The Redwood gazette., 1895-06-06

Alexander being a fictitious person
and thereby affecting the validity of
these mortgages, it is understood that
both mortgages carry an interest of
10 per cent. per annum with a usury
OF $lOO bonus given to Beard & Glea-
son for making the loan. The mort
cages are both null and void in case
the usury was paid and the mortgages
are ahead the full amount of the loan.
1t is alleged that other loans of a
similar nature have been made.
This double forgery and single case
OF false witnessing or witnessing a
forgery on the part of young Davis,
Gleason and Beard is the club which
Sylvester Davis claims that Beard &
Gleason have swung over his head
ever since the fatal Jan. Goth, 1894.
At that time Davis claimed that he
knew nothing pertaining to the laws
on this subject and that he carelessly
allowed Beard & Gleason to act as his
agents and do whatever they desired.
He states that the document was
signed under their advice.
The burning of the Park hotel on
the night of March 7th this year has
apparently been the elimination of
this wicked crime. Boards hand has
not been very conspicuous up to date
but Gleason's hand has been shown
to the queens taste," to use the ver-
nacular. The burden of the whole
song appears to have been to make
Davis give down part of the insur-
ance money which it was supposed he
would recover as result of the Park
hotel fire. To carry out this extortion
every conceivable means appears to
have been used by Gleason. The
whip of past crime was cracked ov-
er the head of Davis and the threat of
an exposure, together with the stop
ping of the total insurance, was given
the victim.
A few days after the fire, according
to a statement made by Davis, Glea-
son attempted to get Davis is sign a
note payable to him for $500. Davis
refused after which, according to the
victim, Gleason asked Davis to sign a
note with him which he would then
be able to cash at the bank. Davis
stubbornly refused to compound a
felony and that session ended in con-
siderable bad feeling.
Matters dragged along with more
or less conferences between the prin-
cipals. These conferences were hot
at times, and some of the proceedings
leaked out and served to keep up pub
lie interest. Gleason, it appears, be-
came more desperate and urged and
begged Davis to give him money. At
last, if perfectly reliable witnesses are
to be believed, Davis weakened and
on last Saturday paid over to Gleason
a sum of money in amount between
$500 and $500. Davis denies having
done this. An hour or two after re-
ceiving the money Gleason boarded
the east-bound St. Louis train, telling
his bondsmen that he was going to
Minneapolis to settle with the insur-
ance companies. He left the train at
Morton and went-no one knows Just
where.
It now remains to be stated that
Davis has not been paid the amount
of the insurance adjusted on his share
of the hotel property and for his goods
destroyed on that eventful night.
Gleason stated to acquaintances, be-
fore he left this city, that the compan-
les proposed to stand suit and that
he had strong evidence favorable to
a case of incendiarism. "It may
strike right in my Office" he said,
but II don't care" Mr.. Davis stated
to reporter that he would sue for his
insurance and that he had nothing to
fear in the result.
It is understood that the time for
paying the adjusted amount will ex-
pire June 18th.
If the companies prove their case
of incendiarism Davis will lose $4,000
insurance money, and may lose mon
ey to the full extent of the faces of
the mortgages already referred to on
which there is claimed to be usury. 1t
is reported that Scanlin is already
preparing to fight the mortgage given