River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-06-04

Press office from Muskegon Monday
evening, to the effect that ''I.ieut. Gov.
Holt was assaulted by Levi Trott for the
alleged cause Of Hollis insulting Trott's
wife IN the afternoon. In the evening
Trott went to Hollis house and threaten.
ed to shoot him, but was arrested and
gave bonds for his appearance for trial.
Trott afterward struck N. A. Barry and
two other gentlemen. The affair created
a great deal of excitement in The city,"
Such was the substance of the dispatch.
but we RETAINED from publishing it with.
out further confederation.
ONE ACCOUNT OF 1T.
Yesterday afternoon ITO letters we're
received from Muskegon, going into the
case more in detail, leaving no doubt that
Mrs. Trott has charged the Lieutenant
Governor with offering her an insult, and
that the husband gave Holt a thrashing
on account Of the alleged offense Ac.
cording to one letter the alleged Insult
was offered on Saturday, and not on
Monday, as stated ia the dispatch. son
Saturday. says the letter, which comes
from undOubted aHthority, Lieutenant
Governor Holt invited the wife of S. L.
Trott, gentleman in the employment Of
Hon. Chauncey Davis, and lumber agent
for q. b. Warren, Of Troy, New York, to
his office to show her some chromos, and
while there, offered her an insult, as she
says, which she reported to her husband.
On Monday afternoon, he being out of the
city Saturday, Mr.. Trott went to the Of.
flee of Holt and gave him severe thrash
ing with four foot stick. one inch in di.
ameter, and dragged the lieutenant.gov-
ernor about the room plying the stick
briskly on his person. Trott is power
full man and usually quiet. This evening
at writing Trott is at the Occidental
Hotel, where Holt boards, with pistol in
hand threatening to shoot Holt. A crowd
of several hundred are witnesses of the
affair.
ANOTHER.
The other letter has the following in
relation to the difficulty: "Holt had
been very intimate with Mrs. Trott in
childhood, and Holt lit is claimed) nsed
language to her which she did not like,
and she spoke to Trott, who became per.
fectly Infatuated. and found Holt and
gave him several blows. He subsequent
ly got revolver ana went to the 0cci-
dental hotel, determined to shoot Holt,
but entrance being refused at the hotel
by the proprietor, Trott struck the pro-
prletor. Trott was then arrested and
the revolver taken away from him.
Walking toward the Justices office they
met the proprietor of the hotel, when
Trott again struck at him.
"Trott was released on $500 bail to ap.
pear Tuesday morning. The matter is
causing considerable excitement and is a
very sad affair, as all the parties are well
known and highly respected Trott az
terward got another revolver, saying he
was determined to shoot Holt. Trott is
lumberman and very powerful man"
Hollis VERSION OF THE INSULT.
Mr.. Holt, in his own behalf, makes the
following statement Of his ALLEGED offense:
That there is two sides to every story is
always true, and although the statement
that truth compels me 10 make is not en-
| tirely complimentary to myself, still de-
sire that the people shall have an oppor-
tunity to hear what | have to say before
/ passing judgment upon the late occur.
renee with which my name has been SO
prominently connected.
"Ihave been acquainted with Mr.. and
Mrs. Trott for long time, my first ac-
quaintance with her dating back some
fifteen years, when she came before the
board of school inspectors for the town
ship of Muskegon for examination as a
teacher, then being member of the
board. have known her since that time.
and have always regarded her as person
against whose character not a word
could Faithfully be spoken, and
have always regarded her and her
husband as my friends. Mr.. Trott for
several years has received salary from
| q. Davis x Co., whose office is in the
4 same building and on the same floor with
mine, and on coming for money, as she
sometimes has. on passing my office, il
/ the door was open or met her in the hall
she would occasionally stop and chat a
moment. This occurred last Friday, my
office door at the time being open. Dur
| ing conversation called her attention TO
a large vase filled with plants, telling her
that it had been standing there through
the winter, and that they had not frozen,
although there had been no fire in the
office, excepting occasionally, since the
first Of January. While stand.
ing there talking about the plants
LEANED FORWARD AS IF TO KISS HER
at the same time putting my hand upon
her shoulder. She said something in the
way Of refusal, and after few minutes
left the office without any effort to detain
her. | made no remark, and did nothing
further than have stated that could by
any means be construed as an impropri.
ETY.. Regarded the matter at the time
as joke, and intended and thought moth.
ing further.
"This is all there is out Of which these
occurrences have arisen, and no one can
regret more than do that so much as |
have stated is true
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