Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-22


WAS visibly agitated when seen at his
Hinsdale residence last night by a
Tribune reporter.
1.-THE charges made against me in the
bill which was filed this afternoon are
the result of gross misapprehension
of the facts" said he.
There is no use in my denying that
dislike exceedingly the noteriety
which is bound to result from the
starting Of such a. suit. particularly as
4 know that ] am innocent of wrong
doing, and that all of my transactions
with the Chicago and Western Indiana
railroad were carried out in good faith
rs far as am concerned.
The insinuations and inuendoes as
contained in the bill, and which at
tack my honesty, are not matter of
small Importance to me. The whole
khing came as a thunderclap out of a
clear sky. | know no reason why such
b suit should be brought against me,
and consider the whole thing as an
outrage and inexcusable.
ut is over two years since l have
had any dealings of business nature
with the Western Indiana railroad.
There never has been a word of COM
rectors of the company. not even a
hint that / have not dealt fairly with
the company.
Sold Much Realty to Road.
TT is true that l sold the railroad
company large amount of real estate.
should think if anything that the fig
ures of over $2,000,000 mentioned in
the bill are below rather than above
the sum total of the transactions in
real estate l put through for the COM
pany. That is, speaking in a general
way 1t would not amount to more than
a small part of the total amount of
real estate business l have transacted
In Chicago, however.
81 have receipts in full and final
settlement for every transac tion | ever
entered into with the railroad or any
of the parties mentioned in the suit.
had no Interior deals with them of
any kind.
Nearly all of the property which
sold to the Western Indiana railroad
was real estate which l owned myself,
or on which I held options. l bought
and sold property to the road, but re-
ceived no commissions.
1.-THE first intimation I received that
the suit had been started was when an
Injunction restraining me from dispos-
ing of bonds of the road was served
on me at my office about o'clock in
the afternoon. / called Mr.. Thomas up
on the telephone at Z O'clock and the
papers had not been served on him at
that time"
Wife Stays Through Interview.
Mr.. Fetzer when interviewed had
not seen copy of the bill and said
that he had but faint idea of it's con-
tents. Mrs. Fetzer was in the room
when the interview was asked for and
granted.
"shall I leave the room?' she asked
her husband.
mo, you need not" said he There
Is nothing about this affair that you
need not know"
The interview was interrupted fire.
nuently by the telephone calls of Mrs
Fetzer's neighbors with invitations to
different social affairs. The Fetzer
residence is one of the most beautiful
In Hinsdale.
Mrs. Fetzer was not at all disturbed
about the suit and laughed when at s
o'clock she was served with a copy of
the same injunction served on her
husband several hours earlier.
This is the first time l have ever
had anything to do with court mat
ters,'' she said"
"Work of Enemy?" She Asks.
'why, this must be the work of
some enemy of Mr.. Fetzer,' she re-
marked. Men in business sometimes
cannot help making enemies"
What properties did you sell or
convey to the Chicago and Western
Indiana Railroad company?" Mr.. Fet-
Fer was asked.
THE properties We're pretty we'll
scattered. They were at different loca-
lions along the right of way of the
road. Some of the property was on the
north side and lot of 1t on the west
side and south side. 1t was all desired
for trackage purposes when the road
wanted to build another track. or
something of that kind. I possessed a
few options on real estate purchased
by the road. Sometimes ] lost money
,n my options. as all real estate men
DO. / took the risk, ard if l profited, all
well and good If NJ. 1 stood the loss
and said nothing."
West Point Women Eat Tainted Meat
West Point, Jan. 20.-(Special) =
Mrs. Harry DeLashmutt and Milt
Fisher who is employed at the De
Lashmutt house, were taken seriously
i'll yesterday, from poisoning, supposed
to have been caused by eating meat
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