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antertninrd mo very handsomely in the pa st
and would he glad to do you some service
May write that many OF your friends thinR
you have pursued NE law SUIT WIN r ,r
81 na, nnv,r Win tho casn
The Other jury, gave si2. 800. This iuIy
a sNs so"" ou we're up "' favored by
rood fortune. too. Dr. Grnnel was very
kind apd generous toward yom, III ~. ,rs,,i
The. case np on In" rlantiN't sde;n W.. N,tt e.,
hdd maze lh' tn't HdhFrsH =" ,h' '"Ip '" -,
aicre that me rerdict ~o"!d hGrc bfen a., o.
.snst $4,000 analn@ non ht s aood pn name
Ill yonr friends herS ars iay'Rs srs 50, , nne
ncnn a E arr n or :, n ai'
about e and tn-dny every one of the m9rn-
jnr l,rs has a., '@H nn "m"n' Win IN v yon oi
~ Very, Very ,ruiiy 0 yours 'h"iS 'N"''''
Hon. h ,nrr n n'S, ,So. WATCHED.
Commodore weston en,or'ain- lot Of
,ellcnt memory and he knew he had never
cntert,ined Icyis Jarvis. So he merely
wrote to Mr.. Osborne that there was some
monkey IN, mess going on. Commodore
Weston also had the post office watched !
take out letters from it and open them. The
willy commodore had seen to IT that the box
would contain letters by addressing num-
Ter Of circulars to Lewis Jarvis there,
S.a G vien ' rect Mr was retained to look after
81 80 eHL s 'r'nin MI nroceed;nas that might
prise.
,..v,s prpoprs WHAT THE JrpcE WILL DO
'As' , nhro"'s l,, mn1 s ln 1swis JARVIS
letter vas received by Commodore Weston.
IL tI he,, W. ,b,,s. ~
w. n. c.,.,o.onu Feb , p, 1901 and
ny DEni n a, "a notion on y"ur
swyerl Tia, they viii move to set tho verdict
Mic,ent ana or nT ,r ia l mkt
m"nceG %n ,he f nrs, nnu whc %, hn verdict
Lasn rrGdy G S.hr"oI nnIow w 70 .,t it aside
cam" IN, MI, on WSpoF" Sinne thoV 10Th rISvc.
I II guess very likely Judge nHtro viii order
Bo YOU w wan n have ,r ali this dragged ont
se wod b SerW had he for vo The only way
Wom cnnld avoid il would b" to wire osborne
o4 v fIui TTf bs notion H Then if the Judge
s6o Wishd denw Wickes.s motion land, between
s SnI and ie me- the Judge VIII for he told inc
ibnt he hey would. the case conid 90 up on appeal
Oh simple appeal from tic judgment,
Commodore Weston didn't answer thi'
letter either, except to wire Mr.. Osborne
no. 10 se'. r even ,r "nan.' s,a,nn Then
promise .tor two-ee ems s'a Tap ,s hTt'
Informed the Commodore that Mr.. Hess
had -blundered right along" and moved
to reduce the verdict.
reduce TITO It TO S. ooo or. in case Mr. WlcSss
would not accept it, he would set it aside
altogether. and he said he would give Mr.,
Wickes I'VE days to decide whether he "oulu
saHe tne S1.ooo or nov na's os H",ise "a
we yeay Gnamge M MA J,G ee Durrns tbat
r. vn,,d not tats Ave seronds 10 decide
but that he Would refuse it at oncel There.
you see: Mr.. .Wickes gets the new tria he
wanted. So In March or April 1t VIII have
TO be gone INTO an over AGAIN WIN "a t ten
69oa pTo o ~ n,o ", 'e'"'o' asa''' you
Commodore. your interests have not been
they? Certainly, not with anything like the
came care and attention and seed Judgment
stance. has been andled, Mr. Mitchell was
cat: CATS and Your Substituted advisers seem. to
some OF your friends. to have been carrying
on the case with a very much keener regard
for the bank account of Osborne Hess than
for the really best interests Of their client
Really, Commodore. YOU ought 20 have
settled the case long ago. II is not too late
now, but Of course you would have to pay
very much more now Why don't you send
Mr. Dorian, some other man in whom
you have confidence. to see Mr.. Wickes. and
try to come to terms with DR., Grinnell at
can close the matter MP Tor good and all
am very glad indeed TO hear OF your i'm.
proved health: ana with all good wishes, /
have the honor 70 subscribe myself as always.
faithfully yours. LEWIS JARVIS.
,,,-, 40, ,,,,,,1,, ,..,,.... -
CETTfh oN WHICH INDICTMENT IS BASED.
Comuodoro wos,o, L.,,. ~,
~ I't " ee.o'i nep' vi saving "ood;
Inc 'eIdlcl was SET aside. and a new trial
begun before Justice Belts was ended by
the illness OF juror. Mr. Osborne
amended the original answer TO the suit
On the day before the fourth tr,l hanan
nu;s Iar,,;s ,,niIa ~; ist , .i' 'sai,
- r. 40 ..i ' 10 I't ny ms iust 'olpai aSsa vi.
on CohHloaore weston, the one which led
70 the indictment OF Wlckes. Unless Mr..
Osborne is mistaken, this letter was dictated
to a stenographer at the back of the court
room i,1s, after Mr. 0shorna,s ,nnt;on -
iao,a 70 onan.i 40 c,na,nL IL ;oii ioi
.Sa .n ~ aliio''u WAC s'a''eo. mere Is most
Oh the ietter'
LEWIS JARVIS,
LOCK Box 1904. NEW YORK.
May Is. 1905.
Edndrd Weston, Esq. bf5 Hiqh street, Noudrh,
". y.
DEAR COMMODORE: wrote YOU two or three
friendly letters in February, but YOU appear
20 have paid no attention to. them at all.
LOOK what spectacle YOU make of yourself
with your two answers. both of which YOU
swore to. on file in the court. because / see
that they are both on file: and some one has
obtained from the county Clerk certified
copy of each Maybe they are to be laid
before police magistrate. and an applica-
tion made for n warrant for your arrest upon
the charge Of perjury. do not know that
any such thing IL in contemplation. put a
do oeains, vn,,.''nnw co,iidn't i,y"rathcr
better lhan the complaint ,- which YOU got