Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1857-02-07
5(inllesota Tinlts,
WEDNESDAY, FEB. a, 1857.
The charse.-rhe Evidence :-The Author


The charse.-rhe Evidence The Author,
When we took leave Of the traitor of the Pho.
neeT, lwhose history has not half been told,) it
vas not our purpose to allude to his personalities
again, having convicted him of a falsehood by
MS persistent charge" that We had been buying,
4" thinking, and inducing others to drink, ntoxi-
g eating liquors, and in becoming stimulated,
merry, uproarious, indecent, drunk, beastly
81 drunk, from the use, and the open, frequent
4" use, of intoxicating LIQUOR" with getting
- drunk and disturbing the public peace and in
ariug the good name and reputation of our city,
q y carousals on the night of the 18th of Janu-
ary.' This charge was made without any e.
quivocatton-drect and reiterated, and not until
it was repeated did we produce the evidence Of
the Republican members to drive home the false
hood where it belonged.
But the editor of the Pioneer is not yet salts
fed. lie is not satisfied with the testimony Of
eight respectable witnesses, the most of whom
are members Of the present Legislature Of Min.
nesota. but must enter tine purlieu of the Rum
shop and drag there-from the dainty clerk who
deals out in his most gracious manner the spark
ling wines, and he it is who is our accuser and
whose testimony is brought forward to offset that
which has been already published. Well, Mr..
Locke, step on to the stand. What do you know
of that infamous scoundrel and drunken beast,
L. NJ. Newson, of the Times? And this 're-
spectacle" witness says:
ST.. PAUL, Feb. ., 1857.
DEAR SIR,-ln reply to your note of to-day,
asking 81 whether, TO my knowledge, Mr.. T. NJ.
Newson, editor of the Times, of this city, did or
did not, drink Intoxicating liquor at the supper
given ut the saloon of Bracket & Co., on the eve
ming of the llth January last" have to reply,
thaS, TO my certain knowledge, Mr.. Newson DID
drink Intoxicating liquor at the time and place
above designated. l, myself, filled his glass with
champagne wine at least three times, and saw
him drink each glass. He drank enough to pro-
duce inroxication, of which he gave every evil
dence before leaving the saloon. o. S. LOCKE.
We give the following from the Republican
members who were present on the occasion. 1t
needs no comment from us
'sWe, the undersigned, were present at the sup
per given to certain persons on the evening of the
18th January, and did not see Mr.. Newson drink
any spirituous drink nor was he in any way in
toSicated while there, or on his return to the no.
EEL" @. w. THOMSON,
j. l.. JONES.
W. j. HOWELL,
DAVID I. CASE,
NJ. q. THOMPSON,
G. q. WYEOrr.
FROM M. BARROW, CLERK or wINsLow HOUSE.
son his return home from the Republican
gathering a week or so since, Mr.. Newson, editor
OF the Times, did not exhibit to me any signs of
drunkenness, as charged by the editor of the Pr
oneer, nor was his conduct in any way boisterous.
He was perfectly sober, and believe the charge
preferred against him to be totally false.
j. F. DARRow, Cl'k Winslow House.
FROM HON. ST. A. D. BALCoMBR.
DR.. Sir,-In reply to yours have to say Il
was with you ON the evening alluded to by the
editor of the Pioneer, and although sitting very
near you during the whole evening, did not see
you partake OF any spirituous liquor, and can
most positively assert, that you were in way in
toxicated, nor did you sing I" bachanal songs" on
able. Yours, ST.. A. D. BALcoNBE.
L. NJ. Newson, ESQ.
In order that our readers may become some
what acquainted with the rise and progress of the
conspiracy concocted to injure us, we propose to
devote few moments to our accuser and his an
tecedents, and then dismiss the matter for the
calm consideration of the public.
For two years we had been on personal friend.
ly terms with this Mr.. Locke, whom we took to be
young man of principle and veracity. In our
issue, however, of December 6, 1856, there ap-
peared n little paragraph (culled from the Dubu.
que Republican by Mr.. -, our Assistant,
who is stranger in the city and did not know
any such man as Mr.. Locke,) which reads as fol-
lows:
Mr.. Locke is under arrest in st. Paul, NJ. T.,
ana nj
months ~
Mr.. -, with no idea of injuring Mr.. L.,
for be did not know the man, appended the fol-
lowing editorial remarks:
We find the above, which will be news to
most of our readers, going the rounds Of the
Eastern Press. We hope our authorities will
Locke this young up, (if they can find him.) A
blessed and wonderful contrivance-that tele.
graph-it brings US our local items from tho At
lanic shore 20
The article escaping our attention. it appeared
in our columns and we thought no more of it un.
til Mr.. Locke made his appearance in our sane.
tum, and in whining tone of voice, (and W.
confess with a somewhat guilty cast of coun'
tenancy upbraided US in a most unreasonable
calculated to injure him. In vain we sought Il
convince him that we had no feeling in the prem
ises--that We had no reason for feeling-that BIZ
character in this community was above suspicion
(D-that as no Christian name was given he coult
not take it ms meaning himself--that if we had
done him an unintentional injustice, we would
most cEeerfully make an honorable retraction =
that in the next issue of our paper we would in
form our readers that it was not D. S. Locke, bu
some other Locke, but as strange as it may ap
pear, he did not desire the correction--epen in
sisted that it should not be made and left our of
fee considerably I" mft.' We have three re
spectacle witnesses to prove all this when neces
sary. We lost sight of Mr.. Locke after this, bu
the next thing we hear of him is, that he has lief
the honorable calling of selling -four and feed
on Third street, and becomes the genteel waiter
in a fashionable rum-shop. A supper is given n
this place-we are present--others are present
wine is drank, aad Notwithstanding our compan
lonesome eight of them-dd not see us drinl
did not see US drunk, and one says our conduc
was " unexceptionablc," still, MIR. Locke saw u.
drink, gave US the wine, and in his opinion ",
drank sufficient to "produce intoxication," o.
which we gave evidence before leaving the ROOM
Circumstantial evidence has convicted many 6
man of murder, and the circumstances in thi,
case, with the additional testimony of Mr.. Locke
may convict US of drunkenness, but how easily il
the mystery unrayeled and the deem damnabl,