Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-04-19
Aler1ea Fsss pay.r.
To The Editor of The EaoEs

TO the Editor Of tie Eagle.
WICHITA, KAN, April, 14th, 1885.
l have never paid any attention, 10 say
nothing Of getting down low enough 10
answer any Of the lying, vile stuff that
has been thrown at me since l commenced
my work TO open TO settlement the Okla.
homa country and should not now, were
it not for the fact that you come in with
them in the way Of an editorial. You say
that Z. ii. Nugent is an honest man. Now,
II so, why did he, as he acknowledges In
his letter, try TO act as ago.between me and
other parties 10 whom was trying to sell
out for two hundred thousand dollars:
(my John mani. He acknowledges that he
was wouid-be party to fraud. A very
bad piece Of rascality on his part, as well
as mine. And If it is true that did try
to sell out, using him as tool, why did he
not come out with it and let the people
know how had acted, and what bad man
was long ago: Why did he keep still 90
long: l will give some of the reasons
First, 1t was not true. And in the next
place, Mr.. Z. ii. Nugent wanted to be Gov.
TO it, and others know it. Petitions were
TO be sent by the colonists, endorsed by
Sedgwick county officers, the governor, and
other State officials, and the editor Of The
EAGLE, and sent to Col. Boudinot. He was
to have certain members OF Congress en-.
dorse it, and then hand to the Hon. Thos.
Ryan who would be sure to secure the ap-
pointment at once. Yes, Nugent and l
tNugenp, where looking after more than
the two hundred thousand dollars, we were
at the same time making Governor (Nu-
gent. Now, while / was absent at Topeka
attending TO my case against Gen. Pope for
damage, Gov. Nusent and about dozen
others, came together and elected q full set
Of colony officers. Among them Gov. Nu-
gent was elected treasurer On my return
1 objected, but it was finally agreed that
the matter should go over until we should
reach the State line, when the colony, mum.
bering up into thousands, could have
chance TO reject or endorse the action of
the men-not more than one dozen-who
had been kind enough to furnish them with
n full set OF officers. The colony held an
election, and Gov. Nugent was defeated
for treasurer. This defeat came, notwith-
standing he had the earnest support Of the
would-be hero-martyr and man that had
generated his (Nugent's) election, through
the meeting Of one dozen men, who, with
Nugent, were to get at the head OF, and
control the colony. Before going down,
Mr.. Nugent had run tor treasurer OF our
town company and was defeated. But he
was anxious to be of still greater service to
the colony than any of the places for which
he had been defeated would have given
chance. He went to the line, also, to be
elected as delegate or representative for
the colony at Washington City to attend TO
matters there. No doubt It was great
mistake and misfortune for the colony that
they did not see in him the pure, good
throwing scandal, TO prove himself to be.
Foolish fellows! They thought that they
were doing both themselves and him a
kindness to let him stay at home. They
were not generous enough TO pay his ex-
penses to Washington City and back for
the purpose OF attending to some private
business OF his own. Mr.. NUgent has a
certificate of membership in our colony for
himself, his wife, three children at
home, two sons that re not here, and the
wife Of one of them, for which he has never
paid one cent. lie has to-day live thousand
dollars of my Oklahoma stock, for which
he has never paid me nickle. Il am not
the only man that owes somebody But
am wasting too much time on the old brok-
en-up, broken-down. bloated-up, disap-
pointed scandal monger. | will not deal
in scandal and SANDER, SO will not answer
that part of his letter; but will just very,
very mildly hint TO him that stones should
not be thrown from very delicately con-
structed glass houses.
And now as to the mud thrown at me by
the whining cur-puppy who uses Harry
Spawn's material-press, type and all, not
one cents worth of which he owns-if he
will pay for some pat Of the paper-mud
machine-which he runs, If only one dol
lars worth, all right, then let him fling
dirt and call me bad names. But he should
say nothing of ingratitude until he pays
Joe Clark for the paper that he beat him
out Of. and then pays Fred Sewers. The
poor fool believes that cattle men will think
more of him for abusing me.
Hagerty, or the man who wrote his COM
munication for him, knew that every word
in it was a falsehood-a wilful lie. Wheth.
er justifyable or not in writing this, leave
to those who have read the letters Of scan-
dial thrown at me. ID. l.. PAYNE.