Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-10-11

l'u' IN J""S '"o"' S~'"' $1,000
in April, 1898. DR.. King frequently
asked Mr.. Crawford whether or not
there was q chance of collecting any
thing upon this Judgment and Mr.,
Crawford invariably replied to him
that be did not believe Mr.. Hartzel
was worth anything and that he
thought it would be useless to 60 to
any expense to try to collect it.
Sometime in September 1894, DR..
King learned from third party that
Mr., Hartacl had paid $500 upon this
judgment. Seeing Mr.. Crawford in
the court house yard one day, the
doctor asked him whether OF not he
had made the collection OF Mr.,
Hartzel, Mr.. Crawford III mediafely
replied that he had not. Before ac-
cusing Mr.. Crawford Of telling
falsehood, DR.. King concluded to in
vestigate and SO went over to Justice
Seeds Office and there learned from
the record itself that Mr.. Crawford
had collected $500 upon this judg-
ment and had received the money in
dividually.
He subsequently met Mr. Crawford
in the court house and in the presence
ofMr, Cranston and some others again
asked Mr.. Crawford ii he had col
lected some money upon the Hartzel
Judgment. Mr.. Crawford again
denied that he had But after talk
Ing a noment he doubtless learned
that his client knew that he had cox
lected the amount and thon he began
to evade and make some excuse for
not having turned the money over to
DR.. King Yet he offered no excuse
why he had in the interview in the
court house yard, denied to Dr. King
that he had collected this money.
Seeing that the doctor really was
acquainted with the fact that he had
collected this judgment, he undertook
a scheme whereby he might evade
the payment of this money over to
Dr. King, so he then for the first time
claimed that he had bought, or was a
part owner, on some old ouilawcd /
mortgage coupons on which he pro- t
posed to apply the amount of money
which he had collected from Mr..
Hartzel. The facts in relation to the
which he held are about
these;
DR.. King at one time gave q note I
and mortgage on a business building
OH Cedar street. He sold 1t In 1883 |
TO one Bender, and in 1889 Bender
sold it to one Bell, and Bender and
Bell both assumed the payment Of
the mortgage and interest. DR.. King
was under no obligation whatever to
pay the note or the coupons, even II |
they had not been outlawed, all Of !
which the records would prove.
Bender and Bell seemed to have
failed to pay the coupons when due,
and they were turned over TO the de-
funct bank Of Lebold, Fisher 4 Com
pany and sold at receivers sale to
Simon Rothschild for song. Nobody
ever expected to collect anything
upon them. Just how this coupon
rot into the hands Of Mr.. Crawford
for the purpose of aiding him in de-
prising DR.. King Of SS7, % in money,
which he had collected as DR., Kings
attorney, Will probably always re-
main a mystery.
DR.. King, believing that Mr.. Craw-
ford had defrauded him, placed the
matter in the hands Of Stambaugh g.
IIurd, who Immediately demanded
Ihe money Of Mr. Crawford. Upon
INVESTIGATING the records and examin-
ng the abstracts Of the mortgage,
Mr.. Crawford conceded that he had no
light to the money and that he would
AVE TO turn II over to Mr.. King, but
ie asked for little time TO invesii-
rate. Within an hour or two there
Ifter, and before Mr.. Crawford re-
)orted bis conclusion to Mr., Stam-