The Holt County sentinel., 1876-09-08
From the Mound City Globe.
TIE ROW'.

It's known to most of our readers that
Il little difficulty occurred on Monday
last between John F. Davis of this
place. and the editor of this paper. We
had decided TO say nothing about it in
the Globe, but since We learn that very
erroneous statements have been made
us to the cause of the trouble, we pro-
pose to give our readers plain unvar-
nished and correct history of the whole
thing, and to do so we will have to 90
back Il few weeks.
On the 10th OF the present month, it
will be remembered, the Globe con-
tanned three articles concerning the
Democratic meeting which was held In
this town, and the effort to turn the
musical picnic ut the springs into a
political meeting. In the articles men,
toned we ridiculed the speakers and
ceDsured those who sent for them, and
represented to them that there would
be Republicans here to address the
people.
This we thought we had perfect
right to do. but it appears that Mr..
Davis thought differently. He took
offense at what we said, and threat
ened to run us and our paper out of
town.
We heard that these threats had
been made, but paid little attention to
them, thinking that Mr.. Davis was a
man of better judgment than to make
such declarations.
Mr.. Davis owns the building in
which our office is situated, and unfor-
tunately we became indebted to him
for rent, and soon after the publication
of the articles above referred to he came
and demanded his pay. We told him
we would pay him in short time-as
soon as we could make some col.ec-
lions. A few days later he stopped us
on the street and again demanded pay
ment. We told him we had not yet
collected the money, and could not pay
him. This was about the time court
convened, and Mr.. Davis was about to
institute legal proceedings to get
possession of the room we occupied.
This annoyed us somewhat, and
soon after we heard it Mr.. Davis came
into the office. We were busy wri-
ting. He took Il seat, and when we
had finished we laid down our pen and
asked aim how much we owed him for
rent. He said the bill was for five
months at SO. We told him that We
had contracted TO pay S75 per year.
and that was all we proposed to pay.
He insisted that DR.. Jackson, of
whom we had rented the room, told
him the rent was 50 per month. This
A,fl,- anil nnthin m
more was said on that point.
lie then inquired how much he owed
rs. We turned to his account and
figured it up. 1t amounted to 81.
He said we had charged him too
much. and that Mr.. Klippel did the
same advertising for much less. We
told him that our rates were uniform,
and that we had charged him the
same as we did other men. lie said
that we were exorbitant. and init
mated that we were trying to swindle
him. This imputatiOn was more than
we could bear. and we unbnrtlened our
mind to him in no very flattering
terms. This enraged him. and he
jumped from his chair and aimed three
or f0nr very hard blows at our head,
which we parted. He then closed in
npon us. and tried to force us to the
floor, at the same time endevoring to
get us by the throat. We saw that We
were sure to be ovcrpowered. as Davis
is much the largest man, and we did
what any man would have done under
the same circumstances, snatched the
first thing we could get hold of. which
was an iron job chase, and struck him
on the head with it.
At this juncture other parties inter-
fered and the row ended.
These are the plain facts in the case.
and we submit them to candid public,
without the iea>L rcsir vi an ad'ers {
verdict. Some very serious threats
have been made by Mr.. Davis and
some OF his relatives, but we are char
liable enough to belseve that they now
regret having made them.
Ii we inflicted any injury upOnt the
person of Mr. Davis, we did it in self
defense which can be proven by eye
witnesses.