The Osceola times., 1881-05-28

mail. He also stated TO me that h,
came down the river with DR.. Da.
vies and that Davies told him Le
could prove to him that | was tam
pering with his mail. and said to
him 10 write letter to him Dawes,
and put it off at Golden Lake, and
for him (the Inspector,) to get of
at Idaho, and when he (Davies) re-
celved his mail from the Office this
identical letter would be tampered
with as before stated. The inspec.
tor told me that he did as Davies
directed and addressed letter to
to him, gave it TO the mail agent on
board the boat; further, that when
they arrived at Idaho, he and ID.
got off and stopped at Mr.. II. p.
Sections, and that the next morning
he told Davies to take some reliable
man along as a witness, and for hlm
to receive the mail and deliver it
Immediately to this other party, TO
be conveyed up 10 Idaho when they
could open and examine the mail
together, and that when Davies re-
turned, a gentleman came with him
who had the custody of the mail =
that Davies asked the gentleman,
(Mr. Troy for his mail and recelv.
ed 1t from his hands, that he (the
lnspector) aud Dawes then went
into a private room, and Davies
seeking out the letter that was layed
as a trap to catch me, found it, and
that the seal was broken. Davies
then said that he would swear that
that letter was in that condition
when he received 1t from my hands,
and Mr. Troy would attest the same.
Now, Mr.. Editor, isn't that the
fl,mEiest, the most cOwardly and
dastardly attempt that could be
conceived, upon an honest man.
And when DR.. Dawes asserted that
that letter was broken open or had
been tampered with, he uttered n
falsehood knowingly and malicious
ly. He Is dead now, and | desist
from saying anything more against
the dead, and if It can be 80, Let
the good that he has done live after
him, 'and the evil no buried with
his bones" Mr.. Troy, who came
to the Office with Davies, states that
when called upon to examine the
letter, he saw that it had been tam.
pered with, but ii must be borne In
mind that the Doctor was seen by a
gentleman in the Office, to partly
break the seal Of a letter ana then
put it in his pocket. Now, prior to
this, Mr. T. p. Sexton began build
ing little house at the rear of his
saloon which he said was for a "dog
house," intending to put those who
were unfortunate enough TO get
drunk IN it, 10 sober them up. When
| got back from Little Rock, the
dog house was completed, and two
days afterwards, T. p. Sexton came
to the office and showed me his
as Post Master. | was
exceedingly surprised and astonish-
ed, for the Inspector had told me in
Little Rock to 90 home and take
charge of my Office and that l would
not be troubled any more. | told
Mr.. Sexton that | would deliver up
the Office when l received notice
from the Department to do so.
Notwithstanding this, T. p. Sexton
wrote to the Office at 81. Louis that
had positively refused 10 turn the
Office over to him. Now Sexton
knew that he was lying when he,
wrote that, for Immediately upon
receiving notice from the Depart.
ment 1 notified him of that fact and
he came down, and after seeing that
it would require the consent of u
majorlty of the patrons of the Office
to remove 1t, went home, and then
came again in about week, and !
turned it over. In the meantime,
however, | received n letter from
the department, stating that Sexton
had written that | utterly refused
to deliver up, and to do so at once.
Now, sir, can you not see with half
an eye the gist Of the whole thing?
The plan had been concocted and
was in progress for two years. They
found that they could not get me
out by fair means, aud out of the
blackness of their hearts conceived
this plan to use false md underhand-
ed means to accomplish their hell
lsh designs. 1t goes to show that
while !, like an honest man, was
trying to attend to my duties, not
that there was a snake in
the grass crawling in and around
my peaceful dwelling, seeking to
poison with his tainted breath the
atmosphere with which | was sur.
Give me a fair showing
IS all l ask. l court an investiga.
ton in every respect. Let my
neighbors, who are honest, above
all such low. mean petty tricks say
what my character is for honesty
and integrity, and If they condemn
me, l am perfectly satisfied, Butto
DO illuminated and deprived of my
good name by parties who are
wholly unscrupulous is beyond
question, and | cannot tamely sub
nit to it. 1t is not for the petty
little pittance that is to be gained
by the Office, but it is the principle
involved, and my character and
the safe guard of every