Evening journal., 1904-12-21
$4,000 TAKEN TO
LOCAL COURT ROOM
Delivered Before Late Judge
Wales When Bay State
Receiver Discharged
lAWSON'S LATEST GDDICES STORY

LAWSON'S LATEST kDDICES STORY
Every body's Magazine. which is on
sale here today az all newsstands, not
withstanding the notice OF the attorneys
OF H. II. Rogers TO the American News
Company, that it would be held for libel,
Is the sensation OF tho hour. Copies have
been sold for as high as nifty cents each.
Tho "Frenzled Finance" story Of Thomas
W. Lawson IN that number contains n
sensational account OF how S225,oO0 was
carried into the United States courtroom
in this city in two dress-suit cases and
was passed 10 brokers under the very eyes
OF tho late Judge Wales.
Several paragraphs contain strong state
ments, especially those in chapter enti-
tied Buying a Bunch of States" In this
Lawson tells OF a transaction said to have
taken place during the first Mckinley
campaign In 1896, and accuses II. II. Rog-
ers OF furnishing the money with which
TO carry the State OF Delaware for Ad-
dicks. though indirectly. as a means OF
controlling two men who had TO be bribed
FOR parts they played in the gas affair
Lawson's Story.
Describing the method which, as he al
leges, Rogers used TO gain his point In tho
contest for control Of Bay state Gas,
Lawson says:
Rogers refused absolutely to be a party
TO any payment that could be traced back
to him. He eanvasscd the sources OF
hazard; first. through bribery on the
part of Foster Braman or Addicks, he
might be accused Of brlbing a court ofii-
Ger, the receiver; Addicks might blackmail
him by charging him with conspiracy, or
a conspiracy charge might be brought by
Bay State stockholders and he be held
for tremendous damages He refused TO
put himself into any such trap
Il put forward dozen ways 20 meet the
emergency, but he would have none Of
them. Finally he suggested method
which was certainly perfect Of it's kind.
HE began by letting me into the secret
that the chances OF a Mckinley victory
In the election the following week looked
pretty bad. and that tho latest canvass
OF the States showed that unless some.
thing radical were done Bryan would
surely win. Hanna had called into con.
sultation half "a dozen OF the biggest
fnanoiers in Wall street, and 1t was de.
cided TO turn at least five Of the doubt
ful states. To do this a fund OF $780, O0
had been raised under Rogers direction
to be turned over to Mark Hanna an,
McKinley's cousin. Osborne, through
John Moore, the Wall street brhser, whit
was acting as Rogers representative fl
collecting the money. IL would be legiti
/ 10 for hn
out money TO carry Delaware, and d
(Rogers) would arrange II that the col
TO satisfy Braman and Foster shoul
come through this channel Thus he woul
be completely protected"
Lawson goes ON 10 tell how the def
was carried out, leaving, however. a goo
many ambiguous points.
Addiek's Hearvy Blow.
Lawson tells a story OF how Addicl
was so upset by the appointment OF
receiver for Bay State Gas that he hun
ried TO a bureau, took something there
from, which Lawson intimates was a re
volver. presumably with the idea Of dc
ing himself harm.
The rehabilitation OF the fortunes q
Lawson's brokerage customers. and [
some extent Of Lawson himself were IN
volved In a reorganization of Bay Stat
Gas. Many conferences were neoessar,
Six million dollars was 10 bo raised an
delivered to II. II. Rogers in exchange 70
certain securities.
The article continues:
e ''rhe closing scene Of this most sig
niiicant drama was enacted before Judg
Wales I'm the Wilmington Courtroom. Tn
dramatls personae included Addiclgs AM
his ieutenants, John Moore's partne
and Rogers counsel with their heads to
getheri Braman and Foster nearer tn
Judge, their eyes wandering toward tw
dress-suit cases piled before John Moore
partner, which, II was understood con
tained the money. AT "a glance II was i'm
possible TO tell the one containing Buchan
ans share from the other laden with tn
recelvership loot, but each was tagged
and # was evident that possibilities OF
mix-up had been carefully guarde
against.
Court came TO order Foster rose. an
r nounced that the claims OF his client Ia
been satisfied, and made a formal motto
= to dismiss the receivership. Judge Wale
formally consented, and as the clerk q
= the court was entering the dismissal
his minute book my partner telephone
{ the facts TO me. 1 sent back the wor
that my directors were resigning-had r,
= signed-that Rogers directors were bein
= elected-had been elected-that the Bosto
gas companies were now transferred
Rogers. My partner whispered my word
to John Moore's partner and Roger
counsel AT once the two dress-suit case
each loaded with currency, were slippe
p to Braman and Foster. Simultaneous
s the messenger who was to telephone
their broker rose and quickly left IN
= courtroom. A brief time longer was cor
d sumed in signing receipts, certificates an
other legal papers, and then the perform
8 ance was over. Addicks rose and went ou
among his henchmen in the rear. VIII
: eagerly surrounded him. In the bustl
s Braman and Foster each iwth his ow
booty, fed.
+ Il gave the word, Coz TO my own bro
Z kors in Boston and New York, and whe
T. n few minutes later they told me the
were securing thousands of shares an
the stock was climbing toward TO- 1 coul
not ropress an inward chuckle az III
p thought that the money we had so re
. luctantly parted with would only sprea
over one-half or one-third the surface
was originally intended 70 cover.
"Braman and Foster, as have observe