Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-07-06
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HISTORY.
The Kind That Repeats aud Corrects
Evils In nm Intelligent Community.


sold by the Sheriff IN satisfy tho judg-
ment. Now, however, the Circuit Court
has reversed the decision OF the Common
Pleas Court which compelled Mr.. Roach
to pay the money, und the township is
TO bu IT qnircd to refund the same to Mr..
Roach. -BouliHg Green Democrat
Hero you have the result-so far rs il
has gone--of the main incentive to the
starting of the second county seat con-
test in 1874, with the same legal advis-
ors of township and town officials who
are again unfortunately brought 10 the
front--with nothing TO loose and all to
gain. 1t is u wcll-known fact that the
average township or town official elected
TO office was not sufficiently versed in
law to take the reckless responsibility of
robbing the people without legal advice
and assurances of clearing them in our
courts in case suit should be brought to
recover stolen money. In this event it
was dead sure case against the tax
payer, with the additional expense of
litigation. The Democrats were largely
in the majority in the township, but
finally got onto the fact that they were
being robbed numerically and two
years in succession voted against their
nominees in sufficient numbers TO defeat
them, but they had Republican friends
who LINED the ring" and defeated their
good intentions. Twice again they fairly
xnta1 hnn inrln1inrr hA
bine," but were counted out by the bal
lot.box stuffer. Finally j. w. Ross,
John A. Robertson and James Edelman
were elected Trustees, and when they
came to examine the records to get at
the state of affairs they found none ex-
cept the stubs of cash book which
showed that the Trustees had drawn
between twenty-four and twenty-fi five
hundred dollars out of the treasury
without any knowledge of where or
what the money had been expended for.
1t was among the first cases of the "all
paid in and all paid out" style of report.
Learning Of these reports we started out
to gather the facts and publish them, but
was cut short off in our efforts before We
reached the new Trustees. In the mean
time they had agitaled and got started the
second county seat contest, against the
bes, judgement OF our best citizens, with
Representative Norris in the Legislature
who was pronounced, out-spoken and
active enemy against PerrysbuIg's interest
in such a contest, ard in every detail the
odds was against either the securing of the
enabling act or the vote at that time.
Four years later, with Representative
from the north part OF the county and
the Columbus & Toledo X. II. completed
through the east tier oi townships, the B.
& o. completed through the south tier Of
townships, with the Mansfield & CoIdwater
and Ohio Central in the near prospective,
everything would have been favorable to
eecure the enabling act without trouble
and all the argument in power of securing
the vote.
But this was not the main object OF the
movers at that time. They must get the
people excited IN the interests OF the town
and attract their attention away from the
frauds committed upon the township, and
at the same time open the flood gates for
robbery on larger scale, in which the
results will show that they have been emf
nently successful. There is only big mon
ey in big jobs. you know. When we start
ed 10 gather the facts for publication our
lobby was IN Columbus and had already
created heavy expense upon the town
and township. We was informed that it
would never do 10 send such facts out
through the county as "it would destroy
all hope OF securing the vote in case we
were successful in securing the BILL" or
course il we had done anything to "injure
the town" then, with the excitement up
TO fever heat, they would have put their
pimps upon the road at once 10 destroy
our business.
John Burdo and Casper Horn was two
of the Trustees elected to supercede Ross
and Robertson. They were Representa-.
,ives OF the sentiment OF The people in the
Township who keenly felt the double out
rage OF the defalcation followed by the
county seat robbery. They employed
Cook & Tronp to press the matter IN court
and secure what they could ior The robbed
tax payer ont of the bondsmen Of Mr..
Westcott. Iii the mean time Mr.. Tylers
partner, Judge Dodge, had been elected AZ
Common Pleas Judge. lie was familiar
with all the details of the case IA legal
adviser Tor the township authorities, AZ is
well-known. We are not familiar with
the duties of the case, only TO know that
it was kept upon the docket up to
about n year ago. In the mean lime a
new combination seem. to have been
formed. Earl Merry had said more than
once that it "would be cold day when
Judge Cook got TO Congress from this dis
tric,." The district was Democratic and
required Democratic voters to elect II
Republican. Mr.. Cook and Mr.. Tronp,
and Judge Dodge and Mr.. Tyler and Mr.,
Merry were no, ON friendly terms mp TO II
year or two ago, rs the current literature
and court records we believe will verify,
All of sudden they become friends. The
Democratic mayor OF Pembervile pre-
senls Judge Cook with watch chain in Il
public reception, the decision OF the court
is reversed by Judge Dodge regarding
the liability OF Mr.. Westcolt's bondsmen,
at least il must have been reversed as il
was currently reported upon the streets
here that the farm had been sold about q
year ago, Mr.. Troup bidding it in at The
two-thirds appraised value, and at once
reselIing the same 10 the Perrin Bros, o
Roachlon, at an advance OF $l2 per acre
As there is 1901 acres this netted the very
handsome little sum of $l,446 Tl'