Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-07-19


pocket, as soon as you ask it,"
then sought friend in whom
I rely implicitly, and told him Of
the conversation, of my answer,
and so forth, and asked him for his
opinion. He said: "The first con-
sideration with you must be the
very 'unfavorable effect which the
suppression will have on the pub.
lie. Your friends and acquaintan-
ces all expect you to publish it,
and will look for it ia your pa
per. II 1t does not appear, the
opinion will very generally prevail
that you have sold out to Sutro.
Some will not believe it, but the
great majority will. A newspaper
man is public servant, and one
or two more such disappointments
as this will be to your readers will
seriously impair the prosperity en-
joyed by your paper. Sutro having
openly insulted you, without cause,
he has no right to ask for indul-
gence at your hands. I would
publish it,"
I left him with the intention of
publishing it; but before walking q
block 1 was informed that Mr.. Su.
tro, Mrs. Sutro, and the whole FAM
lily had left the hotel together in q
livery four-in-hand for the town of
Sutro, at 4 o'clock that afternoon.
This put new aspect to the state of
affairs, as it would seem to indicate
that Mr.. and Mrs. Sutro had agreed
to "forgive and forget" II such
were tho case tile matter no longer
appertained to the public domain,
and for the sake of the family and
friends of the parties implicated, the
shameful occurrence should be sup.
pressed.
I returned home and sat up half
the night thinking the matter over.
The conclusion I arrived at is stated
in the following dispatch, which was
forwarded by telegraph at 8 O'Clock
Tuesday morning, to the gentleman
who had proffered Sutro,s invalua.
BILE friendship:
I will do as requested by you last
evening. PICoTTE.
The bill for 500 extra copies has
since been paid. The charge was
only SIS, and barely covered the cost
of the blank paper.
About II o'clock Tuesday morning
a prominent city official of Virginie
who is more accustomed to walking
than to driving or riding, drove down
in buggy and asked what was 60
ing to do with the scandal III am
not going to publish word of it'll
replied. The man could hardly be-
lieve his ears, and insisted that l was
trying to deceive him! He then told
me who sent him, said that be was
bound to procure the suppression at
any price, and added that if I stated
the figure the coin would be down in
an hour! I finally quoted his fears
by pledging my word that l would
emily publish brief paragraph, omit
ting names and facts, giving my rea-
son for the suppression. Which Z
did.
This explanatory statement ought
to be satisfactory. l will therefore
conclude by stating that never had
the good fortune of meeting Mrs.
Sutro over five times in my life, al
though spent nearly two years at
the tunnel, and was frequent visitor
at the Mansion, during that time, on
business connected with the paper;
that I have not met any member of
the Sutro family with the exception
of Adolph and Charles) since the be-
ginning Of July, 1878, when I as
sumed control Of the TIMES; that nv
interest in the defunct Sutro Inde-
pendent having been proprietary
one, Adolph Sutro could not have
compelled me to leave "the Flat
even if my conduct had been ever so
reprehensible; that when did leave
it was after repeatedly rendering my
resignation and threatening to shut
up the Office unless Mr.. Sutro got
somebody to run it.; and, finally, that
l never became possessed Of knowl-
edge of private matters at the Great
Capital during Mr.. Sutro's long stay
there" but that, even if had, am
, too we'll bred to ever use it to his
prejudice, dirty dog as he is.