Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-12-17

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October q, 1874.
. The Editor Of the Helena Herald. II
DEAR SIR :--LAst evening [23) was
he first time / ~ any pffnted &C. |,
Ount of the sad afIAir sfeaulting In the 1
leath OF 8. w. Hall. In the Herald i
wo statements appear, called Hanan's
tatement and Westfall's statement i
'eply only in regard to what purports
q be my statement. In matters SO
'erious ~ this public opinion goes
yrcAtways, and NO one 10 more sensi.
Die than myself that the Press exercises
!. great power inshaping that opinion.
The statement appearing under my |
name is garbled; much Of itas II up.
pears In the Herald is Inaccurate true l
which I made were LEFT ont
Ind other statements added which |
were never mentioned by me to the in.
Up to this time society has |
been misinformed ~ tho press Dc to |
The facts i'm the case. Ifyou wish TO |
publish the facts, ,you,aSe 81 liberty to
40 g, ead over my signature. They |
Mr.. Hall proposed, o. the mcrning |
Of the goth. TO spend the morning In
fixing the head of our ditch. ] assist. |
ed him until 10 o'clock a. M, Mr..
Westfall being at work all the time
on his ground, shout ten rods above.
He paid NO attention to US. We re-
turned back down the gulch 10 our
work at 10 o'clock, MFR. Westiall at the
same time going up the guich to Mr..
Doylc's. remarked, "Westfall has
gone to open the reservoir, or to take
council Of Doyle, Mr., Hall replied,
"Doyle Will give him just the counsel
that he ought not TO follow West
fall returned about noon, and while We
were changing boots 70 10 to dinner,
fred OF his gun. We returned about
two o'clock 70 our work. ID the drain,
ard sluiced until We wore dors. Il
was nearly dark 4 than, and I had
change my boots TO 70 hone. During
the day Hall had picked mp nugget
OF gold, and wA1 nnu1ually hopefhl
and buoyarIt. He remarked, II will
70 up and nee how tho dit0hlisi before
I 60 home,T Not wishing q 70 leave
until he was ready, ! picked up q
shovel and cOlmillenced shovelinR'
while ho Was gone. Horeturned, soy.
Ing, "syWe1tfall has cut our ditch, And
has stuck upa notice forbidding us to
put in any obstruction on our OWN
ground. nj replied. 1--WE must get
the sheriff md have him arrested"
Hall replied, aLet % 70 up and fix Il
once mora, and will talk TO him ,rea.
sonably like : man should, and then II
he tearS it out again We viii call the
sh6fiG" Z remonstrAt6d by saying
that I had fixed it-up many times. and
bad warned him that I would send the
sheriff ~ often that he thought Il .
bug esr,f r. and the last TWO OF three
times / Had warned him he had sbus.
cd me ;shAmefnlly, and thatI would
never speak to him again under any
clrcumstAnces II I could avoid II Hall
replied that he thought he could col
along with him, and wished me to %
along and help linn repair Sc onoe more
On arriving there, Hall immediately
cot to work while carefully read the
notice. Just 81 / turned from the no.
| tice, Hall remarked, "There he comes
with . gun. !" Wostfkll wAs 90 neal
that Imade NO reply. Heapproachsd
Hall with the gum on his shoulder
standing very close to Hall, and seid
IfHave you read that notice2 2" pointing
I at the same time towards the notice
Hall replied. II hAvo.n "What for
then, do you put back the brush 4
atop my sand from running away,
asked WestfAll, 20 which Hall replied
"This - our ground, isn't 2" Yes,
said sWestfall, s.sbut Il stops my sand
asl repneo 7. az ese e s.ssasef
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