The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-11-17
WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN.
Who Struck Billy Patterson!
Who ThrOwed that Liver! u
Whose Been Here Since l'Sc Been Gone.

Tothe Editor eft Tie Times:
The first thing a man does when he gets
heat at anything is TO try and find out how
the thing came about. In common with
several other persons who hang on the verge
of this town, | was partially defeated on
Tuesday last Yesterday morning went to
work on the pr,,blem, and had it all figured
out by 2 o'clock 1t may I've of interest To
YOUR readers to know how it was, and rs
am probably the only one who has paid any
attention torn, the result of my Obs<ryations
NAV not be without benefit. People who
were around the streets yesterday, and whd
have had As much experience.on the First
National Bank railing as anybody else in
the State, assure me that an intel
ligent solution of the question Of who i
was that defeated the Republican party on
Tuesday, will be read with interest, being en-
tirely new, and not worn out by being talked
on the streets as too much of our politics is.
Therefore, convinced that can place myself
on a par with the person who found ont
who wrote Rock Me to Sleep,
Mother" by making plain statement, OF
facts, l shall do 80 fearlessIy: e LIE.
! lHiraaa Rn2nrtson is the man who defeat
us. lie is a Carney man, and as such de-
sired to send Jerry Clark to Topeka. To do
this he made combination with Tim. SUI
rl, IN off arrr
man Stone, for TAYLOR, the hard listed candi-
date for County Attorney. Baldridge, being
an Anthony man, was to make Joyce his
deputy. Everybody who knows anything
about politics in this county knows this plan
was concocted in Anthony's office, No. 40
Main Street, and that Pomeroy- was here
twice during the Irst three months. This is
what Mr.. Robertson did.
LATER.
Since writing the above find that there IS
one little point which needs correction.
aocidentslI overheard itue 9n-
.vePxxHioN which = Oocarsed - unker
Fifth street bridge. | was passing
over that structure when heard voices, and
thinking perhaps somebody was in distress, ]
listened. Reader, those voices came from
two prominent Republicans. Those tive
prominent Republicans are the men who
beat our ticket make this statement in
Justice to Mr.. Robertson, whom l believe to
he innocent. 1 can prove this, and that SET
ties the question. Let us hear no more about
this vexed question. DANIEL GOPHER. 4
P.S. was little excited when wrote
the above, and Immediately afterwards took
a walk up Delaware street, 10 cool off
learned more On that walk than is contained
in both the above statements. They are en-
tirely without foundation; and TO prove ii, ]
need only s.y that have seen John Schctt
/ should have gone TO him in the first place
if I could have found him, knowing that he
WAS the only man who really knew how II
| was. The man who defeated us was james
Franks. Upon James Franks rests all the
blame. James Franks is responsible for the
whole thing We sincerely hope our peopls
will not permit themselves 10 do any
thing rash in the excitement which
must necessarily follow such disclosure
Nothing can be gained by a resort L
violence. Mr.. Schott is entitled TO grea
credit for his devotion in unmasking tn,
man who has, undoubtedly, for years pas
been buying and selling the whole Repub
lican party of this county. This takes III
blame off everybody else, and confirms tn
aSsftnh tlns Anthoey ~assegn s1tsg oys
tiers with Markson at Joe. Durrs. DIG.
| p. s. NO. ,
1t has seldom become my duty (,
record a more das,ardly outrage thai
that perpetrated upon the Republica,
party BY Byron Sherry, % Tuesday hast
Whatever may have said before regardin,
the cause of our defeat, the statement whic
l am about to make really fastens the blam
where i. belongs. Nobody had anything I
do with our defeat except Byron Sherry. Il
u the man, Hundreds of witnesses can b
produced who win testify that he did it. Al
this talk abOut Hi. Robertson. Col. Anthem