The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-23
of the Hon. DICK THOMPSON, in his own

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draviul uu tisrcnoiia lot which utoi -soual service
YOU carlrd i,U you never had relations Of any Lind
with thr i.i,' orth. r0vncc and Western Company
a. it, repre-, hLtiso.t
Thstsit ST. Sever had an, thing more to do with
ucm N.,ct sucw nStlins more about thcir affairs
% 81. pu-in- tic,r interests in thc dcpartmcntsH
b" No sir itiri INV memorial With The Commissioner
~ Indian \nnit- Nr,cr troubled my self any
went right away aud cii the matter forever Forgot all
about it, cNccpi that they dnin'l pay Inc.
IL was difficult to reconcile the positive
statement of the dc fdcio Secretary Of the
Navy with the appearance Of his name on u
list never intended to bc sccn save by those
chnrgcd with the work of paying the bride
money promised by the Leavcnworth. Paw
nee and Western Company, and rcnuncrat-
ing the brihing agents for their services in
the lobby. For this reason, il is somewhat
unfortunate that the Hon. DICK THOMPSON
omitted 60 explain that he did have subsc-
qurnt relations with STONE, IsAACS, and
MCDOWELL, the representatives of this con-
ccrn. The character of those relations was
such that one would hardly suppose that
the Hon. RICHARD could have forgotten
them. If so interesting chapter in an art
less career hns escaped his memory, we are
glad TO be able to supply the forgotten facts.
The Hon. DICK THOMPSON did not allow
himself to be- showed out of his 5000 fee
without kicking. When he found that the
pay for his purely professional services was
not forthcoming, he brought n suit against
Mcdowell, IsAAcs, and STONE the third
party, Of whose existence lie has u dim rec
objection. but whose name he cannot now
remember To spare these gentlemen the
pain of exposure as dcfrnudcrs and showers
Il
suit in his own name, but put ii in that OF
WILLIAM r. mexican. Il Tcrrc Hautc neigh
Dor Of his, to whom he made an assignment
Of the claim Then DICK THOMPSON nUbly
took up the cause Of his assignee, and acted
in the double capacity of Tcrrc IIautc at
torncy for the plaintiff and principal and
only witness ON the plaintiff side.
II Is indeed strange that Mr.. THOMPSON
should have forgotten this vcxatious law
suit, for it dragged along in the courts for
fifteen years, causing him great deal Of
swearing both prcfancly and in his capacity
a. witness The action was brought in the
supreme Court Of New York State and is
still unsettled. When he plaintively re-
marked To our correspondent, Z" | wish some
body would pay me my 5000 he wished
for an impossible thing, since he had signed
away his claim fifteen years before. II the
5000 should now be paid. the money would
be MCkLANs, not THOMPsoN's. IL is this
circumstance that leads W. to infer that all
remembrance Of the lawsuit must have cs-
capped the Hon. RICHARD W. THOMPSON \
mind, driven out, perhaps, by the anNietes
inseparable from his position in a Fraudu-
lent Administration.
The purely legal service rendered the cor
ruptionists by the good old man from Indi
ana consisted In the preparation Of memo
rial to CALEB B. SMITH of Indiana, Secretary
of the Interior. The memorial embodied n
rcfrcshingly audacious proposition to the
Government from the LcaNenw"rth, Pawnce
and Western Railroad. The Delaware tribe
Of Indians owned lands IN Kansas which the
railroad company wanted. BY n treaty be-
tween the Indians and the Government the
road might take the lands at their properly
appraised value by paying into the Treasury
| the purchase money in gold or silver, to be
| held by the Government IA a trust fund for
the benefit of the tribe. The railroad had nei-
| ther gold nor silver, hut il lacked not brass.
DICK THoMPSoN's purely professional me-
| mortal proposed that the Government allow
the road To take 100000 acres of the poor
| Indians land and instead OF paying for it
in coin, pay in bonds secured by mortgage
on lOOOUO of the acres taken II was true
| that If the bonds were driauted, the Indians
| would los" lil0NO acres outright; but they
would get back the 100000 mortgaged, and
much valuable experience in the ways Of
| civilization To- boot. Besides this, the hon
est ilnancicrs who managed the road were
! too much interested in the grand work 81
civiizing the red men and developing the
resources of Kansas to think for a moment
of defaultng their bonds.
BY putting this proposition on papor--in
a purely professional way-thc Hon. DICK
THOMPSON rendered 10 the managers Of the
road the service for which he was to receive
S5.OoO. This was liberal pay for the work,
providing it had been paid. The memorial
covered ten pages Of fools,ap paper The
ideas. arguments. and good deal Of the
| language were furnished Ia the professional
gentleman by STONE, IsAACs and Mellow
ELL. They even went 80 far as 10 make a
complete draft OF the memorial, which
they pat into DICK THoNPsoS's possessiou
for him to copy out in good bold hand, in
sertng the necessary legal plra-coogy, and
improving the rhetoric here and there. II
is pleasant 10 know that the icgbility Of the
Hon. DICK THoMPSoN's handwriting and tho
correctness of his grammar and rhetoric
were 50 highly estimated by his employers
that they were willing 10 paw him at the
rate Of $500 per foolscap page, Few lawyer
are 50 fortunate in their clients.
We ought to say her" that Mrssrs. STONE
GsAAc5, and MCDOWELL understood that
DICK lHOMPsoN's services were Co he some