The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-23
JUDGE HINES STATEMENT.
he Replies to the administrator of the
Lawson Estate.

ne ReplleS TO Ch5 Administrator of the
Lawson Estate.
LAGRANGE, Ga, Sept. IS, 1870 the
Editor of the Constitutiou-Sir In your
issue of Sept. Is appears communication
from Charles NJ. Tyson, to which 1 desire
to reply
l. He stated that sought Mrs. Lawson
at her home and requested the privilege
OF investing her funds, promising to con
suit her whenever a good opportunity pre-
sented itself. | did nos seek Mrs. Law
son nor did l ask the privilege Of invest
ing her funds. She sought me. She
asked me to advise her legally and to
take her funds and manage them for her
as [ saw tit
2, advised her to pay off the debt on
the Oconee place and take transfer of
the evidence of this debt TO herself. She
directed me to pay it. l wrote the com
pany IN whose possession l thought the
note and mortgage were, and directed il
to draw on me at sight for the amount of
THIS loan with the evidence OF this debt
attached transferred TO her This was a
Gay or two before her death. [ provided
Ior the payment of this draft as / would
leave Atlanta before the draft would
reach me. Under these circumstances
wrote her l had paid this debt on the
Qconee place She died suddenly Sun
-@J' AC Company NIOLC nc JlldG Un6
security was in Scotland and that they
could not draw on me at sight with the
note and mortgage attached and trans
1erred, and that it would take sixty days
or more TO get them from Scotland. This
Information reached me after her death
and then l could proceed no further until
ADMINISTRATION papers were granted on
her estate.
g. Mr.. Tyson says IN his communication
that tailed TO pay 81 upon the debt on
tne Oconee plantation. and every dollar
mat has been paid, something over 81, 200,
mas been paid by me. He omitted to
state the material fact that turned over
70 MN this s., POO which he paid on this
ueOt Thus he prevaricates by a sup
preston of the truth.
T. he states that / wrote her that ]
PPan1ed $500 on some property at Tallulah
ans and did not make the loan. This is
Uue. / agreed to make this loan on Sat
uruay, and authorized MIR NJ. 4. Hale of
vhls city to close the loan on the follow
ing Monday. l left the next day for JEFF
Iefson superior court. On the next Mon
Jay ! received a telegram announcing her
utdIn' ana on the train that day going 10
uet funeral wrote Mr.. Hale not to close
yu!s loan, as the papers could not be exc
CuJed, as the lender was dead. | spoke of
,uls loan as made because, so far as
Cou!Q go, 1t was made. Mr.. Hale will
0-tIy TINS statement. / have made this
GAp1anation to Mr.. Tyson, and invited
meut
never wrote her nor told Mr.. Ty-
sOh mat l had loaned $1,000 on Atlanta
property. l did write her that / had
oaned about this amount to a lady, Sc
tured by real estate. This is
sne truth, and Mr.. Tyson has the
TyOes Tor it in his possession
lold the title to secure this loan and an
iiui.eeotedness to myself, and it is abso
LI.ely safe. While he has these notes in
KS e possession he makes the statement
S fti0 ne IS not sure thatit is loaned at all
us shows his reckless disregard for the
mu1h. With the evidence that this loar
as made in his possession, he states he
y uot sure any such loan was made.
ia, ms statement shows his bitter animos
IVY toward me-
n a., ne states that / have failed to pro
NV, ~ Ihe tourSl 600 state bonds or pay tbs
ILoley. This is not true He wrote me
v -aV ne could not use the four bonds, bu
'anOea the money. ] sent him the money
SoJ al at once, but at different times.
M ne says that there is due about s. 600
us uis is not true. made a temporary in
ttoogluent Of $500 of these funds.
v',u-nt II was wise and iudicious in
'''Nent The panic Of 1893 followed