The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-12-19
"Palpable Negligence, or Worse

Mn. EpiToR-l wish to write once more for
the bcncf I'll Of that Draw County Aitornr. who
wants TO know if have ~ucc-cded in answering
his accusation Of Islander and fal5ehood. -
Yes -ir, | have. He based his charge Of false
hood upon the -uppositinn that my statement
namely, that understood an order had been
given" was equal to n iu'-chnoi If my authority
was not good. Nv informant j. 4 COUNTY Judge.
l. il good? Now ! want 10 know If il would not
have been better for the gentleman, Instead OF
accusing Inc at inis'.bood 0c Knowing that II
verbal order had been 2iyen). 10 have stated all
the facts and given the people n rhanrc Ia Judge
who was 10 blame. No, that would have shown
the clnycn hnof AT once. II the rrn'icmin can
creep out OF this dilemma 10y a Iechnirality of
law, IL he any les {" blame Ar" hi motives
altered IN The least? We must understand that
he was verbally ordered 10y the Court 10 attend
to the mItirr, AMI then mole his course. Does
he go la the record 10 see ii The order had been
properly recorded? Evidently not. or he would
not hny" needed 10 examine" the record when lpr
| wa, hunting II hole 10 escape through. so the
I case j. plain: h. got IL verbal order from the
Court, which, I"r some ciIi~' Or Other, Was not
recorded. ami Which the County Clerk supposed
10 be- I, corded. II II clear that the neglect
would have BEEN the snnr If the order had been
recorded. Thine l. no doubt about il: and Their.
is no. ruit IlIt h. would have been ju-titiod in the
prosecution II "a technical Inw hnd alferwar,i
been discovered.
did not Assert. - in either communication
that an order had been made; ! merely stated
that ! understood rlch an order had been given,
and gave my authority. Eut he tried Ia maze it
appear in his last that / asserted IL. which Gully
DISCLOSE more OF hi lIttle trlck"ry. He says:
''iIeursay evidence l. not very gooi from siich u
evidence worth? a ng2 | can support my
statements by several Witnesses. Doc thr gen
| ileman wish 10 prove il? linagine not, though
! his foolish threat would lead one Ia believe that
lie did. | make no charges against him for
writing that letter 10 The railroad company unless
his own statement he true, and there Is no prob
ability that il i. But ] must repeat my charge
| for the acti"n lac took with the engineer. lie
| must place u very high c,iimat. on his own nbii-
| ity or he would hardly have assumed the res
possibility al such an action. All that was
asked OF him wAs Ia do his du'y-proSrcuic the
cDmpany-inl he finally took preliminary steps
which don't well harmonic with the remainder
Gi his conduct. and he now declines any Official
action. Now, 10 he comedies that he had no nu-
th0rity from The Court to arrange terms with the
engineer, | ask what was his object in telling
the engineer that he was authorized to arrange
the matter, or words to the same effect. False
hood, indeed, where does il belong? Let him
| preyaricate and perpert Us much as he plcascs,
this stands against him, and l can adduce pos
| sitiye proof 10 that effect.
| He says he made suggestions along with
'Traveler" as to what should be done. l can
show in u very few words that he assumed the
whole responsibility. In the first place, he
| either accompanied the engineer to the crossing
or met him there by appointment. No others
| were invited that know Of. / happened 10 see
them looking about at the crossing and walked
TO the place 10 see what was going on, and an
other man happened along at about the same
time. We had nothing 10 do with making terms
| with the railroad official. The County Attorney.
though, had a private conversation with him
while we were there, and ] aIa informed that
the engineer was sent 10 him with q full knowl-
| edge OF the pliable material he had 10 deal with.
| Ills answer il Il mere tumble Of words and re-
| flutes nothing at all that l have said, though you,
| Mr.. Editor, have G right 10 your opinion. of
course.
| His threat to publish my name is terrifying.
indeed! But will save him The trouble, and
am still ready To hold hin, mp 10 the shame he
] deserve and 10 testify 10 all that ] have asserted.
O>CAR SMITH.