Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-10-23

Guiding said John F Willis. executed two
notes, OF which the following are copies:
SPRINGDALE, KAN, March 5, 1886.
Inree years after date we promise to pay
TO the order ofJames Madill, Three Hundred
dollars, for value received, and with inter
est payable semi annually from date until
paid, at the rate OF eleven per cent per an
ally when due, IL shall become part OF the
principal and bear interest at the same
rate.
Lsigned) J.F WILLIS,
L. L. FRITZ,
JOHN VETS,
LARhIN RICE,
A. Z. REARDON,
W. +. LEIGH,
I. 2. GATCHELL.
SPRINGDALE, KAN. March 5, 1856.
Four years after date we promise to pay
to the order OF James Madill, Four Hundred
dollars for value received, aud with interest
payable semi annually from date until paid,
at the rate OF eleven per cent, per annum,
ana II the interest is not paid punctually
when due, it shall become a part OF the
principal and bear interest at the same
rate.
tSigned[ F. WILLIS,
L. L. FRITZ,
JOHN VETS,
LARkIN RICE,
a. p. REARDON,
W. +. LEECH,
T. 7. GATCHELL,
And deponent further says tnat said
money was borrowed and used in connec-
ton with the business OF said store; that
afterward, and in the year 1887, said aSsO-
citation failed In its business, and its liabili-
ties far exceeded its assets, and it there
upon became necessary for the parties who
mad made the above mentioned notes to pay
the same OF or submit to litigation in the
courts. A maJority OF the signerS OF said
notes, being honorable men, preferred not
to have their names brought into litigation,
and consequently steps were taken by them
TO compromise and pay or said notes; that
during the progress OF the efforts to com
promise and pay on said notes which bore
the signature OF afnant, J. +. Willis, and
others, said Willis was importuned by
the other makers of said notes to assist
in paying of the same; that said
and refused to pay q single dollar OF
said notes, for which he was as
legally and morally bound as any other OF
the makers of the same, and he never did at
any time pay on said notes or any part OF
them, but the gentlemen whose names are
signed to said notes were forced not only to
pay their proportion OF the same but to
raise the money necessary to pay on the
portion which said Willis In Justice and
honor was bound to pay as his part.
That on page 500 OF book forty six in the
ONCE OF the register OF deeds in and for JEFF
ferson county, Kansas, there is recorded a
deed from John Willis and wife, Mahala
veying all of the real estate owned by them
IN the county OF Jefferson or elsewhere so
far as known to this Rff1ant, to one John
Ream OF McLouth for consideration as ex-
pressed in said deed, OF s. 900; that said
Ream was a man OF limited circumstances
and utterly unable to raise any such
sum as So, 900; that on the same day. to-
wit: the Sd day OF April. 1888, the said
John Reem decided all OF said real estate to
Mahala Willis, the wife of the said John r.
Willis, and said deed is recorded in book As
at page 637 In the ONCE Of register OF deeds
OF Jefferson county, Kansas that while am
ant cannot know the object and purpose OF
said John T. Willis in making such convey
ance, yet he verify believes that IL was for
the purpose OF avoiding the payment of his
just debts aforesaid; that there was no 9TH
er motive so far as can be discovered for the
transaction; that said Willis was at that
time as af1ant verify believes better able to
pay his proportion Of said notes tnan was
affiant or almost any or the other makers or
said notes. And deponent further says that
there are judgments on record in the ONCE
of the clerk OF the district court against
said Willis and others growing out of in
which cannot be collected on execution
one in particular due widow lady.
w. F. LEECH.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
eleventh day OF october, 1890.
\. b. Cook,
County Clerk.
This is only q part Of this mans
record. It is submitted to the voters Of
Kansas for their information. The
names and addresses of witnesses are
given. The book and page of the record
is cited. Every one can verify every
statement here made. It is proper for
Mr.. Willis to now explain. No man
can receive the votes of the honest, law
abiding people Of Kansas for governor
who will, controlled by his selfish greed,
defraud his own sister and her father
less children.
This exposure is not written in malice
but from sense Of duty. Every man in
Kansas is interested in good govern
ment. Good laws and their enforcement
can only be obtained at the hands of
honest men. The records show that
John F. Willis is a dishonest man
and wholly unfit for the Office he seeks.