The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1872-08-01
A BAsE vILLIFIER RECEIVES HIs
+ i DESERTS.
II. Il. Gordon under4oes, 2 Process OF
s%"f Dolly yardenizing.

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49, Dolly yardenizing.
Last weeks issue of tho St. Cloud Press
contained most indecent, brutal and
unprovoked attack on number of our
most respectable citizens, and especially on
Col. G. D. Kerr, Mr.. E, G. earns, and Mr..
j. F. Bell. It was vile and bestial through
ont, and could only have had its origin
in the mind Of q creature too immoral to
draw breath In respectable community.
Its grossness would have forbidden it's ap-
pearanoe in even the Days Dongs, but it
found a fitting place in the Press. Al
though its authorship was masked behind
that mysterious "Company" which has
appeared to be without any responsibility
under similar circumstances, there was no
difficulty in detecting it as being by H. L.
Gordon. "The trail OF the serpent was
over it ALL" No other member of the
"Conpany" was quite so we'll fitted for
the vile task, which was done with so much
gusto by this embodiment Of shameless i'm
moralities. As this was the second attack
Of the kind made on him by Gordon, Mr.
earns took the only course left him.
Meeting Gordon in front Of the Bank Of
St. Cloud on Friday morning, and that indi.
vidual, after some petty parleying, admit.
ing his responsibility for the article, Mr.
earns, after giving him some pointed per.
sonal facts, told him that he proposed pun.
ishing him for the attack, and proceed
ed to make good his word. In a very
brief time both the vilhder's eyes were
draped IN deep mourning, and his face
was rapidly passing through the various
shades Of red, purple and black, when q
friend Of his (Gordon'O rushed up and
caught hold OF Mr.. earns, and it was
while his arms were thus embarrassed that
Gordon struck him the only blow received
With just sixty seconds more of fair play,
Mr.. earns would have brought the punish.
ment up to tho measure of o righteous
public judgment as to what tho offenso de.
| manded.
St. Cloud is peaceable and well-behav.
ed community. There are fewer disturb
ances here than in any town in tho State,
We condemn personal violence on prlnci-
pie, but in this case, in common with
nineteen-twentieths of our citizens, We
say that Mr.. earns was perfectly justiia-
bic and that he did not punish Gordon
half enough. In thrashing him, he was
but executing the verdict rendered by the
community. We never knew so unani-
nous sentiment as that which called foz
and justified the act.
| As sort of balm for his pounded face
and wouuded feelings, the "Hon." H. L.
Grdon fastened to telegraph to the st. Paul
Press the following statement Of tho affair !:
ST.. CLOUD, JULY 26th.-To.day one
E. c. earns, noted gambler and bully Of
this city, assaulted Hon. Il. L. Gordon on
the street, the alleged cause being some
truthful sllusiorg in yesterdays St. Cloud
| Press, to this earns as the leader Of the
Liberal movement here, which he is
earns is a powerful man and bully. Mr..
| Gordon is n much smaller man but the
| contest was ABOUT equal. When they were
separated Mr.. Gordon was but slightly in
! jured, and earns came out with bloody
phiz. respectable people of oil parties
condemn the assault.
! This statement is false in every particu-
lar, and it is because of it that we have
referred in detail to the matter, which we
had not intended doing. The pair Of black
! eyes which Gordon still carries around,
while MIR. Caros is without u scratch OF
mark, is sufficient comment on the truth
fulness of one part Of it. Another is met
by the following telegram to the Press,
sent the day after that paper was received
here with "Hon." H. L. Gordon's card :
ST.. CLOUD, July 81.
| Editors Of tile st. Paul Press:
The undersigned, business men Of st..
Cloud, regardless of party, desire to state
through your columns that the dispatch in
this mornings st. Paul Press, from St.
Cloud, dated July 26, stigmatizing E. G.
earns, ESQ.,. Us a noted gambler and bully
is false. Mr.. earns bears no such charac-
ter here, but is quiet and peaceable cit
izen.