Evening journal., 1889-08-20
THE MesslcK FAILURE
Creates In-feeiing. Inspires Poet and is
Supposed to be Fraud


Special correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
KENToN. August, 19.-The people Of
Kenton were much surprised yesterday,
Sunday morning, when ON awakening
they found their town literally posted
with hand bills, one Of which was pulled
down. It reads
Go to Messiok's Office door, and there you
A picture ~ him us he has turned out 10 be
His pull" on the h'ttle shows how he
pulled" lord q Polk
BY gett ng their phosphate and then going
His hogeish demeanor does well represent
That he got "A dollar In goOus and paid nary a
cent.
Buildings, fences and trees throughout
the town and in the surrounding country
were decorated with this eifusion of
doggeral verse. These posters were put
mp sometime during Saturday night or in
the wee small ho1rs OF Sunday morning,
and the sign post no bills on various
properties deferred the poster no more
than II the sign had been heather god
and he a Christian.
Upon inquiry, find that the publish
ing Of this poster is sequence to the
following facts. j. B. Messick Is phos
phate manufacturer here and last Spring
he failed in business Lord a. Polk Of
Odessa, Williams & Clark Of New York
aud William NJ Ross Of Seaford were his
heaviest creditors. A brotherin in-law OF
MessiclS obtained Judgment for 81 600
agrnst him, and on this Judgment the
phosphate material in Messick's factory
was sold at sheriifs SALE The other
creditors named above were surprised at
the sherif's sale as none of them were
pushing him-not one OF them having a
| Judgment against him Lord q Polk
asked Mes1ick before the sheriffs sale to
confess judgment TO them but Mr. Mes
sick under the advice Of his counsel,
James L. Wolcott, Esq refused to dc
/ this At the sale, Messick refused tc
permit the material TO be sold by the ton
and had it sold as lump. His broth-in
| law, w. w Taylor bid II in for little more
than the amount Of his claim. Mr.
Lewisof the well known firm Of Lewis &
Price, phosphate dealers, Smyrna, saig
that from the bulk he would Judge that
If the material had been sold by the tor
it would have realized 81 200
At the sheriff sale Kenton gentlemen
made several strong bids, raising thi
proceeding bid 800 at time. This pre-
vented Messick from having the mater
ial bid in for as little as he expected
This incident was the source OF a bite
enmity between that bidder ani
Messick and was the remote cause 0
Of the publication Of the above lines
Messick recently had picture drawn L
represent that bidder and posted it on hi
office door. Il was representation Of
man with hogs head and having bot
tie of whiskey to his mouth. Il is genei
ely believed that the man the picture il
tended to hit indited tha above verse
which completely turns the picture to f
r the party who posted 1t. It is veritab
: boomerang.
The failure is generally believed TO I
! | a fraud on creditors, and a gentleman
4 the head Of one Of the banks of SmyrT
was heard recently TO say he never hear
Of fraud being so dexterously execute
Mr. Messick has been heard 70 say tn
Lord 4 Polk whom he owes So, 300 shf
T never get a cent II he can keep them o
Of il, as Lord q Polk exercised thel
q selves too much in getting a judgme
Q against him. The failure created b
little excitement hare, as his credto
3 lived st distance but this little feu
which had its incpiency at the sheriff
a sale, IS now making things lively.