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February P.?,1905. 60 -A Mr.H.I.Bettis, Aud it or. Dear 8ir* - I have your letter of the £3rd last., file.1-908„ which refers to forged check Arthur McGuire #68.35, which was cashed by Dr.Bracken some months ago, on which suit was brought in the Justice Court., I presume, and we were defeated. As I have said before, I do not remember of any correspon­dence with Dr.Bracken in regard to the matter, except he stated to me the conditions under which the check was cashed, and they were defeated in the lower court and suggested an appeal tc the District court, which I opposed as I felt that the expense, even if we won, would practically eat up the amount, and from the statement made to me I did not see that we had very much chance to win. I note you state that generally when an agent of the rail­road company accepts forged, checks or counterfeit money, it is up to them to make goojlto the railroad cbrnpany# I think’ myself that your position in ttfeHpatter is correct as to agents of a railroad company, / I »’? \ . - • a f fly,* yf ' but Dr. Bracken h$s ibeten acting in a different capacity, - that is, 1 f j I I he has had. oharg| pjf fche ranch and running a store in connection,’and selling good I* tojva^riohs people, some on credit, and if your position was literally correct we should then charge him with all bad accounts that he has made during his administration, but .this X am quite sure is