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    "ocrText": "RECEIVED OCT 5\nOctober 4, 1927.\nRADIOM LONINOUS\nMATERIAL CORP.\nEdward A. Markley, Esq.,\nCollins & Corbin,\n243 Washington St.,\nJersey City, N. J.\nDear Mr. Markley,\nMr. Berry called to see me today on the pretext of\ndiscussing the arrangements to be made for taking depositions\nin Boston. I think that his real purpose in coming to see\nme was to sound me out as to whether the Radium Corporation\ncontemplates settling the cases.\nI suggested that he name\na figure which he would accept, telling him, however, that,\nin my judgment, the Radium Corporation could not consider\npaying more than the nuisance value of the cases and that I\nthought it doubtful if it would be willing to pay even that\nbecause if a settlement of these cases were made other cases\nwould undoubtedly be brought and they would undoubtedly be\nin a position where they would have to defend some cases or\nelse settle a great many.\nI am sending a copy of this letter both to Mr. Lee\nand Mr. Smith.\nSo far as I know there is no thought of settling\nany of these cases but if your company believes that an ef-\nfort should be made along this line I am willing to discuss\nit with you.\nOctober 4, 1927.\nB.A.M. -2-\nWe discussed informally the matter of taking de-\npositions in Boston. I do not know whether I shall at-\ntend or not. I told him, however, that if I were going\nto Boston, the second week in November would suit me better\nthan any other date and suggested that he get in touch with\nyou and learn whether or not this time would suit you. I\nthink that Mr. Smith should be communicated with to learn\nwhether he intends to go so that if he does a date might\nbe selected which would suit his convenience.\nMr. Berry also told me that he intended to dis-\ninter the body of the Maggia girl on Saturday, the 8th inst.\nIf you have not already arranged to have some pathologist\npresent I think it would be well to make these arrangements.\nIf a competent man could be selected to accompany Dr. Flinn\nI think this would be advisable.\nYours very truly,\nJS/BAS"
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