Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-01-20

auuaYiL OF perlureu ScOunurei anu we leafeU
to the editor Of that print to exculpate himself
from the strong appearance Of suboraaton Of per-
jury, which the facts in the case seem to fix upon
him. We have charged the Journal editor with
being wiful and malicious slanderer and liar
and our object in forcing him to bring out his Gin
cOntestible proof that we were guilty of publish
ing forged letter" knowing it to be such. as
he has repeatedly charged upon US. was to con-
vince the public that We have in no respect mis-
represented his character, but on the other hand
we have not done him justice as to his meanness
for which he seems to have natural affinity. We
win briefly recapituate the issue as to the charge
of forgery and tile facts in The case:sN
On the morning of the 10Th inst there appear
ed in the Sentinel a letter dated Camp -,
JAM g. signed "Hoosier." in the Journal of
the llth the editor OF that print charged that this
letter forgery and that it "roas i1ritfen in
the Sentinel etice the right before its publication,
aud IL further said "the Sentinel men know that
this is true, and to deny il will only add lie to
forgery" 1t is not probable that any person
would deny direct charge if susceptible of
proof, but knowing it to be utterly false we chal
lenged the Journal to produce the evidence to
sustain its allegations, or else wear the brand of
a wilful and malicious slanderer
On Saturday last. after repeated calls, it pro-
duced what it calls ''the proof" We had in our
employ man by the name of CASrRILL. Every
body well knows that there is mutual conf
dence between the employer and the employed
that it is highly dishonorable to betray. We
might rest our refutation of "the proof of the
Journal upon what all high minded men can APP
preciate, that the man who l..betray the conf
dence of his employer is unworthy of belief
And man who will produce and use such evil
dence is infinitely meaner than his pimp. What
respect would be shown man who would go into
your kitchen and procure from your servants,
true or untrue, the secrets of your family? This
is just what the editor of the Journal has done,
and in addition thereto, has induceda man to per-
jure himself in the hope thereby of fixing ma,
hgnant Islander upon his neighbors. Now for
the facts in the case:
On the Sth or 9th inst. the editor of this paper
took out of the postoffice in this city the letter
which was published in theSentinel Of the 10th inst
dated"Camp-Jan. g." and signed "Hooser''
When we received it, 1t was enclosed in an enyel-
ope marked Bardstown, KY, and was adj
dressed to the editor of the Sentinel, with let
ter from the author requesting its publication in
the manner it appeared and we have every rea-
son to believe that 1t was written and mailed at
Bardstown Kentucky. About noon on the 9th inst
we put the letter in the copy drawer of the Office
h. ,,,f srfr H. Al.
charges in the affidavit of CASTRILL we win fur
Their state that the letter referred to, which
was published in the Sentinel, was not
in the handwriting of E. C. HIBBES,
Cor 4. B. HIBBEs, as the Journal has it, nor
was it seen by him previous to its publication in
the Sentinel. And we will state further that no
communication letter, or article in the hand
writing of Mr.. HrBBEs has appeared in the SEMI
mel since we have had charge of its editorial coll
umns. In order that the reader may understand
the alleged proof of the Journal that we have
been guilty of forgery, we publish the affidavit
of its pejured stool pigeon, CaSTRILL:
SrArr OF INDIANA, Marion county, IS.
| am printer. | worked on the Old Line
Guard during the greater part of the time it was
on the Sentinel during the greater part of the
present winter was working in the Sentinel
Office on Thursday, the 9th inst About eight
o'clock on that night saw Mr. L. B. Hbben
come out of the editors room and hand a folded
manuscript to Mr.. Elder, one of the proprietors
OF the Sentinet. and Elder gave t % the foreman.
who cut 1t up, and put il on the "c0pv hook"
portion of this manuscript came to my .'case,''
and put it in type. Ii was a portion OF the let
ter published in the Sentinel of the 10TH dated at
Camp -" and signed "Hoosier." am
familiar with the handwriting of Mr.. Hibben,
having worked on il at yariou. times while in the
Guard and Sentinel offices. and am satisfied
that that writing that of Mr.. Hib5en, and
that he wrote the letter in question
.s D. NJ. CASrRuL.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this | 9Th
day of january. 1862 A. Curtis, r.
In refutatior of CASrRILL's perjured statements
we present the afhdavits of three printers well
known to the craft in this city as honest unob-
trusive. industrious printers" whose statements
even would not be questioned, and also that of
Mr.. ELDER in regard TO his alleged Complication
in the affair. We show by "incontestibe proof
that Mr.. HnREs handed no folded manuscript to
Mr.. ELDER ON the night of the 9th instant; that
he did not hand such manuscript to the foreman;
that he did not, as charged, cut it up and put it
on the copy hook; that no portion of such manu-
script went to the case Of CASrRILL that ne put
no part Of the letter dated Camp -" and
signed "Hoosier" in type; that said letter put
ntyps before O'Clock on the night of the 9Th
instint; that CASrRILL did not mark any part of
the said letter in the copy of the paper in which
the e,mpostors marked their work; that he
claimed no pay for having put in type any part
osssd letter aud that no communication in the
hasd FsitiBg of Mr.. HIBHEs was ever put in type
for OF has appeared in the Sentinel.
Mr.. HBBES resides in Rushyille and as soon as
can hear from him will add his affidavit to
the other evidence that he did not write the letter
referred to: that he had no knowledge of il what
ever until it appeared in the Sentinel. and in cor
roboration Of the statements we have made gene
rally thereto.
Governor MoRTos, in speech at Rockville
LAST summer, announced that secret police had
been inaugurated in Indiana. In addition 70 this
itappears there is a system Of espionage and sub
ornstion of perjury. il other fail. to fix
odium and infamous ISLANDERS upon those who may
happen to be obnoxious TO the powers that be.
In the present instance these malicious purposes
have sighally failed.
For the present shall rest satisfied with pro-
ducing the most complete reluiaton Of the iufa-
nous charges of the journal. which viii be found
in the accompanying afidavits. promising the
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