Well Charley I was tooken up before the justice the 1st thing this a.m. & the justice was a good fellow & they wasent no body there to complane agin me only the oficer & when he found out who I realy was he wouldent say nothing & says he was sorry he pulled me in but it wasent his falt. So they left me go & I come home & Grace is pretty near sick because it was in the papers how we was giving a party & doing the foxey trot out in the middle of the st.
They wasent nothing in the papers a bout Curtis tho if it hadent of been for him they wouldent of never been no troubble & the next time I give a party I wont ast no sucker like him that wants to immitate the banda Roma the minut he gets 2 drinks under his belt only I wont give no more partys for no body & the next time any body says the word party to me I will bust a platter over there bean.
Of corse they aint no danger of the chief laying me off or doingnothing because I explained the hole thing to him over the phone this a.m. But you can bet Hamilton & Carpenter would of got my job if they could & it aint there falt they dident.
Well Ive wrote you a long letter Charley but I guess I had some news for you even if it was bad news but the next bad news will be a bout them stiffs that pulled it off.
Kindest to Mary.
Fred A. Gross .
Allison, Ill. , Feb. 4.
Brother Charley . Well Charley you know the old saying a bout the 1 that laughs the last gets the best of it & the day after tomorrow I will be the 1