Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-04
The Daly-Eagan Assault.

10 the EQ1JOr OF inc 6lODe.
SAINT PAUL, March 8, 18SU.-Permit the sub
scriber brief space in your valuable journal to
say few words in reference to the Daly-Eagan
case, and in reply to communication which
appeared in Bill Washburn's st.
Paul paper the 2oth of Feb,
ruary. under the caption Of Bounce them"
and signed Taxpayer" Taxpayer" after
mentioning the doings of the railroad compa-
MES nowadays devotes the remaining portion
of his article to how certain railroad company
ought to run their road, or who ought to be
employed by them, and thefecent "rufiianly"
assault by DAILY and Eagan upon the late John
Voorhees,. Now, Mr.. Editor, l do not want it
to be understood that am defender of Daily
and Eagan, but it does seem to me that
the press Of St. Paul have been little too Sc
we're in their condemnation of DAILY and Eagan,
or one of them, at least 1 have known DAILY
from boyhood, and have had occasion to see
him almost every day, and 1 must say that l
never met more quiet or gentlemanly young
man. His father and mother have resided in
st. Paul for the last twenty five years, and all
the neighbors within the vicinity of his home
can testify to young Days quiet disposition
and previous good character. By his energy
and devotion to father and mother he succeed
ed in placing them in comfortable circum-
stances, and they seem to think, as do all who
know him, that he is not the ''rufianly cow
d
Paul paint him.
Now, Mr.. Editor, few words in regard to
Taxpayer" Eagan, etc. l have also known
Eagan for a number of years, and
have been school mate of his, and
1 think l can give your readers
He is both mean and very quarrelsome, and
at times would pick a fight with his best
friend, and have no hesitation whatever in
saying, and as have found to be true, had
young Daily kept out of Eagan's company the
night of the assault On Voorhees,, he would
have maintained his previous good name.
Eagan was the party who first assaulted Vor-
bees and then called on DAILY to help him finish
the Job. Eagan is now trying to place the en-
tire responsibility on DAILY by some sharp
practice, but he will find out that it will not
work. The GLOBE stated on Friday last, that
owing to Eagan's failing from barn" the
case would be continued one week.
Now, somebody misinformed the GLOBE
reporter, as Eagan got on another of
his periodical DRINKS. and thinking
that he could 'Vorhees" his brother-in-law,
found that he was mistaken. His brother-in-
law trounced him in such fine style that he was
unable to put in an appearance at the munich
pal court the next day; hence the failing
from barn. and Eagan's disposition.
taxpayer says that these men were
birds of no very fine plumase-certainly no
doyes-aud that the general character of the
crew under this yardmaster was not much above
that standard" Now, one would naturally
infer from the above that every man employed
in or about the yard who were UNDER Esgan's
Jurisdiction while he was yardmaster was q
knave and scoundrel, and each and every one
employed in the yard condemn Mr.. Taxpayer"
as nm infamous and malicious liar. He con-
dennis them for the acts of others. The en-
pioyes of the road in question think that this
Insignificant scab, who styles himself Tax
payer" is neither railroad man nor q tax
payer, but is merely fishing for some soft stu
alton, and has hired somebody for a paltry
compensation to write this matter up in the
hope of securing it. WILL on some other oc-
casion, when time will permit, express myself
more fully in relation to the charges made by
Taxpayer" d. JOSEPH LIE LAY.