The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-07
DOODLE GOT TOO HOT.

the 2Stll day of September, 1897. after con-
sultation with the other two directors OF
said company, he went to the Grand Hotel
in the city of Indianapolis. and demanded
of Holt the return to the company of said
sum of 5000. That when he had demanded
this sum of money, as aforesaid Mr.. Holt
admitted TO him that he had received the
money. but said lie did not see how he could
get the money together to refund ii, and
said Holt did return to him the said sum OF
money. ROYAL ROBINSON. !
Subscribed and sworn to this 30th day of
September. 1897
AMOS r. HYNEs. Notary Public.
And the afiiant further says that at or
about u O'Clock (noon) Oct. & 1897, while he
and L. A. Fulmer were in the office of Nc
Bride q Denny, attorneys for the company
Mr. c. S. Denny was called to the tele-
phone. and upon his return stated to afilant
and Mr.. Fulmer that he had been talking to
Mr. r. M. Johnson, who wished to see him
at the Grand Hotel at o'clock.
TAGGART WAS WITH HOLT.
And that upon his return from the said
Grand Hotel the said Denny told the af-
fiant and L. A. Fulmer that he had there
met Thomas Taggart, E. NJ. Johnson and
Sterling r. Holt. and that the said Holt
being advised by Mr.. Johnson that he was
legally liable to the Fulmer- Seibert Com
pany in the sum of 5000, then and there
offered to him DENNY for the said Fulmer-
Seibert Company, the sum of $1,000; but
that the payment of said sum was condi-
tional upon his securing from L. A. Fulmer.
George w. Seibert and the affiant their sew
eral promises that if the said sum was Of
fered and accepted they would each and
all of them forever remain silent as to such
payment.
And affiant further says that he and
Mr.. Fulmer accepted said conditions pro-
vided Mr.. Seibert would do so, and that
they promised to telegraph, and did tele-
graph, to George w. Seibert who was at
that time at Burton. Ind, to come to In
fifnfa a,lfc hat 4fcrl1t
also be party to the agreement.
And further that the said Denny again
went to the Grand Hotel at o'clock p. M:
and upon his return exhibited to the af-
tiant and l.. A. Fulmer a check for $1,000
drawn upon the State Bank of Indiana,
made payable to c. S. Denny, and signed
by Sterling r. Holt, and that the said c.
S. Denny told to the affiant and l. A. Full
Iner that said check had been given him
faith and to be held my him Denny until
the hour of o'clock p. m, when it would
be taken up and the sum of 5000 in cur
says that about 3 o'clock D. m of the same
day the said Denny informed him that the
exchange had been made and the sum of
$1,000 in currency had been placed by him
in safety deposit vault.
HOLT TALKED TOO MUCH.
The affiant further says that at later
hour of the same day he and L. A. Full
mer and George w. Seibert consulted to-
gether and agreed and decided that
they could not honorably accept the $1,000
upon the conditions heretofore named, be-
cause of the fact that after having secured
from them promise of silence the said
Holt had procured the publication in the
Indianapolis News of an interview, in which
he denied having ever received the sum of
5000, or any other sum, from the Fulmer-
Seibert Company, thereby leading the pub
lie to believe that the said F'ulmer-Seipert
Company and affiant had attempted to
blackmail him.
That this decision of the Fulmer-S eibert
Company was impaired to their attorneys
on the morning of Oct. g. with instructions
to say to Mr.. Holt that if the money was
not refunded absolutely without conditions
it was to be handed to him by Mr.. Denny
and suit for it's recovery by law brought
at once.
And that Mr.. Denny did see the said Holt
at the Grand Hotel at about 11:45 a. m.
of that day and was then and there au-
thorized by him to pay to the Fulmer-Sei-
bert Company the five thousand dollars
$4,000 held in trust by the said Denny
pending an agreement, and that the condi
tions under which the offer was first made
were withdrawn. And the affiant further
says that the said five thousand dollars
($5,O0O) has been paid to the Fulmer-Seibert
Company. ROYAL ROBINSON.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
notary public, in and for said county and
State, this 9Th day of October, 1897
THOMAS M. BOSSON.