The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-09-14

cation Is simply an effort 10 elevate the
worthless Ben Martin, man utterly with.
out character, save such as no respectable
man would desire. Let US SEQ what can
be said 10 reply to The inlamously false
statements oIV. D. n. H%siE1S
l. B. F. Martin, the "honest black
smith" Is, and was familiar with the con-
tents Of that letter before It reached the
lRTELLIoRScRR, Martin himself has tig.
ured too conspiCuously in the affair Tor
his own benefit. Instead Of my driving
him from this place, or attempting to, he
but few days ago came 10 see me, and
10 beg some indulgence, stating that he
wanted little more time, and that he
could not make his payments. Isent him
on his way rejoicing, freely granting him
the indulgence prayed for. He tries 10
heap ignOmlny upon all bearing the name
ot Nolan am not responsible for what
any other Nolans do. II any arc guilty
Of anything immoral, or illegal, l do not
propose 10 defend them, or become their
apologstS. l have the right, however, to
defend my own character. He claims
that the Nolans Including mysel) belong
to the lowest strata Of society Great
God Ben Martin talk Of society, etc |!
Who Is her
% srg WHAT Is HIS cnAIlcTRR.
1 do NOT propose to throwdirt but-Iap.
peal to the leading men in our communi
" who know him. Has he not the repu-
tation Of being the most cOnsummate liar,
=. ) WGizsl county Are there not respec,
table people here Whose names1 will
cheeriully furnish iirequlred) who will
testify, that he cannot be believed ! He
says and all the Nolans) am related to
the Jennings, by marriage ! How Is it
with him II that fact must untsvCrably
effect mt, how Is 1t with him? IshenOt
also q relative OF the Jennings, by msr.
riage? Whom did he marry A sister
OF Brady emastcr-married into o
worthless family, belonging 10 the Jen.
nings. When the Red Men were scour.
Ing the country 1t was unmolested by
them while, Il am told) he was compelled
to hide himself, fearing he would receive
at their hands his just deserts. On coal
Run there was Church organized to
which none but
THE JENNING's GANG OF sYMPATHIzERs
were Admitted. This was organized for
the purpose Of blind folding the people
Jennings and their crew were simply
stealing the livery Of Heaven TO serve the
devil in. Respectable people kept alooI.
To this Church Ben Martin was admitted,
and he was elected or appointed to posi-
tion there by the members
Ben Martin sat 10 the door OF my sons
house reading "N0sidda's" account, aud
while reading made the remark that there
was one mistake there, that ho cav no
smoke. VIM. II. Nolan (my Sony, asked
whether there were 70! other things there
that were true, and some not recorded
and he replied "yes they were too true 10
mako Joke ol." He himself is the orig
lnator Of the "Indian Hen Story" and
himself that told Homer, and also related
1t to NY sons, VIM. II. and Frank. These
things can bepr0Yen, and nevertheless Ben
Martin with Booth to help HIM can
make the most Of it.
l am charged with having sold landa
to different parties getting what cash II
could), and after some improvements had
been made, that / by species OF
petty aunoyauccs, compelled them to sur
render me their lands, with the improve.
ments made, and forfeit 10 me all the
purchase money by them paid. They
pretend that Quo man came from Penn
sylvanis who bought nearly one hundred
acres and paid me nearly $4,000, and
that caused him 10 surrender tho land
with the cabin be. had built to me, and re.
tanned the money he had paid me, and
that by my annoyances l compelled him
to leave the place. l pronounce the author
of that statement
AN INFAMOUS LIAR,
and l am willing to bssr tho consequences.
The purchaser referred to is Peter l.
Main, Of Greene county, Pennsylvania,
and he is in New Martinsvlle at this
hour, and his statement may be at any
time procured. II he corroborates the
statement made upon the strength o!
Ben. Martin, will cheerlully yield. His
brother was here to sec me lew days
ago, for the purpose of buying tract of
me. Mr.. Peter L, Mains principal rea-
son for leaving temporarily, his lands,
was his antip1thy to Mr.. Homer, to
whom he Is a cousin. And the statement
TO the effect that l stated that intended
To have back the land with its improve.
ments, and keep the money paid on It, or
words TO that effect, ia
wILLFUL AND DELlBERATE FALSE
To-. ..... HOOD.
And the statement, that it seemed so
"Quser" 10 Mr.. Homer that l should sell
tract Of land right in the middle, when
| have plenty Of land lying on the border,
l can very easily explain. Some years
ago l made division Of my land among
my children. This spot sold to Homer
was given TO Amos Nolan, ono OF my
sons. He became dissatisfied with it and
declared be would not have 1t. took il
back, and afterwards sold It TO Mr.. Homer.
In addition to this, always supposed a
man could sell any part or parcel Of his
land he saw fit, under the regulations by
Jaw governing sales ofreal estate. As to
prosecuting Homer, this isanother false
hood, The only difficulty that ever ex.
listed between Homer and any Of the
Nolsns, occurred some time ago, when
one OF my SONS tlogged him for stealing
fruit.
Now in reply to the statement that "one
Of the Nolans had his testimony invalid.
ated in the courts" permit me 10 refer
your readers TO my attorney, Hon. L. e.
Hall, They Martin and Booth) have re-
peatedly stated that ] was impeached,
which emphatically deny, and Mr.. Hall
can tell the rest. ta-
The parties upon whoae testimony they
expected 10, impesch me were Levi
Booth, Samuel Weakly and Luke McIn.
tyre. And the object Of Mcintyre was
reuenge, for IhAd impeached his testimony
in court twenty years ago. That Is sui-
1cient tosatisiy your reSders as TO the
character of that man, Mr.. Weakly's
liandinp can easiIV he asceftAine6 hv in