The daily gazette., 1882-03-14
DoRsEY.s DENVER Arronsnr. II FORM

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.IIt, IL ---a nor biuutS
THE STAR ROUTE EX-SENATOR REFusEs
TO PAY FOR HIS SERVICES AND coN-
cEALs HIMsELR IN wAsHINeToN TO
EvADE SERVICES. ' "
From the Denver. Col, Tribune. March 8.
Among DorseyA, ass stants in the
West was one Frank w. Wilcox, who
= sided In Oregon. Wilcox, IN siding
the expediting schemes, had expended
considerable Of his own money. He had
also been promised certain smOnpyshfor
services. Dolssy had failed to either
make good the expenditures or pay the
agreed salary. Wilcox had retained the
letters Of advice and agreement Which
Dorsey had seut him from Washing ton.
When Wilcox insiated on the payment
Of these sums Doney asserted that the
man was q black-mailer and the claims
we're fraudulent. Then Wilcox mt
these claims against Dorsey in the hands
oF Portland (Oregon) attorney for col
Lection. They 10 luIn committed them
10 q Denver legal firm for the reason
that service could be better had In this
State. Suit was Instituted IN the Dis
t9ict Court Of, ArapAhoe Couuty,land
through the courtesy Of the plaintiff at
torney the 1Tt6uhe reporter gained access
TO the letters which were held as evidence
of ,Dorsey'S.E bargaIniDg.IE Some % the
cpmmun catiops were written upon Sem
ate Chamber letter beads. They mostly
contalned suggestions as to themaaDer
10 which 'expedltinR" Cf routPs
50 hid be urged through local and pt lit
ical inhusEces, and delaile 4 the H. ur 8 10
0e placed npou increased CONTRACTS. d In
some lbs aDces ths writ r inss ,ad that
t1e coDtrac should not be filed at
" asbiOgtoD, the words being heavily
underscSred. Qge Of the letters cOD.
e ned promise to pay Wilcox So a day
for his services, I Nh 4I4
The publication of the tIcls in the
Tribune was telegraphsd ithroughout
She land by the Ass 5ciaied Press, 4 and
the second day following there came
from Portland q report from Wilcox
CONFIRMING all that had been said and
adding many new links to the chain.
Subsequently Postmaste General James
and Attorney-General MacVeah tele-
graphed TO Postmaster Byers, at Denver
to obtain, Hpossi6le, the letters IN the |
possession Of MJlcOx's attorneys The
request came too late,. however, as Dor |
sey With hls characteristic cunning, had |
ALREADY s.cuced them through the Hon.
ChhrR ". Wright, an attorney of this |
city. The claims Of Wilcox had been
satb f4ctorlly settled and the letters had
been turned over to Mr.. Wright only a
rev moments before MIR. .Byes made
app ieatlon for their poss don. II |
could not be learned at the time wheth-
or DolssV had recovered the letters, hut
It Il fair 70, presume that Mr.. Z Wright |
had simply acied as agent Eorhim in The
matter, and the pnblie was DOT slow to
conelude that such had been. the case.
Mr.. Wright has lust lfethtnel from I
Washington, and was met yesterday by
Tribune reporter. "Mhat became If |
those 1lsttersfp be Ieehoed, after receiver
ing ffom q spell ofisileuee induced by
the suddenness Of the question. ] swell,
copldn't say, but presume that they
were destroyed by Dorsey long ago; / |
knoF they were, delivered TO himP,' |
''Dih be pay for their recovery?r UOh,
yes, but not until he was compelled to
oOel thing that is interesting d to me,
how ever, is his refusal to pay me the
fee for the setvice.o 5.,5'J r5 53U,l
Having been requested to give his az.
peridnce with the Dotoliously disbonps
statesman. Mr.. Wright reciLed the fol-
lowing: 81 was wlied in the first place
ar"quest to pay Of, The claid 8 and OBJ
tain the letters. did go. paying also
the costs and attorneys fees. Then L |
Wlreq the information to Dorsey that |
mac 1he letters and had paid so mu.h
money for them0 He replied that the
amount had been placed to my credit at !
washington, subject 70 sight draft. i
for rW4rded the letters and made the
qnalti II camei back protested, and I |
pad the protest te' 8. Some time later,
,et bad no end of trouble In crowd
ing Dorsey TO it, the draft was paid, but
leas The protest f5es. s5et,-5.ii'i
Then l communicated with the
friend through whom had received
the original lIustruolions to ac', asking
# N had done business for Dorsey. and
If for him. should l charge for SER
vices, and how much should 4 that
charge be 7 In reply, he said that /
snoniq pyr all means charge, and, In
his Judgment $1,000 was reasonable
for the services performed. l wrote
Dorsey inclOsipg bill fer that amount
and requested that he remit. He
never acknowledged that or a subse-
quent letter which sent him. At the
instigation OF this same friend 1 put
the matter into the hands of New
York attorneys. They sent man to
Dorsey who presented the bill. The
latter denied his identity, saying that
he didn't know the man Dorsey, and,
Furthermore, didn't want to be taken
for him. The attorneys agent was
assured By the clerk at the hotel
where the meeting occurred thar 1t
was Dorsey he had spoken to, and
again the agent addressed Dorsey,
stating that nnless he paid the bill
suit would be Immediately Instituted
for the recovery of the money. Then
Dorsey acknowledged that he was tho
Senator himself, and wrote, on the b
back Of the note, Addressing my at>
torneysI: sPresent the bill to Judge
Cottrell aud he VIII pay it," aiL
ass0ne of my attorneys went, to Cot Il
trell. BE said that people from all