The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-02-16
THE sArELDo MATTER.
The Articles Published In the Republi
can Said to Have Been Inspired
BY the Star Route Ring.

| by the Star Route Ring.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-Sateldo Ia
made an anti-mortem statement and hi
will. lie knows he is dying, and say
he is willing to die; that he has no fun
thGr use for life, now that the Republi
can has ruined his reputation by IT.
publications. He expresses relnOrse fo
his past life, and says he has broken hi
wife's heart. He maintains that Barton
shot him, but says he forgives him.
IN COURT.
A. G. Sateldo. was arraigned in the
police court ttlday, charged with ASSAULT
with intent to kill his brother, Antonio
| Nj. SAteldo. lie was committed to jail
| TO await the result of ms brothers ill.,
| juries. Sateldo has remained entirely
conscious, but is paralyZed from his
| head down, and his death is only a
| question of short time. He disclaims
any intention to shoot Barton, and says
the latter fired the first shot, but he for
gives him (Barton) for it. He has thus
| far declined 10 make any legal anti
mortem statement, but says he carried u
| pistol for several days merely for his
protection, as he had been sleeping alone
in new house in u remote portion of
the city.
THE SHOOTING AFFAIR
at the Republican office last night CEN
tinues to attract public interest here. II
is charged that the articles published in
the Republican to which Sateldo took
exception and which he resented were
inspired by the star route ring, and were
in retaliation for Sateldo's efforts to ex-
pose that ring. He was among the first
who attacked the Brady administrator
Of the second assistant postmaster gen
erals Office. He published charges of
franH and n the n
He represented and was active in en-
cOuraging congressional investigation.
Parties accused of completely in The
STAR ROUTE FRAUDS
retaliated by charging Sateldo with the
purpose to levy blackmaIl upon them,
and the fight became bitter on both
sides. Sateldo's friends now declare
that the article exposing his visit to and
fight in house of i'll repute, and subse-
quently the article charging him with an
attempt tp bride an employe of the Ma
tiolal Republican, were the work of al
legged star route conspirators, and were
published to punish him for his crusade
against the ring.
They point to the well-known fact
that until few days ago General Brady
was the chief owner OF the Republican,
and TO the fact that it has been q persist
ent defender of the star route men and
has been recognized as the organ of
these men. Barton, in justification of
himself, has charged that he was obey
ing orders in publishing articles which
COST sATEI.Do HIS LIFE
perhaps. That he was not, as has been
alleged, venting any personal spleen, but
that he was carrying out the instructions
of his superiOTs, which he dared not dis
regard. This new phase of the matter,
III al
that marked copies of the paper contain
ing the articles against Safeldo were
sent to his wife, has considerably chang
ed the tone of public sentiment in Salel
dos favor. At first he was generally
condemned, but his friends have made il
appear that he was ruthiessiy pursued
and goaded even to attaching him on the
affections and esteem of his wife. He
resorted to every means to keep the
knowledge of his misconduct from her
and said he was comparatively indiffer.
ent in regard to all others, but he wanted
to spare his wife the knowledge of his
disgraceful conduct. She was informed
Of it, however, through marked copies
of the Republican sent her by mail, and
she now admits that she severely up
braided herhusband and regrets it. 1t was
this act, informing his wife, his friends
say, that goaded him to desperation
1t is maintained in his behalf that he
did not go to the Republican Office with
any intention of shooting Barton or any
one else.
The paper presented to Barton was a
written confession that Barton had,
while in the employee of the District of
Columbia government several years
ago, obtained money through forgery
Sateldo claimed that he had proof of
this, and his purpose, so it is stated, was
to compel Barton to acknowledge his
guilt by affixing his signature to the pa
per. Then, SO it Is said, Sateldo intend
ed to present the paper to the proprle-
tors of the Republican and demand in
the name of consistency, as they had
been scoring him for his misdeeds, that
they discharge Barton. OF course Bar
ton refused to sign the paper, where
upon
SATEI4DO STRUCK HIN,