Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-12-01

MIrcHrLIs STATION, CuLrErER Co, Va,
Nov LIZ ISL


as iorbearance has now ceased to be a virtue, l
will beg leave TO make a few statements through
your columns. / have no inclination TO engage
in a newspaper controversy with any one, much
less with such men as L. ii, Eastman and J. G.
MeCollom, who have shown themselves 10 be
anything but gentlemen and christians, but
they have made malicious and unjustihabe at
tack upon my character, feel il my privilege as
well as duty TO make a plain statement Of facts.
/ will inst refer TO the article OF j, T., MeCollom
in the TINES Of October 20 He says when he
learned that had put my wife IN the asylum his
better nature said it was an outrage, dark and
mysterious, pefpelwled upon one whom he had
swolnIo love, cherish and project through life, for
was as strong IN the belief then rs | am today,
that She was not insane" Isn't a little strange
how MIR McCollom who had not seen my wlie
Tor nearly seven months, who had not been within
several hundred miles OF my residence aud could
have known nothing of the exact condition Of my
wltes mind during that time, should have been
able 10 judge Of her sanity or of the outrage,
dark aud mysterious" 50 much better than the
physicians, or the ncighhois who saw her almost
duIy. And here will add, Mr. McCollom knows
there is insanity in her family, for he has made the
statement that he thought my wite's mother { Mrs.
lorter) was Insane AT times and challenge him
to deny IT, He says, In the meantime went to
Virginia with Mr. Eastman Tor the purpose of Sc
curing counsel 10 Attend to the taking Of dcposi.
$500 ~
upon us The statement that notice hdd been
served is deliberate, unmitlgatcd mlSchood he
notice oil the taking OF the dispositions was not
served until September 2lst the day ON which Mr..
MeC. lett Virginia for Vermont, and lam ready
10 prove This statement al any lime.
VIII now answer some OF the statements made
by l.. Ii. Eastman in his article OF November 9Th.
lie says I'VE thought 1t enough TO meet the with
enng scorn ana satanic smile OF j w Barry"
am very glad to learn that he did realize the fact
That scorhed nm, Tor have every reason to con
sider hlm as one OF the lowest specimens OF man
and as such do spurn Inn. lie directs the at
Iehton OF your readers TO personal affair be-
tween o. ID, Cray and myself, and says bought
some clothing Of MIR, Gray some nine or ten years
ago and for which forgot topay Now the facts
are just these: did buy some clothing ut Gray
owlits store some nine years ago, and short
time after paid the cash for them TO one OF the
clerks and got the bill receipted, but Which have
lost Il nat was why forgot to pay that bill and
think that even Mr., Eastman, with all his mag
nammiiy ana generosity would forget 10 pay his
! bills the second time. anu now Tor the closing
scene MIR. L. says he should think would have
ieit embarrassed when was arrested by Sheriff
| Taylor IN the court house can tell that gentle
man that dld not teel embarrassed but did feel
that II WAS unjust after having paid the bill once
Mr., l., then states = he goes IN day or two aud
| settles that debt with Mr.. Gray, stating positively
him, thereby avoiding three or four dollars cost,
and that he had this from Mr., Gray's own lips.
That may be but nevertheless pronounce 1t a
mistake, went TO Mr. Gray and told him that
had called to settle that disputed account that
had paid it once, but as ! had lost the bill and
had nothing TO show that had paid it and rather
than have any trouble with hum about it,
would settle 1t again, During our conversion
Mr.. Gray asked me ii MIR. Eddy had said any
thing TO me about the account | told him he had
not, which was the TRUTH did nottell MIN there
had been no writ served upon me nor did he ask
me any such question. Now if your readers can
discover lie on my part in this affair, they will
be able to discover what can't Mr.. L goes on
and states that told Mr.. 5. NJ Dimond of Cam
bridgeport that had left $500 with l.. S. Walker
for my wifes benefit, This is deliberate false.
hood (which will prove for the express benefit Of
this Ku Klux leader and the thrty-two members
of his Khan, some of whom, regret 10 saw pro
iess TO be christianS. did tell Mr., Dimond thai
| should leave funds with L. 5. Walker or some
one else for my wifes use, bnt did not designate
any particular amount. Mr. e. adds I'VE couIC
fill your columns Mr. Editor in every issue during
the year with facts faschoods like the above if We
should choose" DO not doubt but that any mar
: who would stoop 10 the contemplate meannes,
that l.. Ii. Eastman has in this affair can manu-.
facture base ia schools in the future he has don
IN the past 1t is probably one branch of his egit
p Hatc bHslness anu connected WITH
book and paper agency or other peddlary. If repor
be tue Mi \. is the last man that it becomes /,
speak OF the conduct OF other husband in the
families. he would look quite as well 10 show
what little magnnmity he has at home instead o
gong into the family of a stranger and there so gen
erousy dealing Ut his ealgety milk ofhuman kind
ness Now the facts ofthis case summed into few
words alc simply these: my wife was insane an,
us Il last resort, upon the advice of physicians
took her 10 an asylum, believing this 20 be for III,
hest. j. g. Met ollom, who was almost a tota
stranger 10 myself who had not seen my wife 70
nearly seven mo tbs, and yet says he knew sh
was not insane. caused writ of habeas corpus I,
be issucd on which she was removed from The
asylum From that time until the 10th of Octo
Der, the clique in Calnbridgeport were busilv en-
gagged in circulating the most outrageous and i'm
probable stories that human ingenuity could in
} vent.
Then came the trial, at which not ono particle
of testimony corroborative of these insane state
) mcnts was produced, while did prove by III,
physicians and every other witness IN Virginia
] that She (nv wifcl was and had been insane fo,
. several months previous 10 my taking her to tn,
asylum and that | was justified in taknr III,
: course did also that my conduct in NV f3m;t,
had ALWAYS been proper | was entir+Iv sntiS Ito,
with the result of the trial. Then. l.. ri Eastman
and j. G MeCollom notsatistied with ,vb,, b,d
already been done. made A further attcmnt IN ;ns,
) tifv themselves by system of uewsnaner morse
cution. under the plea of answering the Inttar q,
Cant Mac Nulty. in the rIMrs of Octohrr "a
Thus Won see in This affair have had IN cortord
not only with nv wife's INSANITY which in rel,
, vas enouob bnt have bod m moot olsn he ,,o,,
erfnl batteries of the nbilantbronic Eastman tbe