People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-10-24

40 We lNONlNSO IL AhNh-I VIZ 1890
who preceded US and who carried it
through memorable years, l have no
doubt you will take it and carry It'll
through your relay, and deliver it to
the generation that will be awe iting |
to receive it, and that you will be
able to say to them that the flag has
never touched the ground aud has
never lost a star, and that it still
bears with it the prophesies of the
tut ure and the messages Of the past
Pleasanton, Kan, Oct. 7.-Three
of the Kincaid brothers, ZalmOn,
cashier of the defunct Hood & Kin
caid bank Of this place, Robert, presl-
dent of the defunct Citizens bank Of
Mound City, and Joseph, stockholder,
were yesterday set at liberty. Soon
after the failure of the banks in 1893,
they were arrested on charges of
accepting money knowing that the
banks were in a falling cOnditio n
Robert was in Jail several months,
while the others gave bonds. Their
attorneys attacked the constitution
atty Of the sixteenth section Of the
banking act passed by the legislature
of 1891, on the grounds that it neither
repealed, amended nor was supple
mental to section seventy-nine Of the
crime and punishment act Of 1879.
Judge West ruled that the section
was unconstitutional and void and
discharged the prisoners. Thus end
ed the prosecution OF the Kincaids.
Washington, Oct. 2O.-W. Fl. L..
Pepperell, secretary of the state Dem
ocratic central committee of Kansas,
and postmaster at Concordia, is booked
to face charges preferred against him
1T the pOstOffice department which
may endanger his official life. He is
charged with having accepted money
from applicants in Kansas who were
after postmaster appointments, and
| with having in some instances &C
cepted money from two or more appli-
cants for the same place. 1t appears
frem the charges filed that some time
ago suit was brought against Pep
perell by man in Washington cOun-
ty, Kansas, who desired to recover
the money he had paid Pepperell for
aiding him, or promising to aid him,
in getting a certain appointment. In
some way the former aSpirant con-
cluded to force Pepperell to pay him
back the money, and in this way the
trouble commenced for Pepperell in
the department. In reply to the
charges thus received, it has been de-
cided to make an investigation, and
the charges have been turned over to
an inspector, who will make a report.
All the old-timerS who rode on the
Vale Williamson "Star route" stages
will be interested in the following
item from the Kansas City Journal:
81. ?. Williamson, who is being sued
by John A. Sea, administrator of the
estate Of H. NJ. Vale, Of star route
mail contract fame, to recover on a
contract for S1l, 1904, dated May 5, 1882,
filed an answer aud COunter-Claim
yesterday. The answer is that in
1882, Vale was Willlamson's partner
in several mail route contracts; and
was being tried by the United States
government for conspiracy to defraud
the government The contract in
question, Williamson claims, is a
dummy and was given that the bust
Dess relations between the two might
be served, AMI Williamson would
then be able to go on Wales bond.
1t was not intended, Williamson
claims, that the money called for in
the contract Shohld ever be paid, nor
did Vale ever make an attempt 10
collect it. The counter-claim is,
that by reason ofcertain dealings In
the star route contracts, the sum of
s25, 900 became due. Williamson from
Vale, but was never paid, There
fore Williamson asks that the con.
tract calling for sl1,3O4 be declared
void, and that he be given Judgment
against the estate for S25.0 O0."
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