Joslin - suit against son
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 7 March 1902
A peculiar and sensational suit is that brought by Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Joslin, of Greencastle, against their son, Howard Parks Joslin, of Seattle. The Joslin family formerly lived in Crawfordsville and Howard Joslin graduated from Wabash College in 1888. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer gives the following account of the affair:
“Howard Joslin, who is well known in Seattle and Portland, is accused by his parents of appropriating $9,050 of their money. They allege that he sold for them property which they owned in Seattle and also collected a $500 debt, the aggregate amount reaching the sum names. He lost this money, they state, in stocks and commodities, through the medium of a bucket shop in conjunction with Downey, Hopkins & Co. Sensational charges are made by his parents in a suit which they instituted yesterday in the federal court to recover the money. Howard Joslin and the firm named as the defendants.
Noah Joslin and wife, Frances E. Joslin, the parents of Howard Joslin, are residents of Greencastle, Ind. they owned a comparatively large amount of property in this city and county. It was in the name of the husband. In an amendment to their complaint filed yesterday in the court they charge that in the spring of 1900 they authorized Howard Joslin to sell the property. He sold it, they state to O. B. Millett for $8,550. They also authorized him to collect $500 due them from H. J. Sheafe, of Seattle.
The defendant is charged with keeping the money, depositing it in different banks here, later delivering the money and currency to Downing, Hopkins & Co. The defendants, the complaint states, have refused to allow any examination of their books.”