The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-21
BRIBE MONEY IN
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Thomas w. Lawson Tails OF Cor
ruption BY FinancIers UEler
Ii. , Judge $ Nose.
Special to The journal.

Special to The Journal. "
New York, Dec. q despite the sem
sations to which Thomas w. Lawson
has in the past few weeks accustomed
the readers of the newspapers and Of
8 Frenzied Finance 8 in Everybody s
Magazine, the story he tells in the
January number Of Every body Is makes
one fairly gasp. tits the story of the
transfer of two suit cases, bullying
with money, under the very nose Of. q
Delaware court, in payment for the
calling off Of the receivership Of the
Bay State Gas company, the final act in
fight by Mr.. Lawson and 1sGas' Adj
dicks to save the company for their in
terests.
Preceding the courtroom act there oc.
Cured a battle which for intensity Of in
terest is not often surpassed in financial
affairs, tho Mr.. Lawson assures his read
ers that the story Of the Amalgamated
Copper company, which he will take up
IN detail in the next, installment Of his
story, will surpass this with sick
ening burden of doubled dealing, bru-
tally and defiance of law
Addicks as q gutter.
After the fight between Addicks' in
terests, oaptained by Lawson, against
the Standard Oil interests for control of
the Bay State Gas COMPANY, and the
agreement to be closed Nov. /, 1896, by
which the Addicks interests were to
control, everything seemed to be going
smoothly for the Addicks crowd. Sud
denly, at a meeting Of the directors in
New York, burst bomb-the an
nouncement Of the appointment of re-
ceiver, Dwight Braman, with Roger
Foster for his attorney. This was on
Oct. 16, and meant the wrecking Of Ad.
dicks, unless the receivership could be
called off by Nov. SO that Addicks
could fulfill his part Of the agreement
with H. III. Rogers ofsthe Standard Oil
crowd. Addicks showed, according tc
Lawson, the spirit OF the gutter, but
Lawson was for fighting, and with the
latte ras captain Of the forces, the
battle began forthwith.
Question Of Cash.
The whole thing, as Mr.. Lawson tells
the story with great picturesqueness
simmered down to one paying out
enough money, in which Braman pro
posed that Buchanan, Fosters client OF
whose claim against the Bay State com
pany the receiYership proceedings hac
been instituted, gh ould have $3.50 900 fo1
his claim aud Braman and Foster to
gether, for their trouble & and ex
pense,'' another $780, 1000.
Il -: ~. Rogers Appealed To.
! Where was the money to come from
| Addicks could not furnish It, Lawson
did not see his way clear to do SO, anc
Rogers was the only man to turn to
! Lawson talked 1t over with Rogers, anl
the latter seemed wiling to advance tn,
1 funds necessary 10 ia Re care Of the deal
but the question Rshs: How, withou1
exposing. himself SO grave danger Of be
ing mixed sup In some big scandal thru
the treachery of some one in the deal
Rogers found way. Mr.. Lawson
says:
4 Finally he suggested method wIlic
I was certainly perfect of its kind He be
gan by letting me into the secret that tn
chances Of a. Mckinley victory in tn
| election the following week looked prett
bad, and that. the latest canvass of tn
states showed that unless something rad
! ical were done, Bryan would surely wir
| Hanna had called into consultation half
dozen Of the biggest f1nanciers in Wa
| street; and IT. was decided to turn a
least five Of the doubtful states. To d
this fund Of $5,000;OO0 had been raise
under Rogers direction to be: turne
over to Mark Hanna and McKinley's cous
in, Osborne, thru John Moore, the Wa
street broker, who was acting as Roger!
representative in collecting the none,
It would be legitimate for the nations
/ committee to pay out money to carr
II Delaware, and he, Rogers, would arrang
II it that the coin to satisfy Braman an
Foster should come thru this channe
Thus he would be completely protected.