Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-19
(meaning said F. F. Field's) questions.
Yours very truly.
oEPANK r WIGGIN.'

FRANK r. WIGGIN.
"And plaintiff AYERS that said r. l..
Field made inquiry Of the Peoples Ma
tional Bank of Belfast for the purpose
of ascertaining whether certain state
ments made and published by the
plaintiff relating to a business former
ly conducted by the said plaintiff. in
Belfast, were true, and further to as
certain whether the plaintiff was
man of probity, honor and moral reli
ability, endeavoring thereby to learn
if the plaintiff was a suitable person
for conducting the business OF the Nu-
triola Co., in which the said Field is
stockEolder and that said defendants
nialiciously sent said letter to said F.
l.. Field, and maliciOusly referred to a
certain publication in said The Finan-
cial World. the same being an obscure
and disreputable periodical, published
in the city of Chicago. state Of Illi-
nois, a copy of which said false, libel
Gus, scandaious and defamatory publ
cation is hereto attached as Exhibit
A, and by reference to said article by
said defendants, constituted a republi-
cation by the defendants of said arti-
Gle.
And plaintiff AYERS that said letter.
so as aforesaid written. was irresist-
IDLY calculated to and did tend to pro-
woke him, the said plaintiff to wrath.
expose him to public hatred, contempt
and ridicule, and to deprive him Of the
benefits of public confidence and social
intercourse. And defendants then and
there falsely and maliciously sent the
i'll letter lining tho false ScanQ-
alous. malicious, defamatory libelous
matters aforesaid, and the malicious
reference 20 said other false, scandal
Gus matter contained in said The FL
nancial World, by mail to the said +.
l.. Field, and the said F. L. Field. as
thereby published by the defendants to
the said F. L. Field BY means of the
committing of which said several
grievances Of the said defendants, the
plaintiff has been and is greatly IN
jured in his good name, reputation.
credit. trade and business. ana has
fallen into great discredit among his
creditors. and other worthy persons
with whom he had dealt and traded
and of whom he was accustomed to
buy on credit and especially the said
+. l.. Field. in so much that many per-
sons knowing the good name, good
reputation. credit and high financial
standing of said plaintiff. and especially
the said F. L. Field, wholly on account
of the writing and publishing of the
said false, scandalous. malicious and
defamatory libel by the defendants, as
aforesaid, having altogether refused
and rfi fn huSinaSS 1oa1-
ings with the said plaintiff or with the
said The Nutriola company. of which
said company the said plaintiff is
president. as aforesaid; and stOckhOld-
ers of said company intending to in
crease their holdings of stock and to
procure others of their acquaintance
and friends to invest in said company
and it's said stock. have been deferred
from and persuaded not to so invest
in said company, and to prevent pa
irons Of said company from buying or
dealing with said company, or having
any manner of business dealings with
said plaintiff has been greatly injured
and his profits and earnings have been
diminished and lessened; and also by
means Of the premises plaintiff has
been and is otherwise injured"
The counsel of Hon. f. f. Hanson.
who has begun this suit for $4,000
against Mr. Wiggin and the Waldo
Trust Co, which. by the way. is the re-
organized banking institution which
Mr.. Hanson was largely interested in
starting, has been a most picturesque
one and all Maine has watched it with
more or less interest.
He was born in the town of Lincoln
Penobscot county, March, 1853 and is
consequently 50 years Of age. He is a
graduate of the little red SchoolhOuse,"
that country institution which has
turned out so many really great men.
When II years old his parents moved
to Hampden and two years subsequent
ly to Swanville. When a country farm
er's boy he read Richard A. Dana's,
Two Years Before the Mast" and be-
came infatuated for life on the sea.
When Il he went to Belfast. shipped
in a coasting vessel, following the sea
three years, which was sufficient to
take all the sea romance out of him.
The discipline learned in the rough life
on shipbOard was not lost, but taught
him self-reliance. Returning home, he
purchased a farm which he carried on
one year and also ran five hay presses
in different parts of Waldo county. In
whatever business he undertook he
showed the same remarkable energy
and push always striving to reach the
top.
In 1880 he came to Belfast, opened 4
carriage business and in one year sold
235 carriages more than was ever sold
before or since by one person in that
vicinity. He early learned the value of
advertising and his announcements
were unique and original.
Mr.. Hanson became more widely
known as the manager of the famous
Dana Sarsaparilla Co. In 1888 he bought
one-third interest in this medicine
which up to that time had been a local
remedy manufactured in the back room
of kilgore & Wilson's drug store. He
stocked the company for $4,000 and in
three years time carried the sales to
600.000 bottles per year. making it one
Of the marvels of the age. Dana's Sar-
saparilla and Hanson became household
words in New England and the Middle
states. His peculiar dash and original
methods in placing the medicine on the
market slammed Mr. Hanson as one IF