St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-15
PAY, OR WILL SUE YOU.


This, MIR. Heffelfinger explains, was
not intended as threat of impending
financial disaster, but rather as plain,
explicit statement of what was, in his
opinion, belief and best judgment. likely
to occur, provided Mai. Steele did not
then and there, on or about that time, or
al date as Immediately appr0Ximating
the date of said nOJice as could be
reasonably expected, get move upon
himself and pay up.
Maj. Steele, upon receipt of this in
formal Invitation, gave the matter his
official and personal attention. He
wrote goods returned" upon the face
of the bill, and afterwards visited the
store and repeated his assertion to that
effect. Mr.. Heffelfnger, however, de-
clined to accept this as being the case,
and states that he is certain that the
aforesaid CATERS and the aforesaid
shoes marked respectively Exhibits
''A'' and ''B'' were not returned, and
further that he is certain to
point beyond a reasonable doubt that
he saw the aforesaid articles encasing
Mai. Steele's feet and ankles one night
at the West hotel.
For a second and further cause OF
cotton he alleges that last June Mai.
Steele obtained, procured, gained pos
session of and acquired another pair of
shoes at the same price, ION tick" an
expression which is used to characterize
a transaction in which the party of
the first part acquires from the
party of the second part certain goods,
chattels, merchandise or property, for
which he gives in return nothing at the
time, but enters into an obligation to
pay for at some future time. When the
bill was presented MAJ. Steele made the
same claim that the goods had been re-
turned. Although Mr.. Heffeltinger felt
certain that this was not so, still
he did not care to offend Mai.
Steele, and the claim went, permeated
and was not disputed. This transac-
ton, Mr.. Hefelfinger asseverates, caused
him to exercise extraordinary diligence
when the second transaction occurred
to see that no mistake should be made,
and he gave instructions to his clerks
to pay particular attention as to wheth-
er the goods were returned. He there
fore sues for the whole and entire
amounts, to-wit:
One pair patent leather shoes. ..........$9 90
One pair patent leather Shoes. ......, 90
One pair CATERS Observation-Disclosures. 1 70
lOltl sss..ss.s..UlS 10
Mr.. Heffclfinger has retained Hon.
GIcclHdlI i 1otltc VI IGCOlu,
ana has instructed him to bring the
suit, and it is understood that the fol-
lowing counsel is to be employed in
prosecuting the case: Judge NJ. B.
Koun, Judge j. NJ. Shaw, Col. r.. G.
Benton and j. M. Rees.
Maj. Steele was not found last even
ing up to the late hour of 9. Numerous
parties with whom he had conversed
upon the subject of the suit during the
day stated that he emphatically claimed
that the shoes and CATERS were re-
turned, and that he will fight the case
to the bitter end. 1t is understood he
has telegraphed Hon. E. M.Wilson, who
is on his way to Cuba, to return i'm
mediately and take charge of the de-
Tense, and to employ such counsel as
may be needed. The suit has created a
great stir in financial and business cir
cles, and was the talk of the town last
evening. 1t is said further that MIR.
Steele secured the insertion of the item
quoted from the evening paper.