The Winslow mail., 1915-02-27


streets with the letter and the check
| in his hand
He went to the Office of James G.
Mcguire, one of the most prominent
lawyers of California. Mr.. Mcclure
had been the Democratic nominee for
governor.
Old man Moynihan threw the en-
velope, letter and check on Mr.. Nc
| Cures desk. Il want you to bust the
trust" he said. Send the robbers to
jail. Put every last one of them be-
hind the bars. There's your evidence.
1t came to me in the mail. The devils
put themselves In me hands"
Mr. MCGUIRE calmed the %Acited
man and then read the letter and ex-
amined the check. He knew Moyni-
hams story. He smiled as he read the
| letter and he smiled as he looked at
| the check.
Il guess it's the mistake of some
clerk, Tim," he said. "You certainly
! have the evidence"
Il have. Now go right to work and
bust the trust" said Mr.. Moynihan.
| I've suffered enough from the crimes
of these spalpeens. Now want my re-
| venge. They'd have ruined me if |
hadn't a bit of money laid by"
Mr.. Mcclure explained to the old
Irishman his idea of how the letter
and the check happened to come to
him. 81 suppose they have new
bookkeeper," he said. q suppose in
making up his quarterly statement he
included your account among those to
whom rebates should be given. He
supposed you were in the combination,
so he had check for the rebate made
out in your favor. There will be the
devil to pay in that office when they
learn of this mistake"
TITS right you are, Mr.. MCGUIRE"
said Moynihan. 'Now I want you to
go ahead and bust the trust"
Mceuire's Wise Advice.
Not so fast" said Mr.. Mcclure. TT
would take years and cost you every
dollar you've got It's matter for
the federal authorities. The case
|
court up to the Supreme court of the
| United States and wouldn't be settled
finally probably until long after you are
dead You leave the matter wholly
to me and I'll make these rascals
quake. I'll make them wish they'd
never formed the combination and
never had anything to do with T. J.
Moynihan. You go ahead and bid on
all the contracts you wish. Base your
estimates just the same as if you were
getting a rebate. Buy all your supplies
| from the combination"
Timothy J. Moynihan did as he was
told. He got more business the next
month than he had in the previous
year. His competitors had ceased to
consider him as a factor. Not only
that, but various men who had given
orders to Moynihan were surprised to
get letters from him notifying them
that owing to a development, which
he would explain to them later, he
was able to make a reduction in the
price of work he had done for them
and that he was forwarding his check
to cover the amount they were en-
titled to-
Mr. Moynihan meanwhile turned
over to Mr.. Mcclure a detailed state
ment of everything he had purchased
from the combination from the day it
was formed. Mr.. Mcclure had several
conferences with the head of the COM
bination. The hardware man was
aghast when Mr., Mcclure said it was
his purpose to compel the combina-
tion to bring all its books into court.
''I don't care what system of book
keeping you have employed" said Mr..
Mcclure, either your books or the
records of the banks will disclose
everything I require. We've got you
under the civil statutes and we've got
you under the Sherman act. You'll be
a mighty lucky lot Of men if you es.
cape the penitentiary. You've got a
pretty tough citizen to deal with in
| Timothy ]. Moynihan. Nothing would
please him better than to see you in
stripes. He gladly would spend every
| dollar he possesses to have full re-
venge on you and all those connected
with you"
The combination employed half a
dozen lawyers, high-priced lawyers.
the sort of lawyers that do more work
out of court than in court. They gave
all their attention to that case fol
weeks. They consulted with Mr.. Nc
CURE and they blarneyed and they
pleaded with Mr.. Moynihan. The one
thing that influenced Mr.. Moynihan
was the picture Of the disgrace and
the suffering that would be visited
upon the innocent wives and children
of the men connected with the combi.
nation. At last he agreed to compro'
mise. The combination paid back to
him every dollar that would have been
due to him in rebate had he been
party to the agreement proposed some
years before. He insisted on getting
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