Wichita eagle., 1888-08-31

On him with reference to TIE advertise
ment; that he was with a firm Of solic-
itors IN the city and would be happy te
see me and give me any information in
| his power.
As may be coniectured, lost no time
in running up to town and calling on Alr.
| Carter. found him TO be a frank, gen
tlemanly man, of prepossessing appear
ance, who willingly told he Whist he
knew of the matter.
Yes" said he, Il remember that bond
! very well; in fact it was l who drew It.
| Mr.. William Jackson intended borrowing
81. 900 from Mr.. Sharper Flint, and gave
! Us instructions to prepare the bond. He
1 called in and executed the document, but
| told Us not to part with it until we heard
| from him again, as he had not quite made
| up his mind as to whether he would Dor
row the money. Mr. Winter accordingly
| placed the bond in his drawer. A few
! days afterward we received letter from
Mr. Jackson saying that he had deter
mined not 20 borrow the money, and ask
! ing Us to destroy the deed. Mr.. Winter
( searched through the drawer for the bond,
/ but, to his surprise, il was nowhere to be
/ found We searched through the Office
| high and low. but could fad no trace Of
/ it, and, so far as | know, it was never
/ discovered"
Thank you very much. said. That
! explains the whole matter; and if we may
rely upon your assistance at the trial,
think we shall have 10 difficulty in sub
Stimulating our defense"
''Oh, certainly, shall be happy TO rem
der you any assistance in my power" said
Mr. Carter; and having thanked him for
his information, took NY departure
III
The trial was fixed to take place Of the
next assiZes il the neigLboring town Of
Leighton; and yoE may be sure that |
and Mr.. Jackson and our witnesses were
there in good time. After some other
cases in the list had been disposed of the
case of Flint VS.. Jackson was called on.
Mr.. Elsdon, Q. c., and Mr. Seton ap-
peared for the plaintiff, and Mr.. Herbert,
Q. c., and Mr.. Lurnley for the defendant
Mr.. Elsdon opened the case On behalf Of
the plaintiff.
Mr.. Herbert, addressing the court on
behalf OF the defendant. submitted that
the evidence which he had adduced proved
that the money had never been advanced,
and that the bond had never been given
to Mr.. Flint. Mr.. EIsdon replied on be-
half of the plaintiff, and endeavored to
make light of the evidence which had
been given.
The learned judge shortly summed up
the case, and the jury then retired to con-
slider their verdict.
| had been so interested in watching
the case that had noticed nothing else,
but | now looked toward the place where
Mr.. Sharper Flint had been sitting, and
found that he had disappeared. In a few
minutes the jury returned to the court,
and amid profound silence the clerk OF
the court asked them the usual question:
Gentlemen of the jury, are you agreed
upon your verdictE'
1--WE are" answered the foreman
do you find for the plaintiff or the de-
fendanty"
For the defendant" l heaved a sigh
of relief, and, happening to look behind
me, saw Farmer Jackson, the anxious ex-
preston which he had worn lately grad
ually giving way to his old look Of good
natured contentment.
The judge having ordered the verdict TO
be entered for the defendant, expressed
an opinion that Mr.. Flint ought to be pros
ecuted for fraud Accordingly, as soon
as left the court I obtained warrant
for his apprehension; but we were too
late, for we found that he had absconded,
taking with him all the money and port
able securities he could lay his hands on.
We traced him as far as Mudford, juno
ton about thirty miles from Barton; but
there we lost all trace of him. However,
he left ample property to satisfy all his
creditors, so nobody was loser by his
fight.
Since that time have had no reason to
complain for want of practice, as the case
brought my name prominently before the
notice OF the public, who were pleased TO
give me more credit than l deserved
They were confirmed in this opinion by
my friend. Mr.. jackson. who lauded the
way in which | had conducted the case,
and attributed 10 small part Of his success
to my efforts. He and l continue excel
lent friends TO this day. He generally
contrives to run up moderately long bill
every year, and i few days after send it
in, he calls on me with a check for the
amount, and we have chat over old
tiues.-Chambers' Journal.