Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-05-18
TnE AMERICAN.
That Gaming.

H4a0A A0aI[ ~ WAtSA tAS AtRa tataa
ed to, could get liquor. and ifhe evel
got any ct the house Of Messrs. Alli'
4 Howss. he did il without their know
ledge. and in violation to their express
orders. and without pay. He was q
hard drinker. and his employers tried
their best to reform him. As an evil
dence Of tbs they gave him a horse
aud dray on condition that he would
quit liquor drinking, and Mr.. Howes
one Of tie firm offered " pay bis inI-
tiation fee aud his dues il he would
join the Sons Of Temperance. He was
thus induced 70 become q sober man.
and remained 50 for two years. He
afterwards became drunkard and died
in the poor house. and though largely
indebted to his old employers, Mr..
Allis went to his funeral and found
him tn q poor-house box, for coffin
had him taken from it and placed in a
gentssl coffin. at his own expense
made hrs widow n present of a barrel
ofAour, gave her some money, and
Mr.. Howes was equally liberal too
All these facts were as easy Of access
as was the fact Of the man's death in
the poor-house, and IL the reverend di-
vine had been in search Of truth in
stead os scandal he would have given
the facts instead of falsehood, and saw
ed himself the humilition Of a Gaming
for lying. So
We dislike to become the apologist
Of any man. more especially Of one
who has universally opposed US and
our politics: but Mr.. Ais is absent
from the city, and We deem it but JUS
tee 10 make this statement! Mr.. A.
is nov Vice President of the Evans.
vile Straight Line Railroad, and one
of our most substantial business men,
and here where both are known, bis
morals and his honour are esteemed
far above the Rev. Thomas A. Good
wins. His allusion to our RECALLING
ourselves with Allis' private brandy,
may goSov what il is worth. IfMr. G.
ever knew thar Mr.. A. kept private
brandy he knew more than we do. The
whole story was malicious fabrica-
ton on the part Of Mr.. Goodwin. for
which he richly deserved the casti-
CATION which he got. Will the editor
have the goodness to publish this?-
Evansville Enquirer.
Certainly John, with the utmost
pleasure. We always did love to
talk and write about that event. 1t
may seem strange to you. but il is even
30. we are glad to have it brought to
light once more in the growing city Of
the Pocket. Its one Of those events
that viii bear examination. We only
feared for your sake. The last We had
heard from Allis-beg pardon, Mr..
Allis. Esq, Hice President Of The
StraigM Line Raaroad.--he was
swearing at every body that question.
edhim about it. Even his fabricated
account Of his assault, failed to do
him honor. and failed still more to
shield his murderous business. from
the just indignation Of the people. 1t
was with no unkind Feeling to Mr..
Allis. individually. that we narrated
the circumstance that wounded his
pride. We were speaking Of the
taxes the traffic caused honest men to
pay, and said that we had recently
seen wholesale liquor seller riding to
TO the Poor House. in splendid car
riage. to see one Of his employees bu-
ried at the expense Of the county
Allis's money had so long shielded him
from the indignation Of the people.
that he became greatly enraged that
40 mean trick should be exposed,
and hence he assaulted us in the street
With ; cane. Poor fellow! he was so
enervated from some cause. most like
ly. from a sense Of his guilt. that,
though he had unrestrained liberty to
pound away until he was tired, he did
no damage. except to our Sunday hat.
which he dinged and Knocked into tho
gusss; and wc always thought he
ought 70 have sent Us a ncs hat for
that damaged one. We will. howev-
o., wait now, ill the road IL done.
when he may chalk our hat, for free
ride; for We want to Walt Evansville.
about that time.
Rut, you have been slightly misin-
formed. John, about the event. You
must have been misi,yormsd. for one
20 truthful ~ you are. would not pub
lish . false statement knowingly. In
the 6rst place II was not for lying.
thathe caned us-it'was for telling the
truth. That what we said. was true.
Mr.. Allis. tacitly admitted. frat by be-
comisg inesnsed, and secondly, by
never daring to contradict. In public
manner. the account Of !, which VIZ
published In both Of tho Evansville
papers. He knew better than to dc
this, foe the facts could then have been
PROVED By hundreds Of witnesses. In
stead Of dying In tho Poor House. the
man died In . poor hovel In what was
then known as "Texas"--an addition
TO Evansville. and the mournful pro.
csssion passed up the street by the
''Exchange Hotel" to Main street-up
Main one square-thence BY the city
graveyard. TO the poor.house--ihe
heart-stricken AlIis attending In his
splendid carriage. For further partic-
ulars you can inquire Of Mr.. John
HensJn. the undertaken. who convey.
cd the box and corpse in his hearse,
These things were not done in cor.
ner, friend John. The procession
raaaeA the ent,re tccrx,h r A.