New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-13
I'm MOOD TO ROB TILL
Julian Hawthorne Wrote He
Was Starving to Death"

Just a glimpse Of the manner in which
the imagination and the writing ability
Of Julian hawthorne were utilized by the
men who in reality promoted the many
mining enterprises that separated invest
ors from millions Of money was offered
yesterday TO the jury al the trial of Al
bert Freeman, Josiah Quincy, Dr. VIII
lam ]. Morton and Mr.. Hawthorne.
! Throughout the trial. now i'm its third
week, the name Of Hawthorne played an
important role. and his activities in the
sale of stock in the Temagami-Coba
Mines Company and the other enterprises
pf a similar nature promoted by Freeman
were used even by the lawyers represent
ing Mr.. Hawthorne's co-defendants 10
suggest that if any Misrepresentation
had been made to prospective investors II
had been primarily the fault of Mr.. Haw-
thUrne. who had acted without the Knowl-
edge of his associates in the enterprises.
A few letters written by Mr.. Haw-
thorne were read yesterday 10 the jury.
disclosing that the novelist had kept his
business associates well advised as TO
every action he took At the same time
the letters seemed to show the buoyancy
Of imagination and the great expectations
he held as 10 the success Of the mining
enterprises about which he wrote such
glowing accounts 10 investors
From these communications il also APP
peared that while the public paid 100000
for the stock it purchased I'm the Tena-
gami, the Elk Lake ana the Montreal
James mines little of that amount found
its way into the pockets Of Mr.. HAY
thorne. who repeatedly complained that
he did not have enough TO cover the eN-
penses Of simple daily life.
On February z, 1905, Mr.. Hawthorne
wrote as follows to Albert Freeman. who
was then in Canada with DR.. Morton
My Dear Count Albert, ..u
on the whole. / wish I had gone up
with you two. It's too much IKE haIu
work here, even leaving out the weather;
That individual whom you hred OUT OF
the directorate and afterward permitted
to crawl back-I can't think OF his name
at this moment, but you know whom l.
mean-well. he turned up YESTERDAY
made my acquaintance and his own
apology and was generally compl-
lie went on TO say that he was in
touch with certain English capitalists,
whose names he did not mention. VINO
would be disposed to invest IN our com
panies. or in any of them, 10 any extent
I'M 10 all the stock issued, provided they
could be satisfied that IT was SOUND
business risk. And he suggested that
supply him with any points, arguments,
data, statistics, local color or ATTENDANT
| circumstances the PRONUNCIATION WheleOI
| 10 said BritiSheTs on his part might
| tend 10 open these fathomless pocket
/ books of theirs in our direction.
Thereupon 1 endeavored to Imagine
myself to be a combination of the quail
! ties of you and Morton your nre ana
resourcefulness and his conservatism
! together with my innocence ana virtue
/ and in disguise conducted MN Ihlo
/ your room sat him down with his nose
| over the samples and maps and al
ministered lecture TO him. lie went
I off at last full, and l expect him back IN
a few days conveying line Of wagons
/ loaded with British BoId 10 e&chah6e
for our certificates.
/ wish you wire Mckinnon TO pay me
| 81 600 or so for my lunches and carfaTes
/ j am stone broke and In mood 10 rob
| The till You had better come back any
way. Why should you two fellows be
off PLAYING while L stick here with my
| nose TO the grfhdstone, starving TO
death Love 10 the doctor. Ever thine,
JULIAN HAWTHORNE.
on another occasion Mr.. Hawthorne
wrote TO Freeman in part as follows:
Most Grave and Reverend Signor: Broth
er Brown turned up on the 9th and PAID
! his 5000 shares like little man, but
| Colby's handbook is still unclaimed on
! the desk. lie came here on Monday just
! after ! had given him up and had gone
home. But wrote him love letter, ana
| expect him back tomorrow or Monday.
BtoWn asked an option on 1900 more I'LL
| January Is. so you will be able 10 tackle
him yourself.
| Hubbard. of Plaindeld, y. j., who looks
rich talked for spell and seemed so well
| satisfied that he arranged to come again
! to see you, and l expect he will swallow
| five or ten thousand.
There is not much other news except
/ that | borrowed $3.50 from the company
| TO pay for my new steam yacht, and that
| ! wish you were back at work.
In answer to an inquiry by postoffice in
spectors made I'm october, 1903, Mr.. Haw-
thorne wrote that his character and
standing ought to be regarded as sufii-
cient guarantee that he would not asso-
ciate himself with any questionable enter
prise. Among those TO whom he referred
the authorities were Theodore Roosevelt,
Perry Belmont, John BgelOw, William j.
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