Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1897-01-27

Van Humnels printed blanks and station
cry of said bank on which the said Van
Hummels might, as all know they did,
write letters to the various note makers
purporting to be letters of said Capital
National Bank telling said note makers
that said Capital National Bank had pur-
cha sed and owned all said notes; that the
cashier of said bank furnished and provid-
ed to the said Van Hunn1els a.stamp read
ing William F. Churchman, Cashier" so
that the said Van Humme1s when writing
to the note makers the letters aforesaid
might by the use of said stamp attach to
said letters the signature of said cashier,
thus giving to said letters, written upon
the letter heads and stationery of said
bank, furnished to the said Van Humme1s
by the said cashier for that purpose, the
appearance of letters actually written by
said bank; and thus giving to the printed
notices that the note makers also received
the appearance of being notices sent by
said bank.
All this it will be seen was for the pur-
pose of impressing the note makers re-
ceiving these letters and these notices
about their notes with the futi1ity of un-
dertaking to resist payment in the hands
of third party; and so it came TO pass
that great many thousands of dollars
were voluntarily paid to this institute by
note makers who were led to believe there
was no way to. avoid payment,
A large number of the various note max
ers that voluntarily paid their notes have
commenced suits at Indianapolis to re-
cover back the money thus paid.
have in my possession copy of bill
of complaint filed in the superior court at
Indianapolis in one case where suit has
been commenced to recover back from
said Institute and said bank the amount
of one of these notes paid under circum-
stances above described.
Now am informed by the indianapolis
above referred to and one other
prominent in that city, having
the litigation in charge that they have in
their possession incontestab1e proof es
tablishing beyond the possibility of refu-
tation that the so-called Institute is alto |
gether scheme of fraud, a combination
of the Van Hun1nelS and others consti- |
tuting conspiracy to plumber the people |
of several states, exactly e. g. as they have
plundered quite a number of the farmers |
of this county, and that the officers and |
owners of the Capital Matt Bank from the |
beginning had full knowledge of the
character of said Institute and
with said institute and the
Van Hummels in the premises aud that
said bank was never the owner of or pc
interested in any or either of the
notes procured by said Institute through
said Voorhees, or either of the other many
representatives of said Insti-
ute.
If there are those in Stevens county
that gave notes that are not yet paid they
should surely resist payment and those
hat have paid may very properly consid-
n taking steps to recover the money so
paid.
The Indianapolis attorneys above re-
erred to feel so confident of their ability
o recover back all monies voluntarily
,aid that they express Willingness to
axe eveay mans case under contract
hat they will take as full payment for all
ervces rendered towards that end one
lalf of the amount recovered.
Yours Respectfully,
LEWIS G. SPooNER.