The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-09-14

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ablished in 1040.
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i. A studied effort on the part Q
somc is being made to blacken th
fair name Of Sheriff Swiggett.
gentleman whose residence Of six
teen years in Wapello county .ha
borne much fruit and produced
record worthy of highly honorable
mention, and which will bear tn
closest scrutiny and comparison will
that of his fellow men. This attacl
was made upon him before his nom
ioation and since his endorsement b.
tho Republican County Convention
this attack IL still maintained, 4.
ID charged with being associated
with a Democrat TO mako money
out of the misfortunes of others
| This is . bsse fling ct him wholly
untrue.
He IL charged a. assignee, in Ger
tain cases, with selling goods to his
business partner At Blakesburg In
this county, At his own price at pri.
vate sale. All false-in one Of the
cases named he was not the assignee
and had no legal connection with the
case. He did bid of some goods at
the sale in this case, which went in
to the store in which he has an in
terest At Blakesburg, and he bid
them of regularly against the COM
petition of others, just as was his
right to do.
He is charged with purchasing
goods at . sale be made on execution
as Sheriff, and the articles named, to-
wit: A suit of broad-clotb, q pat
tern for silk dress and large bill
Of goods for his business partner
aforesaid. All this has no founda,
tion in truth save this much, that
the stock sold contained large quan.
titles OF silk, and was bid off at from
30 cents to sl.05 per yard. That in
the purchase by otbors he did take
after q sale had been made, one dress
pattern at the highest price that was
paid, from the purchaser. So far Is
his business partner was concerned
be had mono at that time and had
no connection with anybody in bus
mess until six months Afterwards
His present business partner did buy
about $50 worth of goods at that
sale. Let US say here that he re-
ceived the goods sold in this last
mentioned case from the hands of
Thos. Bedwell and his deputy John
y. Briscoe, the late Sheriff and depu-
ty Of this county, and that the Dem
ocrat whom Mr.. Swiggett is charged
as having associated himself with in
filching from the unfortunate, had
been ono Of the appraisers Of these
goods under Mr.. Bedwell, but Mr..
Swiggett docs not believe that Mr..
Bedwell WAS therefore connected
with him in filching money from the
unfortunate.
Another charge is about the sale Of
q piano. 1t so happened that the
records in the Clerks office in this
county brand this statement, made
and circulated by certain individuals,
as false in toto. This, therefore, is
made malioiously in the faco and
eyes of the record.
Some are finding fault about the
colored man, Fields, being outside
the walls OF the Jail at times. Be-
lieving and knowing that this man
would not 80 away and the prison
ers wanting many little errands
done, he has employed him in this
way some. Any insinuations about
his doing this to curry favor with
the colored people is all clap-trap.
That he ever tried TO prevent Fields
from prosecuting for an assault and
battery upon him 10 wholly false.
Much is said about his business
and political relations with saloons.
He afirms that he has done his
whole duty towards this class of
offenders, - he thinks; that he hos
no favors to extend towards them,
nor none to ask of them in turn. II
there be those among saloon keepers,
who will support him, they do SO on
their own motion, without any
promise of favor from him. They
voted in u body against him two
years ago, he thinks, and if they
have any of them changed their
minds now, il certainly cannot be
because he ever tasted . drop o.
liquor inside Of one of the saloons
/ Mr.. Swiggett will hardly bc put
upon the defensive and answer ths
whimsical questions, and reply to th'
attacks made upon him only. Th'
offensive is open TO him, with tn
enomy, he is ready TO fight; but will
those who ho thinks ought to be hi
friends, he deprecates any such COZ
teat, but fears it never.
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