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VOL. XVIII. NO. 40
ghe grnc Northerner.
Ie PrnuauED Evebt Fiudat. bt
S. T. COInTWAY.
Orri-K ConraH 811 IfllBOfl am Main Btfl
1
I $1.50 &
TEMMM r 8UB8GRII 770 A'.
Yf.ai..
In Aovahik.
.!i i.Y. is;-.'.
PAM PAW BAIX A 88.
Train from Taw Paw connect w ith the Aine
i.sjned Trains on the MichL-it i .: tral Railroad
..t Lswto':. going c:'-' and west.
UUt I TAW PAW.
:) A. M.. retnrne from Lawton it 1 a. m.
inr88 .. . Mud Train, eaet.
Ml p. n Mail we.;, and Way Freignl cast,
toil i a Kalaraaaoo Accomodation, at
IpTralna return to raw h ondepartare !
McLaan Central Trains from Lawton.
JOES LbLISQ ttnp't.
1)1 t OM him
Decatur. - - Mich.
W H CANOLL, Proprietor.
JUST RECEIVED,
w i .. K CO & Oi
JAP AST TEAS
I IV POUXD CAMS,
AT
WHEA TON'S
Drug's Store.
o)is- and Try Them.
EMORY & CONNER
Having opened a
LIVERY STABL
tb 'ATLLABD HOUSE barr. aro m teadi
. ... --, -c; -tut to a1.. I alls, and tliey hMM ti
merit share of Pnbbfl l'atrona-'e. Ml
M HYLEH COLF X
log bonif t Of dishonest, will havo no effect
.v. the
HARDY" ARE
Torth mcrlcmn,
Legal Tender,
ALd M otuei kinds at lower puce- then ever
which in add. turn to our uual amount of
Ptov. Albany and l'.uffalo Stove, offers un
lsnal advantAges to customers, to suit tbem
- v - .n a Rood etoro, at a low pnee.
CROSS CTJT.
Circular. Drag",
and
Mulay Saws.
il kinds.
FARMING
AND
CAKPENTEliS'
TOOLS,
BASH,
U LASS.
PA I XT A: Oil,,
Blacksmiths9
-AND
WAGON MAZERS'
In cudleBf variety.
BUILDERS,
and others interested, are invited to call and
iiamino our
GOODS AND PRICES
,efo' 0 purchasing, as w are satisfied wo can
lo - on good. Our
TIN-SHOP
d conducted by an experienced Workmau. Wo
Qianufaeture overy thing in
TI1T, COFFEE AMD
shei't-ii'oii Warv,
ill work guarantcd to he satiafaotonly
r ;;r a-dom is solicited.
I'lti;i: & 3IAiilTI
W . . .... ... L .....
Money to Loan on improved, unincumbered
Heal Estate on favorable term-, for one or
lore rears. Hannni .' i:HARnox.
Ohiee n tne i oun iioupp. rar raw. Mid)
Dec. tii lin. JImO
Trade or
111 & lill
Who still continue to ell the Cclebiated
MmrtMtm Notice is hereby giv
en that the sum of eight hundred and tturty
eiglit dollars and seventv-two cent (838 72)
it m amount claimed to be due at the date of
tins notice on a certain mortgage bearing date
the twenty-fifth day of February, a. n., 1865,
made and executed bv Ezra S. Upbam and
Philander Dartlett. mortgagors, to Luther Kin
nev, mortgagee ; that said mortgage was re
cords in the office of the Register of Deeds for
Van buren Count v, state or Michigan, on the
thirteenth dav ofMav, a. 1865, in liber P ot
mortgages on page 162 i that default has been
made in tue pavmeur or tne auovo uiou oum
of monev, and that the same is still unpaid and
duo, and that no proceedings have been insti
tuted at law to recover tne debt now remaining
seemed by said mortgage, or any part thereof.
Now. therefore, in pursuance and by virtue of
the powjr ci sale in said mortgage contained,
and ot the statute in such case made and pro
vi,;. bbe pmiaiaoi described in and covered
by ftaul ino.tgige, sitiuttu ui the .-ounty of
anl uren and known and do-cribed as fol
lows, to wit : Itie south half of the south-east
tjuarter an 1 tbt nnrtL-west quarter of the
south-east iiuari r. abothtMBW half of the
east half of th -outh-west (juarter of section
twent-fom c-i in town fOUI (l)BOUth, of
raue' thirteen west, eontainin' one hundred
and eixtv acres, according to the United States
survev tuereor. will be sold at public auction to
the highest bidder.at tho hour of twelve o'clock
noon of Wednesday the twentv-tiftu day of
.Va-ch. a. ;.. W!. "a i the front door of the
Court Hotue U I Tillage Of Paw Paw in said
count' 1 '.an .men. by the henff of said
eouutv or Van llineu. to satisfy the amount
that will then be duo on said mortgage, and the
i.o-ts at d expenses allowed by law, and the
attorne- fee mentioned in said mortgage.
