Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-07-19
THE sUTRo SCANDAL.
WHY 1T WAS SUPPRESSED By
THE s'TIMES."

Induce Him to Suppress His Ac-
count of It-A Candid Statement
in Reply to a Dastardly Attack.
Tie publication of Mr.. Sutro's de-
famatory article renders a statement
on my part necessary. I will there.
fore state, as briefly rs possible, how
l was made acquainted with the cir
cumstances of the scandal, the un-
successful efforts to suppress its pub
LEGATION in this paper, and the reason
why it was not published.
On Thursday evening, the Sd in
slant, was in my Office, preparing
the issue of Saturday, 9Th. The fol-
lowing day spent in my office, en-
gagged in the same work. On Satur-
day, 9Th, l went up to Virginia, as
usual. The affair was the talk of
the town, but / had not heard about
il, and the first lntimation / had was
reproach that l had not published
it. Upon inquiry l soon learned the
whole circumstances-how Adolph
Sutro was caught in Mrs. Aliens bed
room by his wife, how he skulked
behind the door at sight of her, and
how Mrs. Sutro had called upon all
present to witness the indignity
thrust upon her by her husband, and
how she charged him with having
taken the widow to Europe last year
For two years Mr.. Sutro had never
missed an opportunity, public or
private, to vilify and defame me, and
although l had never paid the slight
est attention to his attacks, it was ex.
pected that, even should all the other
papers in the country fail to notice
this startling occurrence, the TINES
would not. To all inquiries as to
whether or no l would publish it, l
candidly replied that | would.
About II o'clock on Saturday gen.
tleman who is intimately acquainted
with Adolph Sutro met me on South
c street, and asked me if I was going
to publish itl 1 replied, Yes" He
then said:
al think that the old man would
pay great deal of money not to
have it 60 in. I will see him to-
night. If you wish me to will tell
him to go and see YOU"
replied: "Poor as I am, Adolph
Sutro hasn't money enough to keep
that out of my paper. 1 don't want
to see him, and if he comes l will
not hear or say word until I have
secured the attendance of three or
TOUR TclldDle ptIeous.
saw Mr.. Sutro on G street several
times during the day, but invariably
avoided him.
On Monday, the 7th, while I was
in attendance at the monthly meet
ing of the Board of County Com
missioners in Dayton, a prominent
business man, who is as equally we'll
ana favorably known on the Com
stock as he is throughout the Coast,
drove down to the TINES office and
inquired for me. My foreman told
him where l was. He then said:
"Tell him that must see him to-
day or tomorrow, without fail"
On my return from Dayton, I drove
up to the gentleman's office. He
took me aside and at once came to
the point. Mr.. Sutro had requested
him to see me and tell me that if l
would not say anything about the
affair, l could court upon his unal-
terable friendship; that if l needed
favors at any time he would extend
them to me. The gentleman said,
furthermore, that HE would also be
under obligations to me.
l at once frankly informed the
gentleman that Mr.. Sutro's proffered
friendship was no consideration what
ever; that he had deceived me re-
peatedly before, and would do SO
again; and that, although he could
injure me greatly, as he had already,
still I preferred his open enmity to
his secret hostility. Money having
been referred to in the course of the
conversation, | said that pecuniary