, 1877-04-19
b. r. ALLEN.

Mr.. Dlcnnorhassett, OF tho Old Firm OF
Allen, Stephens & Co., Comes to the Front
with Tow Fncts of Interest to tho Gen.
cral rnb1to.
70 Me Editor a. TAA 7riasne.
No. 81 PINE srnxHr, NEw YonE. April 16.-r
was g1Ten brief look at tho article on ~. r.
Allen" In your Issue Of Wednesday. I had II only
for very rapid pcrusal. l could pcrcCivo that tho
information camo from two SOURCES, md that ono
Of thcu, was friend, and ths other was party
tnot Mr.. Allcn) whoso malice towards myaetf anu
Mr.. 6tcphous could not to restrained. Al he ami
hlA rnscally lawyers hare been nt II prlyatoty for
long time, do not think / can bc mlstakcn
could algo see, as believe, TINT tho article was
tempered ~ des!re on tho part OF yout paper 10
do VI no Injustice and yet 80 strongly mastJhe IN.
fornant havo stated and urged his sided nfor.
nation, that oven your friendly willingness to do
the lust was led Into fow errors toward III.
Let me call your attention to an act Of gsoss In.
psopnet{ on ths part q shts. one 2. yoai Inform:
partly taken has been filed with the Court In Iowa;
bnt tor tho convenience Of COUNSEL printed copies,
At private sHpenss, have been made Of thas tsss!.
guarded al q tnatter Of professional etiquette.
Mhooyss, was favored With q eopy va. supposed TO
It, and In lhc boiof of a understanding the pro.
6Seas& Il t6Is Understanding. and shows AZ ssseat
Tbs nit thing that struck me wss tho rroml.
nencc given to tho statement that AIlcn Stephens
e. sn he 70 ssiss sss w. IT. s ST. ss :bau ta1t
,nyssii M sm Witt @ sSfa tsat
nae af securities that would hsyc been resoueca
oi large amount to that asm IN c1so Of need; 10.
as, s W. m TO- Il hs
Iut It surely & enough without all this, when We
stale We eau cali on some hundreds Of dspostors
al through tho West to vef'fy thts stasemeat,-
thNk A11rn 6tDblrnX 4 In. mid thOAN tlHnnAffnfN
IN full. principal and intere.t, On demand ~
Second, thc!e was statemsnt that we tloatsd on
t., L. sasst Il ''p M uspsey eass5
pafk pofk, and rot = !any othsf tlmo. Y va I'll
hss sworn twics thas Il va to raise money tor H.
+. MurpieY 4 Co.. to pack pork with, H., i.
Aurphey,s attorney lssuea circular ,,.syln1 be had
ceeds wcrs withheld from him bY Air. Allen. Tho
y !Pa to set,s Gs i9S Ssiis s e
Mr.. Stephens md l. under oath, both say the paper
wax sent ns to DO sold ~ pork papor to pacx pork
seass H. chaanssy osca wba.s uss
wn. coupled with ours In this ,copnectlou, TO hs
entirely ssce from any knowlsdss that The u. +,
tAs best Of basnsss paper. We believed II arch
paper.
H0l}Q say ~ 10 any 01A6f ln1lnHAti0h& ABOUT
Allen, Stephens It Co.. that they arc equally nall
cous and untrue.
Every edo1s d. been nsds to create sa impro...,
that Mr. Allen had. 1t setvcs : rnscally purpose
NothlRg, however, as mora false, Tho cook County
National Nank's hooks to.day show $1lkh AT .4j
TO The credit OF Allen, Stephens y 70. after
5000. 600 was franaulently taken ont Of tho &C.
! count by Mr. Alien by ample cross .antrtos, to
mark OF :hB perxpnai dcbta to tho bank. NeseTsu
this {fof the hank did not pay thst tnonoyl, and
fhsiF OWN looks show our c1Ah a4T1ncGs to la
$7GI, H. It was $00d, 1la.v7, hut wo cred
ttod then With pFucreds OF papeE ndolacd by them
and discounted on Our tnaoTsemtht. Much OF this
Wa never raid+ 10 that on tho 1st OF February,
1878, our clatM against tho Cook County NAtl0nal
Hank was over $isB, GOO. We paid their checks
drawn on Now fork tn cxeeas Of any rem!stanccs
from thera. This was ao!Ed cash; not traps, had
bills feeetsabfo. mostgages on ioMa real ssttto,
wcsa ths peoplo gotten AWAY With. OF coursc
there arc assertions on the part of the wrong.
doeEs, such ~ How could they do thls-they had
no Money-thsfp WA no capital In thc1r buainc:a,
\ etc.. etc. We au,p1y make one answos-,we dtt!
do It. and every assertion to The contrary Ia absa-
| tutc fnlseh0od. Allen, Stephens i Cas- eredit
| was high enough to have enabled thcn 10 borrow
/ sn thelF own name mLlllon dolAra bad they te-
N0w. / have no wish to enter into = controversy
Ia the newspapers, but II noeetsary asn ready to
do no. and thlnk have s1.tlciant fact ~ to ths
acts u certain malicious people to mako the public
| ses them In right tlflt.
right 10 mako In your paper our sids should
| 10 glAd to have you make. am very truly y0usa
| II. klENNKHH ANakfr.