People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-04-21
Held Many Mortgages.
Daily Journal. Friday.

County Attorney Ivan d. Rogers
will appear before the board OF cOuh.
ty commissioners this evening or to.
morrow morning aud exhibit list Of
mortgages held by Mrs. NJ. n. Shear
man at the time she swOre to tue
assessor in March, 1897, that she had
no personal property whatever 10
this county. The county attorney
will confer with the board as to the
ACCESSIBILITY Of issuing a requiSitiUn
for Mrs. Shearman and prosecuting
her for perjury. One OF the com.
miSSloners has already expressed the
opinion that she should be prosecu.
ted. She is now in San Francisco.
She was a resident of this county for
many years prior TO last January.
1t will be remembered that Mrs.
Sherman was cited to appear before
the commissioners at their meeting
in January last. She got wind Of it
before the papers were served upon
her and skipped out to California.
The commissioners then ordered her
cited by mail to appear before them
yesterday, but she paid no attention
to the order.
Yesterday County Attorney Rogers
quietly investigated the records in
the register Of deeds Office and today
he filed a record of S23, $50 worth Of
mortgages held by her on the first Of
March, last year. The county attor.
ney has her sworn and signed state
ment to Assessor Y. G. Sleeper to the
effect that she owned no personal
property in the county whatever. Her
assessment statements have always
been to that effect. The taxes on
the mortgages held by her would
amount to about 81 800 a year.
The list of mortgages held by her
on the first day of March, last year,
and filed by the county attorney to.
day is as follows, Some of the mort.
cages have since been released. In
majority of the cases the mort
cages were made by John T. Stew
art and Others and assigned to her:
An $500 mortgage, made by G. A.
Cambria to r. II. and NJ. A. DodsOn
and assigned to her on February 1,
1897.
An $3.50 mortgage made by Fultz &
Millald to 5. G. aud NJ. Noble and
assigned 30 her on Dectmb 3, 1886.
A $500 mortgage made by John Il.
Stewart to y. j. and Lena Hackney
and assigned TO her on June 4, 1894.
An $500 mortgage made by JUhu r.
Stewart to A. aud l.. A. Lands and
assigned to her on March q, 1893.
A l,500 mortgage made by John Il.
Stewart to P. E. and A. Cam and as
signed to her on May s, 1893.
An $3.50 mortgage made by John r.
Stewart TO l.. and j. Thomas and as
signed to her Oh May q, 1893.
A $1,000 mortgage made by John It.
Stewart to l.. and NJ. E. Evans and as.
signed to her on May l6, 1894.
A $1,000 mortgage made by John Il.
Stewart 10 Elizabeth Power and AS
signed to her January 10, 1894.
A $1,000 mortgage made by John T.
Stewart TO j, E. and NJ. Harrison and
assigned To her on May s, 1893.
A $500 mortgage made by John Il.
Stewart to L. and L. B. Jarvis and
assigned to her on July II, 1893.
A $1,000 mortgage made by John T.
Stewart to A. j. and NJ. A. Anderson
and assigned to her on April %, 1892
A 1880 mortgage made by John r.
Stewart TO d. f. Hefebower and as
signed to her December 4, 1891.
A $1,000 mortgage made by John T.
Stewart to l. and Fl. Elmers and as
signed to her on May 20. 1895.
A 5000 mortgage made by John T.
Stewart to H. E. and NJ. BurfOrd and
assigned to her on June 20, 1895.
A 5000 mortgage made by W. W.
Hagen to V. and L, NJ. Virgins and
assigned to her on January 20, 1897.
A $1,000 mjrtage made by Fuliz &
Willard to S. R. and NJ. A Buckley
and assigned to her on May IS, 1882
$1,000 mortgage made by herself
to Geo Foster on May 20, 1896.
An $3.50 mortgage made by herself
to A. G. Pennington on July %, 1896.
A 500 mortgage made by herself to
Kate Lindley on July 20, 1896,
A $3.50 mortgage made by herself
to NJ. ]. Birch on June |, 1891.
A $3.50 mortgage made by Fullz &
Willard to J. and l. Travis and as
signed to her on November 26, 1886.
A $1,000 mortgage made by John L.
Stewart to A. j. and NJ. A. Anderson
and assigned to her on April p, 1892.