The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
NNETTsviIlLE S. O. FKIh2AY, JANUARY &, 1905

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convince Addicks to the same effect
& and In addition tell him that Mr.
i Rogers bad angrily refuse d to get int
the mix,up, that should then hoit
myself In readiness TO meet JohI
Moore and Hanna or 0 ,borne as soor
as an appointment could be arranged
Z That afternoon I got the word ant
went to No. 90 Broadway, and from
there Mr.. Rogers and I went over tt
John Moore's Office.
John said Mr.. Rogers, I an
going to turn this matter over to YoJ
and Lawson, and 1 am to have moth
Ing further to DO with it. What you
/ two agree to will be satisfactory tc
me, and remember, both of you, every
dollar that Is paid by the National
Committee, but after it's all settled
and II there is no slip up, will look
to L,wson for whatever is expended.
Is it understoodp''
I'VE agreed that 1t was, and Rog-
ers left u.s.
Lawson says that the John Moore
mentioned was of the stock broker.
age firm of Moore s. Schley. Mr..
Moore Is now dead. Lowson describes
the Washington connections OF Moore
& Schley, saying they did business for
Senators, Congressman and other ma.
tional Officials who speculated in
stOckB on their inside knowledge Of
legislation.
When everything had been arranged
for the quashing Of the receivership
by the payment Of $500, 900. Lawson
went to Boston with Mr. Rogers at
tOrney and the directors of the Boston
companies. Legal transfers we're to
be made In Boston Immediately upon
telephone news from Wilmington Of
the retirement Of the receiver. An.
other party, headed by Addicks and
including the lawyer, the receiver, a
representative Of Mr.. Moore and coun-
sci for Mr.. Rogers, left at the same
time for Wilmington. This latter
contingent. Lawson says, was to carry
the money. Mr. Lawson writes:
HOW THE PLAN WORKED.
Before I took the train for Bos
ton, just after the last deed had been
signed, had come to complete
understanding in the manner in which
the court proceedings the following
morning should be conducted. 1t was
understood that no one should take
another's word for any thing, and con-
sequently that no money should pass
until specific performance of all the
required conditions.
Immediately on the release of the
receivership Foster and Braman were
to be paid their fee, and they asked
that the $3.50, 600 cash coming,to them
should be arranged In separate piles
Of bills. The two packages contain
Ing Fosters and part OF Buchanan's
and Braman's $4,000 were to.be In
the costody Of John Moorer's repre-
sentative and my partner, who, with
r ,gers' counsel and Addicks, had beer
assigned TO represent the Bay ST.
aeon st.,ti
Lawson SAID that Addicks had
planned a revenge upon Foster and
Braman after the payment Of the mon
ey. Some Of his political ''heelers."
Lawson writes, had learned of the pay
ment in cash that was to be made,
and had planned a scuffle on the sta
tion platform while tie lawyer and
the receiver were waiting for the train
that was to take them from Whining
ton to New York, Lawson doesn't
state outright that the two men were
to be robbed in the scuffle, merely
saying:
We'll, many things happen In q
rush,"
CASE FULL OF MONEY.
Judge Wales WAS on the bench In
Wilmington Circuit Court room the
next day, says Lawson. All of the
parties to the arrangement were pres.
ent and two dress suit cases were
stackt up in the sight of all present.
The formal motion to dismiss the re-
receiyership was made and consented
| to.
AT once" writes Lawson, "the
two DIRE IS suit cases, each loaded with
currency, were slipped to Braman and
Foster. In Lne hustle Braman and
Foster, each with his booty fed"
They had arranged for q special
train to carry them out Of Whining
ton, and in this way. Lawson says,
the plans Of the Addicks men were
defeated. Lawson says he learned
that the two men had planned to
make big coup in Bay State Gas, but
he got into the market first, sending
the price up from to 10 q share, and
then causing slump when they got
aboard at the high price.
In a separate article Lawson again
attacks the life insurance companies,
and to upset the charge that he was
actuated by their refusal to insure
him, prints a fac-simile Of 81, 900, 0Go
bond policy which he hold in the
Equitable Life and on which he pays
a yearly premium OF S144, 220. This
policy expires on August 22,I912
when Mr. Lawson Is to receive ST..
100000.