Chapter 1018: Suicide and Imprisonment

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"Their actions are sympathetic and understood by the majority of the people. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoMany citizens went to watch and help and bring food to the people who were sitting. Look at the grief-stricken fathers and mothers, who have been tormented by this catastrophe to the point of collapse. I felt deep sympathy for them and offered the victims a bouquet of flowers I had made myself. ”

"While grieving people have protested to GE in a sensible way, GE has shown unusual indifference, whether it is Chairman Charles Brown. Mr. Cofinn is also a staunch supporter of the DC system. Mr. Edison, who did not show up, expressed the slightest apology and comforted the people affected by the disaster. In this unprecedented disaster, a total of 272 lives were lost in the fire, nearly half of which were cardamom children. GE's attitude has rightly provoked the anger of the victims' families, especially the parents of the deceased children, who have now decided to take the case to court to hold GE accountable and compensate for the damages. ”

At night, sitting at the table, General Electric Chairman Charles Murphy sat at the table. Cofyne signed his name on the last document, and after going through all the papers, he put them away and put them in a drawer.

He habitually took out a small golden key and wanted to lock the drawer, but when he was about to insert the key into the keyhole, as if he suddenly remembered something, he couldn't help but smile wryly and shook his head, and put the key away.

yes, after tonight, it all has nothing to do with me.

He first read the last letter he had written to his wife, which was now asleep, and he read it, and felt that there was still much to say to her, but ......

He put the letter back in the most prominent place on the table, and then took it from Pierpont. Morgan's letter read.

“…… Although our efforts have suffered a series of setbacks, we have survived, but now, the direct current that you have been boasting of absolute safety has burned down my home! Is there anything more ironic than that? ”

“…… So far, there has been no substantial progress on the issues we are facing, and the stock market has fallen sharply. And I just found out that in order to solve your own troubles, you actually secretly sold the company's stock on a large scale! …… There is no evidence that you are protecting our interests, and we would like to hear an explanation from you for selling our shares. In the telegram we sent you in the morning, it was stated that we do not accept your recent sale! ……”

Seeing this letter, which was full of anger and rebuke, the bitterness of Cofinn became even stronger.

He knew that the Morgan family had abandoned him and Edison because of the huge damage caused by the fire.

From the beginning, the Morgan family did not fully trust him. This is true even at the closest moment of cooperation between the two sides.

As for their delay in completing the acquisition of Tesla Electric Company, the Morgan family believes that it is the result of not fulfilling its responsibilities at all.

Since then, the seeds of mutual distrust have been planted.

And today, the seeds are finally blossoming and bearing fruit.

Yes, I didn't expect Tesla to survive with the massive cash support of the Rothchild family. Morgan, didn't he fail to stop the Rothchild family's covert support for Tesla?

It is really a desperate need to sell the company's shares privately and get cash.

But now, it's too late......

The only thing he was glad about now was that he didn't throw all his belongings into it.

With a heavy sigh, Coffian put the letter away and threw it on the corner of the table.

Now, he is bankrupt, and he is powerless in the face of the situation of losing all his money.

The only thing he can do now is to use practical actions to protect his reputation and leave a way for his wife and children to live.

Cofyan opened another drawer, revealing a delicate black carved "Deringer" single-barreled pistol.

This pistol is a Civil War product, the same type used to assassinate President Lincoln, and is one of Cofinn's most valuable collections.

Now, he is going to use this gun to end his life.

Cofion held the pistol in his hand, stared blankly for a moment, then shoved the muzzle into his mouth and pulled the trigger hard.

"Bang!"

The gunshots rang out, and Kirfien fell to the ground, slumped in the barricades of lawyer's letters.

Edison read about Cofinn's suicide in the newspaper.

"The day after the fire, New York City was covered with a heavy snow that lasted for three days after a long night of miserable snowfall. During the funeral of the victims, the grieving people poured out their nests, and the convoy lined up for more than 20 kilometers, and many coffins were made overnight, and the paint had not yet dried. However, the relatives still hope that the deceased can be buried as soon as possible, and this is the only thing they can do at present. It was a belated snowfall, and suddenly, the hundreds of corpses wrapped in white cloth in front of my tearful eyes transformed into countless fluttering butterflies, and the white butterflies fluttered all over the sky in the white snowflakes, moving and poignant......"

It is worth mentioning that among the funeral procession, there was a small group of people belonging to Charles Brown, chairman of General Electric Company. Mr. Cofinn's, who had shot himself in the head with a pistol at home the day before. He left no last words, nor did he apologize, and when he died, he was surrounded by lawyer's letters from the families of the fire victims......"

Distraught, Edison threw down the newspaper in his hand and looked at the tall lawyer's letters piled up on the table, annoyed.

As a brilliant propagandist, he had already guessed that this was a terrible frame-up.

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