The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-08-18
CHARGES CORRECTED.
JournaI Misrepresentation.

Cput s'i misrepresentation
7 The NinceBnes sun ssy.: For weeks
the indianapolis Journsl through = cor
re espcndent from Pike coamly. has been
publishing some sbsurd sud false chsrges
against Mr. Williams, the Democratic
candidate Tor governor These chgrges
naVe been copied with apparent zeal by
lthe Rrpublican press tboughou; the state.
and while they are uiterly false ihey are
calculated 10 40 harm unless corrected.
/ This we propose 10 do. We have given
The matter careful considersiiOn.au aud have
hunted up the facts in the case IN order
that they may be presented TO the public
in the proper light. The Journal chsrge-
That the Hon. James ID. Williams. after
making a contract with a poor man TO
lre-build some fences for him, refused 10
pay the man for his labor, allowed him
self TO he sued. and the Jury gave the
tverdici against him. The facts in the
case are these: John Williams. son
loI The lion. j. ID. Williams. made con-
Tract with man named Ievebaugh TO
.re-build fences which had been washed
away by the ireshets OF last year. The
fence TO b6 rebuilt was on the land OF
Mrs. Dunn.
WIDOWED DAUGHTER 81 Mr.. WILLIAMS.
/ IoveDaugb accepted the contract. and
Iwhesbe spoke 10 his partner he told
Ihim that John Williams had agreed to
Pay him three dollars per hundred for
.au.ing ana replacing The old rails. His
partner told him thai he had misunder-
stood John Willisns. that he did not
mean three dollars per hundred. lat
three dollars per thousand. Tevenbaugh
inslsied that he was right. and lis
partner refused TO have anything 20 do
! 4" III the contract, remarking that "a Law
suit would grow out OF il " hen the WORK
'tsas done, and the charge OF three dol
Jars per hundred was msde." Teve.
fbaugh did the work. without any further
consultation with John Williams. aud
when he presented HE bill john Viii
Jams refused 10 pay il, bui offered him
compensation AZ fhe rate Of three dollars
per thousand. This I. refused. broush,
-uit and judgment was rendered againsl
~ Ohm Williams lie, Williams. seeing
ithe great Injustice OF the verdict, ap-
'pealed The case 10 the Circuit Court.
I Fe have The official documents before
"a as we write, and the name OF the
zion. James ID. Williams doe- not sp-
pear and until be was here about tie
ifirst OF July. he did not know of The
|pentency OF the iSw suit.
iTHT ABsURDITY OF THE WHOLE THING
Us manifest when the reader thinks for
moment OF three dollars per hundred
being paid for hauling and replacing old
rails. No msn eau be found who would
-ay that any such price Was ever made
Or offered by any farmer IN this county.
ieyeDaugh evidently Inisunderstood
John Williams, for Williams says il was
never his intention TO offer more than
three dollars per thousand for this work.
J Ihe hole matter is evidently a fabri-
cation OF some imaginative cuss who
has more regard tor Understanding
phrases and well rounded periods than
lie has for truth. We have talked with
-eyerai Republicans from the neigsl,or-
mood where this transaction occurred.
and they all agree that Tevebaugh was
evidently mistaken. Some of these
gentlemen cndeavOred 20 dissuade him
from bringing the salt and take the pay
offered him by John Williams. There
- no man in Knox county who befieyes
that the Hon. James d. Williams would
wrong poor man, or allow any one H.
his employ to doii, il he could prevent il. .
ANOTHER CHARGE TEox The sANF SOURCE
is this: II is said that during fhe freshet
of 1875, Mr.. Williams hired his nephew.
who owned a small fai5oat. to help hin,
remove some cattle from the bottoms to
''dry land. This nephew, who was a
VERY poor man, had his family. house
hold furniture and stock on this fiatboat.
!; TO save them from the overflow, aud At
the request OF Mr.. Williams. he unloadeG
his property aud assisted Mr.. ". 10
save his. When he returned he found
his stock had wandered of and drowned
IN the back water. A few days after-
'.wards the nephew went 10 Mr.. Williams
and asked him for two dollars. Mr..
Williams gave it TO him, SAYING: Take
it; suppose | will have 10 support sll
YOU id worthless cusses, and have
: lost more than all OF YOU" The above
in substance is the absurd and ridicu.
lous charge published by the journal.
Sow FOR THE RETUTATIoN:
s'The man who did the work for Mr..
'lWilliams was not his nephew, the man
!, did not lose any Thing b. the assistance
she rendered Mr.. Williams, for none OF
his property was destroyed. When be
scams for bis pay Mr.. Williams did not