Sunday morning globe., 1901-08-25

essary to locate him. Even my old
friend GIL Barger, who volunteered
his services free, wanted and secured
several hundred for expenses, and SO
it vent mean the money-until L
had but a solitary thousand dollars in
the bank, and Judge Charles G.. Satin,
whose fortunes | had forwarded from
the carpenters bench to the Probate
Judgship, touched me for that
amount IL came about in this way,
however, Satin was on my note In the
bank for $1,000 or course, he knew
that this sum represented his indebt-
edness, not mine, TO the bank, mas
much as it was payment to me for sery-
ices rendered whereby his share was
ten times that amount Yet the note
stood in my name with his as endorser,
and he was denghted at the prospect Of
being able to take up the note, and
exhibit it around town as proof that
he suffered financial loss through his
generosity in helping me. Now, every
body in Columbus knew that Satin owed
me all that he was and that without
my backing and assistance he would
be still showing a jackplane instead Of
collecting rents on the $500, 900 worth
Of property he had accumulated I'm six
years as Probate Judge. l knew his
scheme to find some legitimate excuse
to 90 back on me, and that the 81 900
note would be just the thing to acquit
hm In the eyes of our mutual friends
of ingrautude Hence, l quietly took
up the note the morning it matured
with my last $1,000, and when Satin
called at the bank during the noon
hour he said: We'll l suppose | am
stuck for that Elliott 81, 900 note. This
is what a man gets for befriending peo-
pie"
"There is no Elliott ST. 200 note here;
his wife paid it an hour ago"
The paying teller subsequently in
formed me that Satin turned an the
cOl0rs Of the rainbow and skunk from
the bank like the cur he was and u.s.
OF course, the fellow went back on
me, like hundreds of others who gave
me up as lost Men l had befriended
with purse, voice and pen, others whom
l had saved from shame and exposure,
and others still who permitted a CON
tinuance of their friendship like
Burns ct al, used it simply as a cloak
to bleed me for all was able to stand.
was speedily forced to mortgage
my city residence and country place
for $4,000, all of which went into the
expenses Of my trial, lawyers fees wit,
nesses' expenses, and a living for my
family, who, during the three months
intervening from my arrest to the be-
ginning of my trial, and the three
months more It lasted, drew no
revenue from either my paper,
which was seized the day l was put
on trial, May 10th, or from any other
source. The seizure Of the paper was
a rascally piece Of business concocted
by Moses II. Neill, Capt. G.. H. Clarke
and John II. Reese This latter fellow
got shot in the ileshy part Of the leg
by Osborne and he sued me for $4,000
damages. If Reese had come forward,
man-fashion, and asked me for assist
ance he would have received the same.
But he had heard through Clarke, that
[ had an offer for the Sunday Capital
Of $4,000 or 100000 and putting their
heads together, with Moses h. Neill,
they thought to shake me down for
1000 Of the amount. When the read
er understands that those three ours
were members Of my G.. A. II. post, that
all three of them were under Obliga-
tions to me in the matter of valuable
service performed, their base conduct
viii be properly estimated. | declined
to be blackmailod Than, by n law Of
Ohio passed that winter, they seized
the paper and gave bond in $4,000.
My staif Immediately left the office,
and, under my instructions, refused to
help the scoundrels get out the paper.
They We're stuck, and the paper, occu-
pying premises owned by my wife, she
notified them to remove the presses,
type and machinery Immediately,
meanwhile charging $50 per day rent
for the premises. But my trial for
life and liberty commenced on the very
day my paper was seized, and / had
to intrust the legal proceedings in that
case to Judge Earnhardt, who sold out
to Moses f. Neill and never collected
the 80, 600 bond, which was easily col
lectable inasmuch as the newspaper
property was in my wife's name, and
was illegally seized as mine.
have mentioned that a man named
Emil KiseWitter was interested I'm the
prosecution of my case. Kisewitter
had been county and State auditor,
and at the time Of my trial was run
ming a savings bank. 10 is a curious
fact that he became State auditor
through q joke perpetrated In the Of
fee of the Capital, by my city editor.
It occurred in this way 1 had gotten
up a State ticket by interviewing the
members of the legislature as to their
choice for governor lieutenant govern
nor etc. The only Office on the ticket
for which no choice was expressed
was that Of auditor. The ticket was
left blank, pending a concenseus of
opinion by mail. / gave my city editor
charge of the matter. When the paper
was going to press he noticed that the
blank was not filled, and he stuck in
the name Emil Kisewtter, Of Frank
lin" New Franklin County was other
wise unrepresented, and being an inn
portant Democratic stronghold, the
press throughout the State reproduced
the ticket as the expression Of the leg
islature, and no objection was raised
to the Franklin County man. When
the State convention met, I led the
Franklin County contingent and Sc
cured the nomination Of Kisewitter.
He was elected and repaid me with the
basest ingratitude. I, therefore,
watched his official actions closely, and
caught him dead to rights He at
tempted to refund the State debt at
per cent, and having awarded it at
that figure, jumped on the train for
Atlantic City, where Governor Hoadly
was soiourning, to get that official to
"a DnrOvo with his giguaturo thp award
] headed him OF with a telegram to
Hoadly, OF the attempted steal, and
sent the addresses Of five bankers In
New York and Chicago, who wired me
that they would take the debt at per
cent, thus saving the taxpayers $780,
600. Kisewetter was bailled at the last