The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-07-14
EXPOSED.
Charges Against a. D. Chambers, COun-
II Superintendent.

lCharxes Against a. D. Chambers, COun-
" Superintendent.
We give room below to a communica.
ton from our Hartford correspondent
and 3 statement to which is attached the
names Of many OF the best citizens Of the
village of Hartford and surrounding
county, purporting TO expose certain
transactions of A. ID. Chamb ers, the Su-
perintendent Of Public Instruction OF
this county, which are very disgraceful
IL true. IT is charged that he has been
guilty OF improper conduct for some
years, but ON account Of the high stand
ing OF the gentleman, and the reluctance
Of his friends to expose him, the matter
has never before been thus publicly no
ticed. They are now fully determined
that he shall at least suffer some or the
consequences Of his bad conduct, or be
entirely acquitted Of the charges. 1t will
be remembered by some that this matter
was brought to the attention of the pub
lie through communications in this paper,
and q trial before the IL. e. church at
Hartford, OF which Mr.. Chambers is q
member, last fall sometime, by which
body he was acquitted. 1t is asserted by
those whose names are attached to the
charges below, that had he behaved after
that, in q proper manner, the w hole thing
would have been permitted to remain in
oblivion. But new offenses have caused
a new outbreak, and the excitement, we
judge, is al high pitch.
1t is not an agreeable duty for us to
give place to this matter In our columns.
We refused to do SO last week. The par
ties insist that Mr.. C. is guilty, and they
are abundantly able to prove it. We urged
them to await the result Of legal inYesti-
cation, but they will not. If they can
prove the charges the expose comes none
too soon. They sign their names, and
they alone are lespo nsible. The expose
Is not made on mere rumor. They say
they defy Mr.. Chambers to bring suit for
SANDER, and that they have, for months,
tried to get him to bring such suit. In
the meantime, we counsel GOODNESS. Let
everything be done legally and fairly.
Let the matter be investigated thoroughly.
1t Is but proper to state that Mr.. Cham
bers denies the charges made, in the most
positive manner, and asserts that he can
and will clear himself of them, and prove
his accusers guilty of SANDER. OF course
we shall give him and his friends space to
publish any defense they have to make,
II they desire 1t.
With this explanation we publish as
follows:
HARTFORD, KS, July 10, 1876.
Again our little town is in great ex-
element, caused by the guilty deeds OF
A. d. Chambers. For years he has been
carrying on his evil practices, and though
he has thus far succeeded in avoiding the
penalties Of the law, q justly outraged
and indignant public desire to publish
him TO the world. When some innocent
girl has reported his actiOns, and he has
felt that he was about to be brought to
justice Gas in the case of the chuI CHI trial
last fall. he has had the Impudence to go
to those when he has wronged and in
suited, and, with prayers and tears, beg
them to sign papers protesting his Inno-
cence. In the absence of Mr.. and Mrs.
Myers, he took the trouble to visit Mary
Jane, in company with q notary public,
and got her signature to various articles
and further, he got one Of his employees
TO go to the Justice Of the peace and enter
complaint against him for assault and
battery, and then came forward and plead
guilty, thereby hoping to evade a more
meritOri Gus penalty. These are well
known facts, of which we have abund-
ant proof. will the gentleman take a