The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-11-22
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Another Letter From Ed. Wright in Which BE
Sincerely Thanks Friends, Known and
Unknown, for Bsfriending Himself
and Family.


JEFFERSON CITY Mo-, Nov. Is, 1877.
Colonel Kaudoek DEAR sIR,-Allow me
to say that the EAGLE csme duly to hand and
was welcome visitor. l can assure you.
Your kind words for ME in your paper have
placed me under lasting obligations to you,
and am permitted to tsel the influence oil
them here every day. The atmosphere that
al hrs, was cold and frosty has become mid
and pleasant. and the burden that | thought
at first could not bear has become lighter.
Those Kind words coming from you and my
most highly respected friends who knew me
in Ohio. and whom 1 shall never forget.
namely, Hon. J. X. Hudson, of Topeka. Hen.
j. X. Rukenbrod. of Salem, Ohio, and the
highly appreciated services OF Judge IL. c.
Ruggles, OF Wichita, and others, appreciate
not only on my own accou Mt, but because
they cheer and comfort my Borrowing and
afflicted family, whose joys aud sorrows are
mine. There is another class of friends who
are extending substantial assistance and KIND
greetings, more privately, whose names
have not but they have my most unfeigned
thanks, aud il | have one ambition above an
other it is that may be able in the future to
repay them in some way And kind friends
one and all, allow me, through the columns
OF the EAGLE, 10 return you again my most
sincere thanks; and be it sooner or later
when shall be again restored TO my family
and friends. l shall take pride in conducting
myself in the future, A. have tried to do in
the past, that nothing can be said truthfuy
against me that shall give you cause to regret
the interest you have manifested in me dur
ing this sfiliction.
| cannot help but say TO you that | do not
feel as though was expiating a crime, but
that | am the victim OF a train OF unfortunate
circumstances which still think might have
been avoided and no one harmed. Many
sleepless nights have | spent thinking owes
these things. have been put to expense
and shame. my busiae 8. thst was just get
ting worked mp 80 that it was paying, all
gone. my family have to face their friends
and the world with me in prison. And " no is
benefited to the amount OF farthing, pt
those who had 10 interest in this bank failure
except to I'LL their own coolers? Did you ever
think that If most of the Transactions Of many
of Us were exposed to public gaze especial
~ by man whs has no sympathy with Us
nor the transaction, nor ability to understand
their true intent, aud wholly devoid of hon
esty enough to admit the intent when plainly
and fairly and truthfuly explained by those
who do know, that many, very many. would
be placed in terribly awkward predicament.
And would any one be benefited? l think
not.
But pardon me, Mr.. Murdoch, try to keep
my mind from running of on these matters,
though sometimes it is hard, and will close
this letter. And again to my friends who
have stood by me and my family in this attic
ton. both publicly aud privately, 1 tender
you in behalf OF my family and myself our
most sincere and heartfelt thanks.
Respectfully. K. O. WRIGHT.
sumner county is getting ready for another
i railroad bond election--msy be two of them
! The Emporia narrow gauge company pre-
poses to pay the expenses of another elec.
ton, and the Pres says Nckerson. who, by
the way, is no longer the manager OF the
: Atcbison. Topeka Il Santa Fe, makes the
! county proposition to extend the Eldoradc
) or Wichita branch 10 Caldwell, via BeH'
Pain and Wellington, the road to he fini.heC
! in 1879.