News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-08-02

: HE TO serious inconvenience IL had los
it. Here is a sovereign for your trouble
y and [ should be glad if you would no
o mention the circumstance to anybody
v as it is private matter which l SHOULD
t not like talked about You see, knew
} that desk used to belong to Mr.. Winter
and when [ saw his name on the bond
l thought it might be one of his papers.
: ''What2' l said. "Do you mean tc
1 say that that desk formerly belonged to
: Mr.. Winter"
eyes, sir" answered Mr.. Jolly. 'He
bought it at the sale of Mr. Winters
effects. [ remember the desk well, as I
was at the sale when he bought it"
This last information seemed indeed
to be of more importont nature, since,
Winter it is possible that the bond
possession.
'Well," I said, eve have reason to
believe that that bond does not belong
to Mr.. Sharper Flint at all.lkWill you
be prepared at the trial to swear to all
you have stated to me to dayl"
"Yes, sir, shall be prepared to swear
to every word of it,
''Then 1 shall depend on you," l
y
about the matter till after the trial.
"Right you are, sir-mum's the
word" answered Mr.. Jolly, and shortly
afterward, having finished his job, he
took his departure.
As for me, hurried at once to Far
mer Jackson's house at Oaktields and
gave him an account of what had heard.
Il tell you what my suspicion is 1 said.
''That bond was one of Mr.. Winters
papers; it was never given to Mr.. Flint
at all, and he did not know of its exist
ence till Jolly found it in the way 1 have
told YOU
''Thats it, sir, you may depend upon
it, said Mr.. jackson, giving me slap
on the back that nearly knocked me
down. "By George! sir, We'll defeat
he scoundrels yet"
| 'tNot so fast, not so FAST" said /, eau
tiously. "That is my suspicion, but [
do not think it is sufficient to obtain
verdict in q court of justice. You see,
we have no evidence at all that it did
not belong to Mr.. Flint, and that it was
not lost while it was in his possession.
What we must do is to try to discover
the whereabouts of some of Mr.. Winters
clerks and see if they remember any
thing about it,
Accordingly, We went over to the
house of one Rogers, an old clerk
"Rogers," I said, ''cannot you remem-
Der anything about bond for 91, ,OOO."
"No," answered Rogers. s'But I
think the most likely person to be able
to give you information about it would
be Mr.. Carter, Mr. Winters manager
"Where does he live2" 1 asked.
81 am sorry to say [ do not know"
answered Rogers. ''He left here when
Mr.. Winter died and went to London" "
''Well," I said to Mr.. Jackson as We
were leaving, eve must use our utmost .
endeavors to get hold of Mr.. Carter, but |
it would be as well to set to work quietly, |
so as not to alarm the other side. I |
think the best way will be to advertise
in a few of the London papers first, and
if that fails we can employ detective
''It was accordingly arranged that I
should do this. knew young solicitor
who was in practice in London, and after
some consideration concocted the fol-
lowing advertisement
"Will Mr.. Carter, who formerly re-
sided at Barton, kindly communicate
with Mr.. Edward White, solicitor, Bell
Yard, Doctors commons. By doing so
he will greatly oblige."
three of the London papers, and few
days afterward received a letter from
Mr.. White stating that Mr.. Carter had
called on him with reference to the ad
vertisement; that he was with firm of
solicitors in the city and would be happy |
to 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
Mr.. Carter. [ found him to be frank .
gentlemanly man, of prepOssesslng APP !
pearance, who willingly told me what he
knew of the matter.
eyes" he said 81 remember that bond !
very well; in fact, it was [ who drew it.
Mr.. William jackson intended borrow
ing 81 900 from Mr.. Sharper Flint, and
gave us instructions to prepare the
bond. He called in and executed the
document, but told us not to part with
it until wo heard from him again, as he
had not quite made up his mind as to
whether he would borrow 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 determined not to
borrow the money, and asking us to de-
stroy the deed. Mr.. Winter searched
through the drawer for the bond, but, to
his surprise, it was nowhere to be found
We searched through the Office high and
low, but could find no trace of it, and,
so far as know, 1t was never discover
ed"
"Thank you very much," I said.
"That explains the whole matter; and if
we may rely upon your assistance at the
trial. [ think we shall have no difficulty
in substantiating our defence"
"Oh, certainly, l shall be happy to re-
nder you any assistance in my power"
said Mr.. Carter; and having thanked
him for his information, [ took my de-
parture.
The trial was fixed to take place at the
next assizes in the neighboring town of
leighton; and you may be sure that |
and Mr.. jackson and our witnesses We're
there in good time. After some other
cases in the list had been disposed
of Flint VS.. Jackson was called on. Mr.
ElsdOn, Q. c., and Mr.. Seton appeared
for the plaintiff, and Mr.. Herbert, Q. c.,
and Mr. Lumsley for the defendant. Mr..
Elsdon opened the case on behalf of the
plaintiff. He stated that the action was
brought to recover The sum of 81 900,
advanced bv Mr.. Sharper Flint to the
defendant, Mr.. Jackson, for which the
bond in question had been given. Mr.
ElsdOn here produced the bond, which
our counsel after examining admitted.
Mr. Flint stepped into the witness box
and swore that he had advanced Mr..
William Jackson the sum of 81 900 on
the security of the bond which had been
produced-that that sum had never been
repaid to him, but that the whole of it
was still due and owing. Mr.. Herbert
cross examined him pretty sharply as to
whether the money had actually been
advanced, and as to how he got posses
sion of the bond; but he stuck to his
story, and stepped down from the wit
ness box with his evidence mistaken.
Mr.. Herbert addressed the court on
behalf of the defendant. His learned
friend, he said, had stated that he did
not SEQ what defense there could be to
the action; but if that were So he was
afraid the plaintiff had not been so frank
with his legal advisers as he should have
been. He then called Mr.. Jolly, who
explained the way i'll which he had
found the bond, and also swore that the
desk in which he had found it formerly
belonged to Mr.. Winter, Mr.. Jackson's
solicitor. The plaintiffs counsel appa-
rently did not think much of this evi-
dcnce and allowed Mr.. Jolly to step
down without any cross examination.
Mr.. Carter then stepped into the box
and stated the circumstances of the bond |
having been prepared by him while he
was in Mr.. Winters employ, of the let.