The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-03-31
THE OTHER VERSION.
A Wishy WashY EmanatiOn from
a Weak intellect.

As matter of courtesy it is al
miltsd that every person is possessed
of little sense. On this ground the
same concession is made to the writer
of an article headed "The Other Yer
sion" in Tuesday mornings Tribune;
who, however, is hardly entitled to
any such concession, as its terms
writes the author down as an ass.
unqualified. While the Sherman
youth OF that paper gets widely of on
occasions, and jHstifies the appellstion
given him 70 a great degree, it would
be cruel I'M Justice to Intimate that
so pitisble a writing emsnated even
from him. This thing, or article, Is
supposed to be refutation Of go article
that was published IN this paper on
Sunday morning, In which it was
remarked that rumors we're ahoat on
the street duplicating certain alleged
gentlemen" of this city in q CON
spiracy in getting up the fight be-
tween Captain Western and DR.. LIE
Compile. While the generosity Of
the friends" of Captain Western
cannot be denied, since in their
efforts to exoleTate the captain they
ind 1t necessary TO abuse DR.. LIE
Compile with greater prejudice and
un1airness than the HERALD remarks
could ever be construed to reflect on
Captain Western, it would take a |
person with microscopic intsllect. |
snch as the writer of toe article pos |
sessed, to End where there is the slight
est Tefutatlon of what the HERALD said |
on the subject. 1t speaks of things
end refutes things that never appeared
IN these columns at any time, and the
hrst sclntllla OF reference cannot be
found in this 'other version" to what
in the HERALD.
This paper, when the affair tran.
spired, used every legitimate means
TO gain authentic information
On the subject, failing in which
The different versions were published,
-ha! every side might have u hearing,
uniting only. and through courtesy,
reference 10 a lady in such a disgrace
iul affair. These versions were pub
ished as rumors, and it was ex-
Dllcitly stated that they we're not
given as facts, and nowhere will it
appear to the contrary. We gave the
JUNIORS because those in the posses
ZION OF facts were unwilling to give
hem for public information, and as
t9ries or versions they bear the same
weight to day they did before. as they
nave nsVer been cOntradicted, and
loihiDg could be thinner than the
ming that appears in Tuesday morn
ng's edition of the sickly sheet from c
below.
A few more remarks on the affair,
which are not given as facts, any q
more than anything that has sp
)eared before: 1t is stated that Cap
ain Patterson only heard two shots,
md be is understood to have wit. !
lessed the affair, and is also IN t
.erstood to have examined LeCOmpte's {
pistol and is reported to have stated '
hat only two of the chambers were G
.mptied. DR.. LeCompte, with GEM. I
ne and manly frankness, is ssid to |
rave declared that be could not tell {
Vho fired first. but that he fired {
Is soon as be could. I
This paper has never cared and does
lot now care a continental how this
natter terminates. Neither OF the {
Gentlemen is known to u5, and we Il
AVE never had and now have no T
ceilings On the subject. What I
7as said regarding Captain Western t
7as more out OF pity than anything D
lse, and il the stories that appeared 4
4 Sunday mornings HERALD are a
rue, it still regrets that a gentleman I
q his position should have been a I
.aFs paw for the gentlemen" here q
lfore referred to. a