Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-04-28
DCOLOyELu BUTLER.

"COLONEL' BUILER.
Tho individual whose name heads
this article has boon smouldcring into
dust for more than ton years, and we
would not willingly do his memory IN
injustlcc. lcncc we tslso this oppor-
tunity 10 correct u statement made IN
the issue Of the IVatchmdn of the I'd
instant that he was the murderer Of a
Mrs. Smith, in Elk county. Il will be
remembered wo stated that he shot
her through the neck, because she rc-
fused TO tell him where her husband
was, whom hc was trying to arrest for
not reporting for duty as u drafted
man. Since then we have made con
siderable inquiry into the matter, and
find we We're mistaken in our nsser-
ton, 70 far rs the shooting of Mrs.
Smith by Butler is concerned 1t was
not him who committed that outrage
ous and cowardly deed, but another
Government pimp by the name OF An
dy Milan, who was engaged in the
same disreputable business that Butler
was. Why this scoundrel Milan was
never punished for the cowardly crime,
is one Of those mysteries for which
God Almighty will hold those who
could have brought him to punishment,
responsible. tNNaN
But this is all We have to take back
concerning Butler. lie was nothing
but II hired spy, just as we stated be-
fore, and went about the country nab
bing poor fellows who failed to report
for drafted duty, and those who were
suspected Of being adisloyal," re-
ceiving In pay his salary as provost
marshal and thirty dollars for each man
arrested. We still insist that Lans-
berry gave him just whathe deserved,
for none deserving Of better treatment
would have engaged in such infamous
business. He never was a ''Colonel, -
that title being simply used to secure
q pension for his wife. The extent of
his rank, If We are rightly informed,
was n second licutenancy, and the
amount Of his service Is embraced in
the fact that he acted in that meanest
OF all mean businesses--spy and IN
former upon his own neighbors and
drank up lot OF bad whisky when
the revenne was high He was good
for nothing old stage driver, and a first
class loafer around Brookville for u
number of years. He was made a tax
collector once, and dcfauted and stuck
his bail, and that's the kind of hero
he was. His service is now magnified
by Radicals for political reasons.
While we believe Butler got Just
what he deserved, we have no partic-
ularsympathy for Lansberry. He was
one of a large class Of loud-mouthed,
ranting loyalists, who believed the war
was right il other men would fight IL
out. lie was in favor OF its vigorous
prosecution, but afraid to help prose-
cute il. Because he was too cowardly
to fight for cause he believed right,
was no Justification, however, for But
lcr's course.
In connection with this subject we
append the following dispatch received
by us from Brookvillc, on Sunday
morning, the 1lth instant;
ITO GaAY Ms.K, Enron or rns "wArcuuAN,' g
DslLErosrs, PA.--The article In your paper
charactcrizing Col. Dutler, who arrested LRns.
berry, ns a sneaking seoundrel and stating that
he killed n woman, Il false 10 every particular,
and the man who wrote Il is defamcr Of The
dead, a liar aud a villain. David Esson,
A. p. lleichold,
John S. BARR,
iNt II Sweeney,
IlNI HUr. silas J. Marlin.
Now, If the above flattering remarks
had come from five decent men, there
would be something in them, perhaps,
worth noticing but let us for a moment
examine the characters of some of these
individuals TO see if it matters what
they say about u fellow. First upon
the list is Mr. David Eason:
This individual, as We are reliably
informed, is n Government oiiicer-his
title being deputy collector of internal
revenue, or rather spy to make mon.
ey--a legalized black-mailer in public
employ, an exhorter in the church, who
holds an Office and makes his money
watching and robbing the citizens OF
Jefferson and surrounding counties.
He granted government license to
the whisky sellers of Jefferson county
who were arraigned for selling under
the local option act. As soon as ar
rested, these men went to him and took
out license, to avoid the United States
Court, when he Immediately informed
the committee, 80 as TO be witness
and get his fees, five dollars in each
case They all plead guilty, but he
pockcted the fees, nevertheless. Ea-
son is great Methodist, and bawls
louder than anybody else. lie is sure
Of Heaven, If the Devil don't get him
first.
DR.. A. p. Heichold is the next dis.
tinguished blackguard on the list. liz
Is government official also, being col
lcctor Of customs at "Sault de Marie,
at eight dollars u day, and loafs in
Brookvile. This eminent Doctor once
helped TO take the skin off dead Mig
ger, whose corpse he stole from the
graveyard and then tried to throw
the responsibility upon ancighbor into
whose icc-hcusc he stuck the skinned
body. lc has been guilty Of dozens
of other equally dirty acts, had W,
room 10 enumcrate them, He appears
to be the head of Radicalism in Brook
vile, and is a detormed, dirty sinking
mcddling whelp, whom no one respects
and whose picture is used in his neigh
borhood to prove that depravity and
meanness can be stamped upon mans
phisiognomy as well as upon his prin
ciples.
Then comes old Barney Sweeney, d
sort of doctor without a diploma. lie
ia man who puts on great deal Of
dignity, but he can't deceive any body
into believing that he knows anything
about medicine He don't stand very
high in Brookvillc, and during the late
fire there he got into q little trouble
about mattress and couple of pill
lows which he cabbagcd. His house
was not involved in the fire, being Q
couple of squares away, but he drove .
wagon up and loaded it, deliberately
in daylight, saying the goods were
placed in his care and must be idcnti
fed before he would give them up II,
finally gave the mattress to the wrong
person, and sleeps screnely on the pill
lows. A Centre county jury would
pronounce him thief Swccny is .
candidate for associate Judge in JefIer
son county; great temperance mar
on all occasions, but gets drunk wher
somebody else pays for the whisky
Hc is generally known by the name o.
old "Humpy," and ought to be in tn,
geological Garden TO show what th,
race OF men was before the food.