The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-17
IRENE AND LAWSON
 PART WITHOUT BLOWS
ISSUED AFTER 4
 LONG CONFERENCE.

ONU NCAREIk EAOLs Boston Operator Declares He Has Done
 Nothing to Bring About the Fall of
 stocks in Which New York Man Is
 Interested-Each Now Has Perfect
 Understanding of the Others Position
 Police on Guard-Photographer's
 Flash Causes Stir.
 Boston, Mass. Dec. 1s.-Colonel Will jam c. Greene. Of New York, who re- ently accused Thomas W. Lawson of his city of being responsible for the ecent break in Copper shares, came to Boston to-day and was met at Hotel
 ouraine by MT. Lawson. The nature If the statements issued by both Colo
 el Greene and MT. Lawson. but par icularly by Colonel Greene, who con idered that MT. Lawson was to blame or the raid upon the stock of the Greene Consolidated Copper company, ogether with the recent market de- Helopments, all had combined to sug- sest the possibility of clash between he two operators. So far as became known, however, nothing of the kind
 occurred. Colonel Greene returned to New York on the 5 o'clock train this Afternoon, after having been in confer ncq with MT. Lawton since 9:45 a. m. Added interest was lent to the affair Through the presence of police head quarters inspectors, headed by Chief Inspector William Watts, and by the ather unexpected manner in which Colonel Greene and MT. Lawson met at hehotel
 7 After Colonel Greene had left, mem- per of a prominent Boston brokerage irm, who attended the conference, is- ued a statement which, he said, had been assented to by both Colonel Greene and MT. Lawson.
 z The substantial part of the statement was that Mr. Lawson had called upon Colonel Greene at the hotel, after learn '&sng that Colonel Greene was in Boston; that Colonel Greene had maintained at sAAO SVA1A OACllSC lAloI b4lG lCCSAla UIGdhfS n the stock market were due to the public utterances of MT. Lawson; that Colonel Greene felt keenly the decline in certain stocks in which he was inter- ested, and that MT. Lawson had main tained in answer to Colonel Greene, that he had done nothing to bring about any fall in thestocks in which Colonel Greene was interested. The statement Concluded with the words: Each gem tleman had perfect understanding of the others position. There is nothing Further to state of public interest"
 Colonel Greene and Mir. Lawson each refused to discuss in any way the con- Ference, saying that the general state ment which was to be issued contained hll they had to express.
 Colonel Greene had publicly adver- tised that he would call upon MT. Law. son, but MT. Lawson anticipated this by appearing at the Hotel Touraine at An early hour in the forenoon. Colonel Greene had not yet finished his break, fast, and when the Boston trader sent tn his card the colonel sent out word that he would meet him after break last. The New York promoter emerged from the dining room with a friend walking on either side. At the same moment MT. Lawson, who had been talking freely with group of newspa- per representatives stepped forward half way to meet Colonel Greene. MT. Lawson seemed constrained, but Colo hel Greene smiled warmly, uttered 3 cordial salutation and extending his hand, which MT. Lawson seized, invit- ed the latter to go up stairs. Colonel < Greene'S manner seemed very happy, E but MT. Lawson was apparently very much reserved. The men entered an kelevator and was taken to Colonel Greene's room For almost seven hours the conference went on, while all outsiders, and all messages of every kind were barred. Meantime the police had arrived and virtually taken pos ! session of the hotel, three officers cit 4izens clothes patrolling the corridor up 4 lon which colonel Greene's rooms were 3located, while Chief Inspector Watts and other detectives remained on guard z #in the lobby.
 z At the end of the conference, MT. Lawson and Colonel Greene both made ! q hurried exit from the hotel, the lat tier being driven at once to the failroad < station.
 The only real ripple of excitement of the day came at the very moment that Colonel Greene was entering his car lriage, and this was caused by sud , den flash of flame from the sidewalk, which in the darkness served to create a commotion among the spectators. but which proved merely to be the explo- sion of a chemical used by a photog- rapher in taking a view of the colonel sas he was starting for New York. 4 Later tonight MT. Lawson issued a statement confirming the mutual state rnent given out earlier, and adding that Z 1.-the episode was ended.
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