The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-08-13
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tney naQ no lmInt0lato ueo. Souio VI sucso
warrants were sold outside OF the State.
Some were disposed of by Ray direct. but
most of them were sold through regularly
established agents, who represented Kay
IN various parts of the State HIS agent In
this city is &. NJ. Gorsuch, who induced his
friends to buy thousands of doliars' worth
of this stuff, and who claims to have In
vested to . limited amount himself. Every
warrant sold was Endorsed by Ray. which
act makes him responsible for the pay
ment. If any of his property can be found
against which Judgment will lie. or upon
which an execution can be issued. Inc
ruling of the Supreme Court in the Pollard
Cases makes suit against Ray the only
means of recovery left open to the
holders of his township trustee notes.
Even this offers but faint CLEAN of hope.
since Rays visible possessions do not ex.
dollars, anu are held by himself and wife
Jointly. The bulk of his visible property
consists of his residence. valued at $780,
and said to be the most Ilxuriously
furnished house In the town. His other
property consists of part OF an addition to
Shelbyville which he plated and laid off
year or two ago.
Steps have already been taken to get pos
session of this property, for the beneht OF
the purchase of Rays bogus paper. Adams
" Carter, the firm of attorneys who at
tempted to enforce collection of the
notes against the township, have entered
suit in several places against Ray, alleging
that the trustees warrants were fraudu-
lently obtained, and that the proceeds were
invested in the property referred to. They
have also entered suit to set aside the con-
veyance of property to Ray and his wife
jointly, and lis pendens notice has been
pubiahed to prevent his putting his prop
erty out of his hands.
REMARKABLE SUPPRESSION OF NEWS.
An almost inexplicable feature of Rays
operations Is the manner in which he con-
trived to keep his doings ont of print.
Shelbyville has the Daily and Weekly Re-
publican and the Daily and Weekly Demo-
crat. and most of the daily papers of lndi-
annapolis Chicago and CincinDat att are repre-
sented by special correspondents. Yet the
men whose business is presumed to be TO
give information to the public have been
bulldOZed or corrupted into silence. Tbs
conclusion of corfu ption or cOwardice is the
only reasonable one against the newspapers
and newspaper men of Shelbyville. for here
is the most sensational piece of news the
county has ever produced, the successive
events covering several months the salient
public places, which. published in the local
papers. would have been eagerly devOured
and handled by the correspondents for ont
side papers, and would honestly aud hon.
orably have not only yielded them hun
dreds of dollars, but given warning and
protection to the public. Yet the local papers
avoided it like dynamite. and the special
correspondents who might have greatly
fattened their strings" passed 1t by.
A scarcely less remarkable feature is thu
perfect immunity that Ray had from GRIM
NAL prosecution. 1t has been the boast of
Kay that he owned and controlled the ju-
dIclal machinery of Shelby county. The
fact that IN the last ten years he has been
briber. corrupter. the tioater of bogus pa
per TO the amount of $50, 900 or 100000, and
vet has never been brought to trial on Q
criminal indictment gives color OF justice
TO the claim. That he has been aUle TO do
this has been owing to q large personal fol-
lowing and the grip that, with the aid of
his brothers paper, he has until recently
bad upon the neck of the Shelby county
Democracy. Among his personal following
have been all the FOUNDERS, thugs. bruleers
and saloon buns of the town, ready TO do
his bidding OF To back him to any extent
OF in any enterprise. In politics he formu-
lated policies and dictated candidates to
the Democracy. and through his henchmen
selected and nodded jnries. grand and petit.
Being the constructor of prosecutors and
grand jurles, it Is not surprising If he con-
trOlled them, and having at his beck and
nod bruisers W ho would not hesitate to eX-
ecute any command he might Issue, 1t 10
probably not surprising that newspapers
and newspaper men were awed into 81
lence.
FIRST DEFEAT IN POLITICS.
Rays ascendency in Shelby county poll
tics remained unbroken and undisputed
until last spring. when his rottenness be-
came so rank and his tyranny so aggravat-
ing and grinding that even the Shelby
county Bourbons were moved to revolt.
At the spring primaries called for the Sc
lection of candidates for county officers
two tickets were placed in the field. denOmi-
mated the Ray and anti.Ray candidates In
the contest hay made the struggle OF hie
life to retain his ascendency; but the COM
bIned forces pitted against him triumphed
and the Ray slate was smashed. Since
that time Ray has been engaged In an eff
fort to ingratiate himself with the VIC
| torious faction and those VINO are ac-
Quainted with his arts and resources pre-
| dict that he will win. The only hope left
| the people of Shelby county for reform OF
abuses that have existed for years, and OF
| county over for period to Republican
| control. That such q thing may occur
there is a glimmer of hope. In the Demo-
| cratic party or Shelby county there has
| been bitterly hostile to Ray, which at
various times has manifested it's
hostility by remaining away from
the polls. This faction Ray, and
temptuously sly led the Ragged Reu bens."
| The Ragged Reubens are not fully per-
| suaded that the defeat of the Ray ticket
last spring means the emancipation of the
county from nay SuQntnHtlOn. lucy nave
been practically ostracised from participa-
| ton IN the management of party affairs.
| They are accorded no right. except to vote
| the ticket. They are without hope of OFF,
| cial emolument or honor. Politically
| speaking they are devoid of pride of An.
| cestors or hope of posterity, and being
| further amazed and scandalzed at Rays
| scoundrelism. as developed in tho town
| ship trustee order expose. there is o pros
| pect that they may not vote the ticket
next fall but cast their strength with the
| Republicans. If they should do this the
| Republican county ticket will be elected.
| RAYS CAREER.