The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-10-07
A FALSEHOOD.
To the Greenbackers Of Perry County

To the Greenbackers OF Perry County!
On last Saturday, while in Shaw
nee, we were very much surprised to
learn that Michael Crosbie had gone
to Mr.. John Murray, of that place,
the week prior, and said to Mr.. Muir
ray that we had Ed Call nominated
in order to defeat him (Crosbie) for
Sheriff, and that we were working for
Martin and not for Call. This same
Michael Crosbie has requested us
number of times to let him alone,
stating that he and we were personal
friends, and that our families had been
old friends. We had a kind feeling
for Mr.. Crosbie, and during the cam
paign have not spoken an i'll word
against him, but have defended him
against charges made by his enemies.
During the Fair, when the article ap-
peared in the columns Of the New
Lexington Tribune, from James
Welch, concerning Frank McKenna
receiving seventy-fve dollars if Cros-
bic should be elected, while we were
reading the article in the presence of
Neil Crossin, Michael Crosbie came
up and asked us if we had read the
article. We replied that we had.
He then asked us not to have anything
to do with it in the way of publishing
it. We told him we would not, and
did not, simply on account of the
sympathy We had for him, having
heard that he was deeply involved in
debt, on account of the large amount
of money he had spent on this and
previous elections. Mr.. c Crosbie has
thanked us several times Cor at least
said he did for the manner in which
we treated him through the columns
of the PRESS. We have always met
as friends and parted the same; or at
least we had that feeling for him.
The report he has put in circulation
is LIE, every letter of it, as we pro-
pose to show before we get through
with this article.
One trouble with Mr.. Crosbie is
that he has connected himself with
some men who are noted dead-beats
and make their living from year tc
year off of the candidates, by Their
lying. The men who are now, and
did last fall denounce the Knights oi
Labor as cut throats, mobocrats, CON-
munists, incendiaries, &C., becauselast
year the candidate for Representative,
on the Greenback ticket, was a men,
ber of that society, and this year the
candidate for Sheriff is a member
While in Northern Perry these mer
cannot find words to denounce the
miners, and when among them they
cannot say enough in their favor.
The only time we were approached
during this campaign, concerning the
Greenback candidate for Sheriff, wa,
by n personal friend of Mr.. Crosbie
who wanted Welchman nominated
saying that it would help Crosbie and
injure Martin.
Crosbie has said to us that he would
get the Irish vote in Shawnee an6
New Straitsville, but as he is finding
that the Irish National vote will bt
cast for Mr.. Call, he is circulating
falsehoods to injure him.
Below we give the testimony o.
some of the leading Greenbackers o.
this township, to show that the report
circulated by Michael Crosbie is 6
malicious falsehood:
We, the undersigned National Green
hackers Of Reading township, denounc,
the report that W. p. Magruder is, or hal
been working for any one but Mr.. Edward
Call for Sheriff. as false; and Furthermore
that he is laboring hard and zealously 70,
his election, and any report to the contrar,
10 malicious falsehood, and deserves tn,
censnre Of all honorable men.
GEORGE MATHEWS,
JOHN DUNLAP,
J. G. c. MYERS,
JOSEPH KELLY,
= b. l.. FINcK,
GEO. SMITH,
+. J. GALLAGHER,
DAVID BRUNSE