The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1866-10-04
% Broke Jail"


Tho Dazzling sonabus, who does up tho 50
called Arguments for the Radical corner Of the
Record, week before last, takes exceptions to
our term Broke JAIL" and has made tho as
founding discovery, that, because Naley
Thompson did not ga brick displace, not a
bar cut, not lock broken, he is permitted
to walk upon society reconstructed Butter
nut Burglar" then he did not break jail. We
simply stated the iacis, using the words broke
jail" and adding " by means of q false key ="
Now, coul not any fool, on reading our notice,
see that il was OF necessary 10 move bricks or
eu. bars, to get out, asa murderer did, when
we mad Republican Sheriff, and that, too, az
ter he had bee convicted Of murder in the first
degree. But this was all q mere pretext to
frame few lies upon. and charge on our Treas
urer and Sheriff, for Official effect.
Democrats aud Con, eTvativc men OF Vinton
(whon you call Traitors understand these old
tricks on he exc of elections to catch votes.
Before Thompson was arrested you made
howl, because the burglars were not arrested. Z.
Now you howl because the Commissioners
madc an effort to srrest, and spent some money
to make the arrests, and indist, not as you
say, a.a coS of 81 500, but only such as was
necessary.
What do you maan Did you expect th'
Treasurer and Sheriff to bear oil the exroh &c Of
arresixg these criminals If so, why mot
make your officers pay for mresting all Grim
inals Oh, what logic What Solomon thou
art. What legal conclusions from this Doctor
Of Laws.
But that " not all. You know that the jail
door was locked, and that all the necessary eau.
ton was used to secure Thompson, that has
been used ever since VIC had jail. ltis strong
ly hinted that RAIDS. furnished Thompson with
a key to &c, out with, in order to make capital
to defeat Sheriff Shockoy this fall. How about
that, Mr.. 0raclO of the opposition Do you
deny that there Is not stron ng crcumstantial ey-
idence Of this ! Thompson was furnished key
by somebody, as 1t is believed by our best men.
Who swore, on the exam nation # Mills, that
our Treasurer furnished opportunity to burglars
to examine onr ssfo &C., nsyou say Witnesses
swore, Ths job was we'll pip'dl" What W.T.
ness swore q single word about our Treasurer
being connected with "liring the jobl" Not
a single witness, and You know It, and know
you were Ststirg falsehoOd when you so said.
Again, you charge that Thompson won't out
of Jail u reconstructed Butternut," &c.
Now, you know that is not 30, that Malcy
Thompson came TO this town prisoner, and
an officer of the Radical party in Congress,
holding an appointment, under the Govern
ment as secret detective Of the U. s. Treas
ury, that he had been appointed by the direct
influence of tho heads of the Treasury Depart
men. and their officials who held a conference
with him at Washington q few months be foro
he was arrested, that he was getting from these
same Radical officials three dollars per day and
all expenses paid, that, too, while he was
piping the JOB OF blowing our county safe, as
you say. Those thiogs were all sworn to BY
officers of the Government, on tho examination
Of GailoFd before Esq. Case, which you, Mr..
Oracle, reduced to writing at the instance Of
Esq. Case, and consequently you must have
known these facts. Thompson was LOYAL
Lacquer, and. we are informed that you, Mr..
Oracle, gave and received the grip from him
on one occasion. Do you deny thisi Come
out and let the people hear from you fully, and
not 20 round through the county infinuating
and printing these lies to honest men, and
thereby injuring your neigh bors and honest
officers, against whose official duty lot one
word can be truthfully said. Why don't you
meet the Democracy OF the stump, and with
the pen, in fair and honorable discussion.
Your party dare not do it.