Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-03-25
Letter from D. S. Lewis


IN REFERENCE TO C. C. LANCASTER's RE-
roRT-HE ACCUSES LANCASTER OF
wILFUL AND MALICIOUS MIsREPREsEN-
TATIoN.
HARRIsoNBURG, March IA, 1881.
Editors Richmond Dispatch: During the
last week or ten days l have noticed in
your paper, and also in several other of
our Virginia papers, illusions TO a report
of Special Agent, G. G. Lancaster in ref
erence to this judicial district, and in TO-
days issue you give the report itself.
This report is full of Misrepresentation
from beginning to end, but as the Mar
shall, the District Attorney, and the other
officers attacked are abundantly able to
take care of themselves. 1 would not have
troubled you with any reply had not this fel-
low chosen to insert in his report Wlltul
and malicious falsehOod in regard to me.
The report says: "Also, voucher 8,
is. July. 4 to 8, 1879, where he has charged
in the case Of T. Hall, for July l, 2 and 8.
endeavOring to arrest, and SO miles trans
porting self, prisoner, and guard, Z. ID.
Langhorne, when 10 fact he was not day
endeavoring to arrest, and did not trans
port the prisoner MILE. See affidavit of
G. ID. Langhorne Exhibit 49,. When
called upon for an explanation, Deputy
Lewis acknowledged the above facts, and
said he had no explanation to make. The
lra4uuienI Ioeo "mous W tha+ e1z en-
NOW, WIEN Haneaetol sesiu a t ~. 49, ~ Nv
nao Deen llauuu ha 49,, ~ w ~ tol1;nc,
erhmenI Wy m9 ~ hnoT 10 ,M Me f,1oes
"na' was 'so0oe'''''s "''' wy ! ''00
The FACIS of HE CASE
are as follows: During parts of the years
| OF 1878 and 1879, was deputy marshal,
| and had IN nv POSSESSION warrant for
the arrest of Paddock Hall, accused of il
| licit distilling
| for some time. and I had employed one of
| his neighbors Mr. w. i. Lawson) TO DE
leauy ~ aSsiSo ~ n1S Hap.u,o VIM "o-1'
oarning that Mr Robert r. Latham. a
| regularly Commissioned deputy marshal,
was Going mn to Patrick county with Mr..
| G n Tanghorne on a trout-fshing expe-
dition. T asked Mr.. Latham to try and
hiring Hall back with him. With the as
sisI anca OF Mr.. Lapghorne, who acted as
ouard as Mr.. Latham informed me, he
hrou1ht Hall tn Danville. where he was
| examined hv the Tinted States commits
sinner
| The account was sent to the Marshal in
| my name, and amounted IN dollars and
cents TO the Identical sum winch IL QUO
nave zone naa Peilol1hu M NJ s0i 1 safH
stead OF having IL uone' py MI. 1'aOnan'
The law allows EXPENSES IN enoeaVorihs
10 arrest LOU W eAceeu IVY uuiiaio PC ICY e;,
ana SIX dollars were therefore cnalgeu loi
expenses IN endeavorlng 70 arrest lnis man
tchen L Hod IN Teot'Cy po''e o"' " "s"o'' WI v
er sum. $4,000 -
All OF Jne warrants u alie ~ wTic W.T. ~ u
tne Maine ol Ihe IieSraonV VI on0 onio '7'i
States, and are addressed TO G'ie inarsI'al
or any OF MS deputies therefore ~. L.,
tham, VINO was regulaily-coMn1llss .
deputy, h0d just the Sonte TsglG " 11.
rest Hott as L had. Doh Will VI seeh 1pa'
THE PARTY ARRESTED COULD NOT COM
| PLAIN.
| because ne was alles'oo Ny I" Aos ol"l y az
po1MIeu uepuVy. ~ ,os,;h,o o,ron,d
Inc haa iae au te ouarv Eten, NJ
oa,,;an nhar',od for sroe octuo77,, and q,eces.
senxlc0 ~ a"d s sec"ndv '' the '' ac
count as rendered amounted to the same,
whether it was made out in my name OF
| in Latham's name. In other "orGs, the
service charged for as actually rendered
| VIM oHO wv ''o
| ONLY THE LIE CLIMATE FEES FOR THE
SERVICE.
| Tn the extract given above the report
saws: ssWhen called upon for an explana.
tiCn Denntv Lewis Acknowledge the
above facts and said he had no explana.
ton IN make,'
Now. the trnth is. I told this man all
the facts above recited. and had he not
heen oniltv of a sauYressio yera I would
have had No exnlanation to make now
and he wo1lld have had one less talsehood
for which to account hereafter. After re-
citing part of the facts and being guilty
Ut the suppresSlonS JUST alluQeu w ie says;
see ainu az i w tsat Mr. T'ana.
w oae" 49, SnG inan hir,, On afiSav;t etnt;a5o
.h4 ~ nau ooa gnt acns f,o,,d,ent Thom~h
he s.ss VI" mot senn NJ Ianohorne's a1fdavit
n GOV hn nU' '1 nth no,fscf confidence that
10y nhaH, hos rapodo affidauit to nothino
20 ~ IND ND '1 "ao, an;H he DO so nresnme
~ on Ta 80, onG n,usols aoroa 90 To the
MI NJ: A"nenoAno anu nS0oA 'eAoo "' w ''o
iaSys. .+ &c this fo,,oxo,s
No"' p"i' y. 0nA' l0''o"
MALIGNI1Y TOWARDS ME
is accounted for by the fact that he at
tempted while here a little game of bully
ing. which I at once stopped him in with
out tile least ceremony, and succeeded in
Al