The advocate., 1891-01-07

sion or Ghat any aJtompL would Dc
made 10 prosecute the members Of the
masked party.
These may seem unimportant cor
rections, but we believe il is proper
that they should be made. Mr.. l.. W..
Clapp of the Wichita Office Of the
Jarvis COnklin Mortgage o., has
published a denial Of the whole story.
and the Kingmsn Weekly Journal
has published an account Of the trans
action between the mortgage com
pany and Ml. Cassidy and Mr.. Guth-
rie from which we CLEAN the following
facts:
Mr. Cassady, Of Evans township, is
an industrious, hard working farmer,
who, like many another, found 1t inn
possible to support his family and
pay his debts from the sale Of the
products Of his farm for less money
than 10 cost TO produce them. His
farm was under mortgage (which was
not at all exCeptionaI, and being un-
able 10 make his payments, the mort
gage was foreclosed and the farm
sold by the sheriff in June last No
effort was made to dispossess him,
however, and he continued to occupy
and work the place as a tenant. He
put out si1ty-fve acres of wheat with
the expectation Of giving the loan
company the usual share for rental.
About this time, however, the loan
company rented the land to Mr..
Guthrie, and wrote the sheriff to meet
him (Guthrie), dispossess Cassady and
put Guthrie in possession.
The Weekly Journal proceeds with
the story as follows:
Deputy Sheriff Bower, OF this city, met Guthrie
Ag agreed upon, and an agreement Was entered
into between Cassidy and Guthrie whereby Cas-
sady was 10 remain q week, and II he failed to
move at the end OF that time Guthrie was TO no
tlfy the sheriff and he was 20 dlspossess Oassady.
This was the last the sheriff heard Of the matter
until no saw the dispatch in Che Globe Democrat.
II appears that after Guthrie had moved in he
fed his team and stock on Cassadys feed and
herded his stock on his wheat, by instructions
received from the loan company. The matter
was never brought up in the alliance, as stated
In the dispatches, but one Sunday, after church,
the matter was talked over and Il was decided TO
see Mr. Guthrie and ask him 10 move of until
Cassidy was dispOssessed. On the following
Monday several parties met no Cassady's and
asked Mr. Guthrie TO move on until the matter
was settled. AZ tlrst he refused but after some
friendly discussion he admitted the injustice Of
beating Cassidy out OF his crop. Teams were
furnished TO help to move him three miles south
OF Garden Plain. Several who were In the party
we're not members OF the alliance, and II they all
had been we would not have been ashamed Of
them as brothers. fthe loan company had dis
possessed Cassidy ON september 3, which could
have been done, then no wheat had been sOwn,
but instead they let him 90 ahead and put out
his crop before any attempt was made TO evict
him, then try 10 steal tho fruits OF his labor, Now
we understand chat some OF the loan companies
are threatening dire things against tho farmers
about renewing loans, etc. II lt has come ia
pass that loan company or any other instihE
ton, can rob our people In this manner or leave
the state, we will have TO bid them sdieu. They
could have bought Cassady's interest In the
crop, but when they put man onto another
mans farm who has fallen into their clutches
instruct him to use the unfOrtunate's feed, steal
his crop all honest men will object whether
members Of the alliance or not, We are willing