The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-27

for you. We dare not more than hint al
| the MAJ IRE of the affair until we have your
word. | suppose You will be with us, how
ever, II we put up sufficient money, ant
this we propose to do Il ever we did.
Ii ii simply this: We want another OBJ
jectionable one plugged. Let us know
Immediately whether You can serve US or
not. Direct to James L. Colbert, North
Topeka. II will come around all right
This Is necessary in order to cover up any
clue as deep as possible. Yours for bust
| ness. F. A. p
This letter, according to the plot of the
fake. was written at Mcpherson and
mailed at Canton and received al
Harper. Coulson's friend now became in
terested and while Swivel was in a drunk.
en- stupor he went into his pocket and took
out two more letters, Notwithstanding the
fact that Swivel had partner present
who. according the evidence, was masked,
but he never prevented Coulson's friend
from going through his friends pockets.
The other two letters are as follows:
| EMPoRIA, Kan. Sept. "a, 1892.
| Mr.. Robert Swivel. Harper. Kan.
| DEAR SIR-Yours at hand and cheerfully
noted. l felt sure that we could depend on
| you. Now tor business and my pard.
Jake. have agreed to dispose of Congress
man Jerry Simpson. or have 1t done for
| parties whom We are not at liberty TO, and
| neither IS necessary u disclose to you.
They mean business. however. and the
money viii be forthcoming when the work
is done. Now don't think that we want to
| get the dirty and dangerous part Of the
| job of on You ana then keep the
| lions share of the profits for
| ourselves. You know very we'll
we have always done the square thing by
you, and we expect to now. We cannot
AS you know do the real work ourselves,
SO We do not expect TO act the hog in di
viding the money. Yet there is great re-
sponslbilitv resting on us. rs we have
.sgeeed to see that it is to be done and 10
'stand between the leader and the conse-
Quencss. should anything happen.
We will give you $1,000 two thousand
dollarsl TO dispose of the said gentleman
any way you please. It makes no differ
ence whether he dies with his socks on or
off Ha, ha.
Now this is one of the most daring things
you have undertaken and you must be
systematic in your plans We know your
ability though and trust you viii! make 1t
success. The consequences rest entire
ly on your own head, remember, we must
not be implicated, even as your last resort.
Work carefully now and do not hurry
yourself. Direct 70 A. T. Dunbail, Salina,
Troy, Oct. 8, 1892
Mr.. Robert Swivel. Harper. Kan.
Dear Sr-Yours at hand and carefully
noted. Yes. that is the best we can do; but
we will agree to give you all the secret
help we can, provided you should need any.
NO. we cannot pay you anything in ad-
vance, for We do not get anything our
selves till the work is done. You must not
allow your progress to lag, however, on
account nf No If really
have some with which to prosecute your
plans, why. of course, let us know and we
will do the best we can.
AS to your plans, L have no doubt at all
that it would work. At least l trust in
your ability to make it \ success. But
still it seems to me it is little more dan
gerOus than some other ways in which the
same work might be done. But we ought
not to discuss these matters through the
mails. Remember, you must be very care
full for your own safety and not for ours,
for we have so systematically arranged
this correspondence and everything re-
lating to this matter that all the
forces of Dives gathered with a fine
tooth comb from beyond Hades, black
as chaos, cannot ferret us out or prove any
thing against US. Even you yourself CAM
not implicate us should you try. These
letters you know are not written direct
ly by me and like all others they pass
through a dozen or more hands at differ
emf places before they reach their destina-
ton. So you soc it is for yourself that you
must be on your guard. We had better
not write so plain hereafter on that &C
count.
have persuaded Jake to come down
and SEQ you and give you all the help he
can He hates to put his foot in this mat
ter, but then he is going back down to ):
A. soon and so will be out of the way
nI,lI n. mr.
and Jake can fix things up well. You
know him. He is nlanipulator and
terrible smooth hand. He will perhaps be
down by the 18th.
Should you have anything to communi-
cate before then, address TO Z. r. +. Nit
chell Of Sedan. Yours truly, f. A. 2.
The first one of these two letters accord
ing to the story was written at Emporia
and mailed at Harper while the last one
was written at Troy aud mailed at Nc
Phearson. 1t can be seen that none of the
letters were mailed at the place they were
written and it also can be seen that the
replies We're solicited to be sent to three
different places many miles apart. All
agree. however, on the signature which is
+. A. T. which significantly enou Oh might
mean Farmers Alliance Party
Notwithstanding the character of this
foul conspiracy" Mr.. gibson will not di
yulge the name of his friend who could,
if he would, throw some more light of an
important nature on the subject. He
says, in excuse for not doing SO, that his
friend is afraid he would be killed for Civ
ing the matter away and that he promised
not to do it.
Mr.. Cole of Harper, was seen at the
Occidental last night as hilarious and
joviai as if Jerry was not threatened. He
is typical Populist and one who is espec
tally fitted for u Populist leader.
do you honestly believe that story2'
asked the reporter.
Most emphatically, / do" said he II
believe the Republican party would do
anything or kill anybody to get Office.
know it is correct. for l have reason to be-
lieve it. The Republicans are betting
money every day on the result of the con-
gressional election, and if you notice
it, they are not betting that Jerry
will not be defeated but that The
will not be the next congressman. They
know he will be elected, but they are bet
ting that he will not be the next congress
man. for they expect that he will be
aud consequently cannot
take his seat. Oh. you can't tell me that
the Republicans don't know this F"
The reporter then suggested that it was
strange the letters were written and
r,uilsI IN 4iffarent toCrs and Mr. Cola