Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-05-08


the same time, with the. exception Of
one plantation in Mississippi and one
IN Arkansas, which your husband
purchased three years back. So far
as / can see, these two plantations
are all the assets in sight,
4 remember good many years
ago MY husband bought q large tract
Of land In Texas, and he invested in
some mining lands in Colorado
Very true; bnt all Of that prop
ierty was sold. The former to the.
same real estate company, and the
latter I judge from some imperfect
memoranda left by your husband was.
sold to some mining company organs
lied under the laws of Colorado
Everything that your husband then
owned was sole. .,
But what could have become Of
the money %
That is the question 1 asked. nv!
self. The answer I got from the old
records in part. You are, Of course,
aware of the fact that your husband
many years ago was tried ON the
charge of killing Baxter, his foreman.
BY referring to the records discov-
erred that his property was trans
ferred just after that event and be-
fore his trial took place The prop
erty was sold at an enormous sacri-
flee, only $3o, 900 being realized so far
as can make out,
What became OF that .?''
called upon Col. Franklin, who
was one Of your husbands lawyers
at that trial, and asked il he could
give me any idea as to the disposition
that had been made Of the cash. He
smiled rather significantly and said
he could, Do you know he said,
what It cost to- clear John r.
Wright? OF course not, I answered.
It cost . cold ss5, 1000, and he had to
have the money ready. OF course
he went on, smiling, I cannot say
anything about where it went, nor
need / account for the fact that GER
tain officers, by dealing very gingerly
with the law and the facts, made it
comparatively easy to bring in q
verdict Of acqnittak' I need hardly
tell you, madam, what I think Of
such an admission coming from .
member Of my profession. Franklin's
explanation, in short, is that Mr..
Wright had to sell off his property
to raise ready money for the pur-
pose Of buying an acquittal. But
there are some aspects to this case
which will render further inyestiga-
ton on my part necessary" s
III my husband did not own this
place and the plantations to which
he was constantly making visits,
why did he show so much activity in
improving and supervising them r.
You have struck, madam, q hard
question to answer. It may be he
was In the employ Of the company
that bought him out; but what ]
cannot account for, is tho fact that
he should have spent nearly all the
profits Of his business in improving
and clearing up these plantat tons in
Arkansas and Mississippi I intend
ascertaining il there is any law for
claiming the value Of these improve
ments, and in this way shall prob
ably make the real estate company
show its hand. During my partial in
vestigation Of your husband papers
/ came across q memorandum upon
which you can perhaps throw some
light,
what is t?',
This paper, as you will observe,
j. a map or plot Of q piece OF land.
The lawyer here handed Mrs. Wright
| & paper; evidently Of secret design,
with q drawing upon it. slsl
ION the back Of this paper said
he, syou will observe the memoran-
dunn which ! cannot understand"
Mrs. Wright turned the paper over
and read the following:
s.sSee schedules in agreement with
F4aRklin, = \
Can you tell me what agreement
1t Is that Is referred to in this memo.
randumqe. asked the lawyer.
II have no idea whatever" said
Mrs. Wright. 81
That Is strange. In the examina.
ton Of your husband papers have
come across several references to pa:
pels. Malch ]. !, s sl =. snno ,hln.s g
Papers which am satisfied are Inn,
portant are missing"
10y ,nny nos r Is per y, pa. my
as a was roDped ~ one ,a,s q h 9.
~ .sshs s aeW monsns 9 go ne e. tnaei
W sss luz ,ss never Oeen cau2nts tool