Dated this 21tli day t' Dee inner, a. i., 1M7:?.
LCTKZS KOrim, Mortgagee
Vm. Lion. Att'y tor Mortgagee,
I7M8 St. Joseph, Mich.
Order for lM'iii'.t ii-.-State of
Miehlffftn, tho CtXCmt Court for the County of
an Biuen. In Chancery. ren L. iioss, Com
I Leinanl i vs Jerome 1'urdy. Philip Purdy.
I barlei Purdy. Elba Purdy. Anzoletta ciaip
Ad Grace L. Coffey, heirs nt law of Gilbert
Purdy, deceased. undOrrin Sisson. defendants.
A: a aeBsion of said Court held at Paw Paw, in
said ount, on the seventeenth day of Decem
ber, in tLe r-ar one thousand Sign hundred
and -eveut -three. Present. Hon. Charles U.
:;rown. Cireait .'udge. Itsatisla'toiily appear
ing lv aiiidavit on tilo that tlie aljove named
defendants, .leionie Purdy, Philin Purdy.
harles i'urdy. Eliza Purdy, AMOHni Clapp
and'iact L. Correy. do not Kesid? in the
Mat- oi Miobigan aiid io res.de as follows :
The s.ud eronM Purdy, PbiUtp I'urdy, Charles
:'mdv and Eliza Purdy reside in the State of
Nc i'ork, the said Anzoletta Ulapn resides in
tba Mstu of Kei Jersey, and that the said
i ace L. Coney rcsides'm the State of Penn
ftylvaola. OnnotMmof Kiehards.v Parnum,
solicitors f or smd cnmpiainaut.it is ordered that
tne eaid defendants, .'erome Purdy, Philip
Purdy, i barhii Pordy, i-liza Purdy, Auzoletta
CUpp and On B L. COCTty, cause their
ippoaraDoe severally to be entered m this
caiise witbin three montbe from the date of
this order, and in default thereof said bill may
be taken fti Ciiiitessed by them. And it i fur
ther ordeu I that within twenty-days the s.ii i
compiamant cause a OOpV of this order to be
pnbltabed in the Tuxnt Hunt ! a news
paper pnbl bed and circulating iu said county
and tiuA said ab'icatiou ho continued in aaid
Dewapapei a1 loatoncein each week tor six
r.-eelis s, -,( ss'.vely or that bo cause a copy of
this order to he personally served on each Of
said defendants at least t vent y-davs before the
lUtte prescriled for their appearance.
CHARLES U. BBOWN, Circuit Judge.
EieiiAuns ft Basxrjic, 97S-tU.
Complainant's Solicitors.
liailniitrei iorV, Not:,
btraby iven that .n I org uee and by virtue
ot an order and license 'to se'l. made by rhe
Probata Court for t lie county of an Hinen.
Michigan, and hearing date the '2'Jth day ot
September, a. v., lift, 1 shall sell at public
vendue, ou the pi eniiso herein described, in
tho township of Pine Qrove in said an lluren
counrv and State of Michiai , on Monday, the
twelfth day of January, a. n.. 171. at the hour
of ten o'eloek iu the forenoon, tho following
desenbed real estate belonging to the estate of
Robert If. lticliards. deceased, to wit I J't)-south-east
quarter of the north-east quarter
and the north eonf quarter of tba aouth aeal
piartor of section number sixteen, in township
DUmbai ou' mith of rane number thirteen
west, and containing eighty acres of laud ac
cording to the 1 inted Mates survey. I nc
routth o' the purchase money will he required
to be paid at the time of sahi and tho remain
der in one. two and three vears with interest
Dated November 26. 1878.
Imn C. Storey,
I74t7 V rlminiatratot of said estate.
Mortcaiflr' Itale.- DofamU bavioa
made iti the pavmcnt of a certain mdonture oi
mortgage, hcanug date the thirtieth day of
October, a. p.. 1H71. executed by Malory H.
