The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-01-08
SIDE LIGHT on ROOT SCANDAL
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had received from the company, rated
for Il. aed pressed to- return Of such
balance Of It As might still sxist, tod
his employers 10 go 70 blzzes." They
had given him money for corrupt O.
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demand how ne had spent II. One
account says most Of the money had
been squandered in gambling; another,
that part Of II Rad been blozn into
gold mine. But i, suited Gordon 70
stand on his privileges. He had been
given the money ior purposes OF couup-
ton, and answered that he had spent
il. To sustain this assertion he pro-
duced his transactions with Judge Root.
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OF little. But he had allowed dishonor
TO traffic with him as Judge, and had
written compromising letters. These
he calls epistolary indiscsetions. He
had, moreover, allowed Gordon 10 write
an opinion for him-thereby betrzying
the most sacred Of trusts. But Gordon
was a gambler; and gamblers word
or honor is never 10 be trusted. Cor
don did, indeed, get the service for
his company, bit played false with
Root, and the company has been guilty
Of the 'indiscrei;on" Of wanting the
money back nd Of trying to make
Gordon return II.
All parties in this Transaction are
criminals, but the original criminal was