The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-07-12
THROUGH THE STATE
NEWS GATHERED FROM VARIOUS
INDIANA POINTS.
BEGIN SUIT FOR FARM
Aged Members Of Society Of Friends
Charge J>F. Judy. Warren coun-
~ Capitalist, with swind-
ling Them.

l-afayette-One OF the most ser "a.
uonal suits filed in the local coz rts
or Tippecanoe county for several
years was that which has been
brought against John r. Judy. OF Judy
vile. the Warren county capitalist
by William p. and Elizabeth Jester.
aged members OF the Society OF
Friends OF Wabash township. The
charges are that Judy. by series OF
misrepresentation, in which forged
abstract of title played a part. swim
died them out OF their Wabash town
ship farm OF III acres. and they ask
the court TO annul all deeds and mort
cages in connection with the deals
and 10 give them Judgment for s.. 600
The complaint asserts that the
testers had implicit confidence in
judy and that when Mr. Jester was
invited by Judy 10 accompany the lat
ter on visit 10 his Starke county
farm the aged man went When they
arrived ar the farm Judy. il is alleged.
showed Jester a small part OF a farm
OF 2lO acres a small part Of the land
was OF the same character as that
shown and that IL was worth S75 an
acre On the road home. Jester saws.
Judy preached the subject Of a trade.
After some dickering the deal was
made and both parties executed deeds !
Jester giving mortgage for 81 900 on |
his Starke county acquisition Later /
Jester gave another mortgage for
= / IA.
Shortly afterward Jester learned OF q
man who desired TO purchase a farm.
and then be went TO Starke county
and thoroughly investigated his land
for the first time. To his surprise he :
found that all the land. with the tx.
ception Of two or three acres that he
had been shown on his first visit. was
OF quicksand and OF little
value. He SAYS he demanded OF Judy
the return Of his land in this county
and that Judy refused 10 reconvey il
but offered 10 assist Jester in dispos-
Ing OF the Starke county land Then.
The complaint AYERS. a conspiracy was
hatched TO defraud Jester out OF his
Starke county land
- tHis yunetult man named ,
saac Alonzo Barkhurst appeared on
he scene. Judy. 1t is claimed. pre-
ended 10 have traded some town lots
n Nolcott for some lands purporting ;
@ be in Clinch county. Georgia. and
he deeds in the Georgia lands were ;
made 10 Barkhurst Barkhurst an
'roached Jester and offered TO trade
be Georgia lands. claimed TO be 2.45O
ores in extent and worth ten dollars
n acre, for testers Starke county >
and Barkhurst furnished a pretend Z
d abstract. and Judy, still acting as Z
esters friend. it Is alleged. pro \
ounced the abstract good. When =
ester sent the instrument 10 Georgia | =
e found that as the complaint reads \
was false. forged and counterfeit.
nd never belonged 10 Barkhurst
tier that discovery Jester claims
ldy offered 10 assist him to di~pose o
the worthless title to some other D.
ctims, which OFFER was Indignantly u
sfused Then the suit was brought n
Judy is the same man who was the =,
afendant in a sensational trial here Fl
few years ago on the charge OF lar n
my in connection with a horse deal Ii
I'd was cleared by Gov Hanly. who te
took from the bosom Of tr
S coat in his closing peroration an C
merican flag. and waving II above pl
s head pleaded so eloquently for his a,
Tents liberty that the jury acquitted "
m.