Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-11-04
JOStpH nUrTERFlELD'S STATE
MENT
nau ih, u,t.rHw HoJs Appropriate
- ttts Property.


Hih ~ b.. brother Of Francis
u.urtt,d llr escaped those all
,u.mpt..iug notes hut they reached
lm lst th, same. Mr. Butteriield
uWusd thc property occupied by the
N.Df lflih,r- ~ store and (on
tl, -rlurlt, -idc of the street, as a
h.trl lh,y contracted To buy it, the
pfi,e agreed upon being $500, and
htl him come a. the store and make
HHi thr papers They were about
complete when John went out and
900 not return Mr Buttcriicld waited
aui wandered Tim said that John
hai thr muueN --thcy were TO make a
comparatively small cash payment.
NJ nuu,fhcld went home, fixing
another umr 60 meet them. John
f.ula q hlm again in the same way.
ihtn b, saii hr had been disappointed
foo D trug pay inr the sale of some
siptk Ht u would come to hand
.h,ttly and 10 l,t the matter stand; 4;
hr sas Go 800 away some where and
fet 'he money. After awhile he made
suma new excuses about this stock !;
tsat mufr time had to bc given upon
b. etc. uuul At last Tim confessed
thst John had really collected this
muuts and used Il Ia some other way
~tll uli Mr llutterhcld's suspicious
3D. mot -,rm 90 have been excited. lie
Nas asked tu indursc some notes next,
Lnt thi- hr continued to decline to do,
as % Nas against his principles Then
iuhu smu a. him one day and repre-
-,utrd that they needed some ready
muncN Tor certain operations, and
eouldu. BE- Mr. Bu,tcriield) just let
ihrm have deed for the property
wh,,h they were negotiating to buy
an,how and they could raise the
money on that
The simple old farmer did it,
When after little time the finn
sent under lac went To SEQ them
sl'put his deed, and they coolly told
him that they had set that down
among their resources in those "well-
Kept buuks."
Speaking of the books. he said that
iho hfm did business with all the
iafmefs around the country-took
their hay aud lumber aud truck and
dislnsed Of Il Ia Bangor aud Portland.
II was well.known fact, he said,
that she farmers hall the time got no
credit un the books until they them
selves came aud demanded Il settle
mrnt and saw Ia il that the credits
weFc all Ia. Consequently, he said
when tho books were examined, while
negotiating with their creditors, they
lid not show the status Of the con-
cefn at all This. he said, was demon
sifated by the school teacher who
had heen engaged by one or other OF
the farmers Who were on the notes
lust before the failure, TO examine
them. aud Who reported that the re-
source. were very largely in excess Of
the liabilities
To this statement Mr.. Butterfield
expressed a perfect willingness TO make
affidavit, hut members OF his family
presen, prevailed upon him not TO "as
a was all 50 long past and gone now,
aud u would do no good"
Thia !. the story he told Of the
Mpofs affair
Ehen Webster Of Orino sent to John
Muors oi Daniorth package of money
containing $3.50. Moors did not re-
ceive IL and wrote 10 Webster about
it Webster answered. saying he had
sent u aud had the receipt, and for
him to go aud see the express agent.
iio did 80 aud raised row, and Tim
Mclraw acknowledged that he took it.
Muofs advised Webster Of the fact,
Webster wrote 10 Tim to make il good
Immediately, aud he did 30 shortly.
'rhi- vas ju-t before tho firm failed
Mr butlsrlicld says that John always
declared hc knew nothing about this.
James X lluttcrield, his son, who
lives several mile. cut in the country,
vent IA town purposely to make the
anidayi. which l. given herewith.
He says that he was passing the Nc.
draw liroa' store one day shortly be-
fore they failed. aud John II. McGraw
called him IN. A representative Of
the hfm Of Frank Jennings & Son was
There. aud McUraw proicssed that he
was Ia great hurry to catch n train
and he wanted an cndorser for two
notes for $40 aud $3.50, and asked
him Ia sign them. Mr.. Butterfield de-
INJURED. bat there was n great deal of
talk about the hurry they were in and
assured him that he would be made
secure with u mortgage on /" the Har-
lew block % When afterwards he be-
van to scramble around in search OF
the Harlow block To help him pay the
notes. he found that the McGraws
never owned the Harlow block.
Aud yet, aIterward. when he went
doSn 10 bangor 10 put in his claim
~i.h the Others in the bankrupt court,
and John II McGraw met him and
asked him 10 20 outside and there told
him that he (Butterheld) would be a
lnul to put ais claim in there and get
% rcf cent or 10 per cent. when, by
staying out and trusting him he (But-
trfheld) might get the full amount,
aud assured him that he (McGraw)
had reserved property enough to make
gvsi the claims Of his farmer friends
aud ne,ghbors. lac fell again under the
hlandishmcnt.
he believed him.
lie did not put IN his claim.
"" has never received one cent.
And those wcll-kcpt books" were
500 bcttcr for 1t in the eyes of the
merchant creditors who scanned them.