The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-04-09
THE PROOF.

We did state last week that we
were through with the National" "thing,"
aid that we would have no more to
say to him regarding his infamous
piece Of Molly Maguirism; but we
didn't say that we couldn't have any
more to say. However, we would have
let it drop there, bad he been smart
enough to have let well enough alone.
But when he becomes so utterly devoid
Of all decency, honor, and common
manhood as to lie his very soul to per-
dition, as he has iu his last issue, and
expect an honest man to keep his
mouth shut about it, he shows to the
public that he is a much bigger fool,
if possible, than liar. 1t is true what
we stated about his boy letting the cat
out Of the bag" however we merely
threw that out to bait him, and the
poor devil gulped it down like a
hungry hound. He thought that was
the only information we had of his
piece of deviltry, and as he could
whip the boy into submission, all he
had to do was to add more stain to his
character by villainously lying himself
out Of it.
We might have overlooked all this
even, but when he challenges us and
defes us to prove our assertions correct,
there is but one alternative, and that
is to furnish the proof. We wish
simply to quote one little sentence,
which appears in his last article, and
let our readers and the public Judge
for themselves who is the liar: ave
emphatically deny the truth Of his
charges, and we have as yet found no
positive proof who did the dirty work" "
And now we give him the proof which
he seems to be so anxious to have US
furnish, and how he is going to lie
himself out now is beyond our compro-
hension. Read the following:
TIoNEsTA PA, April 8, 1879.
ED. REPUBLICAN:-
Thelo having been
considerable agitation among cur citi-
zens, and particularly between the
newspapers Of this place as to who did
the marking of peoples buildings Oh
the night of March 18th 1870, and
having a full knowledge Of the entire
affair, | wish to state that w. G. Co.
burn, editor of the "Forest National"
made the "Coffin Cut" (Which ap-
peared i'll his paper of March 21st
1879 previous to the night on which
the marking was done; that two
shingles were made, coffin-shaped,
around which the marks were made
on the buildings; That w. G. Coburn
made one of the shingles; that he Co.
burn) gave the young man whom he
has in his employ as printer, a list Of
the buildings which he wanted marked d
in the lower end Of town, on the night
in question; that l put the marks on
Coburn's own Office door, and calling
his attention to it, he pronounced it a
! good job. And lastly, that w. G. Co.
burn had full knowledge of the entire
affair from beginning to end.
&. NJ. SHAwKEY.
1t would be just like the illustrious
liar to now open his batteries on Mr..
Shawkey, but we would advise him
not to. He was warned by Mr.. Shaw
key not to deny the charge, but he did
not heed the warning, and so the
young man deemed it his duty to come
out and make a clean brest of the
matter, and he has shown his manhood
in doing SO. If the worthy pill.peddler
knows when he is we'll off he will have
nothing to say about Mr.. Shawkey's
course in this matter, as the young
man knows of certain other schemes
which he proposed to perpetrate on
the innocent people of Tionesta, pro.
vided this one worked to suit him.
Wonder if this stultified cur thinks
now that we have "not a particle of
proof to sustain our charges"
nu4oL LI;II kIo4..