. P. Brady, Esq., Asst. Supt., Farnham.

"DEAR SIR,--Referring to enclosed, I deny charge made against me,
fairly and squarely, and, further than that, I have looked back
nearly two years and find no shipments of liquor for these
parties in my transfer books. I have never used my position in
any way as an agent for this Company to convict liquor sellers,
and no man can substantiate such a statement.

"As a member of the Brome County Alliance, I have worked as a
private citizen with other members of the Alliance, and the
complaints sent to Mr. Jewell, East Farnham, as evidence against
the hotel keepers in this county have come from the leading men.
I shall use no evidence which I become in possession of as an
agent of this Company for the purpose of convicting liquor
sellers.

"Yours truly, W. W. SMITH.

"_Sutton Junction, June 13th, 1894._"

This is certainly a very emphatic denial of the charges made against
him, and, coming from a trusted employee of fifteen years, it would
seem that it should have been quite satisfactory. However, Mr. Brady
appeared to give more credence to the testimony of the liquor men
than to that of Mr. Smith, and to allow himself to be influenced by
later complaints which were made by them.

Some time after the above letters were written, Mr. Smith made
application to the Assistant Superintendent at Farnham for leave of
absence to attend a National Prohibition Convention, to be held at
Montreal on July 3d and 4th. He received the following reply, which
shows how unwilling Mr. Brady was to do anything which might tend to
encourage Mr. Smith in his temperance work:

"W. W. Smith, Esq., Agent.

"DEAR SIR,--As per my wire of this date, I cannot arrange to let
you off on July 3d and 4th; I have no spare man at liberty. The
assistant at Sutton should have all he can properly attend to
during the night to necessitate his sleeping during the daytime.

"Yours, etc.,
"F. P. BRADY, Asst. Supt.
"_Farnham, July 2d, 1894._"

The next letter from Mr. Brady, written the day after the assault, and
while Mr. Smith was confined in bed on account of the bruises he had
received, was as follows:

"W. W. Smith, Esq., Agent, Sutton Junction.

"DEAR SIR,--Within the past four or five weeks the heads of
different departments, as wel