Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-05-16

ToLEDo. Iowa. Nav -. 1879

| Ed. Republican i feel that justice
to myself and all parties concerned
demands that when an unprincipled
Dutchman (who / am sorry to say
belongs to the Journal Fraternity
gets the amania for locals SO exceed
ingly bad that no shade of truth is
sought after it is time that some
measures should be taken by which
to cure that ravenous disease.
know Of only one thing in the arma
medica that I could reccomend with
any certainty Of cure viz Filander
@ X Docsticks self acting four horse
power Balsam to do Justice to the
case the action and power should 20
together and the Balsam be applied
after
but to make long story short I
come to the point In your Paper OF
last week | notice statement taken
from the marshall times in which the
| Editors showes concluslvly to the
Public his true calling in life l donot
believe in calling names but if any
one was in serch of the biggest aud
most unprincipled liar in the Coun-
try from my present convictions !
would send him at once to chaplin
In his article he calls me a white
thief now chaplin is the only man
that pretends to know that fact and
and as l. don't want to mar the
Dachmans falicity, I would only re-
mark by way of advice to thos who
may have an occasion to visit TT
madison that it is poor policy TO
make confident of a convict.
Now If Mr. True viii Do SO kind as
to allow space I will make a true
statement of the facts in the case the
statement found in the Republican
of the 9th giving an account of the
Elopement arrest equltal and salts
factory feelings existing on the part
Of parents is quite accurate only that
would that the words daily visitor
should be erased.
Solar as my denieng any knowl-
edge of the girl is concerned the Ed
must know tina; he has lied as the
Father OF the girl and the Dept
Sheriff who were the only persons
present when the arrest was maid
will testify that the question rs to
my knowledge Of the girl was not
even asked, this does not yet satisfy
the appetite of our literary glutton
but he must now make an uncalled
Tor and unprincipaled attack on the
girl and in doing SO does no credit
to the parents for whom he has so
much sympathy and Of course must
tell lies enough to season what little
truth he expects to tell at some un-
specified time in the future. he sals
the girl was clapped in gail on being
identified by her mother. Now any
man of good common cense would
know shat this could not be true
statement of the case as thare could
be no charges against the girl and
the truth is that tho girl Hessy Nc
Chung was not put in gail at all and
neither was she arrested. did she
use coarse rough language to her
mother this I must leav to those who
heard it as I did not hear any thing
of the kind and have not seen any
one that did,
Now I Claim that Justice demands
correction and an appoligY on the
part OF chaplin. to call a man thief
is no small thing and is very poor
business ever so we'll followed. be.
sides to Publish falsehoods and have
a community know it is no pleasant
accusations now if the Ed has the
least spark of humanity or deaccncy
about him he will not hesitate to
make statement as to the motives
he had in makeing such ludrieuons
statements and slang trazeing man
in such unlawful terms as he has
done. JOEL II. RlcKEL.