Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-12
BOHEMIAN OATS TROUBLES.
Important suits Brought Against Bonds

The Bohemian oats fellows have at last
struck rock on which their proud sailing
bark is about to 90 t" pieces. The follow
ing from THIN. Ohio details the trouble:
Papers were filed with the clerk of the
court Of common pleas today by Levi Wag-
nrr v. NJ. H. Buckley and others. to re-
cover from the defendants SEQ upon a
Bohemian oats bonds given the plaintiff.
who had paid a note given them. Moses
Kennedy v. II. Il. Buckley, and James l.
Bovd and &. L. France " VI. II. Buckley
and Hiram W Ncager. are the titles of two
other suits begun before Justice L. II.
JAYNE tu recover from defendants amounts
OF bonds given to parties who had paid
notes. The amount sued for in the latter
case is 500.
These suits are all brought against Buck
lev. aS superintendent of the Central ONO
Buhcmiau Oats Association. and l"agrr
and Boyd A. agents. J. {. Rickrnhaugh. of
this CITY. and Judge John II. Doyle and +.
W. Rickrnhaugh. of Toledo. are the attor-
news for the plaintiffs in each case. These
are test caS,.>. and will be- vigorously fought
hN the oats men. The huhds contain the
following provision:
The note gveh--lHameO of agent. and
due ---. ISS-. will not he called for until
the above amount is sold at $40 per bushel.
NJ II. BU CkLEN. Superintendent"
Buckley. Ieagrr. Boyd. the Clark brothers
and others are all responsible parties with
property, and if these cases are decided
aguint them. there will he a general Siam-
prde all over the state 10 bring suit against
responsible parties on the thousands OF un-
fulfilled bonds. All ut the operators have
been called in. and general conference
WAS held here yesterday aS to what woulc
be best for them to do. Certain members
of the gang have transferred their property
10 their wives. while others have mortgaged
their~-one mortgage for $4,000 being
placed on Saturday To cap the climax
the news comes that one Of the gang Is in
Jail in Michigan. with good prospect Of
going To the penitentiary. Others VIII"
went to Minnesota t" operate in oats
,Somr going o>tcnSibly to sell horses re
port meeting with poor business, and one
came near being lyuchrd.
The gang are ready to run and the out
come of the present cases is being watched
with great interest all over Northwestern
Nlli'. anu l'dAA Ia AllA i'i' ~ 'ii' A'''iiN
and fostering place of the oats Swindic.
The following prominent persons are de
fined a. being connected with the North
western and Central Ohio Bohemian Oats
Association and made defendants Meade
H. Buckley. Edward :. Clark. James T..
Boyd. Robert Reed. Hiram w. Yea
ger. Judge William Lang, democrat
ic candidate for secretary Of state,
in 1850; Ex-Sherift Lloyd y. Lease. lately
appointed democratic postmaster of Tiflin.
hut never commissioned; Judge John Nc
CauIrN. late democratic member of the Su-
prrme court commission of Ohio: Philip
King. !. V. Duffey, \. B. McCleIland all
farmers OF business men of this county. and
). :. Lease of Logan county. The prti-
tiOms filed contain many interrUgatoTies
which will stir the great Swindle 10 the bot
tom if correctly answered by the defend
ants Besides tine three suits begun here
the sheriff has received three sets of sum
mons from Logan county and one from
Wyamdot TO be served on most of these par
ties.