Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1901 — EDITOR ISHERWOOD ARRESTED. [ARTICLE]

EDITOR ISHERWOOD ARRESTED.

Makes a Good Sale of Newspaper and Purchasers Cause His Arrest. i i li! it! ixxj-i fi s f ij i i R. M. Isherwood, former editor of the Delphi Times,' and the gentleman who made the business' write-up of Rensselaer a few weeks ago, was arrested at Delphi and taken to Noblesville last Saturday. When Isherwood sold the good will of the Delphi Tftneb •ttPW’CfHiert •etrttt*’ -rfWmthß' ago, he bought the good will and business of the Noblesville Democrat, a rundown paper, at a low price and moved the Times plant there. He built the business tip and after running it a few months sold the paper for $5,500, part cash, the deferred payments being secured by a chattel mortgage on the plant. The plant was purchased by A. N. Van Doren and G. B. Gilbert, of Adrian, Mich., who seem to have re panted of their “bargain.” They now claim that fraud was perpetrated in the trade; that Isherwood misrepresented the kind and amount of material in the office, and that he had so “padded” both the daily and weekly subscription lists that the books showed double the number of actual subscribers. Mr. Isherwood gave bond in the sum of $1,500 for his appearance in court.