The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-08
SEES RAY OF HOPE
Mr.. Devlin Insists His Properties
Will Pay Out.
George r. Peck Arrives in
Topeka Today.
HE TALKS HOPEFULLY.
Has positive knowledge" Cred
itOrs Will Be Paid.
Receiver Hurley Arrives and
Holds a Conference.

IF I have lost everything else,
have one coal mine in Illinois which
will pay off all my indebtedness -
Charles ]. Devlin to Clifford Histed,
his attorney.
''Mr. Devlin is sick from a blood-clot
on his brain. I saw him Friday
afternoon and his improvement is
marked. He is almost uncontroIlably
anxious to get out. I think a month
will see him back in the harness.
Then watch him make things hum
Clifford Histed.
To his attorney, Clifford Eisted, c. J.
Devlin Friday afternoon talked with
quickened mind. with better analogy
of things than he has shown. 1t is
| evident that the public was misled
about the nature of his illness. 1t
was first announced he would be out in
| a week
| Work the mines,'' was his state
Fment. ''They will pay out. If I have
lost everything else. L have one coal
mine in Illinois which will pay off all
my Indebtedness. Just give me a
chance to get back down town. L will
make things pay out every dollar 1
owe. know what is in the mines and
4 W4Adl LI0E are WOTLn. want TO get
back and work.
HE spoke with the greatest en-
thusiasm, said Mr.. Histed this morn
ing, ''as 1 went into the sick room on
Friday afternoon at his home at
| Thirteenth and Topeka avenue to see
him. He was sitting up in bed,
garbed in his sleeping robe. He threw
up his hands on either side of his
bead. and nd in a,d his genial fs Irish way
s. You don't look like a wreck to me
by any means, I said.
" There is lots of work in me yet,
was his answer
"Then we talked over business mat
ters and his mind was quick and
ready to respond, not slow and slug
gish as it was the other day when L
saw him.
Had Blood CIot.
For the first time, the public is au-
thentically apprised of the exact nat
ton embodying that point was asked
of Mr.. Histed. to which he replied:
He suffered with a blood clot on
his brain. That you know interferes
with the process of thought, making
his thinking slow and impeded. That
is a physiological fact. 1t is now sim
ply a question of letting nature alone,
that element will work out salvation
in this case. Mental worry will re-
tard process to speedy recovery. So
far as final recovery is concerned,
there is no doubt. When I saw him
yesterday he looked and felt good He
wants to get out When he does,
watch him make things co.
1t had been stated right along by
DR.. w. S. Lindsay that Mr.. Devlin
was suffering from acute indigestion,
and that his illness was due solely to
that ailment. This statement has con-
tinually been made. No explanation
was given why mental break down
should be correIative to an attack of
that kind further than a statement
that the prominent coal dealer had
| overworked himself.
Has the Property.
what mine is that Illinois one which
Mr.. Devlin says would practically liqui-
date all of his Indebtedness were every
| thing else wiped out?" was the question
| then directed at Mr.. Histed.
81 do not wish. to say anything in
| particular concerning it, was the an
| swer, but that it is 1,200 acres large
and to very large extent unworked.
1t has the stuff in it though and will
| solve the problem.
HE has the property and will make
things pay out. I don't want this put
too strong now. Some people may
think that it is hot air. I know where
of speak. I know that the material is
to be had from which the money can
be converted and the obligations liquf-
dated. Mr.. Devlin may probably not be
out for a month, only because the doc
tors will not let him. But when he
does, things will be done. He knows
how. He knows every inch of the coal
business and he can make big produc-
tions SO far as results are concerned
The receivers are anxious to have him
on duty, anxious to have him in the
harness and at work.
1sBest to Be Had
"What do I think of the receivers p
said Mr.. Histed in answer to that
question. 81 consider them among the
best-and in fact consider them the
very best that could have been obtained
for that work. L do not believe that il
a general election had been held in the
state of Kansas two more satisfactory
men could have been found
They will apply to it wisdom gained
from long experience in weighty and
big affairs. They have taken hold OF
the work with enthusiasm. They will
do the very best that is to be done
Their control centers the management
protects assaults. makes things con-
crete and compact, conserves all inter
ests, and gives US an opportunity tC
realize the most from the immense pro-
perties. The difficulty was that wher
the bank went. it engendered restless
nervous feeling among all classes OF
|; creditors 1t brought attachments and
involuntary petitions in bankruptcy
against us. Now that is all stopped
Now let me warn you again. Don't
put me in too enthusiastic light.
mean everything and more than l have
said But people are apt to think thai
| 1 am giving hot air. I mean this.
know just exactly whereof 1 speak with
regard to the Devlin matters. When
Mr. Dev1in gets back into the streets he
will make things realize to their utmost
He knows what there is in bis proper
ties He says that he can pay out to
the last mark
Peck Says They'll Pay Out.
"If the Devlin properties are managed
right. there is not a, particle of question
in my mind but they will pay out twice
as much as the debts now aggregate" F"