The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-25
MYSTERIOUS MYSTERY.
Counsel Want Flemming-Law-
less Case Reported--Claim-
ing New Evidence.

Mr.. Halsey NJ. Barrett sprang a deep
and awful mystery on Vice Chancellor
Pitney's branch of the Court of Chanc-
cry, this morning, which caused more
than one old practitioner to smile. The
estate of James Flemming secured a de-
cree on foreclosure against a piece of
property owned by Peter Lawless and
others in Jersey City. On the trial Law
less lawyers claimed that their clients
had paid Flemming, in his lifetime, &,2s5,
in two payments, for which he had given
them receipts which they had lost. These
receipts they subsequently claimed to
lave found in a mysterious manner, and
they applied to the Court of Chancery
this morning to have the case reopened.
In his application Mr.. Barrett read a
petition.
The petition read by Mr.. Barrett set
forth that on August 30, 1897, James u.
Manning, a lawyer of this city, and one
of the defendants many counsel, received
a letter post marked Jersey City. The
letter inclosed three cuttings. from news
papers relative to the missing receipts,
and said that if Mr.. Manning Wlshea 10
an advertisement in one OF the local news
papers,. The letter also enclosed. what the
Lawless people claim is the original re re-
81, 500. The letter was signed 'Myster-
ious.'' Mr.. Manning inserted the adver-
tisement according to direction asklng
TENDER IA he received another letter con-
tanning a copy of the advertisement, over
which was written the words, With re,
greet l can't do as you desire. Mysterious
Four days later Mr.. Manning again IN
serted an advertisement in the paper call
ing upon the mysterious MYSTERIOUS to
~mmunic further with him. That
brought his reply or the next day
81. D. Manning, dear Sir:-i saw your
add in the Journal. Must say it is
your w fault or you could have had
all the receipts long long ago. Why. did
you not make know there loss in time
it is to late now for me to be able to
extend any more ade than l have done
already. i have coppeys of the other
them to you i could tell you a good many
things but it is to late now and am
sorry for it now. M.
On September % Mr.. Manning inserted
still another advertisement. saying that
if the papers were delivered at once JUS
tice could be done. In another week it
might be too late.
Ii reply to this advertisement, Mys-
FERROUS wrote:-
Mr.. James D.. Manning.
Dear Sir:- seen your add in Satur-
days Journal and also I saw an account
of the censation the production of the
receit | sent you produced in court. L sup
pose everie one knows now the awful en-
Justice done Mr.. LawleSS. l see also you
have found out my eek by my writeing.
Now in reply to add it is to late TO 90
any more on my part as steted IN my
last communication. You Good have had
the other receitss if you had made known
there loss in time. I have been a CRATE
big goose and ! will always regret my
actions. as 1 sail before. if justice is not
done at last. Now, all 1 can do is to send
you the copy, but my mar tells ME
there are no use to you.
truthfully yours
MYSTERIOUS.
Mr.. Barrett also submitted some affi-
davits declaring that the receipts were
genuine. Mr.. Washington B. Williams op-
posed the application, and the Vice Cham
celler reserved his decision.