The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-06-20

DR.. Weston ard his attorneys got
| busy. laid trap and with the help
of postoffice inspectors discovered
| the identity of Jarvis" Wickes
| friends point to some of the effusions
as the letters of a crazy man and
! say they would not wonder If 1t
| transpires that he has been writing
Jarvis" letters all over the world
| to men of affairs. And it is suggest
J cd that he has been using at least
| two other aliases in his letterwrit-
| ing mania.
Wickes used to be in partnership
| with Edward S. Hatch, an attorney.
They disagreed, the partnership was
dissolved, and at once Hatch was in
receipt Of his share of Jarvis" let
ters telling what fine man Thomas
p. Wickes was and how Hatch would
regret the dissolution.
In another case Wickes was attor-
ney for young woman in damage
suit. He was successful and she re-
ceived judgment for a large sum.
Then she learned of Jarvis" but
this time it was Wickes that was
boosting Jarvis" He told her that
he would have been unable to win
such victory for her had it not been
for the unexampled genius and abil-
ity of one Lewis Jarvis, without
whose advice her case would have
been practically hopeless. He sug-
gested that his client should amply
reward Jarvis" for what he had done
for her, and she very generously did
so-through Wickes.
To his family at $40 West Eighty
fifth street and to his Office mates at
Al West Wall street the mysterious
Wickes case has been one of as much
shock and mystery as to the general
public. His wife Is Frustrated and
his former personal friends are
| dumb.
| 1t would take Wickes perhaps 80
to 40 minutes to reach his Office from
his home. Yet it was generally his
custom to leave his home at o'clock
! in the morning while he would not
arrive at his office until several hours
later.
Where was he in the meantime
| is the question that Is being asked,
and on it's answer very likely de-
ponds much of this Jekyl and Hyde
| mystery.
Wickes, with his trimmed
imperial. and a military swing of the
shoulders. is an impressive person
age. His manner is somewhat i'm
perious, but always suave. He is try
ing his best to keep clear of the in
reviewers, and to all such callers at
his office he is "out."
He happened to bob in from an
inner office when one reported called
and he could not escape. He tried
to sidestep, but was cornered and
finally said that his hot shot would
come later.
Wickes Is proud of his ancestry,
for, in a prepared statement for pub
| lication of his biography, along with
| other notable men of New York"
the first paragraph tells all about
Wickes' grandfather, Elphalet
| Wickes, and his revolutionary cx-
perience.
1t also shows that Wickes was born
in 1853, tells Of his years of educa-
| ton, and states that while in the city
counsePs office, ut was due to his
energy and activity and thorough
preparation of the cases against these
enterprises that the original cable
| railway system, which had no merits.
| and the matter OF the Metropolitan
Transit company, and another under
ground railroad scheme were defeated
in the courts"
One also learns from this source
that Fin early life, especially while
in college, Mr.. Wickes was noted as
the possessor of an uncommonly fine
| baritone voice. nnd he frequently
sang in public on variety of occa.
sions."