Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-11-27
He Explains in a Gard and Will
Sue for Libel

LOUISVILLE, Nov. 24-A sensation
was created here to-day by publica-
ton in the Boston "Kuights of Hon
or Observer" charging that Robt. j.
Breckenridge, late supreme treasurer
of the knights of Honor, is a default
er to the amount of 100000. Incl
dentally the same paper refers to Col.
Breckenridge as "rival of Captain
Kidd and other such personages.
Numerous other insinuatioDs and
charges are multiplied together to
fill out nearly half column. In adj
dition to its local report, the Observ-
er speaks editorially of Col. Brecken-
ridge, and arraigns him for being
accountable for large sums of money
to widows and orphans of departed
Brethren. The Observer is ed
tied by Mr.. Cummins, who is on
very intimate terms with Gen. Sloat,
supreme dictator of the knights of
Honor, and j. w. Branch, who sue
ceeded Col. Breckenridge as supreme
treasurer. Col. Breckenridge is in
the city and denies the charge, pro-
nouncing the whole thing a tissue of
falsehoods. Said he, 81 have received
money which has not been paid out.
| was ordered by the chancery court
to pay no more benefits after October
Is last, and 1 obey ed the order, for
the reason that there is now no con-
siderable amount in the Peoples
bank to the credit of the Knights of
Honor"
The general opinion among the
members of the Knights of Honor is
that the charge is not true. Col.
Breckenridge will sue lor libel.
THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER.
In this connection the Cincinnati
Enquirer makes the following start
ling statement concerning the amount
of money that r. j. Breckenridge is
accountable for to the widows and or
phans of departed brethren. We
give the facts in plain words aud fig
ures that all may easily comprehend
without any knowledge of book keep
ing:
AT the session Of the Supreme Lodge
in May last Breckenridge had on =,
hand ............ ......... -. 1853, ISL s9
He has received and reported to the
Supreme Reporter since then :. 4Sl,la7 81
Traced into his hands and not report s.
ed to the supreme Reporter -. s,469 10
Of i'e' D." 'o 1885, s629,37s 90
He has paid orders to the amount Of 473O00 10
Balance in his hands =. 80. -. .$l56,37S 2s
Statements fl ON lodges in addition
to the above indicate that this =,
amount will be increased to, ...... Sl6O,OOO u
Here is the entire deficit in nut
shell, and II. j. breckenridge, late SUI
preme Treasurer, is defaulter to the
amount of positively $l56,37S 20, and
more than likely this amount will be
increased to 100000.
JUDGE BRECKENRIDGF's CARD.
The following card appeared i'll the
Courier-Journal Wednesday:
LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov. 25.-To the
Public: There appeared in the even
ing papers ofthe Oath inst, and in the
Courier-Journal of to-day, a state
meDt copied from Cincinnati paper
of Sunday, the 23d INST, which was
copied into that paper from the
Knish of Honor Observer, which
purports to be a true statement Of
the amount of money which had OH
hand as Supreme Treasurer of the
knights of Honor on the Both day Of
April 1884, the amount l have re-
ceived since, the amountI have dis
bursed, and the amount in my hands
now. These figures, of course, wer'
furnished from the Office Of the Su
preme Reporter, B. F. Nelson, at st
Louis. These figures are as false al
the infamous statement of the Oh
server that ''R. j. Breckenridge, lat'
Supreme Treasurer, is defaulter."
l have two vouchers for every dol
lar l have paid as Supreme Treasurer
and the Bank at Springfield, Ky.
where I lived before coming to Louis
vile, has in its possession vouchers
for every dollar paid whilst there
and the Peoples Bank of this city
has a voucher for every dollar pai(
by me since i came here. So tina
there are in existence three separat,
vouchers for every dollar paid by me
These vouchers will, and do, estab
fish the fact beyond all peradventnre
that the statement made in the pub
LEGATION in these words, che has pait
orders to the amount of $473,000," j
absolutely false, and is less by nearl,
$4,000 than the true amount paid b,
me since May l, 1884.
In fact, all of the figures of tn
statement as to the amounts receives
by me, paid out by me and the bal
ance in my hands, are false. 1 hav
in my possession the evidence, in tn
shape of written and printed matter
of every dollar which has come int
my hands, and the vouchers for ever
dollar which has ever been paid OH
by me, and the balance, after deduct
ing the disbursements from the re
ceipts, is now in the Peoples Ban
of Kentucky, ready to be paid by m
to whoever the court may advise m
TO pay it to. The poor imbecilt
bankrupt in character as well a
purse, who wrote the article kney
| these facts, and the man from who's