Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-13
Two wapello County Farmers Deal
With a Crook,
PRESS FILES DEED OF ASSIGNMENT
An Eldon Man Filed a Petition In the
Clerks Office Today Asking for
Receiver for Business of
Himself and Partner.
From Fridays Daily.

AAiaL &11C lldlllG I'll hllllSls
who lives on the farm adjoining George
Evans, north of town, was the victim
of a swindler last week and is out the
sum of $50 by reason of the transac-
ton. A stranger who gave his name
as A. Z. johnson, but who registered
ut one of the hotels as j. w. Brown,
bought team of horses of George Ev-
ans, a farmer residing north of town,
for the sum of s175, giving Mr.. Evans
a mortgage on the team and assigning
to him as collateral security mort
gage on eighty acres of land in Iron
county, Missouri, and on the following
day sold the team to Mr. Rinier
for, it is understood, $50. Mr.. Rinier
brought the team over to Mr.. Evans
after he had made the deal to see if
everything was straight and Mr.. Ev-
ans told him that he had a chattel
mortgage on the team. There was a
buggy mixed up in the matter some
way but it is not clear just where it
comes in. At any rate the buggy was
left in the woods alongside the road
and johnson alias Brown came to town
| and put up at boarding house the
location of which could not be learned,
and as security for his board he had
| previously put up mortgage on other
land as collateral security FIR the
board bill. He paid off the bill, pre-
sumably with the money received from
Rinier, nicked up his valise, supposed
to be full of fraudulent mortgages,
and lefB the country. 1t is said that
the mortgage on the Iron county land
is fraudulent and it is supposed that
the others that he dealt in are of the
same character. There is warrant
out for the gentleman and it will be
worth $25 to the man who captures
Mr.. Johson, Brown, ct al. The same
day johnson alias Brown came to OF
tumwa the police We're put onto the
fact that his actions were suspicious
and started on quiet hunt for him
but the bird had flown.
The deed Of assignment from the
| Press Publishing company to H.ss u
Vail, assignee, was filed today in the
recorders office. The assets are given
as amounting to $15,512.1s, consisting
principally Of Hoe perfecting press,
and stereotyping outfit, valued at $44,.
500; one Cottreli press valued. at ST 500!
type valued at $1,000; due on weekly
subscription list, s3,e57; due on daily
subscription list, $543; advertising,
i Pt 1O.fC. AC 1Slud1uACl VI Liz ASSClS
are a boiler, engine. machinery, etc,
to make up the remainder Of the total
assets. The liabilities are given amount
ing to $7,956.4s, divided into debts dua
R. Hoe & Co., 4$1,75o; Butler Paper
company, S1,345; W.. T: Harper, ST.,
| 81 700; Iowa National bank, $1,000;
Mergenthaler Linotype company, $4s3.-
81; S. H. Harper, $3.50; George Riley,
$259.71; e. A. Jones, $114.79; Riley &
Jones, $4,000; wages due employees
last Saturday, $1O2.O5. The remand
er of the liabilities are in sums less
than $500, due sundry persons for sup
plies, etc.
"A petition was filed in the clerks Of
fee today whereby w. N. Hendreu
seeks to have a receiver appointed for
the business conducted by himself and
j. H. Cremer in Eldon, and asking for
an accounting of the firms assets. In
support OF the prayer plaintiff says
that on January %, 1900, he contract
ed with the defendant by the terms
| of which he was to purchase of the de-
PENDANT a half interest in certain
meat market in Eldon, which was rep
resented to be free and clear of all
liens and membranes. He says that
he paid for said half interest the sum
of $217, but that more money was
eventually needed for the purchase OF
stock and that this plaintiff advanced
the sum of $341.44 for that purpose.
He eventually learned that the prop
erty, which consisted Of an ice house
and other property, as well as the
meat market, was mortgaged for the
sum Of about 5000, and that $50 Of this
amount was paid off presumably with
money received from this plaintiff,
That when defendant was confronted
with the fact that plaintiff had dis
covered that the property was mort
gagged, the petition says, that Cremer
partially acknowledged it. He further
states that the books are in the pcs
session Of defendant and the receipts
of the business are kept by hin and
that he still continues to buy stock on
this plaintiffs credit. Plaintiff prays
that said partnership be dissolved;
that receiver be appointed and an
accounting be had. M
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| Section Man Injured.
Clinton, March Joe Callahan, a
section man employed in the Clinton
l vo r6s had n ,,arrOw eSpana fro,,