G. Mansfield,
Attorney-at-law.
Following the Donohoe outburst there came innumerable letters, of which this is a good sample:
Tacoma, Wash., February 14, 1905.
Dear Sir: It would be greatly appreciated by at least one of your readers if you would furnish the great and only Donohoe the details of some really scandalous epoch of your past. It has been stated many times that one man cannot make a million dollars and do it honestly, so we must assume you have done some "things" in your past. We have a very high regard out West for the works of Mr. Dooley and Mark Twain, and also are regular subscribers of Puck and Judge, and we don't want to see these noted writers and periodicals unseated, even for the time being, by Mr. Donohoe.
Therefore we ask you to give him some tip from which he can work out something serious, so he can make a statement that is not "reported," or