CO129-182 - Governor Hennessy - 1878 [9-12] — Page 428

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Macao or elsewhere, and I had.

no communication

again with Mis Exallenry till some hours after Huffam had

Dr.

Exelteney

in

gone.

Immediately after leaving Kris

I returned to

my

OWN

house, where,

pursuance of my understanding with him

I wrote to W? Wotton the following letter :-

"August. 16th 1878.

"My dear Wotton,

"Yes! Syall. Still's estate

"has entirely disappeared! n

"and,

The whole thing is a frightful scandal -

and, as he has no

"the only thing

disposition to fly, I suppose.

to be done now is to defend him.

H

#

For this he has

Some Ameans

he

and he

sayo,

affair

inte

your

hands.

my

offier

al. 10.30-

is anxious to put his "I have told him to come to

#

where perhaps he may further unburden. himself. It may

loan is untrue"

#

_disappeared! and, according

to

"writing."

"

Huffam's account about $10,000 worth

of

be that all about the

"I have just got your

#

note while

Very truly yours

(signed) Tho? C: Hayllar"."

"

A Kew's. We

to

A

estates besides - but not, it would appear,

says man named Webster, who is dead and

he lent the

money

in 1872

15.

The words "he has no

disposition

to fly

#

died without a cent. But he has not

were-

any

document to

verify this little particular:

used in reference to what had passed in

Mr Sharp's office, and their employment by me

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