Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-26

| Win use no doubt oy frequent reference.
and which bears Mr.. Gest's own unmis-
taxable handwriting is in Mr.. Waldman's
possession. and now temporarily in the
hands of the ARGUS.
| BUT THIS is NOT ALL.
The above contains considerable of in
| terest that Zone Who Knows" failed to
remember in the concocted narrative he
so considerably furnished the Union
| for its Sunday morning readers.
The facts herein appearing supple-
ment in most remarkable de-
| gree the story of Mr.. Gest's extreme con-
| sideration for the poor woman of whom
Zone Who Knows" is moved to speak
The present congressman. let it be borne
in mind. only demanded and received one
third of the money that poor woman had
! received through transaction with
which he had nothing to do emily in the
light of demonstrating. But the half
has not yet been told, as we shall see
Behold the further evidences of Mr.
Gest's extreme liberality and tender
hearted thoughtfulness for the poor wo>
man for which he had already done so
much. and accomplished so much
After the case had been entirely set
tied and Miss Waldmsn had received the
81 900 from Mr.. Cable and Mr.. Gest had
gotten his fee and receipted for the same,
las in full for services in the suits of the
Mercer County & Rock Island railroad
company" Mr. Gable sent for MISS
Waldman one day. and after doing as he
had done on all her previous visits
assured her of his deep sympathy in her
afiiction-told her that knowing that she
had been obliged to pay out third of what
he had previously given her in settlement
of her claim to her attorneys. he desired
to make her present Independent of all
previous claims and settlements. and he
thereupon handed her his check for $500
another point which zone Who Knows"
forgot to record is his contribution to the
literary composition of the Sunday morn
ing Union, but there is more.
OH Hol
The omission last alluded to in lone
Who Knows" little epistle, was, of
course, wholly an oversight actua,ed by
no more particular motive on his part
than was his neglect to mention what is
to follow in this article Notwithstapd-
ing that Mr.. Gest had given Miss Wald. |
man receipt in full for all legal services
which he did not render in the first place
Notwithstanding that Mr. Cable had
waited until after the settlement before |
he voluntarily gave her the additional |
$500. and then had it specifically under |
stood that it was gift to her |
in view of Mr.. Gest having TAX
en- third of what he had given |
her in settlement; Notwithstanding all |
this, Mr.. Gest learned of the $500 present
and at once wrote Miss Waldman a letter |
demanding one third OF tie sum as due |
him for attorney fees also. He no doubt |
intended this act as a reminder of his uu-
ceasing interest in the poor woman's well |
fare. The letter was of course ignored as |
Miss Waldman held the receipt in full as |
printed above for all services. but Mr.. |
Gest wrote another letter, and another
and several more, some addressed to the |
poor woman in whom he had taken such |
kindly interest, and some to her
brothers, in nearly all of which. however,
he insisted upon having his $166 sc of
the $500 and repeatedly threatened to /
bring suit if the amount was not forth
coming. He continued these persecu>
tions until Miss Waldman's-then Mrs. |
Pattersons death.
No anonymous correspondent is neces-
sary to produce this array of solid facts. |
for such they are, and zone who knows"
has not acted as mere non de plume in |
giving them. The ARGUS does not de-
pend upon any such method of obtaining
information. In order to verify the actual |
story of the transaction in all its |
hearings, of which the Unions
Zone Who Knows" gave but glimpse,
and that through badly smoked lens, a |
representative of this paper visited the |
Waldmsn farm in Edgington township, |
this morning. and there saw Mr. Andrew
Waldman, the oldest of the five children |
living, and his brother Jacob. both of |
whom fully corroborated the foregoing, |
and in order to be positive, Mr. Andrew |
Waldman on the suggestion of the press
representative. came TO Milan and made |
affidavit as follows:
STATE OF ILLINOIS,
Rock ISLAND COUNTY,
l, Andrew Waldman, on oath do say
that in the matter of the suit brought by |
my sister, Caroline Waldman, as admin
istratrix of my parents estate against
the r. /. & Mercer County railroad,
for the recovery of damages, that a set
Element was effected through the in
tercession of Mr.. Chss. Hansgen
and Others, who advised such a course;
that we made settlement with Mr.. p.
L. Shoic ioi pl,Oobr ouJ Oi WHICH we
paid to Mr.. w. Fl. Gest. of Gest & Parks.
Rock Island, $3.50 33, one-third of the
amount recovered as previously agreed
that be should have, and received from
Mr.. Gest receipt in full for all due him
as attorney; that after the settlement
had been made Mr.. Cable sent for nv
sister, Caroline Waldman, and made her
present of $500 in addition to the
amount of the settlement; that Mr.. Gest
afterwards heard of it from some