St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-10-20
LETTER FROM p. G. RANSOM, ESQ.

LETTER FROM r. G. RANSOM, ESQ.
EDITOR DEMOCRAT II write to as
sumo the authorship Of the article in
your issue of Oct 9th, under the head
Of "Chargcs ngninsta County Officer
sisne,l observer, and to repeat that.
Of own Knowledge, Try word ct >hat
Communication is true
IN consequence OF repeated threats
made by George KuIzcr. and his am
uoyance o,lfim generally after | had
issued the warrant or commitment, MIR
zimmerman several tines came to Judge
lla'"lin, who appeared us States Attor-
"ey upon the examination Ut the prls-
oners, and appealed to him for the pro-
lection of the law, by their being CON-
peeled to Obey the order Of the court.
Judge q upon several occasions, re-
quested the Sheriff to execute the war;
rant, as also did our efficient Deputy
Sheriff, Addison Gilmore, WHO would,
| have no. doubt, have had no difficulty
in arresting them, had the warrant not
been taken from him by the Sheriff
To these gentlemen l have the honor
to refer.
When the warrant had been some six
weeks in the Sheriff's hands, I remon-
strated with HIM for not executing it,
aud he replied, Il think Zimmerman is
as bad as they are Again, a few days
before the late session Of the Grand
Jury, l informed him that it was a
shame that these men hould be allow
ed thus to evade the law, and his reply
Was, Il will 20 up aod tell Ka|zer to
send down his bond"-the qcarrunt BE-.
ing for their commitment liz.
Captain Taylor's source Of informa-
ton is not equal to that Of mine; his,
as he is in ho"or bound to admit, being
only hearsay. And it will not avail
the Sheriff mo,o, against the charge of
culpable negligence, to say he could not
find the men in question, since two of
them have been seen in ST. Cloud by
several beside myself, in open daylight,
since he has been holding the warrant.
Captain Taylor will pardon me for
making the following statement, which
the tenor of his notice in your issue of
Oct. 18th justi6es.' And here let me
discluim any feelings whatever upon my
part towards him other than those of
entire friendship and confidence, ex-
cept such as that note, unexplained, is
calculated to create.
At the Justice Court, the parties in
question had the benefit Of Captain Tay-
lor's very earnest and able efforts to
prevent their being put under bonds,
aud although the evidence was against
them, he manifested not little chagrin
at his wrnt of success The cxamina-
ton over, he informed me that they
were unable to fnd bail in St. Cloud,
and promised to be RESPONSE le for their
appearance the next day if l would al
low them till then for that purpose. l
thcreupon consented, ,bw they tuiled
TO appear.
Al the late session of the Grand Ju-
~, the whole party were indicted tor
the offense charged and a bench war;
rant issued by Judge Vanderburg for
their arrest. Captain Taylor then u;adc
earnest efforts to get them off upon
their own recognizances, which the
Judge would not permit. The gallant
Captain was undoubtedly yet writing
under the sting of defeat when he PEN
ned the classic note here referred to ;
for l am unable to believe him capable,
in his undisturbed moments, of trying
to brand one as u ''liar" for writing
what he himselt cannot but knov IS
strictly true.
Respectfully,
P. C. RANSOM.