Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 281, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1913 — BACK TRACK CASE DRAWS MANY HERE [ARTICLE]

BACK TRACK CASE DRAWS MANY HERE

Lawyers Galore -on Hand to Try Case of Manhattan Lumber 00. Against Porter Race Track Co. Many lawyers arrived this Monday morning to take up the case or the Manhattan Lumber Co. vs. the Porter Race Track C 0.,. The lumber shat was put in the buildings of the ill-advised sporting center was not paid for. Mechanics liens were taken ahd as the property is not worth nearly enough to pay for the lumber and other bills an effort is being made to get a judgment against some of the backers of the track scheme, which Thomas Marshall, Sam Ralston and the state militia succeeded in pucturing. The backers of the track are not anxious to pay the bills, hence the fight which has brought a dozen or* more lawyers here where the ease was sent on change of venue; The Archer chicken stealing case was on when the lawyers and defendants arrived and £he race track fuss is awaiting its disposal before it can get a start.