Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-05

Owing to the fact that the present
county treasurer, J. w. Potes, has been
mallciousIy circulating falsehoods and
misstatements regarding B. F. Glasier,
his former deputy, and although often
requested to refrain from the malicious
talk he has been making, he still con-
times to sneak around and berate NJ.
GlaSier to individuals who are Strang
ers. therefore deem it right and in
justice to all parties concerned, that a
true and correct statement of facts be
given through the columns of the IN
DEX, hence write this article.
In the first place Mr. Potes hired Mr.
Glas,er 10 work In the treasurer's Office
As deputy county treasurer, as the bond
gwen by MIR. & aud papers filed with
the county clerk will show, and it was
by and with the consent of a committee
of MIR. POtes' bondsmen that he went
i'll as deputy, and he Immediately pu'
up the requisite 5000 bond and went
10 work last May. had said long be-
fore that l would rot go on j. W.
Potes' bond tor cent unless there was
someone in there as deputy who was at
least competent and who was not as
bad stick" as Potes himself.
MIR. Glasier talked to me about J. w
POtes' bond and said Potes was at hrm
about my going on his bond and 1 then
told him that he could say tn Potes that
If he wanted me on the bond, l would
only go on for 600 or possibly S1,5OO
with the express understanding that he
(POtes) should give him steady work
for the coming term, and at better wag-
es. MIR. Glasier wrote letter to MIR.
POtes at Kiowa, while he was down
there putting up his official bond, and
told him the above which was accepted
and went OH the bond for more than
l had promised; but he has failed to
live up to his promises.
But instead of doing as he agreed, he
laid MIR. Glasier off twice during the
latter part of his first term and it SEEM
ed as though Mr.. Potes would try bis
best to insult and aggravate Mr.. Glas.
Ter 80 he would resign work. He said
that it was on account of Mr.. Glasier's
being cross and uncongenial and that
he made mistakes that he had laid hiL.i
off. Now as for errors Mr.. Potes
knows there is nothing in that state
ment whatever and as for any mistakes
which he claimed he (PoteS) had adj
juSted all right on the books l will
say would not want him to do any
work for me in books or figures. The
term official examination showed the
treasurers books and accounts to be all
right and in better shape than they
had been since Elk. Treas. Peck's time.
1t seems to me Mr.. POtes your state.
ments do not accord we'll with the facts?
When Mr.. POtes laid Mr.. Glasier off
the 9Th of October, he owed him for
seven days service, but when asked to
settle he got angry and said no one
could cheat him for he only owed him
one days service; but the next day he
was perfectly willing to settle for the
seven days after he had seen that the
book showed it up that way. He re
sorted to the smallest chickering's while
settling, for instance he wanted to de.
duct part of wages due Mr.. GlasIer for
his having used his knife and happened
to leave nick in one blade, etc.
But the principal object IN writing
this article, is to show that complied
with my part of the agreement in going
on the bond while he failed to do as he
agreed to by giving Mr.. Glasier steady
work and l repeat that had no conf
dence i'll j. w. Potes as a man and
would not have gone Oh his bond had
not someone been IN there to look after
things in whom could rely as doing
the work honestly and cnmpetently.
l have caught him in his lies more
than once. can find plenty of mel
who will say as l say, that they would
not believe j. w. Potes ON oath.
l told several that l would let the
whole matter rest and say nothing more
about 1t, if he would cease his vile wag-
HAh6O OOO odASC hC uOCo HUI anu ID uOH
most sianderOusly talking about Mr..
Glasler aud as he (GIasier) is almost a
stranger and his story might not be
credited as we'll as MIR. Potes who
ought to have some standing in the
county, whether he has or not, and
someone who did not know the facts in
the matter might believe his vile twad-
die, therefore published this article.
L have taken steps to have my name
taken off j. w. POtes' bond, and will
not be responsible for such an unprin-
cipled liar as he.
1 stand ready and willing at any time
to prove any and all assertions l have
made in this article. If anyone wishes
to see me personally in regard to this
matter, Will substantiate all l have