Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-26
SAYLER'S TROUBLE.
AT WAUKEGAN DUE.
MORTGACENOTNOTE
COMMONWEALTH SAND COM.
PANY HEADS CLAIM EDITOR is
PREJUDICED PARTIALLY BORNE
OUT IN SUN STORY OF SATUR.
DAY.

Firm denials by C. f. Sayler. head
of the Commonwealth Sand Company.
that any of his acts during his resi-
dence at Waukegan were subject 10
official scrutiny, and his assertion that
one of the editors of the Waukegan
Sun is prejudiced against him, bring
out the vagaries which some time
enter into published newspaper
stories.
The story of Mr. Sayler's trouble a.
Waukegan was printed in an Inter
national News dispatch to the Free
Trader-Journal Monday after he ha,
been served with bench warrant t
appear before Judge Edwards, in tit
Lake County Circuit Court, TO testify
to the alleged irregularity of a trans
action entered into between him ant
Mrs Frank Pickel, or piCtel, as the
name now appears to be, involving q
$500 note which Mrs Pictel CLAIM Z
she paid but never obtained after IN
last payment was made
The following article, with its
charges against Sayler contains al
the same time "A paragraph defendn
the man, almost bearing out the Otta
vans statement that Influences are al
work against him in Waukegan. The
N In, IFS of Satn do
Carl f. Sayler head of the o,c
Sayler bank at North Chicago and
one time regarded as one OF the prom
inent citizens of Waukegan and Nortl
Chicago, was brought to Waukega
Friday night from Ottawa, Ill.,, on
bench warrant issued by Judge Eu
wards. He furnished bond OF 81 o
for his appearance in Circuit Coul
this morning
In court this morning Judge EG
wards directed States Attorney Welcl
to recall the March grand jury o.
April and to bring to the attentiG
OF this organization various Mort
Chicago land deals with which Sal
ltI 10 Sdlu u nave UteI COIlUtClcN q
rectly.
This looks like embeZzlemeni
Judge Edwards is quoted with havin
stated in open court
THE first intimation of possibt
wrongdoing came to the attention
Judge Edwards on March 7 when al
action was started to foreclose on T.
mortgage signed by Mrs. Frank
PictM OF North Chicago In the test
mOny it was stated that Mrs Pictt
had purchased a house of Sayler {
number OF years ago and gave mort
gage back on the property. Payment
were made from time to time unit
the last payment was made in 1915
1T then developed. according To ey'
dence presented that while Sayle
had accepted the payments, he ha
sold the mortgage to a Waukega'
man, to whom he continued to pay tn
interest as it fell due. This was Will,
Sayler was head Of the North Chicago
bank. Thus while Mrs. PiCtel hal
paid off the note in full she was W.
able to obtain the mortgage, whicl
still was held by the man who pu
chased it of Sayler
"On the strength of this showin'
Judge Edwards issued the bench wal
rant and Sheriff Green went to o.
tawa to place Sayler under arrest.
'1Sayler left Waukegan for Otta#
over year ago and is said to be en-
gagged in some big promotion sChemt
in that city in connection with a larg,
gravel pit.
There have been charges mad,
that Sayler had worked several sim
liar deals in North Chicago. One es
innate is that he obtained cash aggrC
eating between $4,000 and $4,000 b.
means of these deals. Alleged vic
tins had hesitated to prosecute hir
in the hope that ne would make good
but most people appear TO have los
hope that he ever will do this now.
ct was ntimated today that bank
ruptcy proceedings might be started
against Sayler as a result of the lat
est Developments in his case. Saylei
is said to have disposed of or los,
practically all his holdings here anc
in North Chicago
while the proposed grand jury
probe of Sayler looks very dark for
him, there are a number who were
ready to admit today that Sayler is
entitled to much credit for the indus.
trial growth of North Chicago and
Waukegan, for he was instrumental in
bringing a number of small factories
to this vicinity at a time when they
were needed badly