New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-24
Stenographer's Fate Told
in Letter Which Is Made
Basis for Damages.
HONDURAS TIMBER
WRANGLE IN COURT
Director of Mahogany Concern
Who Wrote to Stakeholder,
Sued for $4,000.

Like many other Central America"
concessions. the one held by THOMAS
W. Troy, of % Broadway, for CONNER
cial timbers in Honduras has LETT IN
its wake allegations Of conspiracy ana
deceit, which acts in turn arc. given
as the reason for the insanity ana
death Of Mrs. Hester Brown, coniiden-
tial stenographer OF the American Ma
hogany Company in Honduras
Troy. director and general man
.aocr Of the American Mahogany COM
ranv. which operated the concession
obtained by him. blamed Alfred w
Duckett. steamship agent and shipping
broker. of II Battery Place, also inter
csted in the concern. for the troubles
or tho companv in the Central Amer-
can Republic. SO forcibly did Troy eN-
rress himself in letter TO Duchett
from, Puerto COrteZ, copy OF "hlOn
Trov cont To Antonio {. Pessano' OF
noroit another stakeholder, that DUCK
o., i now suing for $4,000 damages III
no supreme Cour.. Troy has an
evered that the statements IN ms iet-
tor ,verr "substantiallv true ana tnaI
tbev we're excited by the untimeiy
death OF Mrs Brown and the Irae,e
Circumstances" OF her last days. roy
Your letter received, and IT is IN
thorough accord with your line oil con-
duct pursued out here. and also OF your
return 10 the States. TO cover up Dy
Islander your infamous operations the
whine Of q yellow dog caught roDDihe
hens nest. The confidence mis-
guidedly imposed in you relative 10 ny
properties and opportunities Tor prom
out here raised the devil OF coVeleous-
ness within your soul, and that loice
terminated the latent embryo OF i'%r
and thief. which Overrau any sens,
itv Of honor OF self-respect 10 when
under other conditions you may nave
laid claim 20 possessing.
"poor Mrs Brown is dead. and her
death il directly due 90 realization on
her part of the consequence OF neI par.
ticiDation i'm the conspiracy. ana YOU
can charge her death against your own
miserable soul in the aual accounting.
TROY held 81 per cent Of the stock OF
the timber company. Pcssano had -
Der cent interest and Duckett received
> per cent for his sery ices. Last AprI
puckctt went TO Honduras. lie SAID
that affairs there we're unsatisfactory
and he wanted TO straIgnten them oui.
Troy started for Honduras as DucHett
was coming home. Troy sald lhat
Duckett "aed precipitateiy "hen ne
heard that Troy was coming down,
abandoned his personal belongings ana
eat on the wharf nearly the whole
night fearing 20 miss the steamer.
Troy accused his fellow stakeholder
of using improper means 20 induce Mrs
Brown and James ". Grace. general
superintendent. 10 turn over 10 MIN
certain records of the Office. which, u
is alleged. the plaintiff took away with
him Troy added that Mrs. Brown had
confessed 20 the infamous conspiracy
for the destruction OF my property
In his answer 90 Duckett's suit Troy
said: $50 great was Mrs. Browns hui
initiation and chagrin that she became
insane. The defendant OBJ
tanned for her the best medical atten-
ton. and. there being no adequate pro-
vision for such cases m Honduras, the
defendant sent her 20 the United states
with "a trained nurse. She died on the
ship going TO New Orleans"
ROY alleges tiat Wncu l'H'hNlt M'"N
TO Honduras he announced that Troy
was in sanatorium and would never
return 20 look after the timber prop
ertv. and sought by certain acts TO
prove 10 the lIonduran government
that his associate was mentally lncom-
petent and also make II appear that
Troy had abandoned the concession, so
that he. Duckett, might gain control
OF it. Grace and Mrs Brown, 1t Is al
legged. admitted that Duckett had prom
ised them large salaries under the CON
templated reorganization.
In furtherance Of this alleged CON
spiracy. Troy said, Duckett destroyed
II valuable sawmill by attaching teams
Of oxen to the timbers and dragging
the structure apart.
Pessano had a $4,000 interest IN the
American Mahogany Company, and
Troy says that the COPY Of the letter
he sent to him was privileged, as 1t
had 10 do with the affairs Of the COM
pany in which the Detroit man was IN