September 23 Saturday – Sam wrote from Elmira to Charles Webster, again about the J.S. Ogilvie “bastards”.

Is not using my name in that way a kind of forgery, or obtaining money under false pretenses? And can it not be punished? …Osgood is back…How much could I punish them? To what extent? Jail? —or several thousand dollars damages? Ask Mr. Whitford. Meantime I have a suit pending in Chicago which may cover the case of these Ogilvie bastards [MTBus 200]. Note: Sam lost the Chicago trademark case.

Daniel Whitford had replaced Charles Perkins as Sam’s lawyer by this time.

Thad H. Chase wrote to ask for an autograph [MTP].