Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-04-01
"a LITTLE MIXED. y
What mr.. Cowden Really said ~ to the
sum He Loaned Abbie Jackson.

Inaccurate statements having been
published regarding important FEATURES
OF the civil action brought before JUS
tice r. III. GillesDy, Friday, in which
Abbie Jackson sought to recover the
sum OF Sl6975, from Mr.. w. j. W.
Cowden, 1t being principal and Interest
OF money alleged 10 have been illegally
collected from her, it is but proper TO
correct at least one OF the inaccuracies,
appearing in the Intclligencer OF yester-
day. That paper said:
Mr.. Cowden, in his testimony, said
j. 2. St. Myers told him the woman
wanted TO quit her life OF vice aud need
ed money, aud be loaned her $500, and
in ten months received from her 1913.
The woman's memory was little mix
ed"
Cowden did not say he loaned Miss
$500" What he did say is given be-
low, II including his version OF the
original sum and also his statement OF
the entire transaction. as to finances,
taken from the Stenographio report:
O. By Mr.. Hubbard Now, MI.
Cowden, tell about this first loan, how
much money you furnished 10 this deed
OF trust? Al paid 10 ]. z. 81. Myers
-. 1t was about the 18th OF March,
1856, that j. Z. ST. Myers Informed me
be wanted 70 borrow some money for
Mrs. Jackson, who was owing q claim
secured by a deed Of trust to Mrs. Nc
Glumphry. He stated TO me that II
would require S975 to pay that off; that
she was owing him, ST. Myers, the sum
OF $50. He coupled this matter
with a statement that she wanted 10
get out OF the clutches OF Mrs. Nc
Glumphrey and that she was going TO
Quit keeping a sporting house, and /
prepared the deed OF trust Previous
TO that / had advised Mrs. Jackson
about some matters, about which ]
don't now recoIlect. had advised her
about different matters at different
times. ! prepared deed OF trust, and
at Mr.. 81. Myers request made the
whole amount 1915, aud / wrote the
note aud delivered them 10 j. T. St.
Myers. The note and deed OF trust
were afterwards brought back TO
me executed by Mrs. jackson,
and l gave to Mr.. 81. Myers the
sum Of S215 In cash. | was not at Mrs.
Jackson's house. Mr.. ST. Myers in
formed me that she was sick In bed. /
didn't see Der at all. Some time after
wards, it may have been two weeks
afterwards, she stopped In my office and
expressed her gratitude for the loan
and told me she would rather be dead
than under the control OF Mrs. Nc
Glumphry and that she was making
things unpleasant for her. then talked
over the details OF the loan and told
her that | gave ST. Myers S275;
that she had owed him $50, and al his
suggestion l included II In that deed Of
! trust. There was none Of the money
paid me direct; IL was paid me by ST.
Myers. There was paid to me the sum
of S3l5.
Q. No more? A. No, sir; no more. For
the services which | had rendered her
prior to writing the deed OF trust, and
for writing the deed OF trust, | made a
charge OF $40, which, with the S275 In
cash, made S2s5 the amount OF my
claim. Afterwards St. Myers In
formed mo that the matter had
been paid In full and | eX'
ecuted a release for her aud delivered
that release to ST. Myers, when he said
she had paid In full. l was not present
when the money was paid Miss Jack
son, and l did not see her until she
came TO my Office. She said she was
going to quit the business, and said II
she wanted 20 sell her furniture tho
deed Of trust should not stand In hei
| way.
At eleven o'clock yesterday morning
Justice Gillespy rendered the following
judgment in the cause:
AFTER hearing the evidence and the
pleas in the case, rendered judgment
for the defendant and against the
plaintiff for his costs taxed, Sl95, the
plaintiffs costs being taxed at $50
The plea referred to In the judgment
is the plea OF the statute OF Limitation OF
five years.