The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-15
LEWIS JARVIS NOT WORRYING.
LAWYER SHELBY7S S4fERS.
As MIR. WIckes He Promises to Make II Hot
for Osborn and Dimes In Great Good
Hutnor At Delm 0nlcOs-A Few Moro
Things That lie wrote TO People About.

Thomas Parnaee Wickes the lawyer
who boosted his own practise and prohered
advice to Commodore Edward Weston a
client OF his opponents, by writing letters
over the signature Lewis Jarvis, re-
covered Yesterday some Of the equanimity
which deserted him after his indictment
by the Grand Jury on Tuesday for at
tempted blaclmail, but evaded all efforts
to get him to deny fatty the authorship OF
the Jarvis letters Said MIR. Wickes:
After Osborne gets through firing his
broadsides at me through the press-be-
lieve me, gentlemen. | do not mean 10 De
discourteous, but feel that the newspapers
this morning treated me with but scant
conrtesy-I will return the fire. My hre
will be very hot; I think can assure you OF
that think he must have pretty well
exhausted his ammunition this morning.
| shall wait, however until he peters out
before begin Unless my counsel advises
to the contrary. think shall not have
much to say in the immediate future.
1T seems to me that had rather more
notorety In the columns OF the press this
morning than the matter warranted But
| suppose that is inevitable when one has
been rather prominent in the courts ana
when one has many prominent friends.
am not worrying Do look as though
were worrying?"
Mr. Wickes did not look as though he
were worrying.
which Wickes used were made public yester-
day. Evan Shelby, who has big collec-
ton of Lewis Jarvis letters in his safe,
announced that it was no part OF Com
modore Weston's plan to persecute Mr..
A. lnNka OF
District Attorneys service II the weston
letters we're not sufficient
There we're reports yesterday that Wickes
had written letters over the names Charles
Dawson and "McRae Farquhar. None OF
these letters had come to the attention
counsel, II they were ever in existence.
But that Jarvis" did offer to do detective
work among families Of social prominence
who could not be watched by ordinary
detectives at all and that he sometimes
offered to lend money to persons who we're
reported to he In straits were not denied
In one instance which the letters col
lected by Mr.. Shelby revealed, Lewis Jarvis
wrote to a woman client OF Wickes oner1ng
TO lend the client $3.50 through "ickes.
Tho client, on the advice OF "ickes, ae.
copied the loan. Later. when the cllent
had won case and had received con-
sidera bile sum OF money. Jarvis wrote her
asking for loan OF 81 $50.
In the County Court House yesterday
there was the greatest surprise expressed
that he should have made use OF the Lewis
Jarvis method Of doing business but that
he felt it necessary to help out his income
by any such practises. He had many cases
in the supreme Court for which he was
known to get substantial fees. He always
dressed rather deliberately and freuuented
places where the poverty stricken are not
found in great numbers. He was pointed
out at Demonico's last night. dining with
some elaboration and converting with an
acquaintance with great good humor
T. c. O'Sullvan. who was Lawyer Wickes's
associate in the suit of Or. Crime j against
Commodore Weston. said last night that T.
wasn't until last Sunday that DR.. GrinneIi
knew what Wickes had been doing, and
then he told Wickes that he would have
nothing more to do with him.
ON Sunday. after repeated attempts 70
get Mr. WiCkes to discuss the case, SAID
Mr.. OSullivan, -he was finally induced 70
come to my house. and Mr. Wickes' Dr'
Grinnel and myself talked 1t over. pr
Cirinnell went away completely undone'
| requested Mr.. Wickes not to appear again
and he accepted the suggestion, Whether
the charges were true or not felt ! could
not remain in the case. and 80 did pr,
Grinnel. cannot account forAir "lcKes
arrangement. Among other things which
he conflled to me on Sunday was the APP
parently sincere statement that in writing
the letters he had no intention OF doing any
wrong. There had been a Lewis Jarvis IN
his family some time back and he told mo
that in conducting an investigation some
wears ago he had taken that name Tor the
purpose and had used II again In this in
stance. II he had an exact appreciation
Of what he was doing he would have realized
that it was absolutely discoverable and that
he might as we'll have signed his own name;
T know he resents the idea that he is at all
wrong mentally. however"