The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-24

pecuniary assistance never redeemed their pledges,
and Wharton, after getting me into the hght in
gl0riously backed out and LETT me 70 ngnt ~ out.
against Danf forth, always advised Kelly and
Others that an action conld not be sustained. for
the reason that believed that the charge was only
intended to effect malicious and unjust purpose
and then regretted to go into the case as a wit
ness, and now do regret that was ever called up
on, forI am satisfied that the whole prosecution
was unjust and malicious.
make these statements for the purpose of doing
Justice TO Mr. Danforth, who has ever conducted
himself az an honorable man and gentleman, so far
as know. an who believe has been basely and
maliciouslV injured by slanderous charges and
false representations, and also for the purpose OF
making amends 30 far as possible for any injury
which may have done him by the publications
which made against him whilst edited the Nee0S
In conclusion, wish it understood that feel that
was deceived Dy men who pretended to be my
friends, and in giving publicity TO their charges
and representations against Danforth, am now
wei satisfied that done wrong, and thereby in
jured an innocent man JAS BOWIE.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th day
OF June A. d. 1855,
Err BEAN,J.P.
Tread the paper carelessly and handed
it back to him. He burst into tears, and
Smith then appealed to me to take the
paper and not appear against him in the
Henry circuit court, saying that whatever
| might think of Bowie he knew that |
respected his excellent wife and their little
boy; that if | appeared against him with
the half dozen witnesses in my Office he
would certainly go to the penitentiary. He
urged me to take the writing as a vindica-
ton of myself and let him go, and not to
disgrace the wife and boy because of tie
acts of the husband and father. Without
reading it again | took the paper, laid it
away in my box of things to be- preserv
ed" and it has lain there from that day to
this-more than 20 years. did not
appear against him and the case was noUe
pressed.
In 1857 his Geneseo paper ceased and he
went to Peru. Ill. where he was employed in
ii printing Office for while In September
1858, he came to Moline and, in connection
with Frank Linnehan, started the Citizen,
which failed the next year. When he went
back to Geneseo and revived the paper
there. Some.say that he went from Moline
to Peru, and then back to Geneseo. How
that is l do not know, nor is il
important He finally returned tC
Geneseo and revived the paper
He was poor and had become dissipated
The paper was kept up awhile, under
difficulties, but about the beginning of the
year 1860 it turned its face to the wall and
expired, Bowie soon followed hi,
paper to the grave, and in
the spring of 1860 ais remains were
buried 10 the Geneseo old cemetery. Ii
1875 his remains were removed to the new
lakewood cemetery in Geneseo, and th(
head stone at the grave reads
y. BOWIE, AGED. IS YEARS"
A avery brief inscription indeed. Ii
was
"Only this and nothing more,n
He was a fresh, sparkling and tersC
writer, capital printer, pleasant com
panion, but a reckless, unprincirled fellow.
In THE Beyo&, hope he may fine
peace and happiness.
No further seek his merits TO disclose
Or draw his fralties from their dread abode;
| CThere they alike in trembling hape repose,)
The bosom OF his Father and his God.