Mcrs and his wife. Ducinda M Myers, of the
township of Naverlv. Van liuren county. State
of Michigan, to Win. K. Hawkins, of I'aw Paw,
Michigan, and recorded in the olhee of the
begister of Daada of Van Boron oonnty. state
of Michigan, in Liber No. 5, on page 547, on
the thirt' -first daj of I (ctober. a. d.. 1871. and
tho amount claimed to be due thereon, at the
date of this notice, being five hundred and
twenty HWfOn dollars and forty-fi ur cents, in
cluding an attorney ;oo of twentv-flve dollars,
provided lor in sud mortgage, and no suit or
proceedings at law or in equity having boon in
stituted t recover the amount now due and
unpaid, and secured by said mortgage, or any
par: thereof: now. therefore, notice is hereby
given that, by virtue of n pow-r of sale con
tained in said mortgage, there will be sold at
Suhlic auction, to the highest bidder, on Satur
ay, the twenty-fourth day of Februaiy, a. d.,
1871, at tho fiont door of the Court House, in
the village of I'aw Paw. in said OoOtttj of Van
Pureu. -taie of Michigan, at ton o'clock in the
forenoon of said day, the promises described
in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may
he necessary to satisfy the amount due upon
and secured to be paid by said mortgage, with
interest and cost, said premises being desenbed
as follows, to-wit : the south-east quarter ot
the south-oat quarter ot section twenty-eight,
in township one south of range No. fourteen
Dated Nov. 21st. 1178. 17801
m. EL Hawkins. Mortgages.
Jfotfoc to Hear i Isiim. In Pro
bate Court. au Pureu County i Estate of Eu
gene Pitely. deceased. Notice is hereby given,
that said iYobato Court win receive, examine
and adjust all claims and demands of creditors
against tho estate of said deceased, anil Mon
day, December 1st. and Monday, December
29th, 1878, arc hereby assigned for hearing said
claims and six months from the date hereof
are nllowed ; '. i in win-b to prreent thri
claims QnoOXUI W, lawton.
J adn of Prooaao.
Dati d . r . Paw, November 17, 1m7J 978M
ciiaiK fvy 'ai'. in panwannoa and b)
virtue ot i doera ol the I ircuit Oovt foe the
( ountv oi an Huron, .'-tare ol Michigan, in
and Audisou iowtin an defeitdanta. bearing
date Januarv 21st. . ! 178, i snail sell at
public vendue, to the highest bidder, at tba
front door of the Ottli ITouho in Paw Paw, in
said count . on MM Mtb da ot Januarv.
1871, at one o'clock p. m of said day, the fol
towtna 'ies rileu binds and premises, vik : The
east I... 1 i of the oast half ( ) of tho north
west inart" ot section ten (10) m tho
towimb'p of a verb. Van Boi nc iintv . Mich
igan. containing forty (4U) acres of land, more
or less, according to the I 8. survev thereof.
Dated Dei onoei 10th, 17:1. " :76-t7
P.r.rT, 1 -k' ki. i' cut ' ourt ( otnm'r.
PAW PAW, MICH., FRIDAY, DECEMBER
J. H. PRATER,
Having removed his stock of Family Groceries,
Crockery, Ac, to
Van Fossou's New Brick Block,
will be pleaaed to see all bis old friends and
customers at his now place of businees, where
they will find a fine line of Choice
Groceries
As bow as the Lowest. Also, a fine as
sortment of
Crockery,
Glass-Ware,
Queensware
and Stone-Ware,
And as lino a line of I1ROOERIE8 as cau be
found in the County, which will be Sold
for CiMK lie also keeps in atoek Wooden
and Willow-Ware.
o
PRA TEH? .s COFFE&MIL L
Is still in full biaBt. and is grinding large quan
tities daily. Choice Yellow C" Sni-tar ten
pounds for ne Dollar.
TEAS
A specialty, and of Superior duality.
0
Remember the place three doors east of tba
DfOtatB House, on Main street, PAW I'AW,
MICH.
Spring Trade 1873
II. . IIAKRIV
Carriage Shop,
MAIN 8TREET.
I'AW PAW, Mb H.
I have on hand a large stock of U'ork for
the Spring Trade, which will be sold on v ry
reasonable terms, consisting of
Jtft'foHS,
One and Tiro Seat
Top Carriages
One an (J Two Sen!
Open Carriages
Kiiuuit-. Wagon, &c.
Ti'OtttHfj SkvutQiiu a Specialty,
Wood. BiaokeEBitb, Paint and Tr.mming
Shops in full blast.
ill Vark Uiiri;iiii4(l,
Work Of Every tyle made to order.
lobbing nod RyMelrlnaj Proma
ptly a ; tended to.
Enployng none but tho best of v.orkmen.
und usimr selected -tock in all case?-, 1 am en
abled to give petfod satisfaction to all.
OrderM froan nbrond promptly
lillfu.
Call and examine nn work at tlie s:ilos-rooin
ou Main street. H. S. HABRI8.
Paw Paw, February 17, 1878. 'j.h
Sherman & Sellick
Ratine jnot rooatroid a New stock of Hooda,
offer for Sale
$30,000 WORTH
DRY GOODS,
BootM it siiot'v
Ready Made Clothing,
HATS & CAPS.
