Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-09-15
The iSI,air HetfcEs

GfSGluS laSl lOSrOCu tpT TIC uFst lItlC tGEt
Capt. +, s. Blair had publicly stated that tho
letters written by him to me. aud dated respso
tiVtly the 81 and llth of Octcbar, 1880, and Tho
same which have heretofore appeared 10 tho
Lynchburg Virginiau and other papers 10 tho
State. were forgerioe. also see it stated that
have boou paid money TO produce the letters.
As soou as heard of this denial took tho first
train for WyIhovillo and arrived here On Tues
day evening OF $50 o'clock. Immediately
wrote to Capt. Blair tho following communities.
tiop:
WYTHEvlLLE, September Is. 1881.
Captain L. 3. Blsir,-l am hero 10 prove that
you arc the author of the letters road by Capt.
| George d. Wise yesterday. aad will DO pleased
i to moet you 10 tho morning aud give you the
benefit OF public douial 10 the faca of tho poo
pic of your own town. hear you propose 10
leave WytheviIle to night, and wtto to ask yen
not to leave before you SEQ me.
Very respectfully.
| w. LEIGH WILSON.
To this letter Captain Blair mado 20 reply,
have remained 10 WythevilIo all day Wed
nesday, and have stated on tho strcets to every
one met that was ready to prove tho geuu-
neness of the letters 40 far as i WAS concerned.
but neither Captain Blair nor aDy of bis friends
havo given me an opportunity to do 80.
boliovo those letters arc genuine. add hero
assert that they arc genuine. say this because
| have received large number Of letters from
Captain Blsir-perhaps ifty--and they were
never denied or questioned, and the two now
for tho first limo denied were parts of
running correspondence, and fitted 10 too Well
to be spurious
The handwriting Of all tho communications
received by me from Captain Blair ia the SANS
as far as have been able 10 Judge. | vas at
Salem when heard of Captain Blair's douisl
and came from thero directly to WYtheville.
| My trunk containing nearly all my letters was
at tho Yellow Sulphur Springs, so that was
: not ablc to got at thcm without losing day,
J but | fouod at Salem two other letters from
. Captain Blair which fricId of his, Mr. Joseph
, L. Hurt. carried to day to Captain Blair and no
4 pronounced them to DO genuine
will produce othor letters AS soon as 40 to
' tho Yellow Sulphur and have ACCESS TO my tIunk.
II Now, in conclusion. desire 10 say that the let
tors denied by Captain Blair were received by mo
q in due course FINAL that they were 30 receVsd
ut tho tmo they bear date, and have ever since
been in my possession until last Thursday, whom
D 1 delivered them 10 Capt George ID. Wise At Big
t Lick; and hereby doclAro that any man who
says or intimates that they were not 30 received
by mo. and NJ the time, is 8 liar.
Il further declare that any person who esys
that have forged or uttered those letters know
ing or believing them 10 DO forged letters is a
liar. and the person or persons who hAvo said
o or may hereafter say. that evor received any
0 pay or consideration Of any sort for surrenderng
- tho possession OF Lhcs3 lett0rs is \ liar and q
william.
=, If Captain Blair is willing 10 submit tho auus-
lion of his responsibility for these lcttars TO iai
tost, challenge him TO cue mo for libnl, and |
Q will find ample security to make good all thu
Al
[Signodl w. IRlGH WILSON
About ono hour after Wilson gave mo tho
above he met Blair as follows: A gentleman
: asked Wilson to take drink. They together
y tain Bair's cilice. When Wilson got to Blair
otco door Blair mot him in front OF his door snd
a said. do you want to SEQ mo?
4 Wilson answered, mo, don't you have my
" communication"
AT this point several OF Blair's friends inter
fered and took him away. Thus ondcd the day
which has been one of intanse tx ,itoment --Sps
ciaI TO Richmond Dispatch.
u a dispatch from Wytbevls in tho Rich
mond Wing says that DR.. V. g. HUFF, cashier
y OF tho Farmers Bank; George Il. Dunn, ossh-
: lcr OF tho bank of tho LynchburS Bankius
Agency; William Is. Foster and James Rid,r
clerk and deputy clerk of tho courts-sl
longing to the conservative. democratic pariy
/
tcrs said to havo been written by Blair to Leigh
Wison, and that they arc not 10 tho hadwrting
OF Blair. Blair has transacted much tusioels
. q. both banks. and has praotoid law for years
10 the courts OF Foster and Rider. who have
filled their respective Offices since tho war.
a dispatch to tho Slate from tho same rl.ca
says:
. we aro Informed that telegram was sont
from this place last night to tho Wing which
states that tho clerks of tho courts hore apd ,hs
cashlors OF tho Two banks havo certified, or will
certify. that the Blair Wilson letters arc. in
their opinion. not genuine. Neithor of us has
given snoh certificates.
WILLIAM b. FOSTER,
Clerk County Cour;
JAMES A. RIDER,
Clerk Circuit Conr;
GEORGE Il. DUNN,
Cashier;
V. 9. HUFF. Cashier.
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