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'Srisiiska, Ala. Mr, i. M. smith, Louisville, Ky.
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fallowing Mr* Middleton* letter fih. 1 hate contactad attorney 6a, hogar in this tautter nd such to &y surprise
ha ha# somyietely rasara?! Massif, stating that he had talked with attorney J. t. Taylor, sijmlmghM, (Mr, Taylor Is on of nr- high
measure nialstiff aitorneya bsrej and that he think this olSuT*is,
Sorta M S ,600*00, but he boiisvsd he could get his client to noapt' 9,000*00, I informed itorasy Kogar wm were not: interested at any
such figwi* 1 4on-t believe he will now tad' Is than ill,000,.6 and. that -he.will associate attorney faylm with hi, first, fO,,-hi high treasure ability and, second., to- Ump on the good, side o&ent v. o, Burnett, Warrior, who Mr. ttogsrs represents on retainers fa.
On the surface this case look dangerous, but when we consider the fasts this dent look so bed.
First <* ibis mm im suffering fro paralysis.
Bata or, Martin, Warrior, and i^p, blaeberry and t'ard,. Mrminghsia,
concur this was caused by chronic lead poisoning andbase their
conclusions on the history as jgivon the by Ur.
tjbot he
drank water which oontmis* -athyl Osscline or gasoline which contained
ietra .thyl Lasd.
Rthoe in his letter^to Hr# atetth,' says lead
could not he the rj>feiibibl* agent for
illness. He
also doubts Tory much that Mr* fiersases* iTHfllRas due to the
ingestion of gasoline*
.
Mccoad - Shis lesky tank was replaced May 4th, 1099
and the-leak was a small one at the return line on th^jgn of the
tank. yn though this ooutasinat4 the well, Mir.
was not
taken -ill until July, sore then two months laser. v t . :Martin, says
he had s gastric ulcer and M s .condition bscoiae worse, developed pains
in the shoulder resulting in ptyiiml paralysis. Or. idabony soys,
on Jeytesifeer ethwhen he saw Mr,"florones he oopplfiiasd- that for
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three or four years hs had fetes troubled with M s stomach. sad. bout -
August 1,- Ifif (three:atonitui sftiir the leak in the toak he vomit*
blood etc. .ih.es he x-rayed on 'September 7, 193? and hr. Linebsrry
has stated to-the writci^hublood tract mi urine -showed no signs of
lead, ihmn toa Mr.
returned November 8S, 1937 (probably
after he had conferred with attorney hogars} he gave the Posters the
isle of drinking water with i.thyl gasoline in it, and he 41sao&ttnu4
drinking the water from th well after ih h&morrhsge.
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This man
been a heavy drinker and a -
lot of stomach trouble mm be oattsed by excess, and.'I think the time - "
element. May until July, or August, certainly would have ochs' weight"
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w it h J u r y en d a t h e o t h e r hand a ju r y c e r t a in ly in go in g t o
dtm fet t h a t a m m o f m m i i n t c X i lg i a t o m a lt i d r in k ea# i m i t i
eentettlneted
pwoliaa t o e im s e t h i s t r o u b le . '
I savo o a a n u lt e d o u r a t t o r n e y s (Sir* J h e llfe u r n a )
in ooim ootlon w it h t iu s e a s e an d th e y do s o t reoom sisM s e t t lin g a t
a n yt h in g l i k e t h e f i g u r e it c n iio n e d fey a t t o r n e y B o g e fs m we c o n c u r
w it h , t h e n ,.....
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attorney ftoger* is still agrefebi# to our having
esecttiaed m I feeM e t e if. you would let Dr*- idhas sow
to Birainghait and iteeoelat* a lussi Eoetor of his lention with
him* elo talk to Sr. Unefeerry, ar m Menta bout this ease
we can get- this in shape to defend and' win or settle at a nominal
aunt, our attorneys (aheliburaei has des a lot of work o r poison
food oases in our louai courts end has handled t h m m o@es with
aueh sugaeto* and eerfeialy this ease is very a lailar,
r e do n o t r e o o a n e a d s e t t l i n g on t h e b a s i s o f: Mr* Bo n e r s fi g u r e a n d s i n c e h e has t a l k e d w it h a t t o r n e y la y l o r h e 1
va r y u n r e e a o o a b l* t h e r e fo r e , we w i l l fee su ed an d m n i g h t a s e l l s t a r t b u ild in g ou r oh# fo r d e fe n se ad l do n ot t h in k m sh o u ld d e la y t h i n , i son &a ks an, a p p o in t m e n t in s u i t u r , leaks * s c o n ve n ie n c e i f yo u K i l l hm kiss a d v is e u s when h e w o u ld fee a v a i l a b l e .
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after reviewing tue above pisase advise your
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