Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-11-24
A CIRCULAR.
THE BLOODHOUND OF THE EN-
TERPRI.E STILL IN PURSUIT.
He UnearIhs a witness to Prove
His Hobby.

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His Hobby.
A SENTINEL reporter happened upon the
following circular in going his rounds last
night. 1t is published this morning in
order that the animus of its author may
be more clearly perceived. The editor OF
the Enterprise started off on the wrong
foot and has been hobbling to catch step
ever since. He has finally staggered up
against a libel suit, to the amount of
S25, 900 against his masters Of the publish
ing company, and now he sends around a
cunning circular, by which he expects to
induce the newspaper fraternity to help
him out of a bad scrape.
The circular charges that there was a
conspiracy formed in Eureka to clear
Reek. How gratui.ous and shameless the
imputationl Who could believe that Judge
Harmon, or Judge Davenport, or John L.
Baker is the sort of man to perjure him
self? What could be their object? Was
there anything under the sur for n one
of them to gain by defeating the ends OF
Justice? Did any one of them do aught to
justify so malicious an ~insinuation? These
men had charge of the case, and If there
was any conspiracy they were in the plot.
Colonel Shaw calls Reek a slayer" in
his circular. He has dropped the word
murderer" This is significant. He
would be glad to drop the whole matter,
but it is a hot potato in his hands and he
can't let go.
The wonder is who the gentleman now
in San Francisco can be that the valiant
Colonel has dug up to prove that Reek was
the aggressor and fred the first shot? He
is d fine specimen of the American citizen,
whoever he may be. According to his
story, as indicated by Colonel Shaw, he
saw a fellow-man assaulted and shot down
in the street and had not the courage to go
into court aud say so. He had to go down
to the Pacific Ocean and there, braced up
by p~ost-mortem cogitation and the smell
of salt water debris, make a great reve|a-
ton of what he saw. If there be such a
man, otherwise than in Colonel Shaw's
mind, we hope he will be produced before
the Grand Jury. Not only will his evil
dence be important, but his person will be
q curiosity. Perhaps he has imposed upon
the m~agnanimous Colonel and wants to
get back to the Base Range by striking the
contribution sack of the journalists of
Nevada, whom Colonel Shaw to
a rally, whom he calls upon "to band to
gether for mutual protection" We do not
believe that the journalists Of Nevada have
any immediate fear of losing their lives,
or that they feel called upon ''to band to-
gether for mutual protection" as the early
settlers used to do against the Indians.
But if a few of them should lose their
scalps we believe the world would be none
the worse off.
Being the great mover in this scheme,
gotten up evidently for his own protec-
ton, the Colonel should not have allowed
Mr.. Fulton to Guido him in providing
money to employ eminent counsel to plead
his case. 1t will require a good deal more
''soap" than $40 from the Colonel, as We
regret to know he is going to be the de-
PENDANT in a very difficult case. He will
have to raise his subscription considera-
bly, if he wants counsel from abroad, for
outside of his $40, and Fulton's $50, and
Sam. Davis four bits, and old Parkie's
sleek quarter, making in all mo discount
for mutilated coin) $40 rs, he will get
precious little more contributed. But
here is the ~rantsnkerous circular, icon
spiracy," detective" and all:
CONFIDENTIAL.
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