The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-04-30

t'hc author Ut the tulOsI"g COM.
munication is entire y unkown to US,
hut it was sent by very reliable gen.
t'eman, whom VIC d. know and Who,
very earnestly. requested its pubIica.
'ion. Want of>pace compelled us to
unit a considerable portion Of it.
Sham Lake Lyon Co., MINI. April IA, 1874.
EDlrnR GAZETTE Allow me as a
c,t'z,:" ot Ly" Cou ty, t. make few
r.marks through your press, in order
to put before the public few facts in
rrEere to one Mr. Williams.
Mr.. Bake OF Marshall Lyon County
says he received letter of inquiry
from Faribault, in Reference to Mr..
W.l'am,' pecuniary circumstances
A pretended answer TO it appeared in
the ft"trie Schovncr Of February 9th
1874 hs,ded An unworthy object OF
charity" said answer pretending to be
authorized by citizens meeting. Said
answer prove d to be no more nor less
than an onset which have seen fit
to protest against. I have been inves
tigating the matter through the P,ai
RE Schooner, but find them unwilling
to do ,he fair thing. mean Mr.. Blake
and Mr.. Erviu, Editor of the Prairie
Schooner. The Editor failed to pub.
lish my last article as it Was sent to
the press in order to head me off 50
they could escape detection. This is
one reason why We ask hearing else
where, another reason is, the Editor
notified me that he did not wish to
exclude other matter or hear any more
on that subject, Thus shutting me off
in two ways. Still after telling NE
this. and als) giving me to understand
through his paper there could be no
more said on the sheet through his
columns, turns around in the next
weeks issue and all TVS Mr.. Blake ii
hearing in which Mr. Blake misrep.
resented facts in order to turn the
tables on me, thinking | was shut off
nd that would be the ED Of it. 1t
a citizens meeting had even authorized
The outset it would be an easy matter
t"r them to prove it. Proving this
would let them out of the boat. Tn.
very cou'se they have taken to head
me of, is enough of itself to prove there
is dead fly in the ointment. All |
,>k for j. the merits of the case. As
se are sad to li'e in "a laad justice,
We ask for our rights or hearing thar
Justice may be done. These men Ger
.inly have all the chance iu the world
with press in hand to defend themse YES.
let hem do 50, [ will take my chances,
's best can, by getting hearing
'rsewhere. l am resp,sible for tn
statements herein made aud moreover
'm ready with Others to meet them.
TO Messrs. Blake and Erwin, l will
commence by saying to Mr.. Blake, |
AN i" possession Of your last article
1t has been some time since, still it is
s.ot too late to answer It, We labor
Under great disadvantage in getting
,ur IN all III ,ttcr as i. takes a circultous
'oat of ninety miles, by poney express
~ get fifteen, aud quite uncertain at
that. 1t you and Mr.. Erwin had done
me ,stice in my last article by keep
ing truth on your side, should no,
nave been under the necessity Of max
ing these few remarks. You did just
IS expected you would do. You POS
i,'vely denied what you bad positivel,
affi'm"d. I will quote from my last ar
,Ic;e { March 10 n [ said you w"u!'t
nat al.,'t the article known as .'An
'.aworshy obj CT OF charity" nor dare
,ou deny it. You was TOO blind t.,
SEE tins bar was put up there t" keep
y"u "ut. tha. Is /" make YOU admit -,
Your silence that my statements werr
rue Or if YOU attempted to jump the
''rs that is to deny. you woaId bre,k
,,ur neck in 81 doug. Let u, view
'"c>e surroundings for mome",
Y"u Vas very careful to have Us under
stand. or the cit'z-ns meeting. that you
aad received d letter Of inquiry in ret
-r.nce to one Mr. William; you was
as" very careful to have US understan;!
I" answer to my protest of Feb 26Sh
that, ''Actuatei by desire to fiud our
Mr.. Williams, circumstances had mad.
'"qairy Of his neighbors in reference
to his pecuniary circumstances &C.
In your last article, March the 26th
1874, you positively deny having any
timing to do with the SO called answer,
still at the same time you failed to tell
US what you did with the information
CLEANED from Mr.. Williams, neighbors
or what you wanted to do with it.
You say the citizens meeting author
lied the publication. Of the article
known as, IAN unworthy object Of
charity" This is only your assertion
with no proof: The records Of that
citizens meeting show no such author.
ity. Moreover Mr.. o. z. Gregg, Go.
Auditor. whose veraei,y stands uuques
toned, who was also one Of the com nit
tee at the meeting told me personally
that the meeting never authorized the
article ab,ve mentioned which appear.
ed against Mr. Williams. In conver
s,tipn with Mr.. Erwin he said there
we're such things as two.faced men
That is 50 Nr. Editor, if it were not
the Case this article would not appear
- right wrongs already long enough
endured. Messrs. Blake T. Co., will
not attempt to change Mr.. Gregg with
being man Of daplicisy. Gen. Pierce
too, when I come to think. told me the
same thing viz. That the meeting
never authorized any such thing.
These men would not have told me
this, any thing short of the truth.