Carpet and oil Cloths,
GENTS FURNISHING GOODS,
i tonrprieJag a Deautiful iine ot
Fanry 'assiiiicrc. l
ins A IUavei,
Also the celebrated
Derby i Manchester Suitings,
Men Y ' Clothl,
Hl. tt It dt 4 OI.OKI Ib nlllifl,
IJn ent,
Damasks'
Tow els.
Lavdllet cV 6alt8
Ummm nte'kf,
Edgings, and Inserting
Nottingham Curtains,
Laces
Alpacas.
"Mohairs.
Poplins,
Shootings, Prhitj. &c, &.
Wine1 1 makes this AssOitment one of tho
Bond BttJMtfn, nvtod and oojajnaata
to be found in
WEB TE UN MICHIGA A .
And wnnb Hot inb nai oi
V bvRBBI MUXTV
Are earno-tly invitel t examin-
And we will con7enco yu that w ire Selling
(iood? at astonishingly low prices.
Sherman v s niri.
(Utttc Nortl)crncr.
Paw Paw. MlCHIOAV, Die. 86. 173
The Matteson-Morris For.
gery Case.
Wtdnday, Df . 17.
C. I. DAYTON W0tlN.
Keside in Kalamazoo, am cashier of the City
Bank. Bare been a baa bar 4 yoari i have had
BaeaatOO ta examine handwritings. Same
-ignatures abown witness. Assuming the first
j to be the genuine signatures of Anion Morris,
I think the mortgage was signed hy the same,
The signature to the Mortgage Is not tho same
as the body of the mortgage.
I V- IXAMIMATI(.
Have resided in Kalamazoo 7 years. Came
from Conn. First went into the mercantile
business in Kulamu.oo. Have never been cal
led as an expert before; have seen these signa
tures befure, at tho hotel on the table in Mr.
BPOWB! room ; I don't daim to be an expert.
JOHN XI KIBP.KN SWORN.
Resile in Kalama.oo, have resided there fl
years ; have been a hanker 18 years. Bora
had occasion to compare handwritings. Same
i signatures shown, j Think the mortgage was
written by the same hand ; tho signature to
the mortgage and the b 0 Jy of it are not the
6 1 me.
I P.OSi KNAMIKEl).
Lived in Detroit before cum in g to Kalama-r-oo
; was a schoolboy there. Have had very
much experience in comparing handwritings,
let I toaae similarity between the signature and
the Amos Morris in the body of the mortgage.
MR. MCALLISTER SWORN.
Reside at Mendon, am a banker, havo been
for 8 years, my bank is the Exchange bank.
Have seen signatures but ha I 00 occasion to
examine them to detect forgeries, rs.imt -ig-natures
shown. Think the mortgage was
signed by the ?ame hand. The signature to
the mortgage is not by the same hau l ai the
body of the same.
CROSS EXAMINATION.
First heard of this ae 2 weeks ago. U'a.
nct acquainted with the defendant. I came
here to see Severns and found him engaged on
this suit ; saw the papers then in Severns' room.
1 Wai aoilad hero Monday by telegraph was
not regularly subpoenaed. Don't know how I
am to be paid for my trouble and tny expenses,
There has been no arrangement? made; ex
pressed an opinion on the signature at that
time.
Reside in Decatur. Have ran led there I 1
year-, reside in the village. Know Amos Mor
ris and Matteeoo ; have seen them together in
baainen transaction-, in Matte-on's oflice, in
the s-pring of If, I saw Morris acknowledge
the iigsatara and amount of this not. No
one else was present : I witnessed it. The sig
nature alter the word witnoss i- mine, I signed
it then: hi.- attention WM Called tO the amount.
The note dated Matvh 39, 72. I made the
Bforai after ny name at that time, I lafi tho
Oaioe abead Ol the others. Morris reouesiol
mo not to say enytbing about it.
BOM BZAXnOID.
I am a c arpjnter and joiner ; have lived in
this county 17 or Is yeurs. Have ialked
Witb Morris, in Thomas' hardware store, when
I clerked there. Don't know that I over spoke
to bin on tho street. I went to Matteon's of
lea that time to get money ot Mattesou, I got
none. Don't remember the day ol tho week,
the time of day, the time el the month, wheth
er there was MOW ou tho ground. Tho oll'ice
MM I a the rear of Foster's office, was not in
there frequently, I was in oooe before, Morris
and MattaaOB were in WBOfl I went in, I stayed
tfiero la or 2n minutes. Didn't make known
my errand to Matteson in Morri.-' presence.
