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Auction archive: Lot number 42

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM

Auction 03.11.1998
3 Nov 1998
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$1,150
Auction archive: Lot number 42

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM

Auction 03.11.1998
3 Nov 1998
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$1,150
Beschreibung:

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM A two-sheet Western Union telegram sent to Joe Jackson, July 29, 1923. The telegram addressed to Joe Jackson, Americus G.A. reads, COMMY SENT DICKS TO SAVANNAH TO SCARE YOU I AM IN POSITION TO KNOW BECAUSE I AM IN OFFICE WHERE REPORTS COME IN LAST REPORT THEY HAD NOTHING ON YOU I ALWAYS FELT SORRY FOR YOU BOYS AND AM TIPPING YOU OFF TO GO RIGHT AFTER THIS FELLOW AS YOU HAVE GOT THE GOODS ON HIM THEY KNOW IT YOUR LAWYER IN MILWAUKEE JUST WON A BIG POINT AGAINST THEM AND THEY ARE SCARED (damage) DEATH THAT THE CASE WILL BE TRIED BEFORE A JURY KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT (damage) BALL AND LISTEN TO YOUR LAWYER AS HE IS CONSIDERED ON OF THE (damage) WEST IF ANYTHING ELSE COMES IN HERE I WILL KEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOU BY WIRE BUT YOU HAVE GOT THEM ON THE RUN NOW AND GIVE THEM A GOOD BEATING AND DONT LET THESE CHEAP DICKS SCARE YOU AS THEY HAVE GOT NOTHING ON YOU TO DATE AS I KNOW FROM FROM REPORTS I HAVE SEEN AND THEY HAVE REPORTED THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO GET ANYTHING ON YOU WILL WIRE LATER IF ANYTHING TURNS UP Signed " A FRIEND . The telegram is mounted and framed. 18 x 13 in.

Auction archive: Lot number 42
Auction:
Datum:
3 Nov 1998
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, East
Beschreibung:

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM A two-sheet Western Union telegram sent to Joe Jackson, July 29, 1923. The telegram addressed to Joe Jackson, Americus G.A. reads, COMMY SENT DICKS TO SAVANNAH TO SCARE YOU I AM IN POSITION TO KNOW BECAUSE I AM IN OFFICE WHERE REPORTS COME IN LAST REPORT THEY HAD NOTHING ON YOU I ALWAYS FELT SORRY FOR YOU BOYS AND AM TIPPING YOU OFF TO GO RIGHT AFTER THIS FELLOW AS YOU HAVE GOT THE GOODS ON HIM THEY KNOW IT YOUR LAWYER IN MILWAUKEE JUST WON A BIG POINT AGAINST THEM AND THEY ARE SCARED (damage) DEATH THAT THE CASE WILL BE TRIED BEFORE A JURY KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT (damage) BALL AND LISTEN TO YOUR LAWYER AS HE IS CONSIDERED ON OF THE (damage) WEST IF ANYTHING ELSE COMES IN HERE I WILL KEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOU BY WIRE BUT YOU HAVE GOT THEM ON THE RUN NOW AND GIVE THEM A GOOD BEATING AND DONT LET THESE CHEAP DICKS SCARE YOU AS THEY HAVE GOT NOTHING ON YOU TO DATE AS I KNOW FROM FROM REPORTS I HAVE SEEN AND THEY HAVE REPORTED THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO GET ANYTHING ON YOU WILL WIRE LATER IF ANYTHING TURNS UP Signed " A FRIEND . The telegram is mounted and framed. 18 x 13 in.

Auction archive: Lot number 42
Auction:
Datum:
3 Nov 1998
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, East
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