Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-04
A SLAEOfa REfUTfo.
The Publication Rejecting Upon the RepV
fation Of Evdn S. Warren Proven
ENTIRELY Faise---Some 0hcIai
TesfImoHE


ENTIRELY Fdkse---Some Official
Testimony.
Two weeks ago. we published an extract
from the Courier Journal to the effect that
Evan Warren had been pounced upon by a
mulatto girl lying in wait and had been
triumphantly carried of by her, she claim.
ing that he was her lawful husband. That
pepper on Wednesday contained the follow
ing rtfutation, which, in Justice TO Mr..
Warren. we give in full. II the conspiracy
claimed be true, full investigation should
be had and the parties brought TO punish
ment.-ED.1
Your publication, does me not simply an
injustice, but an outrage; and the object,
in part, Of this communication is to give
you the opportunity of making such rep
aration as il is possible by a publication Of
my denial Of the scandal and your retrac-
ton Of the libel. Simple justice demands
that this much be done. The truth, 30 far
az know 1t is this: l know the mulatto
girl referred TO; confess to have had an
improper connection with her. 1t is, how
ever, not true that | was ever married 10
her or to any other woman; l never went
through form OF marriage with her;
never induced her to believe, nor did she
ever believe, that ever intended at any
time marriage with her; never propos-
ell or contemplated marriage with her;
she never published and never had a GER
tificate of my marriage with her, and who
ever denies these statements or afhrms the
truth of the reverse is both liar and
base ealumniator. As 10 the so-called
scene on Preston street, this is the correct
version: | had started to the BARRIERS
shop, and on Preston street. near the
college, | met up with the girl, who was
engaged in conversation with a white man,
and when / approached within five or six
feet Of them recognized both the ma n
and girl, and the girl said, "Now / have
got you" and Immediately retraced my
steps, without saying a word, and went to
the house Of my sister. She did not touch
me; she made no attempt to seize me; she
did not attempt to drag me to lamp; she
did not give, in my presence or hearing,
any statement the like of which is publish
ed In the CoUrier-JOundi; che uttered no
word, except the words have given, with
in my hearing; she did not lead me away
passively or otherwise; / did not 20 away
with her in the direction Of Tenth street
or in any other direction; l walked alone
and uninterrupted by her after she made
the remark, and in an opposite direction,
as before stated And this il substantially
all that took place within my presence,
eight or hearing. and whoever gives a
statement contradictory of this, in such
form as to indicate that was the humilia-
ted object Of the girls passion, seizure and
domination, IL both liar and calumnia-
tor.
THE MOTIVE.
ask still further space to publish what
have reason to believe, and do believe, to
be the motive prompting this girl to her
course. charge it to be true that she is
but the instrument in the hands Of another
person or persons to stab my reputation for
the accomplishment of selfish end; and
for this belief give the following reasons
Just before the Presidential election in
1880 the republicans of Boyle county had
a jubilee in Danville at night. During the
night policeman was shot down, and /
witnessed the occurrence. Two young
men-Mock and Faulkner, by name-were
accused Of and arrested for the homicide.
am a witness for the Commonwealth.
The case first appeared by change of venue
on the docket Of the Lincoln Circuit Court
at its October term, 1882, at which time IL
was expected trial OF one Of the defend
ants would be had. About one week be.
fore the case was 10 be called for trial, no.
tees OF my marriage TO this girl were pub
lished by the COur ier-JOurndl and Erening
Post In the Courier Journal the place Of
marriage was not given, but in the Post IA
having taken place at Aberdeen, o., ON
the Doth Of October, 1882. l will here re-.
mark, parenthetically, that this notice Is
what the girl evidently referred TO when
she spoke Of having published marriage
certificate, II. indeed, she used the word
certificate" at all. Ga seeing this publ
cation, my brother, Dr. |. $. Warren, Of
Danville, Ky, inquired ofthe Courier Jour
nal its authority Tor the publication. In
reply he received the following telegram,
dated at Louisville, Oct. "a:
Some strange man, whom We do not
know, brought in marriage notice and paid
for its insertion. DAN Il. OSULLIyAN,
6urier-JOlHnd |
About the same time my brother, X G.
Warren, OF Stanford, KY, the Common
wealth Attorney for the Eighth District,
requested DR.. Holloway, Of Louisville, to
inquire Of the Posi- its authority for the
publication Of the marriage nOtice. A re.
ply from him stated that the clerk Of the
Office Of the Post told him that he wrote
the notice at the request OF a brown-skin
negro woman, who said she was unable TO
write and who paid for the insertion. Bear
in mind that The date Of marriage In the
Post is liked on the Goth Of October, at Alb
erdeen, O. Previous 10 these notices Of
marriage in The C0urieT Journal and Posi- a
telegram hSd been received in Danville
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