Didn't do my errand at that time, I did not do
anything but witness that paper, I didn't go
there for that purpose, 1 didn't know they were
there. Ho never let me have any money ex
cept cents to go homo with tho other day. I
have talked about this matter a good deal with
many people, have not worked a groat deal of
timo sinc e this difficulty eamo up nt mure
than :i or 1 weeks. Have chopped or OBfdl
of wood, and at my trade. I maintain my fam
ily, from the time tbis difficulty arose I have
contributed $48 or 858 M their support. I gave
it to my wife. She lives with her mother and
I board with them. They have been supported
in part by a pension. Havo been uiiirriud 12
JPOOtBj lived with my wife till the last year,
khOB she went away and 1 went away. I heard
of this uit in August, at the Clillon House.
Had recently been at bangor. Know Ol K.
Oallbjan, he told me of tho difficulty, I told him
I had witnessed a note for Morris. Know
Alon.o Kuebles and have talked with him
about this mnttsr in store, 1 told him I was
pretty sure they would want me lor a witness.
I didn't tell them that it tlay did want me
they would have to pay mo lor it. Calligan
asked me which Morris signed the paper and 1
told him it was a short, humped-ba k Morri-,
who smoked black pipe. 1 told him I didn't
know them apart, but tho name on the paper
was Amos. The man who signed it stooped
when he walked, I didn't see him smoke a pipe
and didn't notice , his carriage then. Didn't
always describo him as stooping and smoking
a short pipe, but did sometimes. Havo seen
Sam Morris smoke a pipe, have never seen
Amos smoke. I was in StevenaoM store once
since this suit commenced, 1 saw a man pass,
I said that was Amos Morris, those preseut
said it was not ; I didn't say 1 could tell him
as well Irom his hack as from his face, ho had
a pipe in his mouth. I said, "if it was Amos
I Morris he smokes. fsooneclso spoke of his
mokiagi 1 didn't know whether he smoked or
. not, 1 went to the door tw see, as it had been
talked ho did not. Have seen a Morris smoke,
he is bent in his shoulders. Don't think I mis
took Sam for Amos, I might have. It was
Sam who passed tho storo at that time. Have
seen Sam, havo never exchanged a word with
him except in the store ; think I have waited
on him in tho store. Ho just paased the win
dow when 1 saw him that liino. I told QbIIL
..iu I 'nessod a note of about ',''0o, I never
conveyed the idea HUM I witnessed a mortgago,
I was ask"d il I had but denied it. The opa
ratioi: ( t uiy-tll and wile was caused by
in y conduct with :i colored girl. In the con
versation in the Clerk' office 1 imitated tbo
walk ot the man who Mgnod the note. I -vi 1
at that time lie sm ked a pipe, 1 didn't say 1
did not knJW whether it was s-.uu or Amos.
Tba noto rend Ml evidence, j 1 nevt r wi,e. -u
I any oliier note or paper lor .Morris. J have
een him since, think 1 can pick him out, urst
IBB hiui in tho court room alter tBOBj no wne
pointed him out.
I UUJ) .V. vt I.N.N SUOK.V.
BeiMn iu Decatur, I am a hardware dealer.
tiara boon far 3 ynwo Was in Dnntai in
l ihruary la. t. Know Amos Morris; ho had
an account at our store. Questions were asked
to show that Morris was iu Decatur on Feb. 2s
objected to objoction not sustained.) Accord
ing to my books ho was in Decatur on the 88th
of February: 1 uiado the entry in the book, I
had a settlement with him. A due bill shown. J
I drew that up and Morris signed it, saw him
Bl thestrcet that day. Ho went from tho store
over tho street toward the tairwy in Pi
20, 1873.
before it was settled, i sent a boy out for him
to come into the store. Don't remember end
ing a letter to him. Moved by Attorney for
the People that the testimony be struck BOOOJUO
no transaction between the parties had been
shown overruled. Rook offered in evidence.! I
CROSS BXAMINATIONJ
It wa some time after the settlement that
my attention was again called to it about ti
months. Could'nt have told what day it was
without looking at the book, can't tell the day
of the rl;k. Kept the nele till Sept. Matte--on
then bought it. The noto was given in
deiliug in the bar Iware line. Can't toll what
kind of a day it was, nor whether he came with
B team. We had a clerk a boy. Morris was
in the store about la minutes. I noticed which
way he went, by looking if he wen: ta the
other hardware store, when I lu-t aw him ho
was on the street, I didn't see where he went.
The book has been in my BOfOfBlIni over since.
MonoOOB has been at the store, FoOtBff t Cole
man also.
K. I'. HILL SWORN.
Reside in Decatur, have lived there 11 or fr
years Was once cashier of the bank. Know
Ainos Morris, did some baatBOai with bin
while cashier. He has paid moaey at the
bank, card him say something about re
newing a note, he came to pay a note and said
he wnuld get the money of somo person, and I
told him he could get it renewed at the bank,
he said he had made arrangements with Matte
son. Can't tell the date without looking at
the books, refers to the book-. It was July
88 '71, he paid $2C'J 7'J that time. He wa- in
twice that day. Have been engaged in graiBBBd
wareduso business lately with RawOBA, Had
dealing with Morris in February last on the
14th. I did the business with him iny-e!!'. It
was the settlement of the payment for some
corn we had from him, it was paid by check on
the bank, I wrote it, I have t wi'h me, I got
it from the bank on the ill of March.
