Your friend,
FERI”
That after a number of letters written by the affiant to the said Weiss
and to the said Katzmann, the affiant received another letter from said
Weiss reading as follows, to-wit:
“My dear John:
I got your letters about collecting money from District Attorney
Katzmann.
As much as I regret that you have such a hard time with your
children being out of work, I am not blind to facts, and feel I must
enlighten you.
First of all you must remember that you came here of your own will.
Nobody told you to come to Boston. I telegraphed clearly that you
should only come when I write you. You did not wait for my letter. I
then did the next best thing for you, and employed you on the Cape.
Then Katzmann said he might pay you. So put in your bill, as
promised, but have not heard from him. It will be a good thing if
you write to him personally about it; he probably will hurry it
along.
But remember, that you can force neither him nor me to pay your
expenses, as there was absolutely no agreement to that effect
between him, me and you. Keep this clearly in your mind.
It is foolish to send your wife here, as that only makes additional
expense, without any result. A letter to Katzmann will do just as
well.
If I was fixed better financially, I would gladly send you the
money, as I regarded you always as my friend, and am always sorry
for anybody with a large family to support at the present time. But
I have a hard pull myself.
That is all I can say today. Hoping to hear from Katzmann soon, or
that you hear from him if you write, believe me,
Sincerely yours,
FERI.
Let me know if he sends you a check, so that I should not bother him
afterwards thinking that you did not get it.”
That the wife of the affiant, Laura Ruzzamenti, sometime in the spring
of 1921, to-wit in the month of April, called on the said Katzmann and
presented the claim of her husband and asked that same be paid.
That said claim for transportation, time and expenses has not been
paid by said Katzmann or said Weiss or by any person notwithstanding
the fact that the affiant has made many and divers efforts to secure
said pay, same consisting of the sending of the statement of
transportation, time and expenses in accordance with request of said
Katzmann on the day following the interview of December 30th, 1920;
and the sending of a great number of letters written by the affiant to
the said Katzmann. That said statement has not been paid and said
letters have not been answered.
_Signed_ JOHN RUZZAMENTI
(In this connection we must insert the letter of Feri Felix Weiss that
did not come into Mr. Thompson’s hands until several weeks after the
hearing. Here are his affidavit and Weiss’s letter that completes the
picture.)