The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1867-07-03
From the Washington Repo ter.

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A CARD.
MEssRs. EDIroRs: IL had no expectation
! Whatever of hciig drawn into II newspaper
! controversy respecting the confession OF Fog
Ter, which has occupied and continues to 0ccu
py so lrr.G share of public attention. hut Mr..
Montgomery having published IN tn. lust
weeks Recicw g. Eruminer, II letter which he
claims was signed by me, containing certain
statements In regard T." the breaking II win
dow in the house occupied by ,enry Miller,
and sprken ot in the confession | must ask a
small space in your columns to expose the base
means eml lpyed by him to place me in false
posi- ion
Tn public will be best able to unl 'lst nd
! IN" matter in dispute hetween Mr.. Mnntgom
/ cry and myself by simp,e statement of the
facts and circumstances out of which it h s
aIscn 1t will he remembered that Foplr in
his conf ssion speaks of "l5abe," ~ he called
him. throwing Il stone through NIllcr's win
dow on the night Of the fist attempt to rob
Mr.. Dinsmore, In the issue of tn Review &
Eraminer the n Xt week after Foglcr's cxecll-
tlon, Mr. Montgomery publishes u lengthy ar
ticle over his own signature to dispr0ve the
c. htcssion, in the coulse of which he produces
the sworn statement of Henry Miller and wifi,
conlradicting what Fogcr says about tho
brea ing of the window, an actually setting
rth that mo such occurrence haiever tOok ph.ce"
Very shortly after this statement made its APP
pcarance in the Rerieio g. Examiner, | was in
town one day,,and happening to step into the
Court House while Court was in session, Mr.
Montgomery. knowing that owned the house
occupied by Miller, and feeling 10 dou =. that
the testimony Of him and his wife stood in
need Of some support, came to me and asked
me ifl would not corrOborate their statement
but told him l could not for knew TINT
the window mas broken. So much for the
interview between Mr.. Montgomery and my
self in the Court House, and he totally mis-.
represents me ito use no harsher languagr)
when he says | then and there assured him
that ''l fully concurred with the statement
made by Henry Miller and his wife,"
Shortly after this there appeared in the Re-
porter short communication written by some
one, know not who, calling attention to the
statement sw RI to by Miller and his wife and
referring to me as having heen told by Miller
himself that the window hal been broken by
some person unknown to him or any of his
family. The appearance of this last mention
ed communication started Mr. Montgomery In
a fresh effort To Obtain something from me to
sustain the statement of Miller and wife. and
w oSuN, 10 olttttu III tlc IttVUTftF Vi Tile
18th inst, he sent his son, A. J. Montgomery,
and Henry Miller to my house on the night Of
the 10Th of May, with a letter or statement
drawn up by himself for Inc sign The
public will pardon me for detailing a little
more fully the circumstances attending the
presentation of that paper. AS stated here
totore, the visit W made to my house between
nine and ten o'clock at night. A. ]. Mont.
gomery produced the paper and read it over to
me. On my informing him that | could not
sign it, he read it over II second time, remark
ing that if it contained ANYTHING could not
subscribe to | might strike it out. and if it
lacked any statement thought ought to be ia
it. could insert it. | still refused /, sim 1t,
whit h put him out of humor. as WIS evid mt
from his manner, his conversation being inter-
larded with frequent oaths his fathers inf,r-
nation to the contrary Notwithstanding. Bat
that the public may the more rea lily under
stand what have to say in reg rd to the let.
ter, and at the same time see what sIrt of use
has been made Of my name, here give it en-.
tire as published by Mr.. Montgomery in the
RerieW g. EIaminer.
WASHINGTON County,
Canton Township, May 2)th 1867. I
Hon. WM MoSrooMERY--Dea Sir: havo read an art.
Gle IN the Rep0rter newspaper of this date, signed by
"A Friend Of Truth" In which referred to TO sustain
the statement OF Robert Foger, "that in tho month Of
November last stone was thrown through the window OF
Henry Mer's housc In the night time am sorry TO
be drawn into this matter. hut will not 'rmit nv name
to be used to prove the Gschnoi never heard OF stone
being thrown through the window of Mr.. Miller in Noven.
brr
In tho month of April almost four months after the
murder OF Mr. Dnsmore, heard Mr. Miller say that on
the day OF john Stewards funeral some of the children nd
broken pane of glass out of upstars window Mr.
Stewart was buried In February hope this will satisfy
you t gve no conntenancr to the iasohoods against
L nf n Iluru ,,l, III,
broken in November and the house he resides In on NV
my farm anu my dwelling am satisfied no window
was broken at that mc and believe the statement Of
Mr.. Foglcr is false
You can publish this Il you see proper.
Yours truly, ANDREW MKEE
Mr.. MnNr6OMEEY:-I did not know the gassw,s broken
till the lst OF April 1867 don't care about my name
fastened with chain and paddock when the house
empty, that is before Henry Miller came to have not
replaced the glass in the window yet Miller did not
refuse replnce the glass broken Eve. ything have
written Is here In regard TO this mnttcr. could not
say that the glass not broken in November have
Mer's word fol that AMKEE.
would rep at rgain do not about my name com.
Ing before the public.
The first part of this letter, rs Mr. Mont
says, was drawn up Ivy himself. 1t
was written on half sheet of tOoscup paper
ard occupied The whole of the first page, and
about two or three lines at the top of the sec
ond. | wave all question as to the modesty
or good taste he exhibited in drawing III, II let
ter addressed to himself as "Iioa" William
ntgomery-since in view Of his recent con-
duct he had good reason to conclude that un-
less he gave his own name thnt prefix no one
else would ever think Of doing it for hiul--and
here take occasion TO say that withheld my
signature, not on that account. hut solely be-
cause could not subscribe 20 the statements |
contained in the body of the letter itself -
Though Mr.. Montgomery has published the
letter with my name appended to 1t, | here
assert most sylemnly, and am willing to take
my oath that Iaeuer signedMat part oth! This
much in regard to thit portion of the letter
written by Mr.. MONTGOMERY, which, rs have
already stated, occupied the whole of the first
page of the paper. an abouttwO or three lines
on the second. Now for the second part. To
get rid of the importantly of his son who
seemed determined to have my name In some
shape, took the pencil and beginning on the
second page at least seven or eight lines below
where Mr.. Montgomery had left off writing,
wrote to him as near as can recollet as fol-
lows: "Jh. Montgomery You have sent me
q paper for me to endorse, cannot endorse it.
The window was broken" This am posi-.
i've is the substance of all wrote, and so far
rs can recollect, the above are the very words
made use Of. Certain lam that all wrote
did not occupy three lines on the paper I
signed my name to 1t and handed the paper
10 A. j. Montgomery who remarked to Miller