The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-09
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DESPITE PROTEST
Miss Atkinson to Receive Death
Benefit Check Without
Redwood's Signature.
WILL SIGN AFFIDAVIT

{ OeIynG inc oPPCsiliVh va = AS
1 tain ]. Fl. Redwood, the remaining
members of the board OF trustees OK
( the Firemens Relief Association VIII
on Thursday night give Miss Cassie
/ Atkinson a check for $1,000, payment
/ In full of the death benefit due her
/ following the recent demise OF her
! father, the late Captain Charles D.
Atkinson. Captain Redwood Is bit
! terly opposed 10 paying the claim
without the presentation of q ceru-
fcate now In the possession of Attor-
nay John Lamp. Chief Joynes. now
ever. says that the signatures OF Trus-
tees tigg and Meadows will be sum
cient to warrant the payment BE-
fore receiving the check Miss Atkin-
son will sign an aitidavtt declaring
she has never asked or authorized any
one to collect the money for ner
This affidavit will be In direct con-
tradiction to the statement mau>
Thursday morning by Captain Red
wood The latter says Miss Akin
son gave him the certificate of her
own voiition, declaring that If sne
had TO pay any one for getting her
money for her. she preferred that til,
/ fee 60 to Attorney Lamb.
! Charges and Denials.
Since the stormy session OF Tues
| day night, when Captain Redwood
was charged with trying to settle
fee he was said to owe Attorney Jonn
Lamb by placing business of other
people In his hands, many ofshoot-
| ing charges have det eioped. The claim
of Captain Redwood that he was only
attempting to look after the best in
terests of Miss Atkinson Is fatty de-
MED by several members OF the
association. These latter say that IL
Captain Redwood had wished he
could have secured n full payment of
$1,000 for Captain Atkinson before
the latter died. They say he had
certificate as to Captain Atkinson
total disability several months before
the latter's demise. According to the
rules of the association. they say 1t
would only have been necessary to
present this certificate In order 10
have the money paid. Instead they
charge that he held 1t. They further
claim that Captain Redwood has acted
in a manner that leads to their be-
lieving that he is trying to get fee for
Attorney Lamb This charge they
say is borne out by Captain Redwood's
statement made iE open meeting when
II will never sign rnat check while
there IL life in my body unless some
satisfactory arrangement has been
made with Attorney John Lamb
six members who were present de-
clare Captain Redwood made the
statement. but the latter persists that
he nado no reference to any fee what
soever. lie also says he did not hear
the charge that he was attempting
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ness at the expense Of Miss Atkinson.
1T may have been made" said he.
! II was so excited I'm not sure. II l
had heard II, however. I would have
resented it."
Captain Atkinson owed Mr.. Lamb
H. fee for representing him along with
/ five other members in the fight
against the dissolution of the asso
citation. MIR. Lamb was to get no
never received his fee, although by
winning h. enabled Miss Atkinson to
4receiva- 81, 900 instead ef only Sfse.
II went~-t 80 see Miss Atkinson and
she told me that man had offered
to get her money for her for a fee
of $50 ! told Miss atkinson that IL
any one mad to he paid, ii ought to
eb Mr. Lamb. She gave me the certi-
ficate ana gave 1t to Mr.. Lamb.
how much II would be or anything
else. / wasn't concerned in that mat
ter at all.
Il also deny emphattcally that
referred TO a fee, in any manner
whatsoever at the meeting Tuesday
night. l opposed making payment
without presentation Of the certificate
solely because / don't think such
action is allowed by the rules of the
order"
Miss Atkinson Denies.
Miss Atkinf IN denies Captain Red
wood ever mentioned payment of a
fee to M. Lamb until after he had
secured the certificate. Then. she says.
ne refused to give 1t back to her. al
thougn both she and her brother su
requested him. She told Chief Joynes
that she never even thought 1t neces-
sary to secure the services of any one
in getting the money for her. She
considered the association reliable.
she said. and never anticipated any
difficulty in securing payment.
| According to her story, Captain
Redwood secured the certificate from
her by posing rs trus.eo OF the as
ISOLATION and a long standing friend
of the family. He asked her for IT,
she says, saying he would have Mr..
Lamb present it, and that she would
get the money in about two weeks.
She insists that at this time he said
not one word about fees. giving her
the impression instead that he merely
wished to save her the slight incon-
venience OF presenting the claim her
self.
A few DAYS later she says, Captain
Redwood told her that Mr.. Lamb In
tended TO ''let her nff easy" that while
he didn't know positiveIys ne didn't
believe he ro"ld charge more than
500.
Il TOLD him right then that l didn't
intend 10 pay 800 or any other fee
to Mr.. Lamb or any one else. / asked
him for the certificate saying I could
get my money for myself He said
Mr.. Lamb already had II and /
couldn't get it."