Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-07-13
~ tsTrnuhlA A. Dallas


port OF fight near Dallas, this coun-
~ between a widow, Mrs, Fortune
and one Ell Campbell, Ii years o'.'
.on OF Mr.. w. r. Campbell. Inc -
gentleman called at our ONCE . uaS
or two after the appearance Of .ns pa
per and complained that injustice ="
done him and his family by OUT TO
mort Of the affair and the legai p
ceedings resulting therefrom.
admits that the fight occurred, anu
that the boy struck the woman '",ss
times with the whip, and that sno
struck him three times with q nos'
and that according TO the woman ?
testimony the boy addressed 'ne ~
man with terribly profane and oDso.ns
Language and threats. he clam
howeyer that the woman al'A'.o1
and threatened to kill ht''e Wy
eight wears old, brother of the young
man. and the acts OF the latter W. a.
defense Of his little brother, wheh ''0
ron.n wss threatening 70 Kill h''h
with the hoe. h.sad
The JoURrAL's report was oA'o.
upon authority which we deehe' ~
still regard as reliable; but proDap'y
did not state ell the circumstance
pyecisely a. they occurred. THIS .ou.
not be expected of US. We e'l"eA
ored To make our statement %
as nearly correct as possible, from .n :,
information at hand, and now '","n
we ala not materially err. We mao
no reason for fsvoring or disparag'ng
nnv nsrtv on either side, and did no.
write with the least feeling against
either Nothing was set down ~
m.,;ce One OF the Justices Deiore
whom the matter was examined. ana
other parties who heard the tes'imo~
nv ever that we gave fair report,
free from any manifestation ..
spirit toward the parties deienalns.
Mr.. Campbell was offered a free use
or our columns for any statement no
might wish to make In reference 20
the affair, but he declined. our oo'.
umns are still open to him OF any %
his friends.
The JOURNAL proposes To ma'h'a'n
In the future AZ it has done ih '"o
past, It's independence, and the noe'
" and right TO state what II conceive.
TO be facts, In relation TO cufien'
eyents and keep Its readers posteu'
and takes the responsibility OF III
statements. 1t will always however
exercise care not to allow any person
nj feeling, grudge or prejudice bias its
utterances To the injury OF anyone
Matters of local or general Interest III
and about Dallas shall be recordeo
inst as those Ia other parts OF tnt
county. Ifa house should be burned
| or murder committed at Dallas, VIZ
shall report it just a. we should II th'
same thing occurred at Red ROCK Oh
| Knoxville. When convinced tha'
we have done injustice to any person
| or locality we shall cheerfuliy MAKE
.,cb amend or correction AZ the case
may demand.
| Desiring that any party feeling ag
grieved by the JOURNAL should nave
II. i.
full opportunity for hearing whe'h
or lac Is willing to reveal his name u
the public or not, we copy from III
Democyat of this week the following
DALLAS, July7 1876.
| What in now Dallas, was nj one llihe
o.I,ad lie Campbell settlement. There
orc three brothers and three married
.i.ters of the same family, IN Dallas
tnwnsIin. They have ordinary lnieiii-
pence and morality, and some Oh .nen'
POSSESS good property. and are neavy
tax payors. Three brothers ana tnIes
sisters, and their husbands, are de'ioo"
temperance persons. IN, ,,,
of ihe 9Th inst. does great injustice 10
Tho CampbeIIs, and our nsighborhood.
Wa are not a set OF hangmen, ~ that
article would imply. r.,
Thare was difiicnlty between Ed
cs,nnbeII and Mrs. Fortune, about dog
| fight. IL IN also true that there was dhite
Am exeitement nj the time, anu tnreats
| az Violence made against young camp
hoII The side OF the State has been
heard. defendant not having had time To
| nrocure co,lnesi or produce witnesses.
We don't propose TO plead this case Tor
ed Ca,npbeII, but We do claim ne had
| a right To fair trial, ana u no Is 10 DO
punished let it be by law.
We felt panied when we saw the arti-
| cle I'm the Journal; and called To MIND
| little newspaper fight that occurred be-
1 tween J. y. Campbell, (unclo OF Ed
| Campbell .and the Journal man, few
| months ago. Tho query arose In my
| mind whether the Journal man had an
ant,nathy against the Campbells or
| ogainst our neighborhood. lie could
not find fault with them politically;
helieye they are all Republicans, linen
and women aud children.
rhe nut,lic now has little more light
ON this subject, and the minds OF the
| people are under going quite change.
/ as a Dallasonian claim
FAIR PLAY.
The facts are undisputed that Ed.
Cam pbell has relatives who are intel
ligent, moral. religious, temperance
persons, large property holders, heavy
tax payers and estimable citizens, but
these facts are no defense for him II
he has done wrong, aud no reason for
our Withholding q statement Of the
fact that In consequence OF his con-
duet he was arrested by legal authori-
ties and placed under bond.
"Fair Play" asserts that the article
In the JOURNAL "does great injustice
to the Campbells and our neighbor-
hood" Ifthis be true why does he
not state In what the injustice con-
sIsts. If anything implied "hang-
men" 1t was the fact that ropes were
carried into the court room at the
trial OF Ed. Campbell for the avowe ed
purpose of hanging him. This fact,
and not tho editorial article, implied
perhaps, that some parties thought
somebody deserved punishment.
Neither the JOURNAL nor any per-
son connected with II holds the least
i'll will toward any member Of the
Campbell family or any person In
the nelghborhood of Dallas. Let this
suffice. We shall not again explain
our position for Dallas benefit.