The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-15


lish portion Of our community, and III
you have published an article of the
Courier containing the greatest Sian
des against me, you win, / confidently
hope, give the following article re-
fnting these ISLANDERS an insertion, that
the sntidote may follow the poison:
(Ssgned) p. GFRoERER.
Reply TO the ISLANDERS OF the Courier.
When raseals are in danger of being
detected in their aims. they usually
take refuge in the well known trick OF
accusing innocent parties of the very
acts ofwhlch they themselves are gull
y. OF this class is certain Mr.. A.
:. klERoLF. who, unfortunately, con-
ercls the columns of the Courier. He
changes me and other citizens of Ev-
ansville with attempting to break
down his paper, when, at the same
time, every one is aware that the re-
verse 10 the truth, and that KIERoLF
10 using all the means in bis power to
ruin the Densokrat. That such is his
Intention no sensible man viii doubt,
even If there was no other proof than
the notice he published some time ago,
that he would commence German
department in his paper; (for the por-
pose. / suppose, of giving his readers
some " krout " every morning) ! re-
gard it useless to furnish more proof
ON this point and will therefore pro-
coed to detail some of the causes
which have led this contemplate
scamp tointrigue against me-.
Shortly after the publication of the
Courier was commenced, | had
formed the design to assume
the publication of the Demokrat,
and In order to devote my whole time
and attention to the paper, made the
proposition to him to lease him my job
Office. This was before had time to j
become sufficiently acquainted with
him. This proposition was readily
accepted, but some time passed before
We, could agree about the terms, and
during that time ] discovered that it
would not do to- trust him with my
business if / did not want it ruined. !
FROM that hour dates his hostility to-
wards me.
At first he attempted to injure me
eovertly, in persuading persons to have
their printing done elsewhere, as i
was too lazy to FIJI orders. (The
scamp said repeatedly, I would kill
myself Working:) This he did at a
6me when he was very friendly to my
face. Only when / was informed of
his doings, and treated him with con-
tempt, had he the manliness to come
out openly in his enmity towards me,
since which time he has spared no
pains to iniure me in every possible
way, and has gone so far as to take
work to another Office, the orders for
which were intended for me, but were,
by mistake, left at his Office. OF this
i was informed by the parties, who
complained bitterly that they received
inferior work at higher rate.
Thus he continued until the 10th
inst, when he capped the climax Of
bis meanness by publishing most in
famous libel against me. The object |
Of this libel is evidently to bully the
Democratic Press Committee into sub.
mission to his will, and to ruin my
reputation. Whether or not he will !
succeedin Bullying the Committee into
gratifying his wishes, and breaking
Aheir promise given to me, know not;
bat | know that he was greatly mis-
taken when he supposed that hecould
iniure my reputation, for lam able to
prove every charge made by him a
Base faleehooa
The sIanderer, KTERoLF, asserts / |
had more material of the old Times
office, than he himself, under . lease |
covering it all. Everything / have in |
my possession i paid for. Afew years
ago / might have bought printing ma
terial great deal cheaper from GER
tain KlERoLF at Louisville, who gave |
ZAP job Office and sold the material |
for triAe, for reasons best known to |
himself.
When the Times suspended, several
members of the Committee requested
me to tie up the type, remove the ma
terial, and store it away in the build
ing rnrzE ooonrv Only after haiann