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ecree was granted-ber that rry Count Henry Fries, nn man, next June. Captain been a persistent suitor for hand in remarriage. He (1 in his suit, it is said,Merger Not Solicited.IU Unll ¥10 8 EliiU H Ued up.sford is a brother of Lord : irried Vivien Could.i“Neither Mr. Rockefeller nor his agents ever sol lei tod Leonidas Merritt or any one else to unite in a consolidation of iron properties. The consolidation was con-their married life they had reived and effected by Mr. Merritt and his fferences which were sue- friends without solicitation from Mr. Rockefeller or his office.“Mr. Rockefeller never made a demand lor call loan of any kind to Leonidas Met--t 4j ritt or any ()f tl)e Merrltt ])rothers A11r'SICiAN ARRESTED jtiie loans made by Mr. Rockefeller to theMerritts were time loans, with specific Com-jdates of maturity named in the notes, andneither on the dates of maturity nor any Collision other time did Mr. Rockefeller ever demand payment for these loans. They werepermitted to run on indefinitely.“Not the slightest pressure was everput. upon Merritt or any of his brothers O J j at any time to pay their loans. Mr. Rockefeller was perfectly willing to carrythem.”Five Iniurecl in Connectii'!CfoAccident; Trolleys Hit Wagon and Patrol,io Is Held on ‘lie t of an Acfrr ss.Fernow, . ’•'■■lt; 8,out•use physi an office; arrested arrant chlt; ed an flicthUWest lt;’hicago : lt;en e nty years on, mu Eighteenth st • t and South tine, also was arrested, [ v?ing an accessory Both !/ 5*n bonds.i ;icn-! a tel M di-ic. his ng him v itli on u n 1 i1i »ward.f'ZLIFE ATTEMPTEDI Merritts Offer Stock.! Mr. Hates states that in February. 181)4, the Merritts offered to sell Rockefeller 00/HH) Shares of stock for $1)00,000, or more (than twice what he owed Rockefeller.1 This offer was accepted, the Merritts being given an option at 6 per cent forline Is Sent Executive one y0!lv u l,u-v h»(’k IIJOrp than half the! stock. Mr. Rockefeller had previously| purchased several thousand shares of the stock at .$10 a share. The Merritts offered him Hi,000 shares at the same price two weeks later, which he purchased. He also ^ bought stock from others than the Mer-,1‘ ’* i ritts at the same or lower pricesvernor :iti infernal machine I , , ,... I conclusion, the (rates statement sum-na. but the Governor was \ marizefi u„. PIltiro transaction, with thethe package. l’ostof I ice f «,]ajm t|iat llu(j not lhe tw(J Merritt ,)ro{h_era now complaining brought suit with* “scandalous charges” against Mr. Rockefeller he would have continued to carry | them through the panic of 1808. as he dietother of the Merritts and several otherpersons, “all of whom are now rich men *! WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.1. - Chairman I.. Nov. 2o. John EU- j Stanley to-night in reply to the statementnighty, who became well | of the Kev F T Qates sairJ;“It will he seen this reverend gentle-j man is more familiar with Mr. RockefellerFive persons were hurt in two streetcar accidents early last evening, three of the victims being policemen from the Shakespeare Avenue Station who were injured when the patrol wagon in which they were going to the scene of anotherwas overturned and partly j wrecked at Milwaukee and North Western ! avenues. Those injured were:Jacob Finkelsteiu, 13.12 North Leavittstreet, cut and braised about the face iand body.David Finkelst.ein, 4 years old, son ol’ j the former, bruised about the body and face cut.John ITefTeron. 4047 West Monroe street, driver of the Shakespeare Avenue patrol wagon, bruised about the body tuul Ids clothes torn.rupiiuu. i nest* witnesses are men wiio! syndicate for years and can if they will j world connections of “Billy” Skidmore and corruptionists who were created b of Mayor Dunne and made life unbearabl ! years Fred A. Busse was in the Mayor’;The evidence sought by the investigi Skidmore and his three dives. The Nlt; jous days boasted no such place as “Ski | poses to learn what tribute was necess ! dives open and who furnished the pro tec --- Whether “Barney” Grogan, West SAutobiography Written Shortly!says he paid ,$55 tribute money’ was ‘Charles Patterson, the husband for j whose death his widow is held.Before He Was Killed, HardBlow to Defense,spector Dorman went to the Desplatnes 'the hearing. But it is certain that the r will be told in all its sordid details. ___j GROGAN ALLOWED TO TESTDENVER. Colo., Nov. 2G.-A vivid docu- Grogan, at white heat because of bment, laying bare the inmost soul of manded that lie be allowed to testify, Charles A. Patterson, who was shot down Grogan, for years a saloonkeeper andby his wife here last September, is published this morning by the Denver Post In the autobiography begun by Patterson In July last and finished by him a short time before his death. In it Patterson,Pennsylvania.Pa., Nov. 25.