Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31

any honest debt or sought to levy political
blackmail, / demand ar opportunity to re-
flute the charge.
Please present the alleged note and am
davit to me at your earliest convenience.
Yours truly, Z. RoSEWATER.
P, s.-My editorial on state finances was
In the hands Of the compositors before MT.
Roycs's letter was received.
To this BARLEY sent an evasive reply,
saying he had only one note, obtained
from Ed Bignell. superintendent Of the
Burlington road. Not content to drop
the matter, l dispatched K. @. Hunt,
then a member of The Bee staff and at
present of the world-H Herald, to Lincoln
with the following letters:
OMAHA, Jan. 1. 1s94.-Hon. J. S. Barley:
Dear Sir-This will be- handed to you by
Mr.. Hunt. who is hereby authorized to take
copy Of the alleged note and appended am
davit purporting to explain the manner in
which said note was negotiated by me or
for me.
I learned from Mr.. Royce that the note Is
said to be one Of a series aggregating $1,000
in favor Of General Mcbride, state treas
urer, to which my name is appended. /
never borrowed any money from General
McBrid while he was treasurer and do not
remember any money transaction after he
went out Of ONCE, unless It was an exchange
Of notes made at his request and for his
benefit. II l have ever owed him any money
he would have been able to collect II. At
any rate, either he OF some of his creditors
would have tried to collect 1t. AS a matter
Of fact we have a claim Of several hundred
dollars against Mcbride on the guaranty
- ,,odo for N a1ont a. T4nrOIn whO
turned out to be an embezzler. Yours
truly, e. ROSEWATER.
OMAHA. Jan. l. 1S94.-Mr. Ed Bignell,
Division superintendent Burlington g. Mis-
souri, River Railway: Sir-I learned through
Mr.. Royce that you are In possession of sew
eral notes aggregating 81. 500, purporting to
be signed by me in favor OF General ]. @.
Mcbride, and that one of these notes has
been sold by you to Hon. J. s. BARLEY.
do not remember OF ever having bor-
rowed any money from General Mcbride.
Nobody has ever presented any note or
claim held by him to me for payment. The
bearer, Mr.. Hunt, is hereby authorized to
inspect and make copy Of the notes and any
documents you may have authenticating
them.
Please exhibit the notes and papers to
Mr.. Hunt and present them to me for iden-
tincation at your earliest convenience. I
have never repudiated a genuine note or an
honest debt. and would not do so even II 1t
were outlawed.
II you consider these notes genuine, 1
cannot comprehend why you have never
presented them for payment or sent me
word that they are in your possession.
Yours truly, E. ROSBWATER.
Mr.. Hunt returned without having
found Mr.. Bignell, w~hereupon 1 wrote
as follows to Mr.. Royce, to have him
carry out Hunts mission:
OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 8, 1880. F. Royce:
Dear Sir-Please call upon Superintendent
Ed Bignell Of the b. & NJ. and hand him the
enclosed letter. which I sent to him through
Hunt, but Hunt could not deliver 1t and
brought II back. l want this note matter
cleared up and the parties who pretend to
have these notes and are circulating reports
concerning me to show the papers and docu-
ments they have and the source of their in
formation. Please insist upon Mr.. Bignell
showing you the notes he has, and copy
them, together with any afadavit or state
ment attached thereto. and forward to me
by the nrst mail. Yours very truly,
E. RosEwATER.
On the same day l mailed this letter
to General Mcbride, which brought the
annexed responses, m by wire and the
other a letter by mail:
OMAHA, Jan. 3, 1s94EGeneral j. c. Nc
Bride, Dickinson Land Company, Calves
ton, Tex: Dear Sir-Parties at Lincoln
claim to be In possession of several notes.
aggregating $500, said to be signed by
myself, payable to yourself, dated in 1877,
- 1900 ktu,a Hurfu0 oaar frat OF a0rnnn
term as treasurer. One Of these notes is
said to be for $3.50 and attached to 1t is an
amdavit from a person whose name the
parties refuse to divulge, alleging that this
note and the others in the series were
among your papers when you went out of
once and that you instructed him not to
present them because they were blood
money and which was never expected to
be paid.
Please wire me at my expense whether
you ever advanced me any money when
treasurer or whether you ever held any
notes for money advanced to me and
whether you ever stated to anybody that
you had been held up by me for campaign
contributions. Very truly yours.
z. ROSEWATER.
CTelegram.)
GALVESTON, Tex, Jan. 6, 1S94.-E
- hObcWalcIg Omauas AUOuL oONCubCcA ycaAi
ago Edward Rosewater. with whom I had
a running account for Job work. asked
permission to draw a draft on me for $3.50
/ paid the draft and the amount was re.
paid to me by Mr.. Rosewater In good time
Some eight or nine years later RosewateI
endorsed q note with me for 81, 900,
think with an Omaha bank, which wal
paid These are the only financial trans.
actions we have ever had. He never ex.
torted nor tried to extort any money from
me. That / ever made such statement Of
claimed to hold such notes is all damned
rot. J. @. M'BRIDE.
GALVESTON. Tex. Jan. 6. 1e94.-My
Dear Rosewater Your letter OF the 81
inst. came to hand an hour ago and / a
once replied by wire. / stated the fact
fully as l thought necessary and will reit
crate by afidavit II necessary.
Possibly someone about the state hous'
may have found the $50 draft spoken o
In my telegram and At once supposed the.