The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-05-01
MAsaILLoN
A Clean Cut, Convincing Anawer TO tho
Rarlngs oflhe MeposiloFy