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Show M'AUjIKM1 11V JlclIillOV. lie (Jaime lo llnro Iljen lldra;cd by n"lrlbiuip" Itrportcr. rfifcr tlttttct Mwr. Kludly allow mo tho liberty Of lubllcly explnlnlug how the letter Iroin thu Llndgren-Chimlcal Iuglne company to mo got Into the hauda of Btantoo, nnd was uioJ In hli du'oner. Tim writer mot n reporter ol Iba Trliuw nuJ In cjnvcriatl.u wllh my mentioned that I was Justin receli t of n letter from my oomny lu which I hey itatoJ that they had re-celMd re-celMd u lol'cr from lino city signed! "A number of tbo Fire Derartmeut," Warning tbini tj have no dtnllnga with inu. Itwent Into thuwaslu basket bas-ket unnoticed, file reporter of tbo Tribune nskoj mo lo thow It to hlm, Which 1 dIJ. Hu aiked mo oi a t ersoual favor to allow him to take the letter aud show It to Colonel Zs'iliou, thominagcr of tho paierhu ri rerouted. Hopromtsud that It waa not inteudcd to Injure me, but nicul) tu allow Mr. Ntlim to no that Btanton wat using unUerhuud nuaustu hurt me. 1 n gouj laltli I gave ud the letter, which was returned to mulu a day or tut, but before wnlch a cirtiilodcoty of aamo was glveu to bunion, and which Judge Powers made great lupltal out ol, I madu chargia against Cliluf Btantuu and was nils to back Ibeoi up wiui proo's. Btauton't leltur to thu chairman of the tire cummlltsu of Ugdm, which did not arilvo heiu uutll tin. niorulng, etleriug lo lurnlsh tbat city with a chemical engine, It loucluttvu reef thst he wut acting at agent for tho llollowuy engine. Btunloii't tolo defense was baaed entirely upou my reputation, and tho letlem ho prodund ngardlog luo wero libelous. There are very gravo charges against Btauton outside of mine, but tho cotumlltcH was not allow ed tu report on them. T he chairman chair-man of thu Investigation commltteu had full particulars at to the irora examination ex-amination of B inton and knew what uvldencn there was In thu hands cf the committee totubstautlatu my iharc.ee, but ho took no sell vo part In the proceedings pro-ceedings lait night, halng been lu the oomintiy of Judge Powers and Chief Btuuluu thu most of thu day. In oanclutloti, I want lo say that I havo not been treated right lu Ibis Investigation, Investiga-tion, for Iniliad of r-tanton's Investigation Investiga-tion It was Mcllro 'a. Thanking you for your valuable tpacc, I am Yours respectfully, PltA.Ni; II. McilltOY. Halt Lakh CIn v. M.v?.t. |
