Los Angeles herald., 1890-11-01
NOT A FORGERY,
Colonel Markham Wrote the
Chinese-Irish Letter.
Justice Anderson Speaks Right
to the Point on 1t.
The Liars Nailed to the Cross of
1gn0miny Forever.
Other Political Points of Interest as the
Campaign Draws to the Close All
Over the State.


out OF money, and in which he uses
language so foul that it cannot be repro
duced, a HERALD reporter last night in
terviewed Judge Anderson, of Anderson,
Fitzgerald & Anderson, as to the authen-
ITCHY of the letter, with the following
results:
Interview of Judge Anderson, of the
Firm of Anderson, Fitzgerald & An
derson.
Reporter-Judge Anderson, will YOU
tell us what you know concerning the
famous ''old pard' letter of Col. Mark
ham?
Judge Anderson-I have no objection
to stating the facts as they came to my
knowledge. Our firm was employed to
bring the suit OF Hallock ct al. VS.. Mark
ham. The management of the case fell
to me. About six months before the
suit came on for trial, DR.. Conger visited
Milwaukee, and on his return brought
copies of number of letters that had a
bearing upon the case. These letters
purported to be written by Col. III. Ii.
Markham to a number of persons. The
Importance OF these letters was apparent
to me. There was a suit connected with
the same matter, pending in Milwaukee,
in which Messrs. Wells, Bingham & Up
ham were the attorneys of DR.. Minor,
who had sued Markham. That firm
had possession of the original, of which
we had the copies. Just before the trial
OF our case came on, we made arrange
ments with Messrs. Wells, Bingham &
Upham for one of their firm to come to
Los Angeles, and bring the original
letter. Mr.. Upham, of that firm, came
on, and brought the letters. The orr
ginals were placed in my possession,
among them the letter known as the
"old pard" letter. Upon the trial, l
produced all the original letters, and
proved their authenticity without its
being questioned by the other side.
BY arrangement with the attorneys on
the other side, the letter was copied
into the reporters notes. This was
done, as Mr.. Upham desired to take the
originals back with him to Milwaukee,
to be used in the case of Minor VS..
Markham, then pending in Milwaukee.
The letters were introduced as a series
of letters written by Markham while
negotiating the sale OF the Oro Grande
stock in Milwaukee. The cold Pard"
letter, together with the others, were
afterwards embodied in the statement
on motion for new trial. Said state
ment was signed by the attorneys of the
respective parties to the suit, and was
settled and signed by the Judge.
There was no question as to the gen.
uineness of the 'FOld Pard" letter at the
trial, as the letter was undoubtedly in
Markham's handwriting. And neither
Mr.. Markham nor his counsel thought
OF denying its authenticity. The "Old
Pard" letter, together with the others,
were taken by Mr.. Upham back with
him to Milwaukee. The original "Old
Pard" letter, in Markham's handwrit-
ing, introduced at the trial, was the
same letter photograph copy OF which
was lately published in the DAILY HER
AID, of this city.
DR.. Nadeau to the Public.
Certain papers have circulated false
reports about DR.. Nadeau, to which the
doctor replies as follows: "Having
heard that statement is in circulation
to the effect that | am not running for
the office of coroner in the expectation
of being elected, and that if l am
elected | do not intend to perform the
duties of the Office for the term for
which l may be elected, l wish to say
to the public generally that an in this
race to win by all fair means, and that /
hereby pledge myself, if elected, to at
tend in person to the duties of the office
during the term for which ] am elected.
The statements to the contrary are
weak device of the enemy, and will, 1
am sure, have no effect.
III. NADEAU."
A. j. Spencer on Markham.
Colonel Markham's devious wavs in
business are not confined to any single
instance. Hardly man ever associated
with him in business in this state but is
opposed to him in politics. Yesterday
A. j. Spencer of Long Beach called at
the HERALD Office and made the follow
ing statement of facts
Il was the. original discoverer of the
Orc Grande mine. l sold it to Colonel
Markham and others. At the time |
sold it, James Waldrip had an interest
with me. So had John Goldsworthv,
and Judge VIM. Clancy. They retained
their interest and Waldrip and sold to
Markham, Conger and Hallock. Wal
drip and | sold for $500 cash each.
and we were each to get $500 more. A
long time passed and we never got any
OF this money. In 1883, think, Charles
Lawrence came to me and told me
Markham was burst, did not have
dollar; that what little property he had
saved he had put in his wife's name and
that had better settle my claim for
anything | could get. He told me to %
down to Los Angeles and see Mark ham.
| came down and went to the office of
Colonel Markham. He acknowledged
that he had sent Charlie Lawrence to
me, and said he was broke. He said
those mines are not worth d. But
1 want to do as we'll by you as can. Ii
you bring suit on that claim will
have to raise little money to defend it.
and would rather give you that than
to give it to the lawyers. / will give
you and Waldrip $1,000 each. We
thought he was telling us the truth and
took the money. A few davs
after a man named Cleghorn
came to me and told me not
to settle my claim against Markham:
that he had been making inquiries and
that Markham was worth $4,000. l
told him 1 had already settled with
Markham, and that it was too late. |
afterward learned that when Markham
played this trick on us he had negoti-
ated the sale of the mines to parties
east, and that he was really rich man.
When he wanted to get the nomina-
tion for governor he sent me word by
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