The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-11
QUEER LUMBER DEAL.
hr. Leidfgh. of Kansas city, IL Ac-
eas~d of Trying 20 DO Cars
tens 4 Ear5es

Carstans 4 Earias the lumber men are
sing tire Leidigh & Ravens Lumber COM
psny for a balance OF $50 Il due on as-
count. The sBit was fled @oase weeks
ago. but the complaint was nc; nate pai-
nc III yesterday. From IL 70 appears thar
ths goods consisted Of lumber ard
shingles sold between Aprfl 8. 1856 and O~s-
tooer II. ISIS. the total amounting TO sfs.
3's.2. on which thu complaint charges
that only $50 % has been paid.
batch OF interesting aridavlts accom-
panies ths complaint. froEn which the
reader gathers that John III Leidigh. with
whom Carstens * Fares conducted their
negotiations. now denies that he repre-
scented tins Lcsdigh company. II the affi-
davits fled yesterday are worth anything,
however, he VIII find IL dlff.cult TO con-
vince the court OF such a statement II r.
Duniway the big lumber dealer Of Port
land. says that Mr.. Leidigh came 20 his
Office in Portland last month and I'm the
course OF long general talk about lumber
and shing.ss said that be was on tho Goa n
10 buy for the Leiiigh & Ravens Lumber
Company, aud that he Intended TO make
contracts with souae manufacturers for the
season of 1897.
David Mcvay. president of the West
Coast Manufacturing a Investment Com
pany. the big MIL at Ballard. says that Mr..
Leidigh had a conversation with him last
10 In AIR. Dnniway's affidavit, and that Mr..
Leidigh distinctly plated mat ne was on
the coast az the representative OF the COM
pany OF which he was the president
Henry Carstens. member OF the firm
most concerned In the transaction. tells
the story In greater detail His afffaavit
states that the orders came to the firm by
letters and kilograms both IN the name %
the Leidigh & Ravens Lumbar Com pany,
and were duly filed By carstens & Eares,
to whom they were addressed carload ar
ter carload being shipped In obedience 10
those orders and notifications being con-
tlnnally sent from the Seattle firm TO the
Kansas City company that the orders 81
the latter were accepted. that drafts were
duly drawn against the Kansas City COM
psny and duly honored. that a contract
WIS formerly entered into by an order Of
Offer 20 buy shingles which order was duly
mailed by the Leidigh n Ravens Lumber
Company at Kansas City: that the very
Mr.. Leidigh who now denies that he rep
resented that company. wrote ietter 20
that company In the course Of which he
sought TO defend what Carstens a. Earies
had deemed an unsatisfactory account
and In the course Of this letter he said:
''The writer will certainly he on the coast
this winter. no preventing providence, and
expects 70 arrange for 100 cars per month
for next year" This letter was dated Oc-
tober IS. 1sas
Mr. Carstens gives some pertinent quo
tations from his correspondence with Mr.
Iseidigh. Including assurances that Mr.
Leidigh Il soon coming out TO the COAST;
that Mr.. Leidigh viii make satisfactory
settlement OF the account and that Mr.
Jeidigh. as president. represents ths COM
pany.
After Mr.. I.ei6igh did arrive in Seattle
he had a conversation with Mr.. CarStens
and IL the effidavit is 20 BE relied on.
this Conversation. sAows Nr. Leidigh up
IN a rather bad light In substance ne tells
Mr.. Carstens that satisfactory settle
rnent Of the account had been contemplate
81. but now that n suit has hsen brought
csrstens Il Eariss may whistle Tor their
money.
Last comes an afn3avit from Theosors
Forbv. OF Portland. who served the SUM-
mons In this SIfft on Mr.. Leiiigh. He as
serts that he found tho gentleman In Cars
tens a Earles' Office: that before serxtn z
the paper he asked n this we're Mr.. Tzeid-
igh, and being answered yes he took
further pains 10 ask II this particular Mr.
Iseiaigh were the president OF the Lsidig \
a. Bavens Lumber Company Of Kansas
City. and the gentleman assured him that
he was in TIRE presence ~ that Tuncfionary
Then he served the paper