The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1876-09-14
Mr.. DICKEYS GREENFIELD
"SPREE" AGAIN.
More Evidence Against Him.
The Charge Generally Beiiev-
ed by his TOwnsmen.

spent most OF the day IN 1nVestlgat
ing the charge made by the Ross Co
Register against Mr.. Dickey, the
Democratic candidate for Congress
in this district, to the effect that be
was drunk in Greenfield on the night
of Tuesday, August 22d.
We first interviewed Mr.. Sprung,
the editor of the Chief, whose writ
ten statement to the editor of the
Register, was published in last weeks
News. He reafirmed in the most
emphatic and positive terms, the
truth of his statement, that Mr.. Dick
ey was undoubtedly drunk on the
occasion referred to. His son, Mr..
R. R. Sprung, also stated that he
saw Mr.. Dimes lead Mr. Dickey
across the street towards the Town
Hall on the evening referred to,
between 7 and s o'clock, and that
Mr.. Dickey was then evidently SO
much intoxicated as to need the aid
of Mr.. Dimes in walking. Mr.. Sprung
said he would make oath if necessary,
to the truth of his statement.
We also saw Messrs. Miller and
Baldwin, the young men who signed
the statement published in our last
issue, that they saw Mr.. Dickey in
Crothers' saloon on the evening in
question, and that he was then in
toxicated. They are both intelligent
and respectable young men, who are
not in the habit of visiting saloons,
and are not saloon bummers," as
the Chillicothe Advertiser meanly
suggests. Miller is a timer, and
Baldwin carpenter, and both are
vouched for by respectable citizens
of Greenfield, as industrious, worthy
young men, whose character for
truth is unimpeached
They both assured us that their
written statement, as published by
the Ross Co. Register, and copied
in last weeks News. was strictZu true
in every particular, and that if neces-
sary, they would make affidavit to
that effect. They also said there
were several other persons in Croth-
ers' Saloon at the time, who would
confirm their statement in every par
ticular, but did not wish their names
brought before the public.
Another item of proof against Mr..
Dickey was related to us, as follows:
On the evening of the 22d of August,
Mr.. Sylvester Carr, prominent
Democrat of Greenfield, went into
Welsheimers grocery, nearly oppo-
site the Town Hall, and told Mr.. w.
that Mr.. Dickey was over there
drunk, and that he was disgusted at
his conduct, which was disgrace to
his party and himself. This conver-
sation was overheard by two boys,
sons of Mr.. Walker, farmer living
near Greenfield, who had been sent
to town to buy some articles at Mr..
Welsheimer's. On their return home
they told their father what they had
heard about Mr.. Dickey, which
induced him to go to town early the
next morning to see if it was true,
when he learned that it was current
ly reported and generally believed.
We called to see Mr.. Welsheimer,
but he was absent in Washington,
and we had not time to go to Mr..
Walkers before the train left on
which we were to return home.
In view of the above facts,
the citizens of Greenfield were con-
siderably surprised at Mr.. Carr's
statement, published in the Hills
boro Gazette of last week, that he
and Mr.. James Murray had seen Mr..
Dickey that evening at the Town Hall,
and that he was not intoxicated. Iti
difficult to see what motive Mr.. Walk
er's sons could have had for invent
ing such a story in regard to Mr..
Dickey, as they have the reputation
of being truthful and intelligent
boys. On the other hand, we were
told that Mr. Carr is generally es-
teemed as man of strict integrity,
and hence the surprise at his pub
lished statement in the Gazette,
which is SO directly opposed to that
which Mr.. Walkers sons say he
made to Mr.. Welsheimer.
We conversed with number of
the most respectable citizens of the
town, all of whom said they had no
doubt whatever of the fact that Mr..
Dickey acas drunk on the night of
the 22d of August, and that there
would be no difficulty in provi'ag the
fact, should a legal investigation be-
come necessary, although the wit
nesses were reluctant to come for
ward and testify, unless compelled
to do so. 1t is easy to account for
this unwillingness to say anything to
the injury of Mr.. Dickey, it being
well known that aside from his in
temperate habits, he is generally es-
teemed by his fellow townsmen, as
an amiable gentleman, and public
spirited citizen.
The result of our Investigations
was to convince us that the charge