New-York tribune., 1905-06-14

o. February 25 and May Is. The letters "eIo g..
written on Tiffany note paper. ana were nea-9N @
1T eyyis Jarvis, Lock Box 1,6Oa' Ne"
Ars+ three were written in long nano' "iA4e |--0
fourth was typewritten- .ov 70
Hr+er Mr. weston turned the letters over ~
Nv osborne q watch was set al the P0Stoa+s. P. ~.
Mr. yVickes was seen to open 4ocA oOA -
and take mail from 1t. The history u -0
was looked up and it was dlscoEeieu 80,
Lewis Jarvis had rented the D"~ SA-C
Nth a single tntermission OF a few months MI
-. cent a sneciaI delivery answer TO the
,o4 7o+.o- raceived. At the same time the post
esa authorities were informed ana the DO@
&C. ..nlueeed" When Lewis JARVIS caiho
for the mail his key would not Unlock tne poA'
so he applied to the clerk at the "lnuO"'
latter gave him the letters in the nO1, Du' 'O4u
him there was one special delivery 4erIer Iof
which he must sign. This he did without ap-
parent compunction-
THE nsxt move Of Mr. Osborne was TO seno
6 girl TO the Office of Mr. Wickes 10 nave wiz
drawn, and Mr. Osborne discovered 1nat tn7
handwriting Of Lewis Jarvis ana MT "4cAeS
vyas identical. with only slight attempts at dis
euise Identification was thus complete. SO
Mr.. Osborne made a motion TO amend answer
~ Una o and as soon as Senator O'Sullivan
and DR.. Griuueu saw the exhibit of letters ana
other evidence a move was made 10 drop the
case at once The plaintiff agreed never 10
bring suit again. and the long drawn out case
of Grinneu against Weston came to close- The
letter which contained the most damaging ut
terances was dated May Is. and is in part as
follows:
vrot. you two or three friendly letters IN teo-
ruary; but you appear 70 nave pay ~ Iga
of -oU-sAIf with your two answers, both or which
I-o,1 syo~e 70 on file in the court because l see
iSat they are both flei and some one mas mas oos
aanb NsIhe thev are TO be laid before police
ma Efstrate and application made for warrant NJ
not knovv that any such thing IS IN contenpIatlon
bur pretty good criminal compliant co1Io pc Iaue @
against you-now, couldn't IL it!-rather pettsF Llan
t5a comnlaInt which you got McConVlle &c swear
70 four Years ago. when you had GrinneI arrested
There is only one chance for you TO get out; VIII
Won be man enough to take IT ana De quick ABOUT
=. - 1x-iU Won continue 10 be led Ike blind man.
,,IoD sdvice which still believe must be against
vour own good Judgment, but whicn. JUST as sure4y
a. vou live will take you 10 Sing sing?
In answering this letter MIR. Weston said he
anpreciated the interest which Lewis Jarvis was
showing in his affairs. and offered TO allow him
70 conduct the case for him. Mr.. Jarvis. how
ever seemed to smell rat" at this stage Of the
proceedings for Mr.. Weston soon received let
ter signed secretary" saying MIR. Jarvis had
gone away.
Mr. Weston then employed Evan Shelby, OF
No 46 Cedar-st., TO Investigate the criminal
side Of tbs letters and II WAS Mr.. Shelbys ad-
vertisements asking for Information about
Lewis Jarvis" that gave an intiInauon or the
blackmail charge TO the public. Mr. Osborne
yesterday was emphatic In stating that ne at
tached no blame TO Senator O6ullvan or Dr.
Grinuell, nor did he think that either OF them
WAS ooSu,xaut OF shs CHRISTENING lstssrs which