Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-06-18
REV. WOODY'S FARM.
Injustice Claimed in the Gala
way Road Opening Case
A Corporation Now
Behind 1t.

DCuluu H.
To the Editor of the Ledger.
MEXICO, Mo-, June Ill see IN
your paper furtive, surreptitlous
paragraph from that luminary: the
Sun, of the city of Fulton. 1t is in
keeping with the trend of things
generally in the Kingdom The
false and misleading statement and
insinuation contained in that para
graph are doubtless put in by some
party interested in the case, and are
of a piece with the fareical pro-
ceeding which the Sun refers
to. stating that Rev. Woody had
demanded a jury, ETC., and that a
jury was impanneled and trial had
and the jury brought in verdict OF
no damages, ETC., for Rev. Woody
and that now it is in order for his
attorney to spring teehnicalities.
Mr.. Woody had demanded no such
thing. Mr.. Woody's attorneys had
asked the Court through the clerk,
Mr.. Baker, to postpone action until
the bank directory Of the Galloway
Savings Bank could be heard from;
that propositions looking to COM
promise and settlement of this mat
ter without further litigation were
under consideration, and it was con-
fidently hoped that settlement
would be reached, etc, contrary to
the usual custom in such cases.
This majesterial body. the County
Court, suffered the plaintiffs to fire
into this flag of truce and their
counsel took advantage of the abb
sence of defendant and his counsel
and captured the flag Of truce, hur-
ried a jury INTO the county box,
such as Mr.. Thurmond and the Saw
ings Bank and Bennett & Company
thought would fix it to suit the
plaintiffs. This court.marshal pro-
ceeding, farcical as it is, was enacted
by men who claim a considerable
degree of civilization. This jury,
which they impanneled, brought in
a verdict for plaintiffs. Yes, Of
course, plaintiffs sent them out load
ed with the strongest evidences
ever heard by a court and jury Of
the righteousness Of the claim of
this banking corporation to the
right of way over the valuable prem
ises and improvements of Rev.
Woody, the defendant, for one mile,
appropriating these to their personal
and corporate use without anything
to indemnify the said Woody for
the loss sustained. That was right
eous dealing between man and man
and between the county and its tax
payers, already burdened. Why,all
defendant, Rev. Woody, has to do
is to pay his hundred dollars taxes
on his place out there in Jackson
township every year and then help
this banking corporation to slice
of his farm in order to enhance the
value and desirability of their fine
farm; tear up his fine improvements
for a mile and turn his fields out
side or let him rebuild them if he
can and if not let,them become COM
mons. The picture OF that jury
and that court and that able coun-
sci and that trial ought to be taken
and hung up at the Court House in
Fulton as a memorial of this I'M
civilized proceeding of this farcicai
pretended trial. The insinuation-
To this ] will simply answer that
Rev. Woody's attorneys are gentle
men and they are civilized and
make it their business to study and
practice law, and do not go around
and dabble in Sunday School poll
tics, though they are Sunday School
men. Neither were they ever known
to fire upon flag Of truce and run
case into Court and make man
Of straw and knock him over and
then boast Of having won a suit.
But this annual G. L. Bennett CAL
laway Savings Bank Road opening
case is now On for the ninth time.
More anon. CITIZEN.