St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-27

eagerly interested in the collo1uy.
"'0h, Cap. Whitcomb,' they cried
You're just the man we want to hell
us out. We've all been robbed by thi:
elevator line Tor months, and can't gel
any satisfaction; won't you put in 9
lick for us?'
Wholesale Robbery.
Poor devils! L felt sorry for them
| One fellow knew had just been dockeG
| 100 bushels, another so, third 200, and
so on all along the list, and when theJ
complained the agent had peremptorily
tola them to go 10 the devil, or words tt
that effect. But l had enough to do tt
fight my own battles, and | told them
| for their rights as well / should have a
bigger contract than cared to tackle.
while engaged in this sort of talk a
freight train pulled in alongside the
elevator. and out from the caboOSe
| jumped G. S. Hulburt. the general man
ager of the Pillsbury-Hulburt line OF
elevators. God forgive me! once in
vited the scoundrel to address the Sun
day school children at Alexandra, and
afterward invited him to dine at my
house. an act for which | have since
humbly apologized to my good wife.
God has been marking Scamps and bas-
totuS lOl O.UOO iiC ildo oCl HiS
impress deep in the face OF this raScaiiy
fellow. Well. as L was saying, Hulbart
stepped out of the caboose and walked
toward us. 'Ah. good morning, gentle
men, he observed. in his smooth. unctu-
Gus manner, what appears TO be the
difficulty% Then, catching sight of me,
he added: Anything gone wrong, cap
tain.'
"'Oh, nothing unusual, Mr.. Hulburt:
L caught your agent trying to rob me,
and made him disgorge. that's all. My
friends here are trying to settle upon
the best method of getting back what
they have lost, too
'ln peevish, snappy tone he re-
torted: Yes, yes; it's the same tale
that hear everywhere; | never did see
such chronic set of kickers as farmers
are, and you, Capt. WhitcOmb. head the
list
Lord. but that made me angry.
Shaking my foretiuger at him. shouted
Mr. Hulburt, for once you and your
thleving agents have barked up the
wrong tree. have long known Of your
tricky WAYS, but, as they were not
played upon me, L have kept quiet.
Now, by Cd. sir. | propose to get even
with you If it costs ne 500. and L give
you fair warning that l will have your
scalp before l get through By this
time the farmers were all more or less
excited. for Hulburt was very unpopu-
lar; So seeing the condition of affairs.
Mr.. Pillsbury's manager and partner
turned on his heels and strobe back to
the caboose, the freight train pulling
out almost Immediately.
Capt. Whitcomb told of the careful in
veStigatiOn which he made, and i'll the
course of which he secured a large
amount OF damaging evidence. He then
went To Minneapolis and wrote the letter
given above, which was finally printed.
A few days after this letter appeared
Capt. Whircunb received letter from
General Manager Marvel, of the Mani
toha. requesting him to come to st.
Paul At once, as he desired to see him.
The former was busy, and wired Mr..
Marvel that he could not afford TO make
the trip. The result was that trans por-
tation was furnished, and the TWO gen
tlemen met in the railroad manager S
Office. Mr.. Marvel explained that he
had sent for Capt. Whitcomb because of
his letter i'll the Tribune, and he ask ed
for an explanation, and
Here Is the Explanation
in the captains own words:
Il turned round quickly, put my
valise on chair, and. opening it, took
out three or four or the choicest letters
in my collection. You can read, Mir.
Marvel, can't you? just throw your
eyes over these letters or instructions 10
country agents and then say whether L
have done Mr.. Pillsbury an Injustice
Mr.. Marvel took the letters, which
were all written on the Pilisbury- Hui
burt Elevator company letter paper,and
We're signed by Secretary Amsden for
the company. His face grew darker as
he read, and his forehead contracted
Can it be possible? can il be p0Ssible?'
he muttered. what idiotic foolishneSs,
to be sure Have you much Of this
sort of literatnre?' he presently in
Quired. Plenty more of the same
nature | said pretty grimly, for l was
still feeling little warm over the
charge injustice.
MIR. Marvel handed me back the let
tiers and | replaced them i'll my satchei,
which lay between US. Capt. Whit
comb said Mr.. Marvel, reaching for
my valise at the same moment, Il shall
make searching inquiry into this mat
ter, and would like to see you again
this afternoon Very we'll, sir, | re,
piled, but if you'll excuse me Pll take
care of that grip Our hands met On
it, but lie looked at me and let go, and
walked out of the Office
Lii the afternoon when Capt. Whit
comb called he found c. A. Pilsbury
closeted with Mr.. Marvel. The great
miller was shown the letters aud sent
for Mir. Hulburt, and, as result of the
whole matter, at Mr.. Manvel's demand
fired him on the spot, later paying him
$50, 600 for his interest i'll the elevator
company. Mr.. Hulburt had originally
invested $1,000.