—[f became that an attempt had been the life of Governor John ; on n reeent visit to his i 1 i unknown wouldI anticipating almost uncannily the state-Pollceman John Zillinger, 2S47 Shake- \ ments made by his wife since lie wasmis soaked the package In i opened it. He found a r.der about eight or nine I one end there was a pie-iv Roosevelt.speare avenue, bruised and shaken up.Policeman G. Doyle, 2710 Francis place, bruised about the body and face cut.Finkelsteiu and his son were riding cn j his side of the story, the former’s wagon when it was struck by j autobiography is like a voicer. north-bound Armitage avenue car at! grave.Milwaukee anl Wnbansia •avenues and*partly ■'wrecked. Both the driver and his i August 5 last. Pnttepon says the docu-son were thrown to the pavement and j ment “sets forth as precisely and shortlyiWard, sees the hand of Roger Sullivan igation and can produce scores of men of the wealth of Fewer, Skidmore, Colli that when he gets his revenge more n Ben Hyman, gambler and fixer, told King to arrange to open a gamblin;shot, among which was that he sold her Grogan s name as the new vice boss,to Millionaire Emil w. Strouss of Chi-! reply to the charges, be they false or tcago, endeavors to refute them and to tell! the millions of tribute from Ben HymWhen told that story will reveal wh erick, “Mike the Pike” Heitler, “Patsy’ rest, canvassed the underworld to the I Mayoralty candidate, Andrew J. Graliai It will show how Skidmore and his ization and vote fraud scheme which iIn this respect the |from the *In a letter to his brother, Ferry, datedAN AUTO BROKERinjured. Policeman D. Dooley of the as possible a slight history of some of Dcsplaines Street Station, who was iilt;l- , my troubles.” Ho further urges his ■ tentiary had not County Judge John E.ing on the car, telephoned to the Shake-1 brother to “keep the letters, postals, tele-! had they not realized that even these espeare Avenue Station for aid. j grams and wireless message in your vault' And it will show why Harry BrolasHefferon, driving the tea,,, attached to j iu a private package until .such time as j to Chicago on the pay roll of Roger Sullithe patrol wagon at full speed, attempted , 1 need them.’ ! ^ ^ McCarthy t0 telect a bipartisan choice. And perhaps testimony of Brolaski and Hyman befoCoopyriffht, 1011. by the Denver Post. MAYOR’S REMARK UNDERSTto cross in front of the north-bound Mil- j The autobiography, the first installment 1waukee avenut car, when the rear of the I. of. which is dated July 21, in part fob! police conveyance was struck and it wap j lows:uner when he eloped with j Julia French, a niece ofaiuierlult, has gone into tiian witn fhe holy writ, as liis mind for iselt. He has severed Ins j years iias been more firmly fixed upon thethe Pender Garage here iiitomobile brokeragetofflceaccording to his public an-is “agent for several me-s,” and “if you wish to e and see me.ARRIES FLOWERSagon from the Woodlawu ssed into service yesterday on load of flowers to .the in the County Hospital, re given to the sick cliil-*. Harrold, (147 Greenwood id it was the last request irle L. Harrold, who was y. She asked just before tie flowers be given to thethe County Hospital.cash on earth than in treasures in heaven.” Replying to the Rev. Mr. Gates, Alfred and Leonidas Merritt said to-night:“Our memory is not the same as that of Mr. Gates. lie has access to Mr. Rockefeller’s ledgers. In fact, we cannot re-meml'.er ever having seen the contracts under which Mr. Rockefeller or Mr. Gates his agent, now claim they got our property. Let the Rev. Mr. Gates tell ids story under oatL It is not te be expected that a man who would make a proposal to us that we should ruin our friends, as the Rev. Mr. Gates did, would admit it. He wanted us to commit theft just a^ we told it on the stand.**overturned. Hefferon, though thrown to the pavement, held to the reins, and after being dragged fifty feet regained his feet and stopped the horses. Doyle and Zillinger were tnrown about and bruised when the patrol wagon was overturned. Patrol wagons from the Kawson street and West North avenue stations were sent to the scene and the injured policemen and Finkelsteiu and his son were taken to their homes. No arrests were made.'TEN HURT IN CAR CRASHEvery Window in One Trolley BrokenWhen Another Hits It.Ten passengers on a north-bound lt;lark street car were injured hist night at 11 o’clock and traffic delayed for half an hour when an east-bound Indiana street car crashed into it throwing it from the tracks and breaking -every window. The passengers were bruised and cut by the| glass. _ _ _______———---“If ever there was a woman who was a demon on earth In her home and then i makes outsiders believe she was terribly:maltreated it is her (Mrs. Gertrude Pat-1terson). The lies she tells and the purring way she can purr and work on people’s feelings sure makes outsiders believe me a devil. But such is not the case.“Mother, so help me God, if i was told a hundred times I was told a thousand tipies that they wished I were dead and out of the way.Victim of Plot, He Says.“I don’t want any of her money, fjod knows that if I did I would have taken it when we were first married, when sheentrusted me with $1,500 to go into tin-printing business. You know for takim*that money she and the Jew framed up adeal on me and it would he hard to makeContinued or. 10t*i Page, 1st Column.It was evidently their testimony IS | he said that great pressure was being b ‘ ; his personal friends to force him to intci ! Service Commission.A well-defined rumor went about tin that several of the habitues of that opened a plant on the South Side and \ inauguration of a new bomb war.The addresses of two of the places w said to be known to the police. The pn keepers, and is expected to be more bit to war which terrorized Chicago for a tai.It is believed that the beginning of tl bomb at Freiberg’s dance hall on Twont The Sullivan organization has reachot its pawns in the Police Department will troubles. Such stories as that told by Lo tiary because he refused to tell on tbo I*o Few men would have borne what was bosses realize that out of the half dozen
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