Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-19
RECORDS BEAR OUT
ALL STATEMENTS.

REtOkDS BEAR OUT
ALL STATEMENTS.
There can be no doubt of the exact
truth of The finding of facts made by
Judge Hanley
The case was appeal to the Supreme
Court and affirmed and there is nothing
in the record showing that McCray dis
Tuted the statement that ne procured
Bayard Taylor to perpetrate this fraud
on his neighbors in Newton County.
This record contains two letters from
= Mr.. McCray 20 Taylor, which letters 90
more toward giving the/people of In
diana an insight into the character of
Warren T. McCray than anything that
campaign.
One letter reads as follows:
McCRAY, MORRISON & co.
Wholesale Grain Dealers.
Kentland. Ind.
May 10, 1902.
Mr.. Bayard Taylor, Secretary,
Chicago. Ill.
Dear Sir:
We arrived home Friday and presume
Mr.. Olson has returned by this time and
made YOU a complete report of the in
teryiew in New York. Let us know what
You are doing and what hope you have
of success.
| want you to enter the north end Of
the county the first of next week and
solicit for the right of way; you can put
up good talk and go at it just as though
YOU fully expected to complete the road
would go along the line about as we
expect TO build the road in case IL is
built In fact you are not to know any
thing about the county seat rumpus we
are in.
I would start over in Lake County a
piece and come down. Would not just
start ut Lake County or the matter might
be too Obvious. / would spend two or
three days in Lake Township going from
there TO Mcclellan on down to Beaver.
Our county seat election is due the 7th
and we want to make the north end of.
the county well before that time
Please advise us what you expect. You
viii understand, of course. that this mat
ter is to be strictly confidential. and YOU
must act In good faith and be an aarnest
advocate of the road, which I am still
hopeful viii be built on some plan or
another.
Please let me know if you are willing
TO do this. We thought it hardly worth
while TO go TO the expense of running
line as your presence there talking the
road and soliciting The right Of way. tax
ing contracts, etc, would in effect amount
to the same thing and be considerably
cheaper.
Let US hear from you on this promptly.
Please destroy this letter after you read
It. l would also say If there is anything
you think any OF us can do to assist you
In complying with Mr.. Lawrence's de-
mand, we will be pleased to know 1t.
II you fail In securing contracts that will
De satisfactory, please let us know as
we may have something to suggest that
may be OF value to you.
Yours confidentially
(Signed) WARREN T. McCRAY.
Another letter from the man who now
aspires to be Governor of Indiana reads
TAYLOR'S PRICE WAS
STEEP FOR WARREN.
MORAY. MORRISON & co.
Wholesale Grain Dealers,
kentland, Ind.
May %, 1902.
Mr.. Bayard Taylor, Secretary, 951 Mar
quette building, Chicago, Ill
Dear Sir-YOur favor Of the Dist al
hand, and replying, will say to same, $50
seems little steep for the work. / sup
pose full engineering corps would not
cost to exceed $50 per day, and 1t Ger.
tainly would not take fifteen days to do
our work. We want you to figure this as