The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-10-15
Dear BOnsbrAks. Topeka. Kansas:

/ OehE 6oneorAkoS TopeLA3 AAnSabs
Ishonld have written to you sooner.
| but have not been able TO do SO until
the present. Ihsve made the mistake of
my life, I went into q cattle organIza-
| ton without consulting my father or
any one else. Everything looked tAir 20
me, and was sure 1 would realize
| largely from the investment. On Sstur-
day, the day left Topeka, two Of the
men belonging to the oreaniEation came
TO Topeka and represented that the at
fairs of the company were such that IN
less went down Immediately they, as
well as myself, would lese all that we
had invested. I knew if lost what
| had put in It would ruin me financially,
so Determined to let the King cattle
go, and try to save what had in that
Organization. thinking that should be
able, in less than q week. 70 ship enough
cattle to pay every cent OF my indebted
ness, but in this have been disappoint-
ed. It ls unnecessary for me TO write
you the particulars st this time.
II want TO assure you that
every cent OF my Indebtedness
shall be made good. Please see father
and tell him owe you $500, and it may
be that he can let me have this money
for short time. TO pay you. hope yeu
Will not censure me too strongly for
what I have done. In regard TO my
sstchel, when I decided to go south /
changed my money from satchel to per-
son, and in the excitement forgot il and
left it on the platform. did not &c to
the depot in . hack, but walked and
went alone as have done many times
before. l can almost imagine that I
control the hack line of Topeka, from
what has been reported. I never paid
d
letter for father; please send il to him.
send this letter by friend who IL going
70 Kansas City. Yours truly,
T. P. BR0WN.
- October 1, 1885.
DEAR FATHER-The course l have
taken has ruined me. can now see If
had consulted you that would not be in
the condition that / now am. That
company which appears as such mystery
has ruined me. expected when went
Into it that would realize largely from
the investment but made the mistake
of my life. My money is gone and am
not able to meet nv obligations to those
who have trusted me. may yet get q
part of the investment back but l can
say TO you that every dollar of my H.
debtedness shall be paid. The reason
that did not tell you about the matter
much trouble 70 nothing. did what
thought was for the best. hope you
will forgive me for the great wrong.
You shall have every dollar of your
money, just as soon as ! get in shape,
am in hopes TO save something from the
wreck. When saw you last in Topeka
on Saturday expected then to ship the
King cattle and then go down and ship
four-nundred of the company's cattle.
About 5 O'Clock I met in Topeka two of
the men belonging to this company who
represented things IN light that made
it necessary to abandon the King cattle.
Now in regard to the King cattle,
wish TO say you though that had paid
entirely to much for them. You said
publicly that would loose two thous-
and dollars. This may have been the
case. The cattle would have undoubted-
ly lost money, but would have lost
nothing In the transaction There were
men behind this matter that would have
made the loss good, and In the end
would have made money out of the
transaction. l can not explain this mat
ter more fully at this time. I see by the
papers that my disappearance has caused
great excitement at Topeka / regret
this exceedingly. should have written
you sooner, but 1 have not been able 20
90 SO until the present. nave read the
statement of Jim Dustan. He appears on
paper to be bosom friend of mine.
Now wish to say there Is not a word oil
truth in what he says in regard to my
being In Topeka on Sunday, or of his
knowing of my whereabouts. l never
had directly or indirectly any communi.
cations with him in regard to this affair."
and what he says in regard TO what I
told HIM in reference tn Bertha is a lie.
1 will write you more fully soon.
As ever.
F. p. BROWN.
shall write 10 all the parties that I
owe as soon as am able to do so. none
Of them will lose anything. F. P. B.