Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-21
FACTS NOT FANCY.
For the benefit of Those Who
Still Doubt the Memphis
Sentinel Ever Ex-
listed.

1nat was . hugo JOAv IA NAAueJ .
LEDGER" pleasantly exclaimed a
prominent attorney as he walked into
the office Saturday.
Joker"
"Yes about the Sentinel II
THAT was no joke"
do you mean to say a paper has
recently been published here2"
Actual fact
"And lived almost a month";
ut did,
And then collapsed?"
Solemn fact"
"The explosion was something like
a G. d. cap on an old rusty mai, wasn't
it2" queried the attorney, and then
continued: Rather strange that |
have never G or heard ofthe Senti-
mel in my rambles about the city. I'll
venture to say l visit every public
office or other prominent place in the
city at least once a week."
Shortly after the lawyer departed a
gentleman, well known in real estate
and financial circles, gently closed the
door behind him, and ~depositing an
envelope on the desk, announced that
be had appeared as a witness to prove
the truth of the article in question.
That" said be, pointing to the on
velope, contains a copy of the irstis-
sue Of the Sentinel. Take it, keep it
by you, and when the truth Of its ex-
istence is denied, display it, but handle
it carefully, it might go of. 1t was
sent me in that shape and | never
opened it until l read the article in
the LEDGER yesterday. / have only
one word more to say. like enter
prise. l like a paper that gives the
news. The LEDGER's account of tbe
Sentinel was the very freshest and
best Of news, and was fine reading"
Later in the day a gentleman who
has recently been robbed Of a consid-
cradle amount of money by some per-
sons in his employment button-holed
the reporter, and leading him of into
a corner asked:
DO you ever transact any business
out Of your regular liner"
mot often. Why?"
But you would for a particular
friend?n
perhaps. What are the cireum-
%stances?"
III tell you. l have been robbed
of a large sum by dishonest employees,
aud l want the proof gotten up2"
But | am no detective"
"You mean you are not employed
as a detective. Nevertheless you are
one. Any man who could ferret out
such a complex mystery as you did
when you discovered the existence Of
the Memphis Sentinel isaa natural
born detective. Won't you take the
matter in hand for me?"
The reporter bolted, only to be stop
ped again on the pavement in front Of
Sheibler's hide store by an individual
who silently pointed up an adjacent
stairway, and whispered, up there. :
ut was not taken to The dump,
them"
NO
Aud it was not buried in old Win
chester"
mo"
ITO speak plainly, you mean
II meant that the corpse Of the
dead Sentinel was not buried at all
but resolved itself into its native
elements. The stock Of the dead sol
der was taken from the Office Of Bing-
hams Herald and was returned TO it
again."
"Thena weekly newspaper is pub
lished up thcre?'
1T is. So far it has been kept a dark
secret from the public, and only q
very few have been honored with the
confidence of the proprietor. am one
Of them, and hope you will not use my
name as author for the statement. Il
might make EN- mad"
The balance Of the day was spent il
asservating the truth Of the statement
that such a paper as the Memphis
Daily Sentinel has really lived twenty,
six days,