The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-06-05
he Thinks Wilson is Making Himself
Ridiculous.
MAY GO FLOATING TO THE COAST.
1t Is Now Col. MOrrisOn-A Boise Man
Builds an Ark aud Will Go Floating
Down the River Wilson Has His
Judgment That's All.

Editor TRIBUNE: / notice in your
last weeks issue a communication from
one Joe Wilson in which he states that
he honestly believes that c. II. Reed
and myself were in league to beat him
for the benefit of ourselves and Mr..
DriscoIl. Now while the charges are
ridiculous upon their face, and are
hardly worthy a reply, thought per
haps it was only justice to myself that
l make statement in regard to them.
Some time before the action mentioned
by Wilson was commenced, lie came to
me with tale of woe stating that Tim
Driscoll owed him a certain amount of
money on promissory note; that the
note was about outlawed, and that
Driscoll had refused to either pay the
note or renew it. lie stated that If he
thought he could get enough out of
Driscoll to pay the cost of an action
that he would bring suit and get
Judgment as he did not want the note
TO outlaw. He wanted to know if
Driscoll owned the stock of goods in
the postoffice and if he did own it, if
there was enough to pay the cost of
bringing suit. told him that l did
not know whether the goods belonged
to Driscon or not; but if they did
thought there ought to be enough to
pay cost ofsuit. The next time l saw
him he told me that he had concluded
to bring the action and said: "Now IN
case the goods do not belong to Driscoll
and l am unable to get anything, l
don't want you to be too hard on me
for COSTS" told him that l would not
That is all that was said about costs.
went down and served the writ and
took possession of every thing that Mr.
Driscoll had in the store. The first.
time that 1 saw Mr.. Wilson after the
goods were taken, took him to my
office and showed him the Inventory Of
the stock. | told him that the articles
were not staple and advised him to go
to Payette when the sale was made aud
if the goods did not go for what he
thought they were worth to bid them
in. L also told his attorney Mr.. Reed
the same. Mr.. Reed told me after
wards that he had consulted with his
client in regard to the matter and that
Wilson told him emphaticIlly that he
would not bid on anything; that he
wanted it sold for what it would bring.
1 was absent when the sale was made
and my deputy, Mr., McCash, at Pay
cite, made the sale. Mr.. McCash in
formed me that before the sale that all
of the bidders present, Mr.. Lamme,
james Lauer, John. Thurston and w.
A. Coughanour, stated that if they bid
on the goods they wanted them put up
in one lot, and that they would not bid
on them in separate lots. Mr.. Driscoll
demanded (under Sec. 4484, Revised
Statutes which says that the judgment
debtor may direct the order in which
the property shall be sold and that the
sheriff must follow such directions,)
that the property be sold in one lot,
w. A. Coughanour being the highest
bidder, the property had to be struck
off to him. What Mr.. Coughanour did
with the property or the object he had !
in buying it is matter over which the
sheriff has no Jurisdiction. sold the
property according to law retained my
legal fees and turned the balance of
the proceeds of the sale over to Mr.. |
Wilson's attorney as the law directs.
Whatever disagreement there may be
between him and his attorney is a
matter that does not concern me- Mr..
Wilson says that when a sheriff can
charge So per cent. Of the gross proceeds
of attachment and sale, it is not profit
able to place business in his hands.
Mr.. Wilson ought to know, If he doesn't,
that the sheriff does not work on per.