Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 291, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1912 — ATTORNEY DUNLAP WON $655 IN FOOT RACE [ARTICLE]

ATTORNEY DUNLAP WON $655 IN FOOT RACE

Half Mile Big Parser Noah Yoder Was the Other and Losing Contender. At tor hey John A. Dunlap arrived home this Friday morning from Mil--lersburg, Ohio, and he brought with him a purse containing $655, which amount he had won in a footrace run -at Millensburg on Wednesday. The following story will relieve him of the charge of having abandoned his legal practice and taken up footracing fdr a living. This was really a legal foptrace, although it was literally A real sure enough footrace. The Republican last week.recoun.ted the story .of Noah. Yoder’s fight, last August, when himself and wife and sons participated in a fracas over near Morocco that resulted in a suit for damages against Noah. He was defended by Attorney Dunlap, of Rensselaer, and Attorney Graves, of Morocco. The jury returned a verdict of $325 against Yoder, who gave notice of an appeal and filed an appeal bond in tire sum of SSOO. _Flis attorneys went on his bond. The same evening Noah left the state. It was found that he had previously disposed of all of his property, including a farm of 80 acres and considerable property. Learning of this his attorneys began to consider themselves up against it. Besides Being on Yoder’s bond they held his note for $155. They found that Foster Brunton, who purchased his farm and equipment had paid him in checks on the ML Ayr bank and that the checks had not been paid, but on Tuesday morning they arrived at Mt. Ayr for collection, having been sent by a bank at Mlllersburg, Ohio. Messrs. Dunlap and Graves were on the trail and they determined to get Yoder if they possibly could. They left Tuesday afternoon for Millersburg. They got into Chicago in the evening and took a night train for Akron, whore they arrived Yit nine o’clock the following morning. At Akron they got a train for Millers- 4 burg and arrived there at noon. They were riding down town in an omnibus when Mr. Dunlap spied Yoder. He went right after him. Noah made some excuse about going into a store on some business and they went in and Noah went right out of the back door. Mr. Dunlap took after him. They went*~down an alley, through a barn, over a big manure pile, through another barn'ahdftlown the street. Tw. or three times Mr. Dunlap could almost touch Noah on the back. Noah turned sjiort corners as, he went ‘around yards where there were high fences and Mr. Dunlap was afraid to go too close for fear he would meet Noah with a club. But he hung on, although the race was sorely 1 " taxing his strength and his wind. Noah was taßing for the country and John was about to give up the contest when he met a high school athlete, who said: “I can catch him for you, Mister.” “Well, don’t lose any time doing it,” replied John,. The high school athlete pulled up his breeches, buttoned his coat- and set out after Noah. He had nailed him Inside of a hundred yards. And he held on, too. Mr. Dunlap came up and he and the high school boy marched Yoder back to town. In the meantime Graves, who had stopped to settle with the hackman was looking for them. When they met, Graves said: “Where have you been?" “Been coming back,” answered Dunlap. The high school athlete was discharged with a liberal reward. Noah found that he was up against it and that the best way was to settle. He put up the -cash, borrowing it from a bTot-her. a# his money had not yet reached Millersburg. As sopn as the $655 was procured, the attorneys started back, (for Indiana. If Noah «o*tfes Aver ahd settles up he will get the bond money amounting to SSOO, back, bfit it will cost almost that muc" to settle, as. the judgment amounts to $325. Noah also put up the money for the expenses Incurred in the attorneys making the trip over there. He has four of his five children with him, his wife and the other child are still in Newton 'county, and Noah says he will four of his five children with him. His