The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-07
SUING FOR DOODLE.
ONE OF HOKES ENTERPRISING MEN
CAUGHT IN A TRAP.
he Did Lively Business Selling Govern
ment Secrets to Perry Town Lot Spec
ulators-He Also Furnished
Them With Short Order
Booth Certificates.

Everybody knows that it exists, but 1t !:
| not always that it can be proven.
If, however. you give Democrat rope
| enough and pe patient he will convic
| himself.
About Sept Hoke Smith, secretary Of
| the interior, sent q number Of surveyors
| to the Cherokee strip to plat government
towBsites preparatory to the Opening Of
that country to settlement. Previous te
going to the territory they stopped IA few
days at the Carey hotel in this city whics
WAS subsequently made headquarters FOL
the surveying corps.
Among the number was a gentleman
named William Morey. Jr
In the assignment of the various sur
veyors for the townsites to be located il
the Cherokee strip, William Morey, Jr.
was placed in charge of the corps that sur
veyed Perry. His instructions were tc
leave two blocks unsurveyed for re
serves" and he did SO. Subsequently al
order came to him to leave but one block
for reserve and to plat the other one
This order did not become generally
| known and the people generally took II
for granted that two blocks We're reserved.
Mr.. Morey plated the block as directed and
| while doing so the tempter came and sug
gested TO him that this was mighty rare
opportunity to make little money.
A Democratic Office holder is always
ready to turn an "honest penny" as the
novelists say, when a good opportunity
turns up and William Morey. Jr., was nc
exception to the rule, evidently.
ftar ho Of Do,rtr rad
Mr.. Morey brought his map to Wichita
| and Immediately proceeded to do business.
1t got noised about among a select few
that Mr.. Morey had about twenty-four
fine lots in Ptrry for sale at bargain. He
recognized Wichita as great real estate
| town for he had heard of its lively history
back in 1875. He did a thriving business
and sold lots to several prominent citizens
| here. c. NJ. johnson was advised to pat
ronize him and, accordingly, went to the
Carey to meet him. He told Mr.. johnson
! the history of the block and assured him
that be WAS perfectly safe in buying as
the public regarded the block in which he
had lots for sale AS reserved" anu would
| not settle on it. He said the lots would
cost Mr.. johnson 500 each and that he
would not have to pay for them until set
tlement was made upon them. lie also
assured him that he would be on the
ground himself and locate him.
This was very fair and Mr.. johnson re-
garded the proposition with favor but he
told Mr.. Morey that he couldn't hold Il lot
without a booth certifia ate, aud he did not
see how be could Get one rs he had no
time to spare to go in line at the booths.
"Why my dear SIR" said Mr.. Morey
81 can fix that for you for $10'' and suit
ing the action to the words he pulled out
a booth certificate already stamped by the
registration clerks, wrote Mr.. Johnson's
everything was all O. k.
This was Mt the Carey hotel, sixty
miles away from any booth.
On the 16 day of September, the day of
the opening of the Cherokee strip, the
mad crowd rushed into Perry. The SOL
diers guarded this supposedly reserved
block and permitted no one to go on it ex-
cept those who had purchased lots from
Mr.. Morey. The latter was not present
when Mr.. Johnson arrived from
some unforeseen cause and instead
of Mr.. johnson settling on the lot that he
bought from Mr.. Mor-y he pitched his
tent in the alley. He did not ascertain his
mistake for n long time, not at least till
some other fellow was on the lot.
When it dawned upon him that he was
located in the alley he became disguised
aud sold his tent and camping outfit to
I. b. Northup of this city, who also had
secured lot through Mr.. Morey. Nor
thup didn't pay cash down for the tent and
outfit. but Mr. johnson didn't care straw
for that, as Mr.. Northup was perfectly
good.
About a week after the opening Mr.
Morey drew OH Mr.. johnson for the 500,
the purchase price OF the lot, but Johnson
refused to pay him for the reason that he
did not get value received. Mr.. Morey
then sued for the recovery of the 500
in Justice Jones' court in this city through
Z. b. Northrup as his agent and Adams &
Adams as his attorneys. In his bill OF
particulars he alleged that johnson owed
him the sum of Sl00 ''for services rendered
in the month of september. The bill of
particulars give no particulars for Morey
was too sly TO say what the money WAS
actually for and so were his attorneys.
The purchase price of the tent, etc, which
Mr. Northrup owed Mr. johnson was also
garnisheed.
Mr.. Johnson employed J. J. Parks the
well known attorney of this city to defend
the suit and gave him The whole history
of the transaction.
The first thing Mr.. Parks did was to put
MIR. Morey in hole, SO wrote to the
assistant United States district attorney
for the district of Columbia, requesting
him to take the deposition of Mr..
Norey with reference to giving
Mr.. Northrup the right TO sue in his be-
half. The deposition was ordered before
Notary Harper of Washington. ID. {.
The day came for the hearing OF Mr..
Morey's evidence aud he denied ever Civ
ing Mir. Northrup the right to make coll
lections for him. He WAS compelled TO do
this, for if he admitted before the assist
ant district attorney that he did give Mr.
Northrup the rlgat 10 collect 800 from
Mr.. johnson, he would also be compelled
to say what the 800 was for, and thus in
criminate himself and stand in imminent
danger of being fired from his position for
irregularities III Office. The deposition
WAS sent here ami when the trial OF be
case WAS called Mr.. Parks moved to dis
miss tue case on the grounds that Mr.
Morey did not authorize Mr. Northrup 10
bring the suit. Mr.. Mort hrup went on
the stand TO prove his authority in the
premises and his testimony. So far as it
relates 10 that. Is as follows:
F. B. Northrup, being duly sworn, testi-
fed his follows:
Direct examination by Mr.. Parks.
Q-Your name is f. B. Northrup.
Ayes sir.
Q-You live in this city.