Another "Pacific Slope"

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 67, 23 November 1889, Page 3

Another " Pacific Slope"

If ever there was a man who proved himself a thorough scoundrel that man was the sainted W. Westlake of ■ Ormondviile. We understand bis Creditors intend to bring him back if possible, and he certainly should be. - The heaviest penalty of the law would be but little tonward the punishment he so justly merited. It j seems that just before he left he raised money in every unscrupulous way. Amongst other instances he grofesßjd to sell a propeity to a widow lady in Napier, and got from ber £250 on the promise to effect a ► transfer, which he failed to do, and it now turns out the property is . heavily mortgaged. Finding his credit stopped in certain qua ters in Napier, he went to Wellington and gave immense orders for goods to several firms. He got working men, and men in a small way, all over Ormondviile and Makotuku, to endorse bills or give him accommodation bills, and on these he raised as much money as possible, and now these unfortunate people will be turned out of house y home, and their little all', in order to make up these bills,', for which they have received no value whatever. This is the man who.- under the veil of religion and " goodness," swindled everybody he could in the most, villainous manner, got off to San .Fraiiciso.o with about £1000 realised in hard cash on the names -of the people he has defrauded, cabled to his wife who followed after adding a little more to the list, and left those who trusted in his honor to be .deprived of their means of livelihood. We do not know whether the extradition treaty covers such a cpse, but if not it should- — Woodville jammer.