The San Francisco call., 1897-07-01
Y HY.."ARMS7RONG LEFT.
There I Was No Has,ty Flight.
I. i From Mrs. Bassett's S. "
s. :" !. ... Ranch. :: S
The Cherry Crop Was SO Light That
|. v: !: !. It Did Not Even Pay the
s: 5 s. IT.. !. Rent. 3 J..
oxKIANp.o OFFICE SAN Francisco. CALL,

-: 'SAKLAND#QEFfCE. DAN: EANCISCo: CALLij
-: -: 90S Broadway, il une 30.
!: ! Mrs. Bassett of Haywards has returned
to her ranch, which was:so suddenly va
Gated by the Arms trengs two weeks ago..
In the story published regarding the cir
cumstances of the. exodus of the late
tenants, some staten epts appeared which
do, mot fairly. represent. the position of
George: A.. Armstrong and his son, D. F.
Armstrong. 5. 5. s.. :: : :: !. :: - :.
: when. we took the ranch," seid Mr..
Armstrong. senior, 1--WE executed a: lease
for a year, with the. option Of. another
year..'.z.>We were to: pay Mrs. Bassett $10e
down; which.we did; and at the expiration
of ninety days we were to pay $500; as the.
balance: OF the year S rent. This $500 was
secured to- Mrs. Bassett by d mortgage on
the cherry crop. After working steadil lily
for three: months: with: my two sons we
found that: we could not make the ranch
pay. The cherry crop was light and as
" had done so m uch work, thought we
we're: entitled to it. although, of. course.
knew; ;thatMrs. Bassett held a mortgage
on tito secure her rent. i sold about $50
worth of cherries and considered that We
had earned The money,.so ] kept it..
when the nInety days were up Mrs,
:Bassett called on us, and l. to Id her that.l
had been able to get no M oney and that 1t
+ would be Impossible to pay her at: that
| time She gave me little extra time,
.but.as it was impossible to raise anything
Elike:the rent out of the crop we decided
that vie had better quit SO. we put every
l:Ihihg in as good condition as we could
land packed up and left, and l have not
seen Mrs. Bassett since. That is the true
story. The lease is in my name and not
lin the name of my SON."
& d. F. Armstrong, the son, is now set
tied in business in this city as a piano
tuner. During the correspondence with
/ Mrs. Bassett over the rent he wrcte the
lady some letters, and when MARSHAL
Ramage was requested to recover the
horse. which was missing from the ranch,
the letter referring 10 the animal. was
signed..'D. T. Armstrong" This led THE
CALI1s'; Hayward correspondent into the
error~ef believing that D. T. Armstrong
was the lessee of the ranch. This was not
!: the case.
"I:had nothing to do with the leasing Of
|. the ranch said D. F. Armstrong last
might. ~ worked there ior my father just
| as hired man, and do not want people to
t Elhink:that had anything to- do with the
cherry crop or anything else. ! was at
the ranch three months and have now re-
turned to Oakland and have again started
my regular busines of piauo-tuning.
am ather proud OF my name and natur-
Eally do not wish to see it figuring in any
unpIeasantness." q"
In the published story statement was
made that Marshal Ramage was looking
for b. T. Armstrong and that he had sent
out some cards to-, try to help him in his
search TINS lis a mistake. Constable
Lake. not Marshal Ramage, was anxious
to find Mr.. Armstrong in order to arrange
a settlement about the horse and n o postals
were sent out from the MarshaPs office.
This statement is made in justice to Mr..
A rrn strong.