The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-10
MR.. THURSI0N'S VERSION
He Files an Affidavit Replying to
That of n. V. Jones in the
Times Case.

Robert w. Thurston, business manager
of the Times, in an affidavit filed yester-
day. denies that he ever received the w. f..
Haskell letter the substance OF which was
quoted in III. v. Jones' affidavit, in which
Mr.. Haskell is said to have informed MI.
Thurston that he had disposed Of his in
terest in the Times to Mr.. Jones. Mr.
Thurston's affidavit follows: -..:
Robert B. Thurston, being duly
sworn, says that he has never received
any such letter as, that of which a, copy
is purported to be set forth on the 9th
page of the affidavit Of Herschell v.
Jones, dated December Sth, 1902, entitled
herein; and deponent has never known or
heard of any such letter having been re-
ceived and. does not believe that any such
ever was written.
'Deponent further says that on No
vember 18th, 1902, deponent received a
letter from Mr.. Haskell, dated Novem-
Der 9Th, 1902, in New York, wherein Mr..
Haskell informed deponent that he had
tract@~with :"V:s,@Jones, which said
letter 'contained these words: 1T : is
needless for me to assure you that your
interests have been fully protected in
this matter Deponent has received
no other letter from either Mr.. Has
kell or Mr.. Palmer, in any manner re-
ting to the alleged contract with plain
tiff. Z g.
@"On November 18th, shortly after re-
ceiving the letter above mentioned, de-
ponent sent the following telegram to
Mr.. Ha skell: Your letter says my in
terests have been fully protected;
please explain how and in what way.
Jones says he does not recognize" any Of
! my rights beyond next July to which
telegram deponent on the same date, No
vember 18th, received by telegraph, the
following answer from Mr.. Haskell:
Can't you send and get Mr.. PEBBLES, who
has been with us recently and understands
the situation fully? I sent him copy of
our contract, in order there might be no
mistake: and a dispatch at p. m. says:
Your agreement with Thurston, as to his
tenure Of office, was understood by Jones,
and Of course assumed by him. On
the same evening, November 18th, depo-
nent received from said Haskell the fol-
lowing telegram: During all negotiations
! which did not promise a, climax until
long after my last letter to- you, and before
/ got your reply I made clear that your
| interests had to be safeguarded. To make
to PEBBLES last Saturday, with letter, ask
ing him to wire me on that point.
| have already repeated to you his reply
| received tonight; OF; course, other part
of agreement was contingent on your get
! ting Palmer's fifth, and void if he sole
| elsewhere Deponent further denies al
/ the statements contained in the last clause
of plaintiffs affidavit with respect to ne
gotations in New York after November
| 18th, 1902. Robert B. Thurston."
At the hearing yesterday it was brought
out that the letter set forth in the affida
Wit Of Mr.. Jones had been reconstructed
! from memory Arthur W. Warnock, 8
business associate of Mr.. Jones, saw Mr.
Haskell in New York last month and HI
declares that Mr.. Haskell at one Of thei,
interviews, read to him a letter which HI
had written to Mr.. Thurston, and of which
the reconstructed epistle is a copy a.
closely as he can reproduce it. Mr.. Has
kell told him it had been mailed.