Show F. F AUGUSTUS ANNOUNCES INTENTION f S i OF oi QUITTING NEW YORK fOR MO TANA 5 NEW EW YORK YORI May 16 I 1 I am only a western man who ho I Isn't nt particularly I S wanted wantE here hare Fritz Augustus said In an Interview hero ro Saturday Im orr sorry for or Ive I've done my 01 best here So Im I'm going back to Montana whom they think Ive I've dono done something to for 1 them But dont don't In say ay Im I'm going back beaten Im I'm going to fight light It out on the same ame lines tes both here and nd In Montana Jonh and I don't dont think Ill I'll fall fail Im I'm going to keep m my offices here and anti I guess after a along along long time and mostly after long long- Intervals Inter vale vals Ill I'll como come back Asked what hat hIs most vivid Impression was waa of the tho trial which ha has resulted 8 In his acquittal Mr said Mid M My most vivid vl Impression Ah that camo lon long before tho trial It Itself Ie It It be beJan began began be- be gan Jan on October 11 U. U J 07 and lasted all through the tho week weck I don't dont think I slept a 3 moment during all nil that time and I think I broke a record for giving I o ga gaoa a million dollars dollar that thai w week Ck gave It away for or nothing to for I. I It didn't do any good I 1 could see HEe there was as trouble brewing browing and I wanted to stem the tho thin If I it-I I could I didn't want an any san nl for anybody If f there thero was anything I could do di to k kp feen p things 8 right So when different banks anks mado demands I gave and gave Javo to o them till I had given away a n round m million ii lion It It was this way WRY ho ha continued b by byway byway wa way of or explanation of or his giving ln away awaya awara a million Suppose anyone lent mo me a million dollars dollars- Then suppose I gave him two wo million dollars ollars of good collateral to cover coer tho the loan stocks and bonds that were vero worth two million dollars in actual actual ac- ac ual cash th n. n If Ir a 0 panic came on and ind no one had an any money moncy suppose the Iho theono ono who mado made the tho loan called me mo to toay topa pa pay ay the tho loan I refused because I didn't have the tho money and could not get It It Ho lo then would place m my collateral on the market markot and because no one ono had bail hadan an any mone money It would not noti t i bo bought and ami he would bu bit buy It himself Ba say for and the next thing I would hear would be c the Information that thal I had lost my two tso wo millions of ot collateral and that I still owed him That's ts what happened hap hap- ned to me I will get Jet back what I lost ost but not In New Ne York Im I'm going back to Montana to get Iet It Thoros Thoro's plenty of or It there thero and i 1 Know where It Is a. a Am I going stilt still to fight Standard Oil HIl Have HIlI I b been en fighting them If I Ilave have lave would I quit I guess gutS Im I'm a n. natural nat nat- ural ui-ni born lighter such lighter such as are arc In the tho west sometimes you Oll know know soil and I dont don't see Mt oe an any r reason ll on to quit now But nut I think standard Oil Is a dangerous dl thing to talk about The he trust has hM a long arm armand armind and ind can enn reach even cen to Montana and It Jt Is Ii a n good thing not to let them know what your our plans are Im I'm going out to tn see sec how the battlegrounds look look and and Im I'm going this week Im I'm going to lo say goodbye good good- bye bo to New Now York and do you ou mind It If I Isay Isay Isay say Im I'm not sorry |