Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-30
A VIE.LAlNOUS OUTRAGE.
The Editor or tho Courier Corncrcd
I'm His Own House and Bull.DOzed
into Signing u Libel on n Young
Lady's Character.

On Friday last. Il little after ~ a. IN.
willie experimenting some work bein.
PC done in Il house on Babcock street. w
were unceremoniOusly waited upon by
=, three wOuld-be assassins. accompanied by
=. a brother OF a young lady who they claim
ed had been libeled by us. The party had
evidently watched us enter the house and
! room. for we had been there but a few
y minutes when they surprised lis by step
ping into the house through an open win
q dow. The only other objects in the room
o We're dry goods box and an employee
colOred mar--oD top or the box.
v The chief spokesman of the party was
!; an entire stranger to It's. but claimed to be
a brother to the lady. lie introduced him
:. selfand handed lis written statement, say
|. ing. Sign that" We read it over care
fully and refused to sign it. claiming that
: ii was tissue of lies from beginning to
: end.
High words were spoken. when we Of
fercd to make any suitable and truthful APP
ology to the young lady or her friends
should she. or they. feel aggrieved in the
least. or to accompany any one or all OF the
crowd to the presence of at least three per-
sons who knew of the article months ago.
and knew that ii could not have the least
reference in the world TO the person in
question; also Stain" that the author of the
article. whose name had appeared with it,
was the proper person to call upon for any
apology deemed necessary. These re-
marks and others made only seemed to ag-
yravate the matter. and after a number of
threats and intimidating remarks and ac-
tons. we placed our name to a paper, a
copy of which we believe to be as follows:
"BoZEMAN. NJ. r.. May 9th. 1873.
''The undersigned. editor of the BOZe-
man AvANT COURIER. having published
an article in that paper of May 23d entitled.
EN- and | Are Out. which was calculated
to cast a slur upon the fair name of an
cstimable young lady OF this community.
whose character know to be above re-
proach; and. knowing the said article to
be malicious and unjust. and dictated by a
spirit of petty revenge beneath the dignity
OLA gentleman. do most humbly apollo
gize to the lady and her friends for having.
without cause or prov ,cation. and with
malice atOrethought, published the article
which has so grievously outraged their
feelings"
After the parties left the house we fol-
lowed them until they separated. and as
ccrtaincd that the paper we had signed was
not in the hands of the brother TO the
young lady. but was in the care of one of
the two brothers who took such an active
part in the performance. Having observed
them enter the Times office. we went there
for the purpose Of obtaining copy Of the
paper. This was refused us. but il was read q
at our request by r. +. Wilkinson, into /,
whose hands it had been entrusted. On 4.
Saturday morning the paper was printed at =
the Times Office and thrown into general /,
circulation. !;
Whether the party was armed and pre- r
pared and determined to resort 10 the n
most violent measures we leave tor
Dick Mcdonald to say. He was .
present. and disinterested spectator !,
of all that occurred. AS for Ourself, we !,
have not carried arms since leaving an In =,
lian country, endeavoring TO live peaceably i
with all men. and to settle all disputes and :,
grievances by other weapons than those Of =,
war. We had hoped this was possible, and >,
We still hope that it will never be necessary -
or us to use the pistol. although we shall :,
De prepared and not hesitate to act should =,
he emergency arise. We are not one OF ~
hose who believe that death in private y,
)rawl vindicates honor. On the contrary, -,
We believe that resorting TO force to settle u
/
he most brutal and barbarous practice in =,
existence. TO get ''the Drop on a man is a.
he recourse Of bullics. outlaws and cow .,
rtls. Has it not been decidedly for the Il,
'est. both for the young men and their =.
antilles. that neither of them have REDEEM :"
d their hands with the others blood. or -:
he blood of the villains who were the sole -.
ause Of the difficulty. :"
''Why don't you prosecute the parties%' =.
as been asked lis more than once. We ~
nswer, that on the day OF the intimidation :.
We ascertaned, beyond the shadow OF -, "e
oubt, that the young lady's brother had -, -,
cted under an entire misrepresentation OF ~.
he matter. and under the advise of two =,
'oung men who had labored for hours a.
Nth Linn on the day previous, and made it ~
point to have persons ask him if he had ~,
cen the last COURIER, etc, etc. and have -,
erSOnal enimes of ours converse with him
n the subject, until he had not shadow r.
fla doubt but what we were guilty of the No
elton OF which we were accused. In view a.,
t these facts. and out of regard for him -,
elf and family. we decided not to prose- ~
nte. But the instigators Of the villainy. a.,
re have no disposition whatever to screen, -.
Though we do not believe in resorting to ~
ioicncc to give them the punishment they ~
} well merit. ~
And who are these villains? Is not the -.
adler of them tenderfOot, who up to last a.
ight has passed but two weeks in, our
lidst? Does he think that his having a =.
atement printed that he has succeeded in -.
,ercing us to sign, will be of any benefit H.,
} him? Does he think that because he y.
,voted hours of his leisure time last Sat ia
rday to FASTING these statements in con- e.;
,icuOus places around tOwn. that that will 49,
jure us? Does he flatter himself that he ~
'er caused us to have one pang Ofjealons IL,
cling? God forbid that we should he 49,
,lty of being afraid that any Of our young =,
,ly friends would fall IN love with him. ~
cannot be possible that there is enough r. p.'
anhood about him for any person ever to Wv
guilty of having one spark of affection "m
r him. And if this were not the case, "
e would be the last person on earth who
onld envy him his position, and would
,ly be made happy in knowing that we COZ
ID escaped the misfortune of having the ''e
,ung lady's affection centered on us. al.
The other young man interested in this pr
lll-doz:ng game has previously shown INA
S envious and jealous feeling, and some an'
ne ago started story about this young MI
ly and the editor of the COURIER. that, mo
say the very least, was anything but as