The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-10-20

gentlemen therein named.
Two gentlemen brought me the letter of Mr.. Will
son, assuring that written by him in their
presence. subsequently asked Mr.. Wilson him
self and he said it was his letter. advised him to
go to Wytheville and to Richmond to answer for
himself at both places, which he says he Will do,
You can probably see him.
Truly yours,
H. H. RIDDLEBERGER.
FINcAsTLE, VA,
1Oa M, October 10, 1881.
Hon. H. H. Riddleberger:
DEAR SIR,-Mr. Leigh Wilson desires to talk with
you on the subject of the Blair letters and esires
to know whether you will have communication on
THos. J, WILSON.
FINoAsTLE, October 10, 1881.
Thos. J. Wilson, Esq.-Present:
DEAR SIR Your note of this date is received. 1
can do nothing more than hear whatever Mr. VIII
cannot have any information to impart to him. 1t
appears to me that Mr.. Wilson had better address
any communication to me In writing,
Respectfully,
FINoAsrLE VA
Oct 10th 1881
Hon q. b. Riddlesbarger
AS there has been so much said about the Blair
Wilson letters Think 1t time for let the peo-
pie know how these letters were gotten out of my
possession and there origin On Thursday Sept 9th
1881 went to the Big Lick to here speechers Of
George Wise and Maj Daneil. While l was at
Davis Bar Room BOD Logan Oh hOa00K6 chairman OF
the Democratic committee came in the room Il said
he wanted to see me-we went out in OF the bar
room he said Leigh will you stand to the letters
that have been taken from you said have you any
letters Of mine he said have a copy of { Letter
datead on the Sd Oct 1880 signed by Frank s. Blair
asked where did You get copy OF that letter he
refused TO give any more but said good friend of
yours give me the coppy-he then said have $75
Dollars in my pocket for you given me by DR.. Mon
ter1O refused to take 1t but said you will give
me $500 to night and $500 more in sixty day will
Surrender the original OF which you hold copy
and you may read them and have them lithografed
II you wante to.
these letters were taken frpme my pocket while
under the influence Of 1iquer by Mr. and cop
and then put back IN asked the
until they had then examined by perssons-who
knew Capt Blairs writing DR. Monterio asked me
to let him have any letter also had of Mahones but
refuseed-as there was nothing In them OF any i'm
portance-As the election Is neer at hand deem ii
my duty to the people OF Va to say that Capt Frank
s. Blair never wrote line worde or syllable OF those
letters, but the same was forgery put up on him
In Wythvile the name Of forger will not give, but
before God and men am willing to bare the conSe
quences not being willing to sink a mere tool OF
others, but regret to saythat that party has done
all he could Inquire me-that George d Wise and
John Dannial who persuaded Me In to this act on
promises not fulfilled induces to deal with them
they deserve l. tell what they have yet failed
e. e And that is that they % on re to
and $3.50 IN sixty day-obtaineed permission to read
and publish If they wished the letters dateed the
9Th and the 18th Of Oct 1880 the last named of which
found they had also copy-I regret very much to
write this letter but Just CO to my self and Capt
Blair require i'll say with no witness but God
that stand alone responsible for every line of this
letter And I further say that John3W Danniel
George Wise & Monterio knew rs we'll as did
that these letters never writtn BY Capt Blair
that the loose conversation and Other things taking
place my drunken condition and reluctance on my
partto glveup the letters and there eagerness was
more than SUFFICIENT to have aroused the suspttions
Of far duller men than Dahniel Wise and Montelrtb
this whole thing was rascally proceedlng perpe-
trated on drunken man and for II Daniel and Wise
are mainly resp1hstblA. " :
deeply ragrRt the wrong done Capt Blair and
would rather have lost my arm than been q party
70 IT and ntyer would have been but fer meeA Whiy
Ky and bad company.
Hoping this win remedy wrong put the blame
where 1t belongs and be Satisfactory to the people
DIVA
lam
Respectfully
[Signed] LEIGH WILSON
State of Virginia,
City Of Richmond, = WY.
! n. c. Staples, Notary Publiofpr the city afore
said, In the State Of Virgihfa, do certify that W
Leigh Wilson, whose nanlb is.sienedSto the fore
going writing, personally appeared before Ihe ii
my CITY aforesaid, and acknowledged the same L
be his act,and deed.a sSAE -f',t. IL
Given under my hand this 18th day Of October 1884
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Upon the appearance of the first telegram an
nouncing the substance Of the above statement
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