The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-09-17
THE AGoSIEs HE SUFFERED.

THE AGoNIEs HE SUFFERED.
AUGUSTA Me-, Sth November, 1871.
Ny DEAR ME- FIsHER-I am pressed daily
for the bonds. which up to this time ] have
never been able to deliver. 1 feel assured of
your friendly disposition toward me, and
therefore do not wish to seem importunate
and troublesome, but if you knew the ago.
mics have suffered in this matter during the
past six months you would pity me. Pray
let me know what am to expect. Yours
very sincerely, j. G. BLAINE.
Warren Fisher. Jr.. Esq.
BosToN, November 10, 1871.
Ny DEAR BLAME am in receipt of your
favor of the Sth inst. from which l am led
to infer that the contracts l made through
you to your Eastern friends have not been
fulfilled on my part but such is not the fact
as l have delivered each and every one of
them all the securities in accordance with
the contracts, and they have surrendered to
me my obligations. remain with kind re-
CARDS, WARREN FISHER.
"a FAVOR I SHALL NEVER FORGET"
lConhdential.I
WASHINGTON, d. c., April 16, 1876.
Ny DEAR Mr. F1sHER-You can do me
great favor and l know it will give you
pleasure to do SO, just as I would do for you
under similar circumstances. Certain per-
sons and papers are trying to throw mud at
cinnati Convention, and you may observe
they are trying it in connection with the
Little Rock and Fort Smith matter. l want
you to send me letter such as the inclosed
draft You will receive this tomorrow
Monday evening, and it will be favor
shall never forget if you will at once write
me the letter aud mail the same evening.
The letter Is strictly true, is honorable to you
and to me, and will stop the mouths of
slanderers. Regard this letter as strictly
confidential. Do not show it to any one.
The draft is in the hands of my clerk, who is
as trustworthy as any man can be. If you
can't get the letter written in season for the
8 o'clock mail to New York, please be sure
to mail it during the night, so that it will
start first mail Tuesday morning; but if
possible pray you to get it in the O'Clock
mail Monday evening. Kind regards to
Mrs. Fisher. Sincerely, J. G. B.
Burn this letter.
Endorsed on the back: "Not knowing your
exact address L send this to the Park House
in order that it may (nct) be subjected to
any danger in the hands of a carrier.
81. G. B."
The WESTERN UNION TELEGAPH Co.
DATED WASHINGTON, ID. c., 1876.
Received at 9:44, April 16.
To WARREN FISHER, CoMMoSwEALTH Ho-
TEL-Please go Parker House tomorrow
(Monday) evening on arrival morning mail
from New York, find letter. Answer by re-
turn man j. G. BLAINE.
19D.H "Sm."
THE DRAFT OF THE LETTER.
The following is the Enclosure referred to
in the preceding letter:
Hon. James G, Blaine, Washington, d. G.:
DEAR SIR observe that certain news
papers are making, or rather insinuating, the
absurd charge that you owned or had owned
$4,000 of Little Rock and Fort Smith Rail-
road bonds, and that you had in some way
obtained them as gratuity, The enterprise
of building the Little Rock and Fort Smith
Railroad was undertaken in 1869 by COM
pany Of Boston gentlemen. of whom was
myself one. The bonds of the road were put
upon the market in this city on what we
deemed very advantageous terms. You
were purchaser of about $4,000
of the bonds on pre- cisely the same
terms that every other buyer received, pay
ing for them in installments running over a
considerable period, just as others did. The
transaction was perfectly open, and there
was no more secresy in regard to it than if
you had been buying -four or sugar. am
sure you never owned bond of the road that
you did not pay for at the market rate. In
deed, / am sure that no one received bonds
on any other terms. When the road got into
financial difficulties, and loss fell upon you,
you still retained your bonds. and you held
them clear through to the reorganization of
the company in 1874 exchanging them for
stock and bonds of the new company. You
acquired, also, some new demands against
the new company by reason of your having
joined with Others in raising some money
when the company was in pressing need.
For the recovery OF that money proceedings
are now pending in the United
States Circuit Court in Arkansas, to
which you are openly party of
record. CoDcealment of the invest
ment and everything connected with it
would have been very easy had concealment
been desirable but your action in the whole
matter vas as open and as fair as the day.
VIII, the original enterprise failed 1 knew
with hat severity the pecuniary loss fell
upon you, and with what integrity and
nerve you met it. Years haying elapsed, it
seems rather hard that at this late day to be
compelled to meet SANDER in a matter
where your conduct was in the highest de.
| gree honorable and straightforward. You
| may use this letter in any way that will be
Of service to you. Very sincerely yours,
W. f., Jr.
The words Indeed am sure that no one
received bonds on any other terms were in
terliDed in the foregoing letter in Mr..
| Blaines own handwriting.
CONCERNING BLAINE and the dodge he made