, 1875-04-04
LOCAL LETTERS.

LOCAL LETTERS.
TIE FACTS IN THE CASE
| " khe Editor Of 1ne Chicago 7rtaun<:
CHICAGO, April 3.-Fearing TINT my character
aud that Of my sister, Miss 8. q. Stevens, maj
suffer in tho good opinion OF some Of our friends
| from the attack made upon uB in the Saturday
issue OF the Times, in which that paper accused
Us Of Illegally drawing money from the county,
by Misrepresentation OF work performed, beg
you Mill allow me sufficient space in your paper
to vindicato myself and her from this cruel and
| wauton aspcrsion against our good name. The
| following is tho truth in the case Last surn-
1ner, whila waiting in the County Clerks Of
| ica, I began casually to examine eome
ta1-decd books lying beforo me-, and, while doing
! so mentioned to my husband, Hermann Lleb,
| that I was familiar with legal copying (my
| father having bean Under-SheriT in one Of the
largest counties OF New England for ovez
eighteen years), and that, If there was no ilta-
{. gality in my petfornaEc. OF tho work. should
! be glad to do it. While tho subject was under
discussion BY Us, CouatY-Attorney Rouutree en-
tercd,--hs then occupying the Office with my
husband, and broached tho matter TO him. In
reply, as ho will doubtless remember, be said
that ho saw no earthly objection to my doing
all the work wanted to, and, BY way OF
compliment. suppose. added that no
knew + could do it better than ono-haf the
men copyiBts. I turned to my husband and re-
marked You hear what t. the Attorney says - -
| such business with my Chief Clerk, Mr. Drury.
t l sh.l hevo nothin8to say about it." I forth
! with sought fdr. Drury. stating to him my in
/ tention, aud asking Of him to take his best
number Of pages ha was nblc to write and
/ compare in B dey BY continuous labor, aud
| that I thought the cstmato would be tho just
| one BY which should be paid.
I accordingly took homo. cao block from the
Court-House, the following books, which are
open for inspection at tho County Clerks Office
Vol. II, Administrators Accounts, Vol. %,
Guardians Accounts, Vol. %, inventories and
Appraisements, Vol. 50 do, Vol 81 do, Vol "a,
Ta1-Deeds, and Vol SO, the szme. I have con-
sister. and most acceptab1Y to the Chief Clerk,
1r. Drury aa be will testify to, only taking for
our compensation such pay as TIC were entitled
to BY the pages, without reference to tho days
employed in such work. and the pages have been
counted ut tho end Of tho month by tho Chief
Clerk or the bookaeerer.
1t Is certainly With feelings Of humiliation that
thus explicitly give the details Of MY conneo-
tion with the office OF my husband aa m enploye,
but when an wansonlr and ua1jGious1y thrust
before tho public in tho Light of thief, deem it
my duty towards myself and my family to place
the truth before fair-judging people. It does
not seem enough for Alr. Storey that ho has for
the last year sought oy oTery meaos at his dis
posa'' W 1ao 1li4elepseseata.4uns a4o c'on ao"n,
l.sns oi .s h3asa aua tno
and deatrnv h;s ofTic;o1 nsefninesR Init that SIr
Storey must now. by distortions and misrepre-
Ecntations, attempt to befoul the reputation OF
his wife and her family. SARAH e. LIEn.
srArz OF In1uo1s, County OF Cook, ss.--I, Edwin
Drurv Chief Deputy in the County Clerks olce do
hereby eclamnly that Mrs. Ieb and her sister
e1e only paid Tor the actual work done Tor this oee
that titY maid by the taY5 work OF
taHa ana 1at thsr Tor. b su Been aecsptbIe n
eyery resna:t Is anv one can ,scortain they viii onV
taxa the trouble to CONS aud examine,
Eon1x DRunx, Chief Deputy.
Sworn A to and subscribed before me this q day Of
April ls'5. Erwin MACK, Notary Public.
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LIFE AsoAAao1'
To fhe Ea'toT 'f 1as ch'ccs" 3T'ouns:
CHICAGO, April 3.-Permis mo word in de-
fense of the figures used, which arc said to DO
.taltoccther too far from the nurk.n / did not
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Ao1ts nay es@'eo@os W Ans.@e&ss .eoupau'eo'
by which arc meant what IN lie agents pa1lanco
are called "easy companies to work for;' but
IN ner ceu+ IN nconta md r. thea. ,rent, aro
se,'sa - r. .s.-r..;a, tt,r sa.-.
aaaeo tne companies taeS repfe-
sent are " "trst~class," they will at onco
parade such IN array OF proofs
that thev are 'na viii annal tha rresumntuona in
Rr4Ir AYb1A M IN AF3Ar{
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WHICH Is enough 1or the purpose IN nano; ana
il your correspondent OF yesterday is desrous
Of establishing tho point which he regards
:. donhtful" lat him mako tho ronnds of tho
eanaral offices norfh of Madison west of -
Salle and hc viii find mora than one I think
that vii amer him IN ncr cent for rettnr thnn,
h,,a;,'aa. 0~ ~ w - ~oA' A~N oo'os 'A~A4
Ha has conceded tho main point in
vo1yed. ,nd mt tn ha behind him In noak;nc |
enncasa;ona viii .av th.t l;fe-insnrance |
solicitors have done . noble work in !
hrine;ne tba snhtect herore the n,,h1ic md ho1d.
;ns 4 thare nnt1 M said in nv frat com1nnni,
cafio:,' tha nnb;ic ara II. Whether thoy did ;t:to
save the hodios NJ tha xaat nrnnv of 1docra an1
chi1dran ~ sn1tssh 1hrshands md fathar. ~ 3or
thar sn ~ n nar ccnt tTn1r thev have tbA;r ~
wnrd an7 ths otfeT yast .rnov 1hich haa>ar;ser
in tbis generation whose ipnoTance mt t.daao1
and T whose nerversitv a mt - iarra." want aod
viii have hy sorne means. 1ifo Insurance. witbont
having ,h;a rova1rv. :. tne natcnt hss a1n;raJ md
foP a." W. .,aroi,a1 ~ anasr. ~
80 .ot tno P*4s slio4 Lawn n1s"eea ~ AeaeAo49
49,, ~ asa III t15anu - -. sao sous 69oo
ca,1se Mi 1nen s.,eI1 tnorr tba InTd fron, ia
least Of them uuto thu greatest. 4 precursor of
that good time is at hand; tho people know the
V4Iue OF AIe Follc1ee. Gna s0on tue voice OF the