The herald., 1895-02-17
TO BE GENERAL MANAGER
Mr.. Num- Disposed of All His Worldly
Possessions
But the IndianoIa Paint and Ochre Company
Was Not What 1t Had Been -
Cracked Up to Be ~+srS'

James Num- yesterday filed the pre-.
liminary papers in an action agaist Joseph
A. and o. A. Garner and A. A. Graft,
whom he charges with having success
fully conspired to defraud him last month
of block at The Palms, one horse, one
COW, one set of harness, one wagon, one
piano-forte, one sewing machine house
hold furniture and farming implements.
1t is to recover the land and the personal
property, the latter of which Num- values
at $1,000 that he brought the suit. s.
The plaintiff says that in September OF
last year he became acquainted here with
Graft and the Carriers, and his friendship
with the latter rapidly grew into in
timacy. After they had inspired conf
dence they represented to Mr.. Num- that
Joseph A. Garner was the owner of 1850
shares of fully paidup stock in the In
dianola Paint and Ochre Manufacturing
Company of Indianola, Neb., worth at
the time $40, 500. Num- was also made to
believe that the company, owned rich min
eral deposits, a large mill with fine build
ings and extensive machinery. and that
its affairs were so prosperous that it had
paid dividend of 10 per cent in 1893. In
fact the concern was so prosperous that
within five years its stock would be worth
~ on I0e uOlIdT Vi lUS pTeSeIJ ValudJlOH.
After Mr.. Munn's eyes had begun to
bulge at the great prospects in store for
the Indianola Paint and Ochre Manufacture
ing Company, he naturally was anxious to
be let in on the ground floor, if such a
thing were not altogether unrealizable.
he could have hoped, for his newly made
friends not only offered to help him IN his
wishes, but offered him the responsible
position of general manager of the COM
pany for a period of two years at a
monthly salary of 500, with headquarters
at Des Moines, Iowa.
All that was necessary to take a first
class ticket on the road to wealth, they
told Mum, was to purchase Joseph A.
Gamers stock in the company, or if he
had not got the necessary cash on hand to
trade his ranch for the scrip. The trans
action seemed SO favorable to the plaintiff
that he closed the trade and threw in some
other real estate he owned in Topeka,
Kan, to become the possessor of Garners
1850 shares.
After Mum had conveyed his property
to the defendants on January %, his eyes
commenced to open quickly, and he
learned that the stock of the Indianola
Paint and Ochre Manufacturing Company
had no value at all, that it owned no rich
| mineral deposits; that it owed over $4,000,
more than the total value of the whole
outfit. Instead of having paid dividends
in 1893 it had, on the contrary, become
nsolvent at that time. The position Of
general manager which Num- was to have,
turned out myth and every other glow
ing representation made by the Garnes and
| Graft to Num- turned out a bursteds soap
bubble.
Having at last fully discovered the de-
ceit of which he was the victim, Mann
sought out Peck & Foley, lawyers, and
having laid the case fully before them,
asked them what to do. The result Of
their advice was an action to have the
deed to the land cancelled and demand
for his COW, his piano and the rest OF the
household goods, or $1,000 cash in lieu. of
these necessary adjuncts in modern
ranch.