The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-10-24
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WASHINGTON, D. G., June Z, 1892.
Senator c. j. FaulEucr.
DEAR Sm:-Ia am sorry to have again
to call your attention to the unsettled
matter between us, and respectfully ask
las l have repeatedly heretofore done)
that it be settled. Col. Phil b. Thomp-
son, ir., told me in our interview at the
Riggs House on the goth of April last,
that the balance should be paid within
eight or ten days, or as soon as some
of .'the boys" returned from New York.
The eight or ten days have long since
passed, and | think "the boys" have
had ample time to return from New
York. / have heard nothing from him
since ! was paid the 500 on the 10Th
ultimoin his office, though l wrote him
ON the 30th Of May and again on the LIST
.Ginst calling his attention to the matter.
There is no disposition, l assure you,
upon my part to annoy you about this
business, and l am very sorry that 1t
has got into the shape it has. l am,
however, glad to be able to say that tits
owing to no fault ofmineor failure upon
my part to comply strictly with every
promise and obligation made to you or
others in the matter, butitis due simply
and solely to your failure to comply
with your promises and personal obli-
cations.
any further by writing to him, as l
presume iron the fact that he failed to
notice my last Two lettersl he wishes to
have nothing more to do with the mat
ter. | will Just here g%ratuitously state
that what he has done has been done
Voluntarily upon his part, or at your
solicitation, certainly not by mine.
/ again ask gou to comply wiHtout turther
delay Nth your personal obligations 10 me;
pay me Whdt you are honestly and Justly due
me-, or giUc me some guarantee that he
amount triA be paid mc. l sincerely hope
that you wN do dis Uithout any further
trouble. Very respectfully.
d. Mob. LINDSEY.
In the following letter Lindsey makes
his final demand on Mr.. Faulkner and
tells how Col. Thompson got into the
matter.
LINDSEY THREATENS TO SUE FAULKNER.
WASHINGTON, ID. O.,
June Both, 1892.
Senator G. j. FdulEner,
DEAR SIR:-I have repeatedly and
persistently begged and importuned
you to comply with your promises and
personal obligations to me. | wrote
YOU on the I'd OF June and again on the
9TH, stating that if it was not conveni-
emit for you to pay the money, to settle
our matter in some way. You have
paid no attention to either letter. At
your request, made through Mr.. Syme,
/ called at the Riggs house on the goth
Of April to see Col. Thompson. He
paid me 5000 of the amount due me, and
promised that the balance should be
paid within eight or ten days, or as
scon as some OF tho boys return
from New York. Iheard nothing from
him till he wrote me on tho 18th OF
MAY (nearly a month after our inter
view in reply to a letter addressed to
him by me on the 18th Of May, calling
his attention to what he had said
to me oil the Goth Of April. In his letter
he simply saidif | would call at his office
inthe Atlantic Building, on Thursday at
10 o'clock D. M, that he would have
500 for me. 1 called as directed and
was paid that amount by some ono in
his office, unknown to me. On the 3Oth
OF May | wrote him in regard to the
matter, and again called his attention
to our Riggs House interview. re-
! ceived no answer TO this letter, and on