The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-30

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the narrowness of his soul he could not
stand TO see another man prominently
identified with the work of the commits
sion; He could brook nc. rival ana Win ma 9
to drive me from the service OF the conf
mission, as he had done Mr., Wysor. my
predecessor. His malice was not aireGf 60
with me In the work Of the bureau
created BY the order With the a. assist at
ance Of speeia emplG Sd of Of ~ the
feather and who hoped to profit by my
defeat, they inaugurated a system Of
surveillance and espionage of my every
.titiously unlock and take from private
drawer In Newby's desk carbon copies Of
letters + had dictated to him and which
Ing no wrong, and knowing that my acts
tbs w9Ta
without .concealment and as Transparent
as tho light of day, There was nothing
in Mr.. Upshurs charges bearing the
slightest difficulty in obtaining or that
they could not have gotten from me at
any moment upon request.
The methods practiced by them to Sc
cure their Information were such In their
degradation and debascment rs to be abs
solu.ely revolting to the Instincts Of a
gentleman and all true manhood. Un-
known to me- they noted every word |
uttered Iii regard to this company, and
whenever left the office the time OF my
departure was entered upon their memo-
randum, as was also the time OF abb.
sence, and tho statement that was
traced to one place or another and there
located by phone. In answer to this In
famous destinations. I reply that never
crump or Mr.. Fairfax, telling them the
object OF my going. which was always
primarily in connection with the business
OF tho commission. shortly began to
4, tt(nn 1Nt,t OIN rad mt
by by CO.., or manner because OF them.
Mr.. Upshurs conduct and treatment Of
me grew moraS tolarable each day.
few days before the maj - rupture VI met
not having seen anything OF. him during
tho day, greeted him with the most
courteous salutation. which nc absolutely
assistant clerk had giycn mo, Mt my re-
quest. n carbon copy of q list of corpora
lions which he was making for Mr., Fair
fax, This wns promptly repo ~ t 70 Mrt
morning Mr., Upshur demanded Of my
clerk tho list Of corporations he had been
making Ills reply wns that nc ma had 20, on. Is
crlmp md Mr.. Fairfax. Mr., Ilpsh,,,rr . IN T.,
the most offensive manner. said; This IS
not the list to which refer"
s}incldent Was reported 70 mo, ana
djrectod the clerk to ask Mr.. uDshur to
what lisi ha referred, and who told him
OF It. knowing 8 ! did that had been
reported to him by his nlly,3and my pur-
n1 ,ors '" a"c a for his omcious
ness Mr., Unshnr admitted that he re-
disclose tie source Of f,n Ms n s'pnr
Mn nv BELIEF Of tho matter, I then
called ills 81 at stnns that hf Mas @ast fr ma
ter of thr utmost indifference TO me
whee, he SPOKE nd to ms ne w e. not II e te
| fnt,,re5 M did not care to he courteous
Ito man, md thereby place mys s,tea ~
md It was thcreupon agreed thai we
wond only sneak when nf,'c,al ,nm Nv, ,b re-,
1 If ,i" ho had any complaints to make that
he rnr he.tar mnks hen r. An Inc ,s an,n7
! he nlenty of comn1nnts md charges
| Forthcoming at tho pronn,N hme
Concerning Upshur, .
! That night i visited ,lnnge Crump a.
| his home and told him OF the occurrences e,
OF tia day, stated that y, Was ,, my .hs
commission a petition demanding 9nal