Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1903 — Mortgaged Another's Goods. [ARTICLE]

Mortgaged Another's Goods.

There whs a trial before Judge Hanley, Saturday afternoon whioh was brought down from Fair Oaks. The oase was between Jesse Fry and a Mr. Odell of that plaoe and U. M. Shaffer & Co. of Frankfort, Ind. It seems that Mr., Fry, who is a Banker ot Rose Lawn, also owned a stook, of general merchandise store at Fair Oaks. Npt being able to be in two plaoes at onoe he hired Odell to take oharge of the stook and sell out the goods. It then developed that Odell owed a sum of money equal to one hundred dollars to a firm in Frankfort Shaffer & Co, who were pushing* him for the payment thereof. Not being able to pay this bill to the Shaffers they suggested that he give a ohattle mortgage on the Fry stock. This be finally did, telling them at the time that the goods were not his. On the day it was due Shaffer & Co. olcsed the store up. Mr. Fry brought suit to enjoin them from selling the goods and Judge Hanley sustained the injunction. Afterwards a writ of replevin was also taken out by Mr. Fry and he thus got immediate possession of bis goods.