The Lambertville record., 1916-07-13

come direct to my room, where will
be waiting for you and your attorney.
81 am using a fictitious name, for
reasons that l will explain to you when
see you. Yours very truly"
On receipt of this letter from me,
Mr.. Miles at once teiegraphed that he
would leave Falls City the same eve
ming, arriving at st. Louis the follow
ing morning, via the Burlington route.
and that he would carry out the in
structions which had given him.
l went to the Planters hotel that
evening, registered under the assum-
ed name which had given in my let
ter, and was assigned to a room on the
fourth floor.
The next morning about eight o'clock
Mr.. Joseph H. Miles, accompanied by
his lawyers, Ex-Judge Gillespie of
Falls City, and Ex-Judge Martin of the
same place, and the latter's son, who
was stenographer, arrived at the
hotel. After we had all been mu-
tually introduced began by saying:
Gentlemen, my name is Thomas
Furlong, and l used a fictitious name
In writing to Mr.. Miles because my
name and business are known to a
great many people in Nebraska. A
certain person who Is connected with
what | know to be a conspiracy
against Mr.. Miles resides in Falls City,
of which he is an old inhabitant, and
he would probably know my name II
he heard it. AS I did not know but
that he might be connected with or
and would thus learn that / had COM
municated with Mr.. Miles, deemed 1t
advisable not to use my own name.
Now, wish that you would call on
any Of the general managers of any
of the railroads that enter st. Louis,
or the president of any bank in the
city whom you may know, and ask
him as to my character and standing
Does Mr. William Nicholson know
you?" asked Mr.. Joseph H. Miles.
"He knows me very WE'LL" l answer
ed.
ANIthOAoOh 10 lhy WI AASopChN~Ae
here" said Mr.. Miles, "and has charge
of more than a million dollars of our
estate"
We walked over to Mr.. Nicholson 8
bank and Mr.. Miles entered the pri-
vate Office, leaving me standing in the
passage outside. AS he entered the
office he left the door open. Mr
Nicholson arose and greeted him. at
the same time speaking to me. After
the greeting, Mr. Miles said to Mr.
Nicholson:
Il see that you know Mr., Furlong. .
YES" replied Mr.. Nicholson, 81 have
known Tom for years, and he is wei
come to anything l have"
"Mr Furlong told me that you
knew him." said Mr.. Miles, "and he
insisted on my coming down here and
asking you about his standing in St
Louis"
After a little further conversation
Mr. Miles shook hands with Mr.. Nick
olson, and we returned to my room at
the Planters hotel, where Judges Mar
tin and Gillespie and the stenog
rapher were awaiting us. l then re
lated in detail the story that had been
told me by Harbaugh. After l had
completed the narrative, all of which
was taken down in shorthand by the
stenographer, the younger Mr.. Martin
Harbaugh was sent for, and he veri
fed the statements which had made
The conference was then adjourned
for luncheon.
At two o'clock, when the party reas
sembled in my room, Judge Martin
said:
I'VE have been considering this
statement of yours, Mr.. Furlong. We
have known for some time that these
lawyers whom you have named were
trying to make trouble for US, but WE
did not know until you told us today
just what they intended to do. and
now | want to say that Mr.. Miles and
myself appreciate what you have done
in this matter so far, and we are anX
ious for your opinion as to what yoJ
think is the best way to proceed"
OF course, 1ad been considering
that point for some time. and re
piled:
81 believe that the best way to pro
ceed would be for Harbaugh to go tt
the lawyer in Kansas City and tel
him that he will accept his proposi