The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-05
SMITHS ADIEU.

Last weeks Issue Of the Mercury con-
tanned an announcement from Mr..
/ Frederick Dumont Smith that his con-
trov-rsy with w. IL. French is closed:
that he has proved every allegation lie
has made, the evidence is before the
public and he leaves them to judge.
If statements from the business men
Of the city and citizems from ever, part
of the county are TO be relied upon, the
public has already judged the matter.
and the unanimous verdict is that the
attachment of Tie GRAPHIC presses,
" pc, etc. WIS the result of a cowartily.
contemplate conspiracy To destroy Tie
GRAPHIC i'll the hope that Smith might
get the county printing. and in order
To crafty the ulaliue IF II. +. Edwards
against us. This is lhe opinion of the
public, and all the txplanal ions Ed
wards and Smith may attempt to make
for the next year will not change it.
Smith says that the bank books will
prove every assertion lie has made
regarding the bank claim. The absurd.
ity of this statement is apparent at
first glance to every person who has
i read tile articles i'll Pull ,papers. There
| WAS absolutely no qucstitui in the COLI
troverSy which could possibly he proved
Inv Tho h.,,E hnpL, fI'l,aro 80, az, IL.
pute us to the amount of the indebted
| Hess of E. F. Brown to the bank.
There WAS no dispute us to the amount
of the note we signed when we made
the deal, nor as To the amount of the
payments we have made. We stated
most of these matters iD our iirst arti-
Gle. One of the principal matters
| which we're disputed WAS the value of
the stock we got from Edwards, and
the assertion he made. the untruthful-
| ness Of which w:,s-lh most sharing,
| was that The value of the stock we re-
crived frun Edwards WAS S2.476, and
that we knew we were getting Il bar
gain and expected to nakr money 10y
it. AMI giving in d-tlil the value of the
different ANIMALS. Now how can the
bank hooks prove tl!e truth of such an
assertion? What book lii the bank
can prove that Il mare ten years Old,
blind in one eye and with IL iistlla in
the shoulder wis worth 800, or that Il
sucking colt was worth 500, or that
;sn old plug that F. Is. lime, who Was
then the owner, offered TO sell for SIS
two gears before, was worth 800, or
that year-Old steers were worth S25,
rs lie asserted. If the bank has any
books that can prove these statements
they must have Il marvellous system of
bookkeeping.
Our charge against Edwards was
that for The paItry sum lie stated OH
the street he was to get from Smith he
allowed 1i.e name Of tile bank to be
uss for the purpose OF destroying
our means Of making IL living after
we had acted with. the most perfect
guo,l faith with Inn, and had paid the
bank ST ,599.iS out of property whicl,
was not worth over 81 200 wien we
got it., and that the attachment pro-
ceetlings WAS commenced without any
cause and not for The purpose of secur-
ing debt but for The sole purpose of
breaking up our. business. These
assertions c;,Iln0s be. disproved by any
bank book, but c,n be proved by ample
evidence, and they are already suf-
ficientIy proven, to satisfy the public.
Edwards had no right even to bring
an ordinary suit against us in the name
of the bank at the time, as it was the
express agreement when the deal was
made that the note should he paid oul
Of the proceeds of the mOrtgaged prop
erty aud that we should not he called
upon to pay any balance until the
m"rtgaged property Was all disposed
US tHu at VIC ltitc VIC sui WAS Drought
there yet remained six horses to lie
sold and All agreement had been made
between lis for their sale and the appii-
cation Ut the proceeds OH the note.
We have, lUwtver, laleIy learned
enough from remarks made by Ed
wards, and from other sources, to COLI
vince us that lie was actuated by
Malignant malice against lis in the
proceeding. aud We have discovered tile
CAUSES Of his i'atreda
Smith stated in his article two
weeks ago that Edwards helped elect
us county attorney three Years ago.
1t seems that because of this fact, and
the further fact That lie held IL mort
gage OH our property, Edwards con-
sidered that We were under boundeu,
obligation to obey his slightest wishes