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Barton County Democrat
Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas
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In Boston on Dec. 22, Thomas W. Lawson issues a statement vowing to counter attacks from financiers harmed by his book 'Frenzied Finance,' who have tried to discredit him as insane and sabotage his credit. He promises to expose Wall Street's corruption via the Keene episode and defend against threats.
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Boston. Dec. 22,--Thomas W. Lawson issued a lengthy statement today saying that since the publication of Frenzied Finance those affected had adopted the means of thugs and scoundrels to thwart its effect. They have tried to make the world believe that Lawson is crazy, have crippled his credit and done him all possible harm. Lawson says he proposes to meet the frenzied financiers on their own grounds and at the proper time state facts showing himself to be in perfect possession of all his faculties, mental and physical, and to protect himself from the attempts of assassins as best he can.
He says he will give a history of the Keene episode, which will show Wall street on one of the blackest pages in an exceedingly black book, and will point out to what depths its hirelings can be made to descend.
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Boston, Wall Street
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Dec. 22
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Thomas W. Lawson issues a statement responding to attacks from financiers affected by his book Frenzied Finance, who have tried to portray him as crazy and harm his credit. He plans to defend himself by revealing facts about his sanity, the Keene episode exposing Wall Street's corruption, and protecting against assassins.