Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-09-05
rHE INCORPORATION CASE.
Card from Mr.. RuIIm-HlOw EIe Hap
Pened tO De before Esq. Casse4y. etc.
The fnliouri,,or- ,,nic ernlai ns itself.

The following note explains itself:
NASHVILLE, Sept. 4, 1S67.-EDIToRs
UNION AND DIsPATCH: The statement in
your to-day's issue about trial which is
said to have taken place before Squire
Cassety, and with which my name was
mixed up rather prominently, is entirely
false. The case stands thus: From yester-
DAYS Gazette / learned that a warrant had
been sworn out against one John Ruhm."
/ proceeded to Squire Cassety's office. when
/ inquired of the Squire what was to be
done, the name being so similar 10 mine.
On the advice of my counsel, b. f. Cook, |
declared my willingness to give bond for
appearance before the next term of the
County Court, SO if at all the warrant or
affidavit had any reference TO me, | could
have a chance to Tefute the foul and ma
licious charge. Now, / do not see how
your reporter got it into his head to give
the proceedings of trial which never
took place. After l had entered into
bonds, my counsel staid at the 'Squire's
Office until long after the time set for
hearing No prosecution made its APP
pearance and the case was passed over
Your reporter has a great talent for
describing things that are not. He has
shown that his Imagination is equal
10 the task of live newspaper city edi-
tor" But before thus attacking the private
character of a gentleman, apparently for
the sole purpose Of making political capt.
tai, he certainly ought to have thought
twice. This same thing that malicious
persons are trying to bring up against me,
and which your city editor publishes, to
gether with inventions of his own brains,
can easily be made up against him or you
or any other man, by ill-disposed, malicious
scoundreis. | am enjoying the confidence /
Of those in this community that know me,
and one word from me sufices 10 suppress
any foul ISLANDERS that may be brought in
circulation against me.
/ direct this communication to Won, SO
that if you think it is right to do SO you
may have a chance to do me justice, and
publish this statement. Yours,
john RUM.
"The reporter" wishes TO say that he
brought no charge against MIR. Ruhm
neither maliciously nor otherwise He
simply gave the official record of a charge
made by a negro woman against him of
bastardy together with the statement that
she made TO the Magistrate He did not
decide whether the charge was true or
false. Esquire Cassety had no power to
finally try the case, and referred it to the
proper Jurisdiction, the County Court. In
issuing the warrant and causing the arrest
of Mr.. Ruhm, he made such trial" as
the law authorized. The reporter is more
than willing that Mr.. Ruhm shall establish
his innocence, if he is guiltless.
The intimation of Mr.. r. that he was
not arrested contradicts the statement of
Mr.. Constable Morris, who made the re-
turn of the warrant. His denial ola trial
would make it appear that the Magistrate
passed the case over, when the proceedings
show that the Magistrate did everything
the law authorized him 10 do The asser-
ton that Mr.. Ruhm went voluntarily be-
fore Esquire Cassety, because he had seen
that man having similar" name had
been charged with foul crime is so ex-
traordinary as to strain credulity to its
tension. Mr.. Ruhm has had his say, and
we will see what will be the result.