Evening journal., 1893-06-01

the 3ih OF May. On that point i have
nothing further to say"
Robinson Says Ie warned wney.
AS soon as the reporter got through
with the Supreme Lodge officers inter
views he made q second call at r. r.
Robinson g. Co. s bank Fortunately.
Henry O. Robinson was IN.
Mr. Robinson, when did you know
positively that your failure was newt
able2'
81 can't tell you that2'
Cant you approximate it2"
1T wouldn't be right to approximate
such thing as that. I have been ed
vised by my attorney TO make no state
ment
WAS it in March, April or Mayo
'It was I'm May"
"Mr. Wiley intimates that he in.
formed the Supreme Lodge officers long
ago that the money was in danger in
your handsp
"He didn't say that" "No, but he
intimated It, Now did you ever warn
Mr.. Wiley that the fund in your bank
was not safer
"We had a talk about sc several
months ago-away last year / told him
that such a large amount Of money
should not be kept in any one indiyid
ual's hands, and that he should put 10 in
some permanent Investment"
He says he wrote 60 the Supreme
Lodge officers about this matter
81 know he wrote to that effect TO
them because / have seen the letters. He
had them here
Mayor Wiliey's Reiteration.
At 12 o'clock Mayor Wiley was found
at his Office on King street, just back OF
the Court House II seemed to be in O.
very pleasant frame of mind.
The reporter asked him for copies Of
the letters relative to the fund. He
said
"They are in the hands Of my attorney.
Colonel Benjamin Nields. They will be
offered i'm evidence and / do not think it
would be wise TO put them I'm black and
white in the newspapers You might 90
and sec him The matter is entirely in
his hands
The reporter then told him what
Messrs White and Brayton had said
concerning his interview. He said:
"Those fellows find that they have
been blowing into q tribe that was
loaded at both ends ! might talk to you
for week and not tell you any
more than I set forth IN my interbiew
published in the Morning News. It is
absolutely correct in every particular
and / reiterate it in spite of all state
ments to the contrary l have done
nothing wrong. ] never used penny of
the Supreme Lodge fund for
my personal advantage. In fact
did not even keep my
private account of Robihson's. The
/ H.r.....tf.I e.
follows: Deposited at the banking
house of r. r. Robinson & Co.. at wiz
mington, by S. j. Wiley, s. NJ. of b.
X. of p, to the credit of the su-
preme Lodge fund Ny bank and
. check books are the same. and here they
are TO prove it. No money was drawn
from the bank but upon warrant as yor
will see by the check book before you.
Robinson's Statement Denied.
"Did II @. Robinson ever intimate +,
You that the money was not safe in hi
, handaY
"No. He never gave me the least in
timatlon that he was shaky
He never advised You to take it on
OF his handsg"
ono sir.
'Why a certain man in the town SAYS
that Mr. Robinson saw you told you tha
it was unsafe TO have such large sun
Of money iu any one individuals hands
q and advised you TO invest to permantly.
who was that manY' asked th
mayor
"Oh Que Of these men i'm town,
B answered the reporter evasively. "Dh
Mr.. Robinson ever so advise your
mo, sir, he never did anything Of tn
hind
"Ihis same man also says that yol
wrote letters to the Supreme Lodg
concerning the investment and that yol
took the correspondence TO Mr.. Robinson
. and showed it to him.
"rhat Is also untrue, answered tn
Z mayor "Mr, Robinson never saw tn
: letters"
4 Dob II. Jackson Means Fight.
job IT, Jackson one Of Mayor Willie,
o sureties, evidently means fight. j
S speaking of the latest complication
Affecting the funds of the Knights @
ID Pythias me ssid
. "l can speak for myself. aud think
n can speak for che others when say tha
D. there Is no attempt on our part 70 evad
our liability when that liability shall b
made Go appear So far as we hav
sseertained Afr Wiley he's not mlsar
piled or misused any Of the money q
% the lodge
4 "lu egard 60 the charge that it IS tn
, intention of the bond men of Mr Wi
d ley TO throw every possible obsiru,
, tiou Ia the way of the recovery by th
s supreme lodge of this fund. / wi
, ouly say that the bondsman DO not i
n tend to pay the bond unless they az
liable toiio So 10 the oondsmen. ascsI
e tanning their ability is considered throw
a ing an obstruction in the lodges way
q then the b0ndsmeu ave open % TIA
u charge