South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-14
MANY PURCHASED
CANADIAN LANDS
FROM CHURCHILL
Alleged Heir to Millions Now in
County Jail, Alleged to Have
Made Over a Hundred Sales
in South Bend.


grossly ignorant individual or dis
plays symptoms Of actual insanity"
Such was the terse verdict given out
last night by Prosecutor Chester R.
Montgomery on Churchill. the dream
millionaire who IS now lodged in the
county jail under 81 ,000 bond charged
with larceny by trick. Montgomery
rendered his verdict after perusal of
the alleged land contract with which
Churchill is said 10 have started on
his work with 90 or more who are
thought to have been contracting
with him. Eleven Of the men who
are now on Churchilrs trail met with
Montgomery last night and went over
their negotiations with Churchill in
detail.
Thomas Il. Jaquith. responsible for
the first afhdavit against Churchill.
furnished a copy of the contract said
TO have been drawn by Churchill ne
gotiating a sale of land in Canada.
According TO Montgomery 50 crude is
this instrument in it's composition,
that IL puts Churchill in a light OF ut
ter ignorance CT a land contract or
else ne is actually insane.
Shows Copy OF Contract
Montgomery displayed a copy Of
the contract made between Jaquith
and Churchill. According to this in
strument. If il can be proved legal or
OF Chicago, which firm Churchill al
legged he represented. is actually
bound to pay over TO Jaquith S1,40O
on a land deal bearing four per cent
interest. According 10 this most
strange document Jaquith is made the
party, of the first part and the Invest
ment company party OF the second
part the usual wording OF such con-
tracts In the second paragraph
comes the absurd twist which states
I'm plain black and white that the
party of the second part has made a
payment OF $40 and by virtue OF the
contract is liable for the remaining
payment on the land.
This second paragraph is sufficient
in itself To bring out ChurchilIs ig-
nOrance Of land contracts believes
Montgomery. But more follows
Churchill not only sets himself up IN
the contract as the agent of the In
vestment company but also of the
governor of Canada. The governor OF
Canada item seems to be the joker IN
the instrument according to MOntgOm-
cry. Churchill apparently did all the
signing there was TO be done. His
own signature, that of Jaquith and
the governor OF Canada are all ms
work apparently.
According 10 the contract the In
Vestment company through Churchll
sold TO Jaquith, were it in regular
form, 16O sacres in Battleford, Can,
at $40 per acre. A cash payment OF
$50 is made by Jaquith TO give him
possession OF the contract This same
$50 is also to include "a round trip
ticket 10 Battleford Battleford is be-
Heved to be so remote from South
lyend that after incidentals were taken
from the $40 not enough would be left
To even pay the fare one way. This
round trip ticket was 10 be delivered
April 10.
Overstepped Limits.
Jaauith and William H. Carlin, an
other who contracted with Churchill,
went TO Chicago Thursday 70 inVest-
gate ChurchilPs integrity. They learn
ed that the Investment com pany is a
bOnafde corporation and that Church
i'll was an agent. But Churchill s
duties were TO stop at merely lining
up customers. Evidently he over
stepped his limits and went ahead and
handled sales on his owl. accOunS He
obtained blank land contracts and
proceeded 10 do business. in addition
ne had in his possession scores of
post cards. being descriptions of farms
for sale by the Investment company,
but where they were located it is
thought Churchill had not the slight
est knowledge.
How many men fell into Churchill's
net will perhaps not be known for
several days. According to the testi-
mony of IL men last night at least
80 made contracts with him. Those
present last night claiming they had
negotiated with Churchill, were as
follows: Thomas +. Jaquith. William
IT.. Carlin. Forest Ramsey. John Der
ing. Herman Dering. Joseph Pizydysz.
Henry Burkhardt, Carl Korn. Roy
Nelson. Claude Morris and William
Ierhune. Several OF the men knew
OF at least four at Lydick that con-
tracted with Churchill and six or
eight others over the county Ram
sey asserted that Churchill told him
ne had sold farms TO III in South
Bend.
Montgomery stated that he expect
ed separate aftidavits 10 be filed in
circuit court against Churchill with
the possibility Of the matter going
over 10 the grand Jury
Churchil1's hecring on the affidavit
sworn out by JaQuith viii be held this
morning in police court He will be
defended by his attorneys. Nitus Jones
and John Devine, whom he retained
several months ago when posing him