Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-11-25
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The foIisvinQ letter, received jester
day. viIl explain itself
sAx FRAscspo. Nov. ls, lsps5.

day. viIi explain itself
sAx FRAscIsoo. Nov. ls, 1885.
EDTroa PosT- lxTKLLI0EscKs-
Ia your Issue Of the 3i ultino, Just
at baud. ve notice 9 card over the sig
natsre Of Thomas Grant, rsdec'ina
apon cor CON papies. the Springfield
and Merchants, 80 well as ups os md
vI1asliy, and a. the facts therein given
are Bos truly stated, we :, guest that you
xiii correct that card. not only as
matter Of iastIce TO rs and TO onr eoD-
psni. 9. bnE as our night IN the matter
TIE coUpspies named have never
dseliosd TO pay Mr.. Grants loss, Dor
have they or ze been iatefvieved by
s1ne one appointed By Nr Grant, IS BE
states. The fac. ID the policies were
issaed ia direct cisubeoience to the
companies instrsctiors, and the only
part that Va have taken Was simply 10
demant on h-hslf - the computes.
iussn q % - Mr. CIR INT 10 .de cl aim
-1ca Information as IL rig lisIte nader
tie terms Df oar polIcies.
Tie Insinu uiOn thrown oct 10 the
closing pr. g--pa of taat card As to
"aels, and ssiudling' oDs policy hold
n. and therefore sp; TO do tue same
ait7 otper-, Il = "siur" tnat ve cannot
p-imIt To pss' without = reply. and de-
maud not ouly firm y urseif, "a the
Uaslisher of tnIs paper, bot Of Mr..
Grant also, thai this Insinu ition ne
xithdr4wn. and our good name, At least
AZ xeil As that Of the com gauy'-, be
ciear=d Of sucn charges before tue poo
iIc Of yonr ierrIturs. inasm1ea a. they
are unxsrrsnred. unjust, and nctilrd
for. as tos f,oEs viii -nos upon exanl-
nation. We await this correction. and
remain, respectfully yours,
Jacobs & EAsTos.
Inasmuch as Messrs. J. ID. LoEman
and n. B. Colt Of this city we're acting
as agents for the com panIes represe nted
by ,cobs 4 Eastoo. a reporter allied
on Mr. Lovmsn and handed him the
letter. After reading il Mr.. l. vman
said: 1.-The st.tement 10 the letter that
the policies urre issaed IN direct dis
obedience TO the companies instrue-
TONS Is absolutely false and ma iciOus.
fhe statement that the agents of the
companies named have never declined
TO pay Mr.. Graut's lo,s, IL eq1allV false
When Captain Grant met With bis loss
We telegraph at onos TO the agents.
and have since oorrrspondsd with them
regarding 10. In fact ve have abso-
iotely refused TO write policies for
either of the said companies until Cap
tain Grants losses are paid. Ia regard
to Jacob. 4 EsstonsvaniinR more iafor-
m4tIon regarding the loss, 1t IL only
necessary to state that a duplicate copy
Of the facts on which she Poo nix paid
$50 o and the Commercial 5000 vas
sent to Jacobs 4 Easton, besides all 9th
or facts with regard to the loss that
could be obtained. The conditions in
the policies issued b7 companies repre-
sented by j tcobs & Easton are just the
same a. the conditions In the policies
who's have been paid By the Poe nix
and Comnercial companies on the
same los. Since doing business foi the
agency of ] ,cobs d Easton We have sent
them Hver $l5 0OO, aud the burniog of
the Wildwood II the hrst loss We have
had which amounted to over 500, and
low thew refuso to pay the Wiidwood's
loss of $500. Why. In enc month We
did xl2l9 cash business for jacobs d
Esston, and yoa can imagine how We
feel when they humbug around and
have to be sued bsfare they will pay an
honest loss of $500. 80 far as their
dem md to your payer and Captain
Grant for a retraotIon is concerned, |
have nothing To say, except that know
the Posi- lSTEI.LIoENcER 10 not much of
a hand at retractions, and al Captain
Thomas Grant Is tue injured party in
the ease. don't think be will retract
very much"