The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-29
CASE OF E. E. WILSON.
Ex-Sen. FOrney Makes State
ment After Investigation.

Wellington, Kas.. July 29.-Ex-Sen-
ator A. G. Forney has been in yelling
ton looking up certain features of the
Wilson case. The Mail says in this
connection:
One thing has been definitely learned:
as they appear to be. For instance.
there are two chattel mortgages on rec
ord in this county from the Sumner
Sherman Cattle company, to C. s. Jobes
for $4,000 each, and suit has been
filed in Clark county by the Central
National bank of Topeka against the
company for $4,000. All three of these
notes represent one debt of $12 600 The
loan was originally made to Jobes, ana
he sold the note to the Central Ma
tional bank, which now holds it,
The Banking Trust company. ]. w.
Credentials new company at Kansas
City. has sent two Summonses here for
$4,000 each-one from Clark county and
one from Sherman county. These two
suits are on the same debt of 5000.
While the papers in these cases look
ike $4,000 in obligations, yet as a mat
ter OF fact they represent only S21 900.
And Senator Forney says at least ST.
900 has been paid on one of these
Senator Forney has investigated
what Wilson did with the proceeds of
his loans. and is satisfied that he lefs
with no money whatever except what
he may have had left of the 800 which
he obtained on the check cashed at the
MulVane bank in Topeka on July 5.
The $4,000 which he originally obtained
from Iobes all went as a partial pay
ment on the Patterson ranch. The
or1g1nal purchase price in this deal was
$59OOO. most of which is still unpaid.
The $4,000 due the Banking Trust COM
pany also all went to pay for land and
cattle bought by the company
The Sumner-Sherman Cattle company
ran store in Clark county The entire
expenses of the company aggregated
about $500 month. The company was
buying all the time and marketing very
little stock. Consequently its outlay was
very heavy. Senator Forney gave the
details of several instances in which
mortgages were given on separate
punches of stock to pay the purchase
price of them, and when they were mar
keted all the proceeds were paid to Pat
terson on his claim.
Senator Forney fed 377 head of cattle
for Wilson. They were marketed last
week This bunch of cattle may be a
sample of Wilson's financial success
Last fall Wilson paid $50 cash for the
freight on these cattle to Belle Plaine.
Senator F'orney took them to feed on a
contract. Just before Wilson disappear
ed Forney bought the cattle from him.
The feed bill took up all the purchase
price of the cattle except $500. If the
sale had gone through Wilson would
have been out the original cost of the
cattle and $40 of the freight on them to
Belle PLANE, besides all they had cost
him to keep them up to that time But
after the trouble came on FOrney de-
clined to buy the cattle and the Bone
brake bank paid him his feed bill. ship
ped the cattle 372 of them, and got less
than $500 more for them than the feed
bill.
Senator Forney had looked up every
shipment of cattle Wilson made. With
the possible exception of one carload
shipped several months ago, he never
got penny of the proceeds of any
shipment.
OF the five car loads shipped the last
trip to Kansas City. Jobes got the pro-
ceeds of one car load and the pay for
the other four car loads is still in the
hands of the commission house. This
commission house had been notified
that there were two cattle mortgages
on these four car loads, one to Dawson,
Wilson's brother-in-law, and the other
to S. r. Price, of Belle PLANE. But
Wilson paid for a telegram to Dawson,
who wired back to pay Wilson for the
cattle. But the commission firm re-
fused to do so. Price has brought suit
against them for the money.
This complication furnishes the ex-
PLANTATION for the 800 check which Will
son gave to Stoller while at Kansas
City. Some time before he had sold
Stoller stock in the Sumner-Sherman
Cattle company for 1920 Stoller told
a company with such business coming
up and demanded his money back.
Wilson told him he had only $50 and
some small change and showed him his
pocketbook to prove it, but he offered to
give him his check for the $40.
Finally Stoller took the last $50 he had
and the 800 check which was protested
in this city a few days later
The Mulvanes and the Forneys were
old neighbors back east. So it was easy
to get his check cashed for 800 in To
peka He got this money on July 3
Senator Forney is satisfied that he hac
no other funds when he disappeared
than what he had left of this 500.
Whether Wilson committed suicide OF
absconded the probabilities are that the
difficulty over the payment for these
four car loads was responsible for his
disappearance A suit was inevitable
A suit would probably bring many
things to light. For instance, he OF
some one had signed Colonel j. w
Forney's name to the c. 5. Jobes note
for $4,000 and IT'S renewt-s- Col0ne
Forney never knew oe the Existence OF
the note until after Wilson's disappear
ance.