Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-11-04
An Open Letter
TO-.
NJ. D. FOLEY.

SIR: The cours you are pursuing as an in.
dividual and an opponent to John Williams is,
to say the least, no part of q gentleman.
To-day, in Ed. Looney's saloon, you, in the
presence of a crowd, asserted that I went to
W. NJ. Patterson and O. Bidwell and asked
them how they stood for Senator, and on my
being told that they intended to vote for you l
informed them that they must consider them
selves discharged from my employ.
You have also asserted to NJ. Fitzgerald, on
VIM. Denay's ranch, that John Williams and
others, at the request Of e. Probert, located
the Albion mining ground for the purpose of
deciding the same to the Richmond Mining
Company. Do you not know, and has it not
been proven in court, that that charge is:en-
tirely false? Do you not know that Mr..
Williams never agreed to deed that ground to
the Richmond Mining Company before he went
to locate it? Can you prove that Mr.. Probert
ever requested those men to locate that ground
for the Richmond Mining Company? If you
cannot prove those assertions, why do you go
around through the country and make them to
the injury of your opponent, John Williams ?
If you, yourself, were not a candidate for the
cnAio pOSltlOu 10 JUN u Jul 4pt
look nearly so devoid Of principle as under
existing circumstances
How is it with the charges you prefer against
me? Have you ever seen anything in my deal
ings with you or anyone else that will justify
You in making such assertions, providing you
could not get positive proof to back your as
sertions, or are you judging me by your W
principles and practices? Here you have all
the proofs at hand. !, myself, in town, the
parties you claim although maliciously false)
to be aggrieved are in town, and why not get
proofs when they are SO convenient, rather
than try and besmear a fellow-citizen who has
never done You any harm except, perhaps, to
contribute his share land a good one at that
toward your wealth that reposes in brick and
mortar in Eureka? Could you not have come
to me and ascertained if such Were facts? Do
you think that l would be a coward and a
sneak, and not dare to tell you the truth If
had been, were not Patterson and Bidwell 1.-THE
aggrieved parties, as you claim were not they
here to tell their tale of woe if it was not q
barefaced lie? am not one of those fellows
who go around this country selling my adopted
rights for messes of pottage. On that class
you will have to depend for your election, as
you we'll know. The people of this county who
exercise their independence as free American
citizens are not the electors who will send you
to Carson; but if you are sent there it will be
due to the party and corporation lash and the
strength of your plethoric sack.
For anything written in this letter I hold
myself personally responsible. If you had
pursued a different course 1 should never have
attempted a defense through a newspaper.
But as these charges are liable to be heralded
all over the county to the injury of John
Williams, and as election day is too near at
hand to contradict them in any other way,
I am forced to pursue a course that will
be most likely to bring a denial to public
notice.
A few more words and I am done. Business
calls me to Pine Station, to be absent for a few
days, aud unless I should make mention Of this
you might possibly construe ii as an act Of
cowardice and to avoid meeting yeu. What.
ever I have stated concerning you I am able to
prove by 81. Fitzgerald. You prove your as.
sertions against me and ! will apologize to you
in the most humble manner, otherwise I brand
your assertions against me, no matter by whom
made, as a lot of malicious lies.
P. N. HANSEN.
Eureka, Nov, 2, 1882. nS