The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-03-13

heraofit of said estate. except as hcrc:naf-
ter stated"
1t is also cliamnd by. Blaisdel that tho
;STsrhmcnt has already collected Of the
in cash on these bonds. which 1t has re-
fused TO pay over 10 the executors and
heirs of The estate. :
:, When Dudley and Kitchener commenced
to investigate the allegations OF Blaisdell
they dropped the case. They found after
very few inquiries that the CLAIMS were
prcpoSterous and impossible, and are yet
lndcc dcd in their opinion as TO whether
the plaintiffs are suffering from a dclusion
or have invented the story for Interior
purposes
But Raisdcl has kept filing testimony
great number from other alleged heirs
who, j! appears, have been going into the
case MS an Investment upon his represent
atoms that they were certain to recover
many millions from the government if
net the fun amount. He had been collect
ing money In that manner to carry on the
suit and supports himself and family by
pcddltng ont contingent interests at from
to 10 per cent.
Not long ago Lawyer Taylor, Of Indian
nnoiis. who was formerly q partner OF JUS
ticc stanton j. lcclle. of the Court of
Claims, became interested In the suit and
associated with him John c. CLANCY, Il
very reputable attorney in Washington.
After Investigation they decided that while
lsla'sdcli's story was impossible and Kuy
kcndalrs claims were absurd. it was an
parent that Mrs. Durlcc and the other
hers had been robbed of a large sum Of
money IN Il mysterious manner, and that
1t might he possible III the evidence sub
united in This suit to obtain some clew 10
tho Tin box lost al Omaha and the DISPOSE
ton Of tho securities ii contained. The
books of the railway company show that
the bonds which purEcc is believed to
have owned were not destroyed. but pass
Cd into the hands Of other parties. who dis,
posed Of them long ago. The motive and
purpose of the attorneys Is understood and
appreciated by the justices of the Court of
Claims, and by Louis ~. Iradt the assist
ant encouragement, who has charge of
the interests Of the government. and for
TINS r"asCn the case was restored to the
missed some months ago.
When questioned him about the matter
today, John G. CLANCY sad: ",rhc case
has not been pushed as cncrgctically as it
might have buen because we are satisfied
that no such transaction ever occurred be-
tween Mir. iiiaisdcll and the Treasury De
lrartntsmt as he rcprcscnts.an 1t would be
impossible to r:'covcr anything from the
government We have gone far enough In
our Investigation. however. to determine
to our full satisfaction that Mr.. DurkCc
died possessed OF 81 large sum Of money
represented ny bonds Of the Union and
Central Pacific railroads, such as iilaisdcI
describes. which have mystcr!cusly disau-
pcartd, and VIZ hope IN some manner TO
recover all or at lc..,st a p0rr'sn Of the
estate for the bsncfi; OF tc widow. I repre-
sent her and the administrators, hu not
Mr.. liai&lGil lie is his own attorney and
he only Is responsible for his actions. |
have received n number Of letters from
parties n Illinois and elsewhere nquirng
about Mr.. iilasd"'s actions and his con.
ncction with tl-, case, and have invariably
answered that he has nothing: whatever to
DO with the estate of Charles Durkce but
that John ~ Kuykcndali is the admins
traitor and $ alone, authorized to treat
with Persons upon that business. T have
heard that Mr.. Blaisdcll was pcddling out
Interests in this estate and in the proceeds
III NIis suit to private persons throughout
the Wcsi upon representations that they
VIII tc reimbursed ten. fifteen or twenty
fold when the money is recovered, and so
far as possible have cndcavorcd to disa-
busc the minds of the people who have en-
quircd about it,"
DO yon recommend anybody to invest
money in this lawsuii?"
Most certainly not."