The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-11-20
Correspondence.
Card from E{r. Petree,

: Sdlo lTOn hlr. fGCree.
EDITOR REPUBLECAN-it has been INV
intention to explain matters little, Tor
the benefit Of my friend julie San
derS, and would have done so last week.
but heard thas il was his intention 10
relieve himself of some mere of his
surplus perfuEsry, and | thonght I'd
better lay low and let it pass over-it
has passed by, and / am happy to be
able 10 say. none of If hit me.
lie IS more moderate than I expected
and qualities his assertions somewhat.
lie says shat ''in attempting to defend
Mr.. Brav'on against the repeated at
tacks of Mr.. Petree, he .mav have
said so and so. II have been right
! " informed (and ! think Iave) he
said | was shicf and murderer
without any qualifications. Now | will
ask bin # he thinks if was necessary for
! him to sacrifice las own honor and
brand himself is p liar, traduc.r and
slandcrer. in order so defend Mr.. Bray
ton. | will ask him if that was in the
bargain when Mr.. Brayton procured his
services The sacrifice was not very
great, but still they must have tho0ght
the necessity very urgent, that re-
quired il, and Sanders certainly de-
serves all the reward that rumor saws
he got.
A. to ny being thief, doh't know
that | can prove that never stole any
thing. but | can publish and brand him
IL 4 liar. and hold him no to the scorn,
coatempt and condemnation of AL hon
orable men uBsil he proves that have
And rs ~ my beng u murderer, or
carrying the blood ui my fellow man
upon my hands (Which is the same in
mcaning), am going to prove that he
lies.
suppose that he refers to an unfor-
tunatc circumstance that transpircd
nearly eighteen wears a~o, in California
so remote in iiac and diSiancs that he
Thought il might put me tO SOME trouble
Ia prove mysclf innocent But fortu-
nately had some knowledge OF the
world then. and anticipated that there
was Just such L liar as he is, and pre-
pared tor him. And | furnish you for
publicatioa the whole thing I'm 4 nut
she'll"
| went to California in 1919. (when
was about fifteen years Of agc) before ii
WAS State, when laws and society We're
in a rather primitive and chaotic eondi-
ton, every one had to look out for him
self and the devil for Us all Fortunc
bu!lcited LEE about. here and there,
placed me in all kinds Of circumstances
ard threw me E all kinds of company:
but through il al never did IN act that
| have auv reason to be ashamed of. |
never tucked tor friends, and | never
went b:u;k on friend or took 4 mean
advantage of Il foe.
For il. lest two wears that ! was in
California | Nas mining II, loUa Hill. in
Placer county la December, 1876,
and nv partners sold our mining clam
and wound up our business. lor the par
pose of returning home. EliIS Ed
wards. brother L. PhiGcaS. was mining
al lnIcpcudeAcc laill, about; mile above
Iowa lii!l, AID rs | was coming back
where would be apt TO see all OF hi
people. promised him would stay al!
niTLt with him before left. and aS il
was our intention to spend New Years
in Sacramento, ut my brothers. and
leave san Francisco bv the steamer Oi
the 18th of January, thought | would
spend Christmas with my old friend and
chum. Ellis Edwards. Accordingly. on
Christmas eve | went To his house and
found him already dressed to 90 to Il
ball at Roach'S Hill. So.rathcr than dis
appoint him. told him would 70 with
him. We went. and after supper. which
MAS ut II O'Clock, we wcns down Ethc
bail was in Il hotel, up Stairs, bar-r~@m
and billiard saloon belowl and got us
som" scgars, and was standing smok-
ing a scwar. with M back to the ~Iove.
when the difficulty commenced. bhcrc
was quite II crowd in the room IL the
time, AL Of whom were Strangers 10 me,
cArcp; Nr. Eiw&ris wouid no. have
been apurrhrE'icd for my part in the af-
fair. hut was coming a.Hay, ard knew
il i came away wiiho,t a triaI pcspl"
cnt sly lei. on thai account. 50
rave my self up 50 rs H. be tried and
cleared, and bring he proof with me.
| went to Mr.. Ladl's house and told
him u hat mad been dome He told NE
to go to bed and he would attend to il in
III morning. Ne hu,h went 10 bed
a,i1 went 70 .lrrD and next n,,;.r;utr
a.tc. taking hcaAf:St wi;h his family,
sc wen. 70 thr justice. The witnesses
pI ,Ia plit O: the Staie wrre :..i stlan-
r,rS 10 iIc aud friends 10 tlg. uthy.. man,
tut III III testimony WAS sufficient 10
clra. ne. and 81 h,Hch | had others, |
only had two of my witnesses examined
and one of them, Seymour iiazcn, |
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