The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-30
HlLDRETH CAUGHT
MISUNDERSTANDING
PAGE ATTORNEY.

Page, N. D., Sept 29.-To The
Forum: In The Fargo Daily News Of
Sept. &c. Colonel Hildreth draws GER
tain conclusions which carry with
them the Inference that I, Courtney.
nave been attempting to compel a GER
tain widow to pay an amount of money
twice and that the colonel, has pre-
vented this. In the first place, If any
widow owes me any money, / have no
knowledge Of that fact If did have,
would select one of the good lawyers
from the committee of a hundred"
and proceed to get my money.
Personally, feel that in Justice to
myself as we'll as to my friends, that
statement of the facts referred to by
colonel ought to be given. This is the
only case in which have had the
pleasure Of having the colonel on the
other side. Here are the facts as they
aroMpo1 which the colonel makes his
insinuations, and as the records of the
county court andF1he publit Sedminis-
traitor of Cass county will show:
citizen of Page died here three
years ago, leaving a wife and four
children to whom he decided all his real
estate and to whom he transferred his
personal property just before his death
At this time, one Of the Oldest citizens
and business men of Page held a note
against this man, and the widow re-
fused to pay the note, there being a
dispute as to whether the man had
paid it during his life. 1t thus became
necessary to have an administrator
appointed in order that the claim
could be properly presented. We APP
piled for and the court appointed an
administrator after we had exhausted
every means to have the matter settled
without suit. This is all that has been
done so far. The case is in Its in
fancy, and the question as to whether
the note was paid before the husbands
death is not to be determined by the
colonel or by Courtney, but by the
court and a Jury. 1t strikes me that
then will be the time TO say whether
he, the colonel, prevented Courtney
from compelling widow to pay q
large amount of money twice to Court
ney" The widow in question, If her
husband paid the note, will, with the
coloneis assistance, certainly win her
case, and when this is done we SOL
emnly promise that we will say, "Well
done, thou good and faithful servant, "
take our medicine, pay the costs and
be good natured.
cannot pre-adjudicate a case of
this kind and hand 1t out TO the public,
because the court might possibly not
accept my version; and to be fair with
the colonels statement as applied to
myself, these are the facts and nothing
but the facts upon which the inference
in the item referring TO myself was
based.
The other statement appearing in the
item, "Hannas tool at Page" should
read zone Of Hanna's many friends at
Page" We know Mr.. Hanna from the
ground up, and the estimate of ma
jority OF the people in this neck OF
the woods is summed up in these
words, There is man."
I should not be credited with the
statement, however. that Hildreth's
speech here was the SANDER Of his
enemies. A similar statement was
made in my presence, but not by me
and I do not wish to assume the re-
sponsibility of other peoples estimates
or statements. Selah.
w. J. Courtney.