The state chronicle., 1891-12-18
Price Five Cents.
WILMINGTON'S LATEST SENSA-
TON.
The Greatest Swindle Perpetratei by
John c. Davis.

ObAA " JAWS
At Wilmington Wednesday four
more indictments were lodged
against John &. Davis. the LAWYER.
he plaintiff WAS Mrs. Nancy
Dixon and the charges are obtain
ing money under false pretenSes,
PEI jury and forgery. The transac-
iion concerns mortgage on which
IL is charged that The defendant
forged the name of witness to The
document and COMMITTED perjury in
I swearing that the signature was
! genuine at the time ii was pro-
! bated.
Rev l.. l.. Nash, pastor of the
Fifth Street Nj. + church, pub
liehes card in yesterdays Viii
mington papers, in which he says;
''A- the public is interested at his
time, in the unfortunate embarrass-
mrnt INTO which this church has
been plunged by the business trans
actions of John G. Davis, feel il a
duty incumbent on me As the pas
tor OF this church recently appoint
I'd. TO state the facts to The public.
pom investigation find The in
debtedness of the church to ne S3u,-
/ 13S %, and that the church holds
real estate besides the church buili-
Ing and parsonage, estimated 10 be
worth 81 $50, which | think is a
very liberal es ima,e. | tind that A
large numhtr of the members of This
church and others have involved
themselves to help NJ. Davis
out OF bis personal emharrass-
mcntS. aud that ttey have in
many instances mortgaged their
homes 10 raise mon-y for him, rot
one dollar Of which has gone into The
building fund of the church. as we
owe money enough TO build and
equip he church to various parties
who furnished the money. Many
OF these sufferers are poor widows,
and they have lost their all. The
real estate, outside of the church
and parsonage building, was decided
TO the church by John G. Dsvis.
Now. l propose TO he church and
to the friends of Christianity, TO
raise the amount of Indebtedness on
he church. and pay off all debts
Gu- by the church. and then TO turn
over this real estate conveyed by
John &. DAVIS, tn those who have
suffered in this unfortunate affair,
10 be har pro rata 10y them. This
IS IN ny Judgment the most equita-
ble solution of Ibis question. i
am not prepared TO say how many
have suffered in this matter; but
| Am prepared TO say that
Fifth Street NJ. + church,
South, of the city of Whining
ION, n c.. does not want one cent
thai does not coz e to II fairly and
honestly.
Two gentlemen of this city,
neither OF whom is a m-mbr- OF his
church. came To M. and offered 10
b.. one of two hundred 10 pay off
this indebtedness. Are there not
others Who will do Likewise, and
let US save this ch lrcn: | believe
, th-r- are. and take this mes bod Of
appealing TO generous public, in
! he interest Of n great put lie enter
| prise. The gentlemen who made
the offer 10 pay th.- deb. did not ac-
company their offer with any re-
, quirem on the part OF the church.
I but h. proposition to give up this
i. property comes from me in b.half
, Ct the church. Ii Is impossible for
Us TO do anything with this prop
erty until these d.. bts are paid, a il
is all covered with mortgages.
While my sympathie- go out 10 the
, unfortunate. my purpose is 10 see as
far AS in m- lis that justice Is done
to all. Address any communication
: to box Pa"
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