CROSS EXAMINED
Have known Morris JO or 12 year--. I wa
iu the bank 2 years. He dealt with the bunk
oDly a few times while I was cashier boat a
dozen times. When he paid the note I think
hclrvedon his farm. Don't know of hi sell
ing any wheat at that time. Onlv know his
circumstances by reputation. Don't know to
whom the note was made, or where we got it,
don't know tho day of the weel. i: wa- paid,
nor if any one was witb him. Rec lleet giving
the check in the aftor pari of the day. The
corn was delivered at different time- I think
within a week can't speak poaitlTOlj. Don't
know whetuer he delivered corn or nor after
getting the cheek. We bought BO other grain
.f him, don t know how long Wl bad tho noto.
Iter giving the cluck my attention WBI aal'
led to tba matter quite recently. The bank
note within 88 hours. Think the Beta
payable to (ico. Rarnes, KabUBBBO la
A. M. MATTi:oN SWORN.
Reside in Decatur, know the raapondoota 1
am his father. Huve lived in Decatur years.
Know Amos Morri-. Have sometime cupicd
tne same office with my son. Have -ecu AlDOJ
Morril in the office occasionally for the I Ml
year-. Know ot their uning nueiness. Cant
tell exactly when they commenced probably I
vears ago. Since that time they b ive boon at
my boon together, DoHoTt has boarded with
mo whenever we were both in Deoatar. Hop
ris has lined with us or 10 timet. One or
two of these times I know Of thiir barblgboafl
doing business together tho most ( BBOW
about it is to see them sit a tho desk iti the
offiee together figuring, anil law paper OB tba
desk and one I knew to bo a mortgage, think
it was Feb. 2. The amount WBI 8t,700.
Wouldn't remember the date but for having
seen the mortgage since. When they BB i
up from tho desk, Ooleman WBI ailed in, my
son objected to me signing it ai Tritnttl. bttt
Morris saying I should sign it, 1 did -o. Oneo
heard them speak of their boaiaatl BntteN at
my house, can't tell the date. Morri- wa- talk
ing about Henry being such a -pendthriu, and
spoke of being himself itivolv 1. Bl llgBUig Bl
the reason he got money of Hellirt, , i- that
his brother had wronged him.
ROSS KXAMINi.H.
a
Havo not stated all that 1 have hear I be
tween them, have heard theia talk in the
and outsido. I witnessed tba mort gage, but
not tho note. 1 was not in tho room all rhe
time. When I eamo in they BBl at the doak.
Don't know who left first. Can't tell the time
of day nor what I went therefor. A boy was
there at the time. Can't say if he was there
when I went in, don't know bis errand. Oan't
tell how lnig I remained after witnessing the
mortgage- U'as there a short time BOteTO I
witne-sed the mortgage perhaps l.' or 2d minute-.
My impression would be without tho
paper, that it was in February, Inn lb I II WBi
earlier in the month than the 18th. Think I
am a resident of Decatur now. Am inarried
my wife is there, have been there 2 months.
Was in Kalama.oo I mouths, moved from l'e
catur. Came west j years ago. Came to Do-catur-
Was in New York 2 years ago thi
summer lor about b months Can': IM when
Morris had dealings with my -on, that I know
of my own knowledge. don't know of any
tran.-action till I signed the mortgago. The
amount ol it was something over 8l780. 1
didn't see tho money paid nor any eonsidc-a-tiou
pass. It made no more impres-ion u my
mind than any other paper 1 should sign,
hither Coleman r Morris BTopooed my wit
nessing it but my son said he would rather h is
BAtkot would not sign it. Heard Morris say
t mething about a note he had duo at the
bl nk, think in January, a year ago lat winter.
Il told mo ho had u ntc due, and wanted to
kn w where my son was. It was the DooatOr
bank. I think ho said $10 or 15. He told
me he ould not wait till my son returned hut
if DoBort would goand pay it ho would ii if
all right. It was in the winter, can't ay if
thero was snow on tho ground. It was ou "t he
walk in front of tho store, 1 have nothing to
date the consideration by. Can't -ay that I
told my son about it. Can't fix the time he
first dined there, think it was over 2 years ago.
No ono ever came with Morris. Don't remem
ber him talking his business to me but once.
He didn't toll me of anyone ho owed, nor thai
ho had been sued. The talk was last winter,
I think BOfbra I witne-.-cd the mortgage.
