Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-08

velop"d tho met that Mr.. Rush, Instead
ic required TO pay IN @.iN Ry permls-
sion OF the Comptroller In that cNamina-
i iS"' Deposit gs W't isd sea0t Of tho 10 Fl Fist SSsa,tdiSo"nSafi
sank, This dlsS,o,ed The isGtt ,ha, on
the credit Of Sarah Rush, MIR. Rush,s
wife. Hl.cn. In two toms, one Of So
posit was made by Mr. Rush; and that he
mad deposited to II fictitious namc James
mi MAX B ibs ,bo agent; snh S i ,hn, II G n%b ,hh XII
received from MIR. Nicholson in payment
for the, water works bonds. and from
70 be ]ePprcpri",Si' 10 f'S'ss Sspsnsc! s% of run.
nins the plant and cost OF lltigntlon. Il
ddaiyS 'S q June inS 'iSSs Is" Gt f bSins s" sstS Sr sSe and
q, WcinesIayj. Mr.. Rush had drawn us
c%yerdrnwn $40, and that he had. also
g. Black, agent. eco. showing that he
had taken Of the funds Of the bank. just
urc OF tho First National bank, ~ Larncd.
o tho sunday following the saturday
Rush LOFT for chicago, and In his tes,i-
inony on the trial Of this issue. he gave
no account OF what he had done with these
$ taking this testimony together. It
shoMrd IN tho frst place tnnt Mt. itnsh
court had ordered him to pay. and 1t show
Cd further. that these funds from witch
this should be- paid were not In the First
National bank Of Larnel, but had been
withdrawn by him and taken away;
no defense was shown. lie refused to COM
ply With the orler of the cours to pay the
rum. into court upon which refusal
Of pnwnce county until he should comply
with that order.
TN this Investigation I gave Mr.. Rush
every opportunity known to the law to re-
lievc himself Of this charge. I went 10 tho
extent OF requiring the PARTIES against him
nliirts''iyeiy that Mr. Rush had thi,
and tho evidence OF MIR Rush himself,
i%cs,lnei in, his own Behalf. aid not al.
tempt to deny that he had lriUu THIS
S mg1ey on D" ,n and day ,hG fol 10 hna sG Mr. ' Gu ssl,
testimony further showed that the name Of
James. q: Black, agent, who held u de-
and that he had made tho deposit In his
name in that way for the purpose of plac.
parties to whom II belonged. and probably
beyond the reach of other creditors OF. his,
or e tns sn,T any p Process t tn ''m m . of be h, Oh.
'a ", LIN II 5 an S,tsmpt to reach IL;
the fact that he refused to make n fair
settlement with, the attorneys for tho
INdlHtlls anu WIFI IHt. attorneys lpT inc re-
that settlement had been fairly made these
discrepancies, In his account. would never
that the fees allowed them we're cntrag;.
GUS, a ummary of this entire. transaction
III. water. works bonds in tho name OF
h MIS- spnn.,d u nS nmd ihat he bought these
bonds $500; that he received by way OF
receipts from the operation OF tho plant fo-
running the plant abon, "A year. ss,55a,la;
tlnf ha IarniN1l frntNt thu nit n . ruA
IN" sum OF $500: making an aggregate OF
sls,ai9.1e that his entire expenses incurred
nasidase' from alis' the a tito M fHnes ees. ' we're e't 81:
bfl.li, leaving in his hands n balance Of
81 iit"os; This sum was earned by III.
this large amount earned, 81. ,esooc. they
nsked an allegiance Of $500, which would
transaction, provided he had been allowed
~, n fees as r%ee"iver That expected to
greed so intense that IT seems aimost,
mi POSSIBLE that any man should possess
4. he refused to pay them anything. so
ton to protect them, and the allowance
made TO them. in my judgment. under all
the circumstances. was Il very reasonable
THE interest the firm OF Peters & Mich
olson had In this transaction was as at
cation Of Mr.. Rush's account showing that
he had reported a number Of Items.
paid. that in fact We're not paid, left
these items as n lien upon the plant, and
It was agreed Would ID be- " sn ifRss to tp'n rel ieHs
the plant of any ~lncumhranCe, their duty
p their clients required them to look after
y" matter and see that the plant was
clear OF incumbrnncc,
I'm the inyestisat!on OF this matter. 7
how 10 give anybody, and ] accorded TO his
att3rneys; AT. cline; of L.arned, and Mr..
ms and the most courteous trea,ment that
nm capable OF swing anybody. ! con-
s 1in5isa ,ns s ns 1hrss times for tho
neys and gave them every opportunity 10
neiend their client, and every benefit in
give him. and while | nave not talked TO
these, Gentlemen about the matter. i nave
no ljea nat they are making any com
The might, after Mr.. Rush was sen
fenced to jail. a number of business men
him TO go TO Kansas city. in charge of the
sheriff. to see II he could do anything in
bnnh way s Of lineep' nj .r the EIrst National
the reason that objection was made ~ The
attorneys for the bondhoiders, as wen a.
Rush to be thus relieved OF the sentence
imposed upon him, because or the well
grounded belief ,ha, Mr.. Rush had in his
ey into court,
transaction OF the water works case as
call 1t to mind now, Judge Peters, of
newton, ana Mr.. vernon, OF Iarnel, and
Mr.. Austin, of Topeka. will each furnish a
statement In regard to this publication OF
Mr.. Rush's, which ! beg TO have published
in connection with this.
ASIDE from the charges made against
mo in connection with the water works
case, Mr.. Rush has seen lit to go into a
very broad Held with reference to other
matters, and l wish to make the broad
statement. that neither In the water works
case nor In any other case has Mr.. Rush
ever offered to pay or paid me any sum
of money TO control or influence my judy
ment IN. any manner possible. His
solutely false: His further state
ments that l endeavored to secure
money from him In any manner, or through
him. TO aid me In my campaign for sem
ator, or that l ever approached Mr.. Ingalls,
or the other gentleman referred 10 IN his
lied or requested any one else to approach
them on the subject of assisting me in any
manner in my campaign, Is absolutely
false. and as to this matter MIR. ingalls,
Will undoubtedly corroborate my state
ment, as would likewise any other gentle
mar whose name has been suggested In
connection with the senatorial office.
I'm the transaction OF business in my
court, while ] have made mistakes, doubt
less. as judges do, the business has been
honorably conducted. as Will be testified to
by every reputable member OF the bar, and
! believe by every member of the bar that
ever has practiced at IL.
"In these cases specifically referred to in
Mr.. Rush's statement, Judge Sterry, a
lawyer In whom every lawyer in Kansas
has the Utmost confidence, who has had
state. probably has as large an acquaint-
auce aS lny among the bar of the state.