Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-23
What 7zr. 0lu,stcad Says.


/ iItu!} and relieve himself from the cloud OF
| doubt that now hangs around him IN this counec-
| tiOn CITIZEN
What 3Er. 0luistcad Says.
NO TRUTH II TIE CHARGES AGAINST HIM.
! Mr. John F. Om5tcai, the nominee for District
Commissioner, said last evening to STAR re-
port +, waeR asked what reply he had to make TO
me chr es made against him IN various quarters
"Tl-re Is not one ScintiIll of trut.i I'm any OF
tac7c charges The publ alton in the New York
81" tac ether day. think it was Wednesday, was
SIM ny a f'petnoa or what III. SINE paper pub
lI5'td n year, ago in regard to K;lbourn. The
| oalS dif ir"nca between the present publication
AM the former one is that my name has been
Substituted for that Of Kilbourn Why, when
those charges were made against Klbourn, had
no interest whatever in the firm OF Klibourn &
Lttta; was simply clerk, an employee o. tie
Hs'h, am WIS not at all responsible for
any OF tIefr acts, whether they were right or
W:2a2; | do rot mean by that to cast the slight
est REJECTION upon the firm. l think they were
riga! all the time"
Have not other charges been brought up
against you beiore the Senate District committee?n
inquired the reporter.
SO far as know, there has not been a paper
lnU thare III ling Hle, except anonymous com
hnuhlcatloii>- No man has dared put his 81 snaura
- any charge against he. Here Is one, slid Mr.
oI1HsI2 id. taking paper from his pocket; "the
only one OF which have copy"
MR. oLMSTEAD AND THE BRICK COMPANY.
Iais document WIS an anonymous conmunca
ton alleging Irregular conduct on the part OF Mr..
Otm5tead as president OF the Washington Brick
Machine company, in procuring loan from man
Eamei Pepper, having by sharp practice secured
the appointment or a trustee Objectionable to Mr.
Pepper, and asserting that on account of this Mr..
OhlSteid was deDoSed as pre- jident OF the COM
pany. Judge Wylie was mentioned as the judge to
whose notice the matter was brought Ga the back
OF the paper was written a statement by inager
fNA Rri.lI
rns by permission TO Judge Wylie, to the eff ect
thar The ASSERTIONS male IN the anonymous COM
munlcatOn We're maliciously false.
"Thlt was my answer to that," said Mr.. Ohm
5,ead, referring u Mr.. HO0rOoh's statement; sani
had It placed in the han1s OF the Senator from
Won got THIS paper within an hour after he
81 remained president of the company" said Mr.
O.niStead "until four months after that, when
hld 10 leave the city On account OF other business
engagements
ATTEMPT TO BLACKMAIL HIM.
"Here," continued Mr.. Olmstead. laughing, sas
another thing which got to-day, and which shows
WHIT candidate for Office has to stlnd" This
Was a letter signed by female newspaper cor
respondent, setting forth that she knew certain
unpleasant facts which were about to be printed
In weekly paper, represented to have enormous
circulation, ard stating that she might ''engage
to keep 1t OUT" if Mr.. OlmStead saw fit to deal
with her.
That" said Mr. Olmstead, "appears to me to
be plain case OF DlackmailIng thought, when
first read 1t, that would turn it over to Nc
Dewitt, but showed it to friend, who advised
me not to pay any attention to it. So, 1 suppose
this story will be printed"
MR. OLNSTEAD AND THE STAR RoUTERs
"There are statements IL de to your prejudice I"
remarked the reporter, that you are connected
with the star route men, and that you are one OF
Brady's bondsmen."
''That is not true" said Mr.. Olmstead. 81 am
not on any bond for Mr. Brady. Ihave no con-
nection with star route men. never knew Brady
until about three months before he left office
have known Senator Dorsey for some years He
came from the same town In Vermont where my
father was born Some years ago Senator Dorsey
asked me TO go on a bond for friend OF his at a
letting, but refused, telling him that it was part
OF our partnership contract that no member OF
the firm should go on bond. To tell you
Star route is don't Know what You mean m' bv
an expedited route. haven't read word OF the
testimony In the case. Hike good fellow when
meet him. have never asked myself whether
they We're star route men or what they WERE so
sort OF oasis In the desert OF human nature to
meet good conpaniOnable man. 1 met Brady
and he seemed to take liking to me. have
known John A. Walsh for several years, and have
been very friendly with him. He is very clever.
smart fellow. With Brady and Walsh you have
the antipodes OF the star route case M. sir.
nave never had any connection with the star route
case.'' N'0
1.-The court records" said the reporter, "show it
him."
"Yes," said Mr. Olmstead, 81 went on the first
bond for his appearance. Lewis Clephane. n W.
Fitzgerald and A. L. Roach went on it with me I
went OF 1t just as would go on bond for YOU or
any other man who got into scrape and wanted
TO keep out OF the station house. Mr.. Brady was q
friend OF mine; but have connection what
ever with any star route case. AS said before I
do not know what star route is. There is ar.
other thing about the statements made against
me which Is worthy OF notice. Ia this brick ma
n.Aff and hi
matter not one person Interested has ever ey.
pressed the slightest dissatisfaction. The charges
come from persons who have no interest In the
matter whatever. No member OF the brick ma
chine company has complained against me- and
none OF the gentlemen whose money was invested
10 the real estate pool has expressed any dssatis-
faction. You know 1t is charged that the firm
failed to divide"
1.-THE SUIT OF SUNDERLAND AND HILLYER
against your firm has been brought up against
you," said the reporter.
"That suit is In court" said Mr. Olmstead: .the
bill In equity was flied In the New York sun four
days before 1t was filed In court We have taken
all the testimony in the case. They have ex.
amined witnesses, and we are satisfied to let the
case go as 1t stands. Ne think that we have
proved our case by their testimony and our cross
examination They charge us with having made
$4,000 on the sale OF one square to them. That is
true They charge us with having made sums of
money on other sales to them; that is true. This
| bill sets forth that we were their 0trusted
agents. That is not true in the sense in
| tended in the bill This bill would repre-
sent US as having undertaken to do
acts which would be reprObated as against public
policy, and that Is to act the trusted agent of
both partleS-bOth the vendor and the purchaser
| engaging to make the best bargain possible for
both. They wanted us to get property at the low
est price possible for them and to secure our COM
mission from the party selling It. In the event OF
our not being able TO get our commission from the
party selling. We were to get the property at as
! low price as possible, and they would pay the
commission. Now asa matter or fact they were not
our customers. We never got cent of their money
as commission except $3.50, for piece orproperty
which we bought for them directly. they never
said anything about these transactions for Years
| Then getting poor, and the property having
| gone down, Hillyer got hold o. the records and
finding out how much we had paid for the prop
| erty 1t made him sore.
Now about that sa5, 0o0e That was made on a
piece of property which began to negotiate for
In 1865; six years before Sunderland and Hillyer
bought IT. Finally, early IN 1872 we made an oer for
tt,of $4,000, which was accepted Two months later
they asked what they could buy that square for,
and Mr.. Kflbourn said they could have 1t for
SOS 0Oo. Afterwards they came to me and asked
me, and told them that they could have It at the
figure which Mr. Ktlbourn had named. They said
at once, I'VE win take It" They paid $4,000