The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-07-28
HARTFORD.
A. d. Chambers Agai

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A. ID. Chambers is q william, and the
publication OF an article with n9mes of
citizens saying they did not believe the
charges made against him, does not
change our convictions in the least, al
though 1t is somewhat surprising. And.
Aessrs. Editors, we propose to stand firm
In this matter.
Coupled with the villainy of A. D.
Chambers is low, moral coWardice, ar.
rising from an acute sense Of his own
guilt. For more than year people have
been trying TO compel him to come out
and rid himself from the charges OF infa-
MODS conduct made against him. But
not one word. And, at last, when It be-
came necessary TO publish him, that he
might be driven into an investigation, and
the community, and church, and in fact
the whole county, set at case, instead Of
coming out as an innocent man would
have done, and having his accusers
brought to ia stiee, and his character
cleared, he sends q sIckIy wife to the
front to skirmish. Brave ROderIck!I
After she, Chambers wife, had canvass
ed Hartford and gotten every possible
name to her article she could, they sent
into COffey county, and got q number of
names there; from thence up into the re-
giOn Of Coat creek, six miles from Hart
ford, q number Of names are procured;
and we have In our possession letters
from two Hartford st udents, attending
the institute at EmDoria, stating that she
had heaped upon them personal abuse,
and threatened that Chambers would not
give them certificates to teach because
they would not sign her article of pretend
ed vindication.
Now, Mr.. Editor, we have no word to
say against Mrs. Chambers; but we do
have something to say against the man
who peeps out from under her pettIcoat
and cries awe haVo three times as many
names as they have" And the coRclu-
sion, OF course Is. snow am vindicated,
give me positions OF honor and trust, and
let me go on with my work. Parents
will be blinded, and will seduce to my
satisfaction"
What do names amount to in such 3
/ matterH There may be 1lve hundred per-
sons in Lyon and COffey counties willing
to say they believe him innocent, but
their belief has no effect on facts. We
assert that he is guilty. " e assert, iur-
thermOre, that he soiu not try to prOve
his iUROseRce. He dare not. His friends
are urging him to their utmost, while he
is holding back as hard a. he can; but
his hold-backs will break soon, and he
Will fall in the mud.
Some Of his friends assert, along with
the Emporia Ledger, and assert it candid
ly, too, that we ought not to have pub
lished him, until he had . trial by a jury.
We have to say that we did it by legal
advice. We don't desire to imprison him.
We don't desire to break him up inanci.
ally, either, but we do want this gentle
man { p to be exposed to the world,
without giving HIM 8 chance to dodge
under the Limitation OF the law. We
want to show to the world that A d.
Chambers has been q cOrruptonist for
series Of years; and that, during the
years he stood at the head OF the acade-
mic institute and the Sabbath school Of
this place, he used his standing and his
Office rs cloak, under which he tried to
rob little girls OF their virtue, and that
he was guilty Of such thugs, during hi 8
last two years Of county superintendency
This IL no fight SgainsE the Methodist
church. The pastor OF that organization
in this place believes him to be an unfit
man to belong to his church, and has not
recognized him as q member for the last
year.
Now, in conclusion, we desire to state
that We are ''citizens OF Hartford" We
are responsible, too. A. d. Chambers
7 can come on US, If he proves himself In.
nocent, and we his slanderers for q heavy
damage; he can collect it, too, for we are
7 worth the property. We dare him to sue
US. At least twenty young girls, who re-
side here, and have resided here, COM
I plain that he has tried tsrob them Of theiI
innocent virtue. Fathers Of young ladies
In EmpOrIa tell US their daughters make
the same Complaint, and the same thing
comes from other places. And we call on
this man Chambers, either to come cut
r and yindicate himself by . fair trial in
, open court, and come on Us fol damages
{ or to put his hand on his mouth and
: take his place in society as = criminal.