Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-10-29
The Other Side.

thO past Wcth nave contain
ed articles concerning the resul
OF a suit recently tried at Lar
ned, in which j. George Brink
man, one Of the leading citizen
stating that other suits woulC
likely be instituted against Mr
Brlnkman and Mr.. Armstrong, a
so a defendant. Marked copie
of Garden City papers have al
so been received by various gen
tlemen in this city, containing ar
tlcles which greatly reflect OF
the integrity of Mr.. Brink
man, and which doubtless emana
ted from interested parties who
have thus far given only one sidt
Of the case. Mr.. Brinkman s
standing in this community is
so high, that few will pay any
attention to the talk of those on
the other side of the case. How
ever, the charges have been CIV.
en- publicity to such an extent
that in justice to Mr.. Brinkman
we have asked him to make "a
statement of the case for publ
cation, which We give below:
Several years ago became
interested in the American Re
cording Company of Kansas City.
paying $250O for a block of stock
the time that it was good in
IN that company. / believed at
the time that it was a good in
vestmcnt fer me and it would
be a good investment for anyone
else. The object of the company
was to manufacture slot machines
for the sale of accident policies
Of insurance and to place these
machines in various public plac-
eS. About $4,000 was realized
stock and invested in equipment
from the sale Of the treasur..
for tn" company and the manu-
facture of machines and tools to
be used N the construction of
the slot machines. 1t is charged
IN the articles in the Garden City
papers that !, in company with
others, ca ID my personal stock
to be sold a treasury stock to
various parties at Garden City
and other pl4: S and that l made
various false representations to
induce such purchases. In reply,
to these charges | desire to say
that | never had any cOmmunica-
ton whatsoever, either in person
or by letter with any of the par
ties who have brought suit
against myself and others. The
only connection that | had with
the sale of the stock was a letter
OF Introduction Instrumentation
Of one James Armstrong to Geo.
W. Finnup of Garden City.
Armstrong, | am informed, sold
considerable stock in Garden
City, but not one share of the
stock sold belonged to me nor
did | have any interest whatSO-
ever in the sale of such stock
nor did | receive any of the pro-
ceedS. The sales made at Gar
den City were not made until Mr..
tmnup representing the various
persons contemplating purchas
Of stock, had made a visit to Kan
Sas City, the home office of the
Recording Company.
While there he made a thor
Ough investigation into the af-
fairs Of the company, examined
their books, and plant, and en-
plOyed an attorney to look into
the general affairs of the cOmpa-
ny and a patent attorney to con-
slider the validity of the patents
applied for under which this
company proposed to operate.
1t was only after such investiga-
ton on the part of Mr.. Finnup
and on the strength of the report
made by him on his return home
that the investments were made
by the Garden City parties. This
in brief lisa statement of my con-
nectiOn with the sale of stock
in this company. The question in
dispute have been submitted to
two juries, the first one found
in our favor in a case tried at
Ness City. The second jury, in
a case tried at Larned, found
against US. In both cases motions
for a new trial are pending.
Phil Markey returned from
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