The recent mysterious murder or disappearance of Fountain in New Mexico
renders further comment from me improper, except to state that very soon
after writing the above letter he became my bitter assailant and
traducer, and at the time _he wrote the letter_ he was secretly
conspiring with my most unscrupulous and most relentless enemies. His
malignity appeared to increase with the failure of every effort to do me
harm.
[Illustration]
------------------------------------------------------------------------