Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-12-08

EDITOR CEDAR FALLS GAZETTE -
1 notice in your paper of Dec. 1st,
an article copied from the Parkers.
burg Times in relation to an assault
upon me with a log chain by e. Fish
err, of Grundy County. Said article
states that it Is quite q general opin-
ion that the provocstion to Fisher
very great, and that he was i'm.
posed upon by me. AS you have
given currency to this statement by
re-publishing, I request that you
also publish my statement of the af-
fair in order that if any on at Par
kersburg or elsewhere have been in
duced by the false representation of
the elder or his son, (who are the
only persons In the vicinity of Par
kersburg who were witnesses of the
ARRAY, or who know anything of the
circumstances,) to believe that he
had any p~rovocation whatever, may
know the facts in the case.
The great ~provocation and imposi.
ton which induced him to attack
me with a log chain was as follows {:
About the LIST Of September last l
bought a note against the Elder
This note was secured by a mortgage
on q wagon for the purchase money g.
Said note was due Oct. 30th after
the note was due L asked payment,
he could not pay. After a few days
he came to me and told me he had
sold the wagon and wished me to
retain the mortgage without pay
ment and take us security in place of
the mortgage two notes which he
handed me for inspection. I looked
at the notes and told him that I did
not know anything of their value
That / would keep them and make
inquiry. The answers to my inqui-
riss were unsatisfactory to me. / de.
clined to release the mortgage and
told him that as he had sold the
wagon, and that even IL 1t was re-
covered by Ire 1t was insufficient to
pay my claim, and that / had deter
mined to attach the notes to secure
my claim, in case / could not realize
the amount of it out of the mortgage
on the wagon, which 1t was certain
| could not do.
1 further told him at the same time
that If he would get a responsible
party to sign q note with him I
would release notes, wagon and all,
and give him an extension of two
months. He did not either pay me
or avail himself of the conditions for
an extension of time. After waiting
about o week from this time l went
to Grundy after the wagon, and not
knowing where 1t was / went to his
house to enquire. Without any n
pleasant words or controversy what
ever on my part he Immediately, as
sailed me with q log chain.
Now up to this time I had never
spoken to him, or of him in q disre.
spectful manner in my life.
For the correctness Of the above
statement I refer to L. d. Tracy, w.
II. Mcclure and the records of the
testimony given In the trials had In
this case by both prosecution and
defense. In the defense there was
not the least provocation claimed in
mitigation or otherwise.
i did as any other person would
do to secure a claim against = dishon-
est and irresponsible debtor who con-
cesled his property to avoid his
debts.
BY my legitimately endeavoring to
collect my pay. and in the manner
advised by my legal counsel, instead
Of giving ~proyocation to Fisher I
incurred his malice which he gave
vent to in q most brutal manner and
entirely inconsistent to the character
of y man or O church elder.
Respectfully Yours,
WHIT WALLACE.