White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1869-07-01
The Chief ana Col. laovt.

The Chief and Col. lloyt.
It seems that We hsve got fight on
our hands. for what We have said Of Col.
Hoyt. The Topeka Commonwealth re-
plies thus
Nor True The Whito Cloud Chief
devotes co!nmn article to Col. Hoyt,
and particularly to the latier's connection
with the John Brown trial. 1t charges
ihst Hoyt exac'ed one thousand dollars
from the John Brown fund. This is On
entire mistake. Col. Hoyt never receiv-
ell. never asked. single dollar for his
services. More than that-by his personal
Efforts and public addresses throughou,
New England. he succeeded in raising q
handsome sun for that fund. There is not
q shadow Of foundation for this state
ment, into which we fear the Chief has
been mi.led. We make this assertion
knowingly. and refer for the trulh Of it
to any member of John Browns family.
to the Hon. Hiram Grishwold, to Wen
dell Phillips. or to any one else who has
anv personal knowledge of ths facts.
Will not the Chief learn the truth for
itself, and revise its opinion in sccor.
dance with the same?
On the following day. the Common.
wealth contained another editorial. stat
ing who received pay for legal services.
and also gave . letter written by John
Brown to Hoyt. few days before hi
execution. expressing gratitude for biz
interest in his behalf. and regretting that h'
was not able to pay him for his services
As we did not charge that Brown bst
paid Hoyt. and as the payment was re-
ported to hsvs been made some time ate
Browns execution. this letter prove
nothing. Brown was grateful to Hoy
for his sympathy aad his efforts. as b
doubtless was to every one who sympa
thized with him.
In reply TO the extract given above
we must accuse the Commonwealth of be
ing . mite dictatorial. We made som
staten ents; the Commonwealth makes
counter statement, and asks that We Civ
up our version, and accept his. wi,hou
giving . whit more proof than we did
We presume it gets its information frou
Col. Hoyt himself. As be is the part,
principally interested, there is q goo
deal of allowance to be made.
i Our information came about in thi
way: At time when we were payinl
no attention to Hoyt. and bestow
ing no thought upon him. We heard
citizen of Kansas. who had long reside
in Oberlin, Ohio, who WAS . Radios
Republican. and who was wounded i
the army. denouncing Hoyt someshs
sharply. On several subsequent occa
sions. we heard him do the same thing
and inquired ss to his dislike of Hoy
His reply was. that it came Of the job
, Brown affair. He said that large sur
Of money had been raised in Oberlin 70
Brown and his family. and that Hoy
} was severely censured BY the leading mel
in raising this money. for exacting os
Thousand dollars for his services. II
also said. 1--WE did not know the fact. o
had forgotten it. that brother Of Joh
Brown resided in Northern Ohio, an,
that he had heard that brother say tbs
Hoyt was paid one thousand dollars 70
bis services. II it was Chiffon who go
the Thousand dollars, and Hoyt did no
get any. then the latter is laboring unde
. wrogful charge not originated by us
and we do not think manufactured b
our informant.
We have no personal object in vie,
in making the charges against Hoyt; sn
whenever We are convinced that they ar
erroneous. We shall make the correction
We are not yet cosvinced-ths Com
wealth has given us no proof. There !
a possibility Of Our information havin
been incorrect. If Ifproven so. Hoyt shsl
} have the benefit; but If confirmed, v
shall stand BY our FIRST statements.