Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-04-18
EDITOR DEMooRArIo ENQUIRER:

EDITOR DEMOCRATIC ENQUIRER: L
have never written anything yet for pub
lica.ion in newspaper; but with your
permission, I want you to publish few
lines for the benefit of your readers, and
particularly for the people of VintOn
county. Your paper has an excellent
name-ENoUIRER-and beg leave to
suggest to you, Mr.. Editor, that you IN
quire into all the rasCally acts of those
who want to be looked upon as "big
men," celebrated lawyers" aud SO OD.
You will 6nd, by referring to the tenth
chapter of Acts, (4nd | observe in your
Enquirer that you, sinner, occasionally
look in the BiblO,) that-"The men who
were sent out from Cornelius had made
inquiry" Now I, woman, have moi
been "sent out" but have "made in.
quiry" about many things, some of which
l wish to make known through the col
ums of your paper, as I suppose you are
pleased to have any one communicate to
you-"truIh, information, or knoWl-
edge" In the first place, | shall tell
you some things about unprotected wo-
men," having learned that lawyer, call
ing himself Bratton, was a friend to Sun
protected women" This lawyer, Brat
ton, may be q friend to unprotected
women" but 1 will inquire after his
friendship little. Not three years age
an unprotected woman" who lives neal
Nc Arthur, had bad ten dollar bill
passed on her, and when she was told il
was bad, she Eeturned it to the person Of
whom she got it, and he did not take
it back ; and the "unprotected woman
came to town to see lawyer about it, and
called 90 3ratton. He said, II will make
him take it back = and he went away
and received a good bill for the bad one
and gave the protected woman" just
one half of the ten dollars. Does this
lawyer Bratton think he done right in
charging an unprotected woman" five
do liars for carrying bad ten dollar bill
three or four milesP l am in the act Ol
inquiring--seeking for information by
asking this question, through the col,
umns of your paper. Shame Steu'
FIVE dollars from an unprotected woman
and then publicly pretend to be frienc
to unprotected women Again, | feel
disposed to tell you, MIR. Enquirer Edi'
tor, of another unprotected woman
that this lawyer Blatton has been q grea
friend to, or more properly ssspeakirg,
friend to her pocket,book. This "un
protected woman who has FIVE OF sil
little children to take care Of, employed
this lawyer Bratton to collect q judg
ment of fourteen hundred dollars Oft o.
her husband, from whom she had beer
divorced. After about two years, piece
of land was sold. but not for enough tt
pay her the amount of the judgwent'b by
about three hundred dollars, aud Brattor
tried very lard to get the money of thi
unprotected woman into his bands b.
demanding it of the Sheriff. The Sher
if would not pay it TO him, thinking o
course that the woman with five or aiz
little children needed what Justly be
longed to her more than q lawyer. Brat
ton then made ber spay.him a hundred
and fifty dollars for collecting clever
hundred, and was mad because she die
not want to give him two hundred. Nov
this is what he calls being friend tt
unprotected women" ''Steal all tha
can be stolen," and then get angry be
cause more can't be stolen.
I hope you will publish these few line
in your good Eaquher, and greatly OBJ
lige an r-o
UNPROTECTED WOMAN"
P. S.-You will probably hear frou
me again, soon, if don't get a Post ot
fee. ,ao, H