure another "stake" through you, o.
by the use of your name, and at the ex-
pense of your character.
Passing from this subject now pro-
pose to notice your statement:
u) That the contract contained "no
provision especially authorizing any
particular person 10 decide when the
work was completed according To con-
tract" and ~ that an "examination
convinced me that the contract had not
been complied with"
The contract says: ut is agreed by
the said Railway Company that the
said work of building said levee as in
this contract set out shall be done and
performed under the DIRECTION Of
VIM. A. Penney as Commissioner Of
Wayne county,"
TIE work was done rs provided hy
this CONTRACT UNDER THE DIRECTION
of this com missioner, anl to his satis-
faction, and he made full report to
the county court of Wayne county and
the court approved that report.
This you know and can not deny.
Does 1t not seem to you that that
ought to have satisfied you? Why
were you not satisfied? Can it he that
the honorable, high-toned gentlemen
Of integrity and veracity" who is so
near and dear" To you in business"
was displeased?
But you say an "examination of the
work convinced me that the contract
animation of the contract will show you
that when the levee is Completed un-
Ter the direction of the Commissioner
IF Wayne county""t the said Jas.F
Hatton (you] shall at AT ONCE, without
further order, decree or act deliver
the sad deed or patent to said Railway
You did not do this and
now pretend "that the contract had
not been complied WITH" In this you
a cloud of witnesses. In the
case of the Company VS.. Hatton, now
pending in the Mississippi county cir
cult court the dispositions of the follow
ing witnesses show that the levee was
built according to contract" namely
James F. Brooks, Engineer, VIM. A.
Penney, Commissioner of Wayne coun-
ty, and Superintendent of the Railway
Jacob Zimmerman, Oliver
son. William Allison, J. A. Atkins,
and others. In addition to this Sam.
R. Kelley, William Bacon, Nat. e.
FrizzelI, assessor of Cape Girardeau
county, and under whose eye the
work was in part done, and others,
will show that your statement that the
work was not done according to "con-
tract" is either an ignorant Of wilful
Misrepresentation of the facts. So that
even this poor excuse for your conduct
must fall to the ground. and the mat
ter will have to be tracked back to the
malign influence of the honorable,
high-toned gentleman of integrity and
veracity," who posse sses your un-
confidence, and who it seems
to say the least can speculate with JIM
punity and raise money by the terror
Of your name.
This letter has already grown longer
han intended when began, but the
very serious imputation cast upon me
by your circular must be my apology.
In conclusion I merely wish to say
hat regret in view of the fact that
he office of Railroad Commissioner Is
IN Office of great Importance, offering
o honorable. high-toned gentleman
# integ rity and veracity" an almost
field for such enterprising
chemes as detailed in the foregoing
,ages, that / cannot support you in
our present aspirations.
LOUIS HOUCK.
Cape Girardeau, June "a, 'S6.
TRONTON Mo- June 81 1890