Think lie brought u load of corn that day to
byinan Kawson- My wi:e aid Hnrt were
i here when Morris dined there. The ilk u ,
in the kitchen in their presence, lie didn't AJ
how nnoh money he got of Hart, li ne I ll
ed with him many times, m-vcr had any bu-i-ness
with him myself. Didn't spend a tenth l
my time iu the office. llu.e een M aris in
there 18 or 88 thnee, My too and nera
were in partnership, I never BOtOd Bl bil nah
llo acted as my agent, I hired hltn up to 2 years
Bge ln--i March or April, then ho went im , I a-
liaoaa for bnaaalf, Uedld aooaa busineai for
himseli before that. Never nowod nj aaajp.
arty from the eonnty te KalaaaaMo to ;IVoid
taxation, l erhaps u may bare boon eaOod
personal property- TBe profMtfty wa taxed
before I left, wfoearrnd II hi my pookot
every day since. Bate Mid tho eorMOBttOa
tax and expect to pflf the stafo and county
tax. I an foBBa aeqnaiated wttk nj aon'i cir
eamitaneai, knew them some whea i aired kiaa.
lion t think he had a thousand doll ars nor
half that- H0 bod a hors? and buggy and n
watch. I took the mortgago BMBtioned 'i I
the one of the 21st of Jane and Anothc- east
And sold them. I don t recollect sellini; tboi
1 1 I think I did. Can't say I old nil 8, old
IhO flfT888 ono. Don't remember wkdtker I
(old tie 88,H the 8 let of Jmoono. I io!d
WHOLE NO 078
some mortgages I think 2. It don't seem to
me that I sold more. Tho not bjaga I old
amoanted to a little over ,00(, I thms it was
over taat. Don't think I sold the 8j888 one.
I don't recollect selling it I think I didn't
know I didn't I didn't remember when you
just asksd me whether I sold it or B . Think
I sold 2 against Henry Morris. Didn'l Mitt
these givsn by Amos Morris. Ha . i e,
to sweAr that I sold the $1,700 one by Amos.
I sold them to McMillen, in OkatBBq la tntj .
They wero lent to me by my MB aftw got
there only J- The 2Istfof June oeo wai Bet
imong them, nor that of February I Bab. r. r
the one of Pb. IS, My son had t hen. r hi
ponession. I think be sold then t , before
I went to KalBnaaao. la April, n m r
' while before that, I suppose I own : !, I
' know I sol 1 some mortgage-' in Nc.. i . hif
you had got me mixed, don't tl linl I ever
sold them. My son had a power el AUemBO
j from me, and ho may have aoid tbom. -I
pose they aro mine. I havo no doul I bill
has the power of Attorney, t gate ' bho I
years ago. He hasit still. Hu coo' !'..'
sold them and I not know it. l bjBOd
them tome, I tlank by written aaaigi U I I
tuink 1 have seen the a signmen-. I ilonl
know whether he or Thavo got it. I . BOI
seen it lately, T think I saw b lasl ii Decern
ber, I guess in his possession. pre- I me 1 left
it with him immediately alter ma! Ing it. I ..e
purpose of making it was to 100010 me whal BO
owed mo. lie owd me considerable -eem- t
me that is my business and 1 need ir : 'di 1
will tell if obliged to, otherwi--- sot. Dwn'l
remember the amount exactly. 1 -een: . i bare
his notes for $.'-0,000. He owes iu ; that mn
for money loaned. If I remember righl
mortgage was assigned to secure a portion o!
that debt. I considered it all right to let ban
take the written assignment, Hi- and my at-fair-seem
to be pretty mueh mixed together. I
didn't sell the three mortgages nokea of, to
McMillen, in Cliatamiua eoumy those of Jane
21, February 2, and February I I.
wm. tlttl:: IWC BJb
Live in Decatur. Know .'.ijio Mwrris. I
Bn to the ir.anufaeturing buiiaeil. I . i bin
in Matte-on's office once, lie wa- 'here I i ay
me some money. He had 1 een owing me on
note and ho told me he had node arrange
ments with Matteeoc. Mattesua afterward
paid mo the money about $123 of 8184. Il
was a year ago.
CROSS EXAMINED,
The money was due f r l grain Irlll i 't
say if Morris transferred a noto to Matteson
that day. I heard nothing about, a note. I
have u clear memory of what BOOUrrod. Ii WOJ
not far from this time of fOBft 'i here had
been nothing paid on the note. The ivas
given Aug. 83, 1878, tin -u in wu- tne rote
with the interest, Mio note was 8188. I think
1 met Morris In the street, opposite- fell ev'
storo, I think ia the Afternoon. Ho tnrned aad
we went direct tut Matte eott'i office. U
be ' na Iron there. He had tol l ne ifoi
thai be wai 1 1 get the money of Matti sn. I
left tben hi tbo eflioe. I left the not- on -nc
table. enee bad a denaad 8of Innbof agelost
Morris of aboot 818, it was pail I thine ii ;..
ROWJta MB n sworn.
June 21 it, last, 1 waa In Matte -r -o
ie fore part 'of the day, Saw Anoi Morrta
there thai day. No one WAS present' a the
tine, I heard no eonroraatlon. it wB8 Satur
day. I know it wa- Jaoe II, boeaaie I went
tin-re and a.-e I him for bli clothes: when I
went away he asked it his bone 61 VOT M Bl I
be waihedi as he wealed tben tor 11 i Mi
pi taie, the ptenk wai ea the 24th.
mik. t::.vi BfOSXi
Am Homer Mead's wife. Ifaabed I. te-
ian iaet we naer, walked aana koree . .' r
hlni Juno 2.!d. Mr. Mead broagb I thn
anl Matteson brought the cover- i kfonday.
Mead took them back. I kept an Bl ol
the clothe- I w ashed, entered 'he irbon
the clothes were sent to me. Ron - I tx k.l
They were sen. to mo n the I Id of dune.
There i- a distinct Idea in regard to the I
koto l cok otiered la ovidoneo. r i
v. i- ea Juno 21.
CBOsS EXAMINE P.
Only remember 1 picnic, did not attend,
lave about I mile from Matteeon' Bee. I
did bis walking at that time, wash- I the I Ian
kets only once, there wore two. they .. un
bleached linen. Beat than book roeedny,
reeeired then Monday nwraing, .
Matteson again that day; Mm
home all day I think, can't say I lent
away, saw nothing parth-ular OB 1 Itreot,
live on School street. Know WBOTC tbe La . r
t the Woods is. In going 8jeu Matteaea'
afl e to the lake they would BOt p; il ..y . .
Saw bo prooaaaion on the 21 it. . . 11
of the book I would not know tbe I te, 1' a'l
remember what kind ot a BOfM be In arhl I
he brouglit the blanket", B t whet
2 or 1.
Im w. lut iwonx.
Te.-tilied in el'.'e.-t that ".1 the . ...e
ho was in Doeator, and paid Matti md
that Amos Mofril was BtOOOnt tbi 1 niy
knew Morris by sight was not pe
'(iiainted with him and had neve- : I fiTOP
latiOfl with him. That at a mfa :. ill I
bi duly or Augu.-t bad paid Matt and
that Matteson e 1 lied his attention .. tbne
the 2 was paid and wanted bin ' tb
date as June 21. That it WBI I ' I
he -aw Matteson and Morri toge cr. 1 hat
ho had given Matteson a chattel :n rtgagi f-r
$.'.0 aad one for 7", which 1- -;i! e.
John Steele on being recalled, if - that AO
die say that he was to be a witne- m i-e lie
had witnessed a 13888 mortgage. thai BB
did not know W. F. Cook.
Tkmndrnft U . 1 1,
MaM. WBITE SWORN.
Testilied that she lived with her - . and iha
lio had lived in Matteson's house, i.. Decatur.
That Matteson boarded in the boOM. that on
the 21st of June Matteson came I - . nl
brought Monk with him. That ike did not
know his given nAtne,didn'teAt with them.-wat:
in the kitchen. , Heard no one tny anything
about a pi-ii'v when Morris was tin t. r caw
any procession of children Afl th. lay. That
her memory of date-- wa- 1 e
tkat ether aoan by thenamoof M 1 -
kefl dintier theta r other times.
BABM w II 1TB sw KN.
Testilied 'hat Morris took Wane
bnai at her BOOM on the : '
wan the day ef the ehildrea1 ,
aw S ofcttAron ge by and that 1 e
road to tho lake, where the pleuia
Ikal no othei man I y the Bl I .
, k dinner at hor home. T!At iho had been
in Mattoson'l house about .1 WW
hu baud ha 1 sold the hotel ou the
i.iaincd two or three days before vi-.-; irito
I tttM in'l hon e.
fgwpj i). utii.HB iwene.
Te tided in substance tho BM
vs itwew and itofbd thai ho ha I Hi
fknily erer linee he left tbe Dune ... house.
That 'While was his partner, t'.r do-
bnj and knd done na busino-s s t- go.iiL' in
i.nrtners'uip except to help huu i
nei. That Matteson had been to see them
about this matter after tho MCtecutlea had
iioon commeneod,;that he and White- bed Mike I
tho matter over and that they ha I a ! ,-mr.f l
about tho sarao conchiMon. ThiC aft . Matte
fn had boon to seo then, Klias Morri- 1 BM '
na what witness knew of tho tfBBBBOtiQH
twern Amof nnd Mattecn.'
rCentifloodon rare.