The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-08-09


den, had left over six thousand dol
lars. The Tahoe House contained
thirty rooms, thirty one of which
We're rented, bringing in each night
over fifty dollars. Invested in Saw
age stock, which l purchased in sums
varying from $500 to sI,lOO per foot.
I sold it in 1867 for $4,000 per foot,
having ten feet, and purchased other
stock, and made all the money 1 ever
had in the way and manner above in
dicated. For the truth of this, most
respectfully refer to Mr.. Ned Eyre aud
Mr.. Bradford, who were then my bro
kers, and also Mr.. Durling. Mr.. Eyre
purchased and sold for me other min
ing stock, after l sold my Savage, and
in all three transactions made money.
Mr.. Ralston, of the Bank of California,
knows that Mr.. Crittenden never paid
dollar for me on any note or for any
stock, and any who doubt my state
ment can call upon these gentlemen for
| information. l ami no way or man
ner indebted to Mr.. Crittenden for any
of the money 1 ever had or the little /
now possess. When Colonel Fair died
l had never seen or known Mr.. Crit
tenden. He sought me and found me
and would not let me go. I married
Mr.. Snyder to avoid Mr.. Crittenden
and as his own letters prove, he would
not then leave me. All the force and
power Of the San Francisco bar were
and are to-day my enemies, because a
brother lawyer had been killed by me
in moment of Inconsistencies, and
tts my God knows, of, irrespohsibility
Every effort OF my attorneys made il
my behalf on trial were treated as idle
ehatterips, or at least it appeared so t.
me-. and those who sought my blood
drank of it to their fill. If there is ;
just God who rules aud directs the
judgments Of men, | shall live TO sat
isiy the world that have been, to sa,
the least of it, greatly wronged.-
There is one other matter to which
wish to refer. In the Spring of 1862
leased and furnished a house ON Mis-
sion street, in this city. purchases
my furniture on credit. I kept
boarding and lodging house. The Leg
isiature of the State was in session
here, having been driven out by til
food at Sacramento. Among my ten
ants were Messrs. Wilcox, Pembertor
Tompkins, and others, members of th
Legislature. After the Legislature ad
journed,I had q vacant house, and ha
not yet paid for my furniture. l wa
obliged to seek aid, and as my husband
| Colonel Fair, was prominent Maso
when alive, [ made application to til
Masonic order for assistance. Waite
Tampkins conveyed the application t
Mr.. Lridley, and he to the proper at
: thority. In response to my applies
:. ton, a committee composed of Alex. G
i Abel and two others called ON me an
, were shown through my house and s;r
9 my poverty and acknowledged it. NJ
: relief was embraced in the followin
u language addressed to me by one (
that committee: "Well, Mrs. Fair,
woman with such pretty face ousl
TO be able to support herself withol
" Applying to the Masons." When @
= my trial, I was allowed to go wit
George Knox, Judge Quint accomp;
. nying, to see Mr.. Abel for the purpos
= Of his identifying me as the party l.
! had called upon. But he refused
u see me. Of the thousand and or
g things charged to me and my dishont
e since my conviction l can only ad
u they are pure inventions and all falls
o | desire that the newspapers will lea,
y me alone. l ask the charity of the
u silence. Let me settle my troubl,
70 with the legal tribunals where I mo
|, am, and where I expect to find exa
Il justice. LAURA D. FAIR.
u 1.-THE above statement is accompi
!" MED by number of afidavits to prov
u the several assertions contained in it
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