Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1898-11-03

district court Of said Griggs county.
That the records Of said once
show that Fred Wilke signed and
swore to confession Of Judgment IN
Coke vs. Wilke on the sd day Of
August, 1894, Judge Rose ordered
Judgment thereon on June Goth, 1895,
and same Was fled on Juue 2ath, 1895;
and that at that time and until Jan.
18th, 1888, there were Judgments on
record tnmy Office against said Wilke
as follows: Enger va. Wilke, fled
Mch. 18th, 1887, satisfied Nov 5th,
1897; Mccormick Harvesting Machine
Go. vs. Wilke, two judgments filed
Sept. 18th, 1887, satisfied Jan. 18th,
1898; jamestown Fire Insurance Com.
pany vs. Wilke, filed June 10th, 1882,
satisfied Jan. 10Th. 1898.
That execution in said Judgment Of
Coke vs. Wilke was issued by me
upon request of o. w. Kerr on the 9th
day Of February, 1898, and that David
bartlett had nothing to do with the is-
suing thereof nor with the satisfaction
OF said Judgment.
OSCAR D. PURINTON.
Clerk District Court.
Subscribed and worm to before me
this I'd day Of November, 1893.
[sEAL] IVER UDGARD,
Notary Public. Griggs Co.. N. d.
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,
County of Griggs. %
Claus Jackson being duly sworn,
on oath, says that he is and for
years has been sheriff OF said Griggs
county, that, as said sheriff, he COL
lected, by execution, the Judgment in
Coke VS.. Wilke; that he received said
execution at request OF O. w. Kerr,
collected same and returned execution
on the l4th day of Feb. 1893, for him
and paid the money to him.
That he received no instructions
from and paid no money to David
Bartlett in connection with said exc.
cution, and said Bartlett had, abso.
lutely, nothing to do Herewith.
CLAUS JACKSON
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this I'd day OF November, 1898.
[sEAL] M. w. BUCK,
Notary Public, Griggs Co., N. D.
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,
County OF Griggs.
o. W. Kerr being duly sworn, On
oath, says that he did, prior to the is-
suing of execution In Coke VS.. Wilke,
purchase the Judgment in said ac-
tion, was, at the time of issuing same,
the sole owner thereof, ordered execu-
tion, collected the money thereon,
ant David Bartlett had nothing to do
with said collection and received,
absolutely, nothing from the proceeds
thereof.
o. w. KERR.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this I'd day of November, 1898.
[sEAL] M. w. BUCK,
Notary Public, Griggs Co., N. D.
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,
County of Griggs. S.
T. E. Warner and P. r. Trubshaw
being each, separately, sworn, each
for himself says:
That he was with David Bartlett In
the late summer or early fail of 1894
at the farm of Fred Wilke when the
latter signed the confession of judg-
ment in Coke VS.. Wilke and said
Wilke was at that time stacking
grain.
T. E. WARNER,
P. r. TRUBSHAW.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this I'd day of November, 1893.
[sEAL] M. w. BUCK.
Notary Public, Griggs Co., N. D.
This is the first time in my life that
1 have felt called upon to explain or
defend any action of my own, and I
was strongly tempted to let this charge
of Mr.. Wilke go unanswered, but the
possibility that silence might be con-
strued as evidence that Wilkes letter
was true, has led me to intrude at
some length on yonr space. I am
willing to leave the matter to q fair
minded public. Examination of the
records and a little enquiry will
establish the truth OF every statement
here made. Wilke could have learned
all these facts before he rushed into
print IL he had wanted to.
DAVID BARTLETT,
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