Omaha daily bee., 1882-12-02
TELEGRAPH TALK.

TELEGRAPH TALK.
The Western Unions Fight with Gar
rett Some Afndavite.
Special Dispatch 10 THr Br,.
NEW YORK, December 1.-The
following letter and accompanying
aaadavits best explain themselves:
ExeourrvE OrFIcE, \
WESTERN UNION TELEeaArH Co., !
New YORK, Dec. LIST, 1882.
10 abe President OF the Corn and Flour Exchange,
Baltimore, Md.
DEAR SIR: To-day's papers contain
q statement from Garrret, in reply 10
my recent communication addressed
to you. You will observe that he
now abandons the inference that he
gained his information from Mr.. Pen.
der, or the managers of the Direct
United States Gable company, which
II was plainly his intsntion to convey
in his first statement, and puts the
responsibility for this charge ON an
irresponsible receiving clerk in the
company's employ. he does this on
the strength of the statement OF Mr.
Price, the Baltimore & Ohio railroad
manager in New York city,
who says he went to tho Direct
United States lCable Office
to see Mr.. Ward and make inquiry of
him, and that In the absence of Mr..
Ward he made his inquiry Of a gem
tleman in the receiving department
who gave him the information in
question. As soon as this became
know to me Mr.. Hrmstone, Of the
superiutendent's office of this COM
company, was directed to call on Mr..
Price and ascertain from him the name
of his informant AZ Mr.. Price had
stated in his published In lis affidavit
he was prepared to give the name il
desired. He, however, declined to do
so. We thersupon Intercepted all
the employees Of the Office, the result
of which Interrogation is best given in
the aubioined afidavits. Respect
fully,
(Signed,) NonvrS GREEN,
President.
CITY nd C ulty OF New York, SIS.
Charles E. Merritt, Frank Nichols,
John Ii. Fleming, Michael j. O'Leary,
clerks, and James Brown, manager,
employed in tho receiving department.
of the Central cable office, 16 Broad
street, New York, being severally
duly sworn, each for himself deposes
and says: / am employed in said office
and have been 30 employed since prior
to August 1st, 1882. I have read the
statements mentioned in the letter of
John w. Garrett, as published in to.
days New York Herald, concerning
information said to have been obtained
by @. w. Price from q gentleman in
said off co. as follows: "Under this in.
struction from Nv. Stewart I went at
once to the ofice OF Mr.. Ward,
l6 Broad street, city of New York,
and upon inquiry was informed Mr..
Ward vas not in the city. / then
down stairs into the receiving depart.
mept, from which at that time and
since all cablegrams we're received !
ard iraprMittrd, .saad +A4sa snry . e.~.l
tleman with whom I was acquainted,
and whose name I am ready to give II
desired, who at the time was In the
OF that receiving department.
/ made Of him the i.qniry which I
had been directed to make, and I was
Informed by him that our cables would
be sent direct from that office to the
Office without having to 20
the Western Union main Of
ice, at 1876 Broadway, but with the
understanding that if these cable.
grams should contain anything affect.
ing the Western Union in any way, it
would be the privilege of that compa.
ny to inspect them"
| never, on the OCCASION referred to,
on any other occasion. informed
Mr.. Price or anyone else that there
vas any understanding or suggestion
hat the Western Union company had
,r in any manner claimed or exercised (
he privilege of inspecting cable mes /
ages, whether the same contained [
'nything affecting the Western Union (
n otherwise.
As q matter of fact, the Western I
Jnion Telegraph company has never,
o my knowledge, exercised the right l
# inspection or supervision of con. 1
ents of messages, and l have nsver
,nown of any officer, servan or agent |
4 the Western Union company, or
nyone else, claiming or exercising
such right, and l, said John Ii.
further depose that l am
ersonally acquainted with said q. w.
rice, and have occasionally seen him J
a said Office. / remember having had J
ONE casual talk with him about the !
tanner in which cable messages were '
transmitted and delivered through ,
aid office, that / never said TO him or v
nyone else at that or any other time, 8
nything Of the kind indicated in the a
from Mr.. Prices statement q
8 above quoted, nor anything which +
ould bear such construction as that
ne Western Union Telegraph com. e
any or any person connected there. Ii
18th, had claimed or exercised any 4
rivelege, inspecting or scrutinizsd :
10 contents of cable messages. I"
(Signed.)
JAMES Brown,