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CTS•%'A(c-r.H» Objects to Rucviving Lieutenant Van*dever uk tOdeit,No career in ibis city was ever moreLremarkable than that of Charles E. H«s-lord. To write U up from its beginu ngto the euil would occupy columns but in condensed form it is simply the old •tory of abuse ul«rust, which varies only in incident through the various forms of defalcations, embezzlements Ac. Air. ilusford was a very genial man and bad a certain attraction about his manner which impressed all iu his favor. He bad the cuntidence of the large Eastern corporations which place money out 1 West to draw larger interest tuan it **0 j omronuds at home. These institutions W now claim that Mr. llogford did not act Jjj as their agent but it will be bard to establish that niitio* in this community at least. They never advanced such a plea until tb^y found that a good many thousand dollars were swamped through Mr. Hlt;af*mps agency, Mr. H. carried on a )lt;an business for these Eastern capitalists and corporations for over ten years. He often bad Bissell and a party of them oui here, wineing and din. tug I hern in great splendor. He would charter a special train and tak-* them to .i section of land and there place a large loan upon it often in their presence so far as the preliminary matters were concerned. It set ms that Mr. Hosford has collected tl* intere+t nn very many of these loans and the principal and receip -ed foi them in full to the farmers but failed to send tho money East. Now the Eastern parties are coming upon the honest farmer and seeking to force him to pay the interest and the principal a second time. Some of our reliable farmers will now be foroed at great expense to prove in court that Mr. Hosford from whom they got this lean and to whom they paid it back with interest, was really tbe agent for these Eastern pai tie*, aod that having paid the money totbeir lawful agent they are freed from further obligation. It is a very remarkable case. If Mr. Hosford waenottbeir avent. be certainly was a colossal twln-11yyr1.j.uenHttI*I-e
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Terre Haute Saturday Evening Ledger
Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Sat, Oct 29, 1881
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IN, USA 02 Jan 2021
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