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Anderson Ridiculed All Who Opposed I5i»tlie*’ Claim.PLAINTIFF ONLY WITNESSHEARD IN TRIAL.aThe (vise of Lean tier Bottles, of near New Middletown, against W. H. Flora, Receiver of the Corydon National Bank, was hoard by Judge A. B. Anderson in the Federal Court at Indianapolis last Friday, October 26, and Mr. Bottles was given a judgement j for $5000.00, the full amount asked for, and for all costs.As soon as Mr. Bottles testified in j the case and Judge Anderson was reminded that the same facts were involved which were used to convict George W. Applegate of crim^ last year, he (Judge Anderson) made it known that he didn’t want to hear anyifurther testimony as his mind wasj made up in favor of Mr. Bottles, and that they might offer all the testimony they wished but it would make noj change with him.He called attention to the fact that it was the facts of the Bottles ease that caused him and a jury of twelve men to send George Applegate to the penitentiary, and he couldn’t understand why any one should he trying to J beat Mr. Bottles out of his money he “sold dirt” for. He said some very caustic things about George and Ben Applegate and Wilson Cook, using very plain terms, such as thief and robber, and said that people don’t1 plead guilty unless they are guilty, j He also criticised Mr. Flora for try-ingto defeat Bottlos* case.We should not try to use the language of Judge Anderson but both .sides told us how very plainly he spoke j his mind.We clip the following account of the trial from last Saturday’s Indianapolis News.“A. B. Anderson, judge of the federal court, ordered W. H. Flora, receiver9of the Corydon National Bank, to pay to Leander Bottles, of Corydon, $5,000. i Bottles was one of the principal witnesses in the cast' against Con S. Applegate, George W. Applegate and Wilson E. Cook, all of whom were connected with the hank and who received sentences of three years in the federal penitentiary for violation of the national banking laws.It was testified that Bottles gave George Applegate, the vice-president of the bank, the money to deposit. Applegate contended the money was lent to him. However, a jury found him guilty. The same defense was used in an attempt to convince the court j that Bottles should not be paid out of the assets in possession of the receiv-ier.Judge Anderson said that at the criminal trial he and the twelve jurors believed Mr. Bottles’ story, and that he still believed it, and that he | ought to have his money.W. IT. Flora, Receiver, was represented by Thos. S. Jones and Frank (Self, of Corydon. and Henry M. Downing, of Indianapolis, while S. C. Kivett, of Martinsville, represented Mr. Bottles.miiimmiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiitieiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiniHiHiiiiMiHiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiimiiiiimiiimiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiii
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Corydon Democrat
Corydon, Indiana, US
Wed, Oct 31, 1923
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