The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1883-05-26
TO THE PUBLIC.

in Any Way Concerned in the Late
Attempted Assassination in Spring
Valley.
EDITOR WHITE PINE News:
Sir In reply to an article in the
News of May 10th, by a gentleman
from Spring Valley, charging Inc and
my sons with ~wayiaying Mr.. Bassett,
can only say, in my hurried an
swer, that it is entirely false; that l
have never spoken to Mr.. Bassett TO
exceed three times; that myself or
sons never had any difficulty or
trouble with him; that Mr.. Bassett
never was at my place; that l never
was at his place; that no grievance
eve existed between us. As much /
cannot say Of other gentlemen Of
Spring Valley, who have forced me
to carry arms in a sovereign State
Of the American Republic as a me-
dunn of self-protection; who attired
themselves as midnight assassins and
attacked me in the night; who came
armed in numbers TO my house TO
assault me who, like the Bengal
hyenta, gloat TO surteit on human
carcass, they all feed to excess on
human character they charge me
and family with every crime known
To %deprayed humanity, though the
only gHH8Ga E4HtEHn to taa Is . I..A
rooted hatred and malicious spirit
possessed by these gentlemen.
Last summer, this Identical gentle
man informed the aRYard Reflex"
by inuendo, that 1 sawed The leg oil
Il horse. Who hut Spring Valley
gentry could invent such cruel and
barDarons treatment TO an animal ?
In fact there IS nothing in the cata-
logue OF crime bat they accuse me
Of. This ring Of gentlemen, whom !
know we'll, desire That I cannot 20 TO
market, or ride on the range, without
first obtaining a pass from some of
them, or having some OF them 70
with me 10 Youeh for my conduct;
otherwise am pronounced by them
either numbering or stealing and
furthermore, on the day referred To
tha the sad tragedy va committed,
l can prove by several parties that
my sons We're no. oil u ranch, but
We're WORKING at their usual duties.
Moreover, this distinguished gentle
ulan from Spfinz Valley says there
Will be another chapter TO this COW
ardly act. This | do net doub. has
always boon their intention. They
tried to 90 yard y a~s1-sinate me once
before, but caught them al Ill, with
proof. Ia answer 10 that tartat or
violence / ean only say: Come on; |
reside at the same old place. II I
have ID Q anything wrong | am
alnenable 10 the laws. send an officer
after me / want an investigation.
We will not run away by threats Of
violence from a mob.
We have a different opinion of the
intelligence OF The people Of White
Pine County. And nov, III conclusion,
| can prove beyond q doubt that nei-
Their O'Neil nor his so IS ever Waylaid
". Bassett nor anybody else, reports
OF those gentlemen 10 tho contrary
Notwithstanding; that during the day
of the sal occurrence, from 8 O'Clock
in the morning. up 10 ] er : o'clock
in The afternoon, | was at the house
Of Mr.. Noe, on Muncv Creek, ia COM
pany with Jadge Fuller, Of Cherry
Creek, which is at least Is miles north
OF where the lamentable Oeeurfeneo
took place, and while mono deplores
the sad crime more than | do, yer
my conscience causes me To rejoice
that | can prove that neither | nor
any member OF my family had any
thing to DO with it.
Soliciting a tair and impartial pub
lie investigation, take this method
OF placing myself and family before
an unpreiudicea and reasoning pub
lie. Very respectfully yours,
X. &. O'NEIL.
Cherry Creek, May y, 1888.
Drummer's Warning.