Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-07-12
THE ANONYMOUS LETTER
FlENlDS.
Something Of Their Infamous
Work,

Work.
The article published in the Al
. PEAL on the anonymous lette
writer's has resulted in an agitatio
of the matter which has brougE
many moro families to the iron
which have suffered from the al
tacks of these cowardly and in
siduous wretches. In fact scarcel,
a leading family in the city has es
capped. Yesterday a number o
persons who had rec lived letters .
this. description met to compar'
notes. freely showing the letters K
each other Some were filthy
enough to make q prostitute blush
some contained charges so silly il
character as to be perfectly harm
less, and many threatened the re,
ceiver with exposures. One re-
csived by a Young lady threat
ened that unless she left town in
forty eight hours exposures would
be m de compelling her to do So
She had sense enough to pay no at
tention to it and has not since been
molested. Several married ladies'
or more properly speaking about
d score, have been the recipients of
letters charging their husbands
with all sorts of outrageous laisons
and we're Simply written to cause
pain and anxiety and for no earthly
motive than righteousness and spite.
In many instances the recipients
of these epistles, feeling that they
were the only objects of spitefu' at
tack, kept the matter to themselves,
but now that so many are coming
forward and acknowledging them
selves the victims of this cursed
persecution it has been sort of
relief to all to know that they had
plenty Of company, and people of
equa ~ good standing were equally
prosecuted. Tho letters 80 far ex
hibit d show three styles Of hand
writing, one large and bold, an
other almost as fine as print and the
third an ordinary running hand.
Those working the matter up have
traced peculiar style of paper by
the water brand upon it SO that the
author Of one of the letters is spot
ted almost to certainty and the
trail is running very close to two
others who have long been sus-
pected. Those ~ho are interesting
themselves in the matter are in "A
sort Of lnandry and are discussing
what to do with the letter writers
The exposure of their contemplate
work would cause the M probably |
to leave town forever, but it is
doubtful if criminal prosecution
would stick excep. in the case of
letters, and the author
Of these could be sent to the peni-
tertiary. The parties against whom
the most evidence has been found
stand vel in the community and a
public announcement OF their
would astonish the citizens
Of Carson. Each person who has
received one Of these letters of
course named this or that one as a
person and in all over a
lozen have been mentioned, bat in
most instances there was no proof
% snbstantiate the suspicion. The
rand writing and the paper have
been the surest guides.
rhc Demise OF the Austin Dem
0crat."
The last number of the Austin
Democrat reached this Office yes
erday. The valedictory states that
he publisher is satisfied that there
. not sufficient room for two pa
,ers in Austin. It would have been
money in the publishers pocket if
,e had ascertained that fact about a
ear ago. A man can make no
greater mistake than in attempting
o fill field alread Y occupied. The
Democrat was good pape" and its
cal sphere of usefulness was in I:
own which needed q newspaper
nd had none. Austin had one
newspaper and bail no reason to
rant another. No experienced
journalist would think of starting
me there. Men are continually
,und, however, who have a wild
tching to start q newspaper and
siil never rest content until they
ave sunk q few Thousand dollars