The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-02-05

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streets With the letter and the check
in his hand.
Ia vent to the office of James G.
Mo- IRA one of the most prominent
,au,ora of California. Mr.. Mcclure
had been the Democratic nominee for
governor.
o,d man Moynihan threw the en-
velope, letter and check on Mr.. Nc
c.':ra,s desk. Il want you to bust the
t.,.,v he said. Send the robbers to
;au Put every last one of them be-
hind the bars. There's your evidence.
7. o.me to me in the mail. The devils
mt themselves in me hands,
NJ Mcclure Gained the excited
u.r and then read the letter and ex-
. mined the check. He knew Moyni-
h,rs story. He smiled as he read the
lettsr and he smiled as he looked at
the check.
~ guess it's the mistake of some
o,ork. Tim," he said. "You certainly
have the evidence"
II have Now 60 right to work and
huh the trust" said Mr. Moynihan.
GIVE suffered enough from the crimes
~ these spalpeens. Now want my re-
venge They'd have ruined me if l
hadn't a bit of money laid BY"
Mr.. Mcclure explained to the old
1rishman his idea of how the letter
and the check happened to come to
him. 81 suppose they have new
bookkeeper," he said. 81 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,
40 he had a check for the rebate made
nut in your favor. There will be the
devil to pay in that Office when they
learn Of this mistake"
TITS right you are, Mr.. Mcclure"
said Moynihan Now want you to
20 ahead and bust the trust"
McGuire'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
would be fought out in court after
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 II you were
getting 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
i consider him as factor. Not only
1 that, but various men who had given
i orders to Moynihan were surprised to
ket letters from him notifying them
that owing to development, which
he would explain to them later, he
was able to make reduction in the
| price of work he had done for them
j and that he was forwarding his check
/ to cover the amount they were en-.
| titled to.
1 Mr.. Moynihan meanwhile turned
| over to Mr.. Mcclure detailed state
| ment of everything he had purchased
| from the combination from the day 1t
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'
ton to bring all its books into court.
II don't care what system OF book
keeping you have employed" said MI.
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
mighty lucky lot Of men If you es'
cape the penitentiary. You've got q
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-
yenge on you and all those connected
with you"
The combination employed half a
dozen lawyers, high-priced lawyers
tho sort of lawyers that do more work
out Of court than in court. They gave
all their attention to that case Tor
!. weeks. They consulted with Mr.. NC
CURE and they blarneyed and they
, nleaded with Mr.. Moynihan. The one
thing that influenced Mr.. Moynihan
3 was the picture Of the disgrace and
the suffering that would be visited
mon the innocent wives and children
. ~ the men connected with the comoi'
t nation. At last he agreed to compro'
' mise The combination paid back 70
I him every dollar that would have been
dro m him in rebate had he been q
9 narty to the agreement proposed some
n Years before. He insisted on gettlne