May 20 Saturday – A.H. Mead wrote for The Prisoners Friends’ Corp., Hartford, to Sam.

Yours received. All is clear to me now. On Friday 12 I sent Gladding to you with that letter. He came to me immediately and reported that he did not see you that you had gone to New York, but he left the letter for you. All that sometime he had your letter to me and the $5 in his pocket. Your letter entitled “Later – Thursday,” was written later on Friday after Gladding’s visit and the sending of the $5, for the envelope enclosing it—I have and it is postmarked 12th which was Friday—you wrote both letters the same day, posted the last to me and it was stamped in the P.O the same day …that Gladding has been guilty of breach of trust in opening the letter and of stealing in taking the money and of lying to me is all clear [MTP]. Note: Sam wrote on the env. “Gladding – Hammersley & Mead”