The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
BENNErTsv1LIH 5. q. FRIpAY, JANUARY g. 1905.

convince Addicks to the same effect
and in addition tell him that MI
Rogers bad angrily refused to get int
the mixup, that should then hol
myself In readiness TO meet Johl
Moore and Hanna or 0 borne as sool
as an appointment could be arranged
That afternoon l got the word an,
went to No. 26 Broadway, and from
there Mr.. Rogers and I went over +,
John Moore's office.
JOhn,' said Mr.. Rogers, I an
going to turn this matter over to yo,
and Lawson, and am to have moth
Ing further to Go with it. What yOl
two agree to will be satisfactory Il
me, and remember, both of you, every
dollar that Is paid by the Nationa
Committee, but after it's all settled
and II there is no slip up, will lool
to L,wson for whatever is expended
Is it. understoodP"
I'VE agreed that 1t was. and Rog
ers left u.s."
Lawson says that the John Moore
mentioned was Of the stock broker
age firm Of Moore & Schley. Mr.
Moore Is now dead. Lowson describes
the Washington connections OF Moore
g. Schley, saying they did business fol
Senators, Congressman and other ma
tiOnal Officials who speculated In
stocks on their inside knowledge OF
| legislation.
When everything had been arrause
for the quashing OF the receiyership
by the payment Of $500, 600. Lawson
went to Boston with Mr. Rogers at.
torney and the directors of the Boston
companies. Legal transfers were to
| be made In Boston Immediately upon
telephone news from Wilmington of
the retirement Of the receiver. An.
other party, headed by Addicks and
including the lawyer, the receiver, q
representative Of Mr.. Moore and coun-
sci for Mr.. Rogers, left at the same
time for Wilmington. This latter
contingent. Lawson says, was to carry
the money. MIR. Lawson writes:
HOW THE PLAN WORKED.
Before l took the train for Bns
ton, just after the last deed had been
signed, had come to a complete
understanding in the manner in which
the court proceedings the following
morning should be conducted. 1t was
understood that no one should take
another's word for anything, and con-
sequently that no money should pass
until specific performance of all the
required conditions.
Immediately on the release Of the
receivership Foster aud Braman were
to be paid their fee, and they asked
that the $3.50, 600 cash comingto them
should be arranged in separate piles
OF bills. The two packages contain
ing Fosters and part OF Buchanan's
and Braman's $4,000 were to be in
the costody OF John Moorer's repre-
sentative and my partner, who, with
r tigers counsel and Addicks, had beer
assigned 10 represent the Bay ST.
3. tthc-coutt t, ',------
Lawson said that Addicks had
planned revenge upon Foster and
Braman after the payment of the mon
ey. Some Of his political "heelers. T"
Lawson writes, had learned Of the pay
ment In cash that was to be made,
and had planned scuf1ie on the sta
tion platform while tie lawyer and
the receiver were waiting for the train
that was to take them from Whining
ton to New York, Lawson doesn' t
state outright that the two men were
TO be robbed in the scuffie, merely
saying:
We'll, many things happen in q
rush."
CASE FULL OF MONEY.
Judge Wales was on the bench iu
| Wilmington Circuit Court room the
next day, says Lawson. All Of the
parties TO the arrangement were pres
ent and two dress suit cases were
stacks up In the sight OF all present
The formal motion to dismiss the re.
receiyership was made and consented
to.
AT once" writes lawson, the
two drtS suit cases, each loaded with
currency, were slipped to Braman and
Foster. In the hustle Braman and
Foster, each with his booty ned."
They had arranged for special
train to carry them out OF Whining
ton, and In this way Lawson says
the plans Of the Addicks men were
defeated. Lawson says he learned
that the two men had planned tx
make big coup IN Bay State Gas, but
he got into the market first, sending
the price up from to 10 share. ant
then causing slump when they got
aboard at the high price.
In a separate article Lawson AGAR
attacks the life insurance companies
and TO upset the charge that he wa
actuated by their refusal to iDsur,
him, prints fac smile Of 81 600, 0Gl
bond policy which he hold in th
Equitable Life and on which he pay
a yearly premium OF Sl44 220 Thi
policy expires on August 22,1ol2
when MIR Lawson is to receive 81,
300, 900.
Shot Himseif.
j. b. Harrison, a prominent cotton
buyer fatally shot himself at oclocl
Wednesday afternoon In his room a
Magnolia inn, at Barnesville, Ga, tht
ball entering just above the right en-
and lodging in the brain. Heavy losse
on cotton contracts led to the act. Hi
locSau n ra prtimoto6 nt bput QoS 00O