Telegram-herald., 1888-05-03
COURTNEY EXPLAINS
His stsssaas1f al ths clreszzass~as<s whish
Lea - ths kseseE Charges
As.sa.a Hiss-Hs Gt<aDs hs
10 Bsiax FsrssSated

Il sas Fsnblle. and mars sspeesaIIy ~ Ffiends.
kak< tAss EzplassaftsH u ny Cnptsasant
Ds9Se1lfs
A 6ex 6ays before the lasE sleesion.
went 70 C. ). Wiisop-Gisy Marshall and
asked him 70 discounts nay acts Tor 80 lie
Wished aa snoOrseF- suggested Nj
Fletcher. snd De said hs would do | then
went - Mr. Eistchsrs ofaee 70 base hlm
sndorss ths note. and be had gone home.
lt sss sfisr Business hours and hr. Wilson
vas waiting Ia bis once with ths money
for me. l. Ia tns hurry oi the noment.
endorsed Ar kietcher's name, intending TO
pay The n0Ee when due shlca l have done
and also intending 10 tell Mr.. Fietensr
what had done. for xnss he would have
endorsed ihe note. lie has since told me-
that De would have very willingly done so
IAis-end this al01e-ls al that can be
caat a. me, aud all that / have done. |
ask the public II for this one act
done in the hurry OF the moment Without
any intentioa Of doing wrong and on the
eve OF election. y hen 1 admit / bad ire
ausntly treated the boys" | should have
received sacn notoFisty and have my name
connected with 50 many iDsinuatlons and
innuendOes. Again | ask II there Is ore
who believes this matter would ever have
been naenticned II had not oesa elected
by such an overwhelming majority.
To those who do not already see the true
git OF this whole matter. l will promise
that time will soon discover 10. for | am st
present powerless TO make any further ex.
plsnafiOn.
In the Leadsr Of the Both ult. it is said
that denssd ,igning Mr.. Flelcher's name.
This Is untrue. 1 At once said had done
50. IL Is also said that purchased tickets
for q poiiceman's bali and offered check
ia aymsnt. not having money ia bank. L
purchased bat ons ticket. which never
used. and the following will show the ma
licious falscy of this charge:
FCCRrH NATIOSAL BANK,
GRAND RAPfos, Mich. May 1. 1888.
hereby certify that on the morning OF
April IL. 1888, A. the beginning Of business,
K. +. Courtney had on deposit in the
Fourth National Bank Of Grand Rapids,
Mich, one hunsred tbirty-seyenty dollars
and sixty cents lsiS7.ooh and that he had
money on deposit in this bank at lesst
two days before and three days after the
above mentioned date
HIP. BAKER. Cashier.
GRAND RAPIDs, Mich, April IL. 1888.
Fourth National Bank pay to W. II.
| Graves or order one dollar.
RoBxRr +. CoUKrSEY.
This IL the check given in payment Of
the tickes and shows what enemies will do
| to inIure a person.
Tie Leader further says that 1 have
penchant for borrowing small sums Of
moaey from occupants of TIE Honseman
and not repaying IL
This is growly false. l have borrowed
money at times from the lawyers IN the
block. The first Is Mr.. wesselius. who has
| also borrowed money from me. The sec
| ond and the only person | borrowed from
| during the past i've months is Mr.. Bolt
| wood whose Office is convenient 10 mine.
| twice borrowed two dollars from him.
| and repaid it the second or third day
| afterwards. The third and last borrowed
| from him was IS on the 4th Of last Feb
| ruary. / went several times to his Office TO
| pay him. bat did not meet him. The fol-
| lowing is selfsxplsDatory:
GRAND RAPIDS, N CO., May /. 1SSS.-This
is to certify that +. X. Courtney was owing
/ our firm on February last the sum OF S.;
that after election 1 met Mr.. Courtney on
the street as / was leaving the block on
business. and that he there offered to pay me
the money If ! would go back to his office
up stairs in the block that had business 10
attend to and could not go. but told him he
! could call ut our Office and pay IL there,
| that said indebtedness Is now paid.
GEORGE ). BoLTwOoD.
defy any man in the city of
| Grand Rapids to say that / owe
him one cent Of borrowed money or any
man in the Housemap block other than
TIE two allowed mentioned TO say that
have ever borrowed one cent from them.
In reply TO the Leader about my giving a
check aftsr banking hours on Saturday and
calling 10 pay il on Monday morning, TAX.
ing back the check. saying | had drawn it
on the wrong bank, it is too small TO notice
and will ezve the public 10 judge Of its
weight for | do not consider there was
even q sclntilla OF wrong in Ii.
The above are the true facts in this. to me,
unfortunate case. and | ask the public 70
scan aud scrutiuize at them carefully. and
will rest satisfied that your judgment will
be that there Is something back of this
affair, which 8 not very far-sighted person
can easily see through
| / viii say, in conclusion, that there has
been desperate effort made 10 down me
which has been somewhat successful But
/ will sac to my friends, watch and see ii
l don't rise higher than ever" and TO nv
enemies. you have done Jour best. l viii
meet you yet RoBERr f. CoUKTSEY.