St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-08-19

After the dea:E Of M WO0i-
fnsk, and the conSalle.1t failure
OF his company, yOp went :. chi
cago and remained there unit: you
I succeeded in arranging the affairs
of our company, and formed the
Illinois-LouisianA Land Company,
with Mr.. C. B. Munday as its f.
nancial hacker.
quite a sun Of money was
spent on the land and the develop
ment of the first unit was nearing
completion when the LaSalle
Street Bank failed and carried
down with it Mr.. Munday. l gath
cred in Chicago that Mr.. Munday
was a very rich man, and l be-
lieve that if the failure of the
bank had not come when it did.
that the Illinois-Louisiana Land
Company would have been a big
paying proposition. You, certain
ly worked as hard in this matter
as any man could possibly, work
for more than two years and de-
voted your entire time and atten-
ton to this and nothing else.
knowing all thetdetails Of your
entire connection with this propo-
sition, can positively assert that
you did nothing except for the
best interests of Louisiana, her
progress, and for the stockholders
of our company, and that you can
not be attacked or successfully
charged with any crime of COM
mission or omission, whatsoever.
1T would not be amiss for me
to state further that Mr.. Ponder
was frequent visitor to our of
fees; that even after the forma-
ton of the Mlinois-L0uisiana Land
Company. even after the death Of
Mr.. Voolfolk, even after the fail
ure of the LaSalle Street Bank,
that he was seen by me with you
many times and he expressed him
self to me and to many others as
one of your most ardent admirers.
politically and personally. This
attitude of Mr.. Ponder, to my
knowledge, has never been inter-
rupted, until recently, and I can
only believe that his pretended
change now is due simply to the
fact that you and he are not in
political accord.
with renewed expressions Ut
my personal friendship and es-
TEEN, l am.
"Yours very sincerely,
(Signed) E. L. CHAPPIUS.'
II will also read you letter from
The John A. Kruse Engineering Com
pany, Of Chicago and New Orleans,
which explains itself:
New Orleans. July rs, 1916.
'tHon. J. Y. Sanders, City.
''Dear Sir: =
Eve were very much surprised
to read a speech in yesterdays
Times-Picayune, delivered by Mr..
Amos L. Ponder, in which he at
tempted to make unfav0rable capl-
tai out of your past activities In
connection with your efforts to
bring to q successful, conclusion
the development Of lands in the
parish of st. Bernard. in which
you had become interested.
I'VE have known Of your con-
nection with this land company
from the date that you became
connected with .the original COM
.panies that had been formed by Mr.
e. L. Chappius.s All of the mon
eys expended By these companies
in the development sof the land
were expended under our direc-i
ton, and all Of the moneys that
came into the Illinois-Louisiana
Land Company from Mr.. c. b.
Munday, its financial hacker, were
paid directly to- use Tor disburse-
ment for the development work,
and you never handled cent OF
the money. You never received
any money whatsoever, except your
retainer as attorney for the COM
pany, nor did you handle any OF
the money of the company.
anyone questioning the quality
or quantity of work done on this
st. Bernard land should make q
trip over the property and they
would become easily satisfied that
your several years of strenuous eff
forts on this proposition were not
without results. ~
1--WE know very we'll that you
were never connected with the La
Sale Street Trust and Savings
Bank in any capacity.
"The above facts are so well
known to all who have any real
knowledge of the transaction that
it seems impossible that anyone
could have gathered from any
source whatsoever inaccurate In
formation on the subject.
Eve regret extremely that Mr..
Ponder should have sought to
place you in q false light In this
matter.
"You are at liberty to use this
letter in any way You may see ht.
yours very truly,
(signed) John A. Kruse En-
cheering Company.
: "By w. P. LAN0WORTHY.'
81 will also read you letter from
Hon. Adam Estopinal, President II
he Drainage District wherein the
and in question Is situated:
'st. Bernard, La, July 5. 1916.
"Gov. j. Y. Sanders,
New Orleans, La.
"Dear Governor:
"My attention having been call
ed to the attack made upon you
by Mr.. Ponder In his speech of last
Monday at Baton Rouge, l feel
impelled to write you this letter.
81 am now and have been the
President of the Board Of Commits
sioners of the Bayou Terre aux
Bouefs Drainage District ever
since Mr.. Chappius and yourself
hove hoon connected with the de-