The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-12-24
FaIsity of the Kenosha Union.

The Union Of last week, under the caption
How can he do 1t - In replying to our article Of
the week before In rotation TO the Board OF Char
tiles and Reform, the. Unonand 81. Fl. Giles, says
There IL not one WORD in what we said, nor
in ehe letter OF Mr.. Giles about the 'Black Hole
under the Court House." that designation was
used by the State Journal
What the State Journal said was We learn
that Hon. H. Il. Giles appeared before the Keno
sha County Board, while In session last year.
and made an effort to influence that body to re-
form what was styled "The black hole under the
Kenosha Court House."
Il will be seen that the State Journal is careful
TO say styled and to use quotStion marks quoting,
''The black hole under the Ken0sha Court House."
from othors who had thus styled it. Now we
would ask from what did the State Journal quote
the clause and by whom was 1t styled "The black
AOle under the Kenosha Court House. We an
swer that the Journal quoted from the letter OF
Il. ID. Giles, OF the State Board of Charities and
eform, dated Madison, November 81, 1873, ad-
4drssSed to Hon, I. ". Webster, County Judge,
Ksnosha, published Ia the Union; and from an
editorial In the Union, In which Mr.. Giles letter
was published, both or which are embodied and
published In the Report OF the State Board OF
Charities and Reform, and presented to the Gov
ernor, December 1873.
In his letter to Hon. l. w. Webster, Hon. n. Fl.
Giles says "lf the facts have written could be
laid before the ladies of your city, they would in
imitation of the noble ladies of Milwaukee, not
wait one hour before devsing means to alleviate
4he horrors Of the Black hole under your Court
House.
In publishing the letter OF Fl. II. Giles to I. W.
webster, the Union, as quoted In the Report
OF The Board of Charities and Reform, says
We publish, this week communication from
Fl. II. Giles, Esq, a member Of the State Board
Of Charities and Reform. We mort sincerely
thank Mr. Giles for thus calling the attention
Of the people of this county to the black hole
under the Court House. .
10 as, it is surprising strange, that from none
of our pulpits 10 one word heard in behalf Of the
suffering, SoYrowing humanity confined in the
Black hole under the Court House.. y
Il 10 our pleasure also to say, that the county
agent has done all that humane kind hearted
man could do to make the black hole az COM
Portable 40 possible for its inmates
It will be seen by the foregoing that H. H Giles,
In his letter to [. W. Webster, styles the Kenosha
jail the Black hole under your Court House, and
that Mr.. Webster, the editor of the Union, in
commenting on Mr.. .Giles's letter, twice styles 1t
the Black hole under the Court House and, once
the BLACK hole having twice before located the
black hole under the Court Honse
Hon. II ii. Giles, and the editor of the Kenosha
Union are they who styled the Kenosha jail the
Black hole under the Court House. and it's being
80 styled obtained publicity through the Kenosha
Union. and. from the Union, through the Report
OF the Board of Charities and Reform, to the Gov
ernor, December, 1878.
We would now ask With what grace or cheek
can the Union undertake TO- shift the RESPONSE
bility Of styling the Kenosha County Jail the
tIBlack hole under the Court House, from III a.
Giles and its editor to the State journal, by say
ing, "that designation was used by the State
Journal ~
We have shown that the State Journal not only
did not so designate the Kenosha jail, but was
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