Show 0 COT GOT DIS HIS QUIT CLAIM DEED how mr koch rock secured bis his land without any cost mr ambrose koch was asked late lust last r eight ight what steps be he would take in the matter of securing a abstract tor for some of his land involved in the recent land troubles As nn an answer he pulled out a quit claim deed to tha the hamd in question signed that very evening by colonel T J hudson and his wife what did you pay for it was asked not a cent I 1 want you to understand that it was riven given me without aay ally c consideration 0 neide ration ill tell you the story 0 of f the whole thing I 1 sold on contra contract ct a certain piece of f I 1 land and to sir mr swan he be acting for hudson and others ten dollars was placed to bind the trade I 1 have the cou contract tract I 1 in in my bate safe now I 1 gave them a clear title they then went to work and clouded the title I 1 demanded the return of the land tome to me clear of any incumbrance or law flaw in the title and you bet I 1 got it when with mr hudson and before the notary public mr hudson eold said you understand mr koch that 1 am doing this for a consideration your agent has paid 35 for this deed no sir air I 1 said Nota not a cent I 1 have no agent if yon havo have received any consideration it is not from me I 1 will leave you to infer who really paid the money in norderto order to haveit have it appear that no quit claim deed has been given on any portion of the land in question without a consideration now that they have given me a clear title ill see that they live up to their contract and buy the land from me again at the stipulated price I 1 did not attend the meeting of the citizens for I 1 had bad my own way of settling this difficulty and you ou see bow how effectively I 1 have done don e tt it this information was received so late that mr air hudson could not be been seen in regard to it mr koch I 1 that he rot got his deed for nu thing and if he could do it why not all others effected by the alleged quit claim to hudson |