The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-11
JUSTICE WALTER CLARK
A LETTER TO A FRIEND

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Continued from Page Nine)
any of them TO be shown to any one ey-
cept Judge CLARK o" to his authorized
agents. II they are published the pub
LEGATION must be made by Judge Clark.
Please understand that this letter is
not for publication and that il also il
now written to you in confidence that
you will not reveal its contents.
Yours truly,
u. l.. RUSSELL.
In this letter Governor Russell re-iter-
ates Ia statement made in his first let
ter above, that my letters to HIM had
never zone out of his hands, except te
counsel in the impeachment trial. to be
used in defense of the judges, If deemed
necessary (Which was not done), ami lie
saws to Mr. Bus5ce tho letters were
committed to You in the confidence that
they would be kept private and secret
and not used unless ii became, in the
opinion OF counsel, absolutely essential
for the defense of The impeached Judges.
II that statemcnJ is correct. information
which Mr.. Busb 60. acquired in the con-
fdential relation of attorney and client
has since been male public without the
consent of his client and in Violate of
the professional confidence reposed in
him. Whether this has been done TO
crafty personal malice or because il
would be profitable to him to crafty the
Southern Railroad by striking at a judge
whose decisions that road could not con-
troll. | am not informed. Certain it is,
that twelve months after the aequirtal
of the judges il was 1ot necessary in
their defense to show 'hcm 10 lawyers
visiting the capital. and to print in rail
road organs insinuatons and misrepre-
sensations as to the purpore OF he let
ters Whether this has been done by
Mr.. Busbee directly, or by parties who
got their information from him, IN eitter
event the responsibility is on him. if the
statement in the ,a: cr to him from mis-
friend Gov. Russell is correct, and that
matter they must settle between them
The Russell Clark Correspondence.
On receiving the last named letter, my
friend the Hon. Mr.. Lacy, called on Mr..
Busbee who gave him copies of the cor
respondence. but could not give an in
speetion of the originals as the attorney
OF the r. R. system Capt. w. H. Day,
had carried them off in his pocket. On
his return yesterday, the originals were
inspected and compared with the copies
and the following certificates to the fol-
lowing correspondence given:
This contains all the letters l have
ever had or seen written by Clark to
Russell. wv. H. DAY"
AT your request Q.acy's) | glance over
the letters which Mr.. Day delivers and
they are all the letters and papers or
which | have ever seen or of which |
have any knowledge.
IF II. BUSBEE."
Having thus the certificate of both
these great railway systems, through
their eminent and distinguished counsel,
the letters will now be printed. They con-
sist of six letters, notes or memoranda,
besides two which are wholly typewrit-
ten. unsigned. undated, and with moth
ing in any way to connect me with
them and which l do not remember to
have seen before, and a draft form IN
typewriter of Governor Russelfs orr
ginal draft of his summons, or no.
tice to show cause. to the Wilson's with
some half dozen verbal or grammatical
changes made therein by me. This sum-
mons was not used, different one hav-
ing been in fact issued to them by Gov
ernor Russell. 1t is hardly credible, put
it is true, that these half dozen verbal
changes. in an unused summons, is the
sole basis for the charge that | prepared
the papers for the Wilson trial before
Governor Russell.
The following are the six letters or
memoranda which constitute that much
talked-of
CLARK RUSSELL CORRESPONDENCE
LETTER NO. 1.
My Dear Governor:
| enclose Ed stating on Mr.. Pages au-
thority that his road cost $350.OO0 and
has been "a good paying road from the
beginning.
On D. 9 R. r. Com. Report, 1896, you
will see that this road costing S350,0OO
and paying we'll is rated for taxation at
S1l3. 900 only On p. 1913 of same you will
find that the general officers" are Page
and his three sons. hut they attic to
saw MILL ETC., so that in fact Henry Page
is practically sole officer On next page
(324) the debt is put at $4,000. On page
1926 gross earnings $51 O59 which is nearly
80 per cent on tax valuation. This is re-
I'm new cars. blu ldings, ETC., to operating
expenses and salaries general officers
$500 (p. 32S), on a 40 miles Road and
an unexplained add. item general ex-
penses' $S,S37. On page 1923, you will see
that cost of general officers" 1.-THE fami-
ly) is ne-third total salaries You will
see on same page low rates paid his men
j. e. engineers $3.50, etc.
In News and OBJ. July IS you will see
II. A. Pages speech that his tax value
was high enough and in two other num-
bers are letters of his attacking you and
me for meddling with tax valuation ard
rates.
These Nos. are in st. Library, but I
can give you reference to dates, IL you
wish to re-read them.
| enclose you letter showing ]. Fl. Pear
son is willing. l also am in receipt OF
letters from leading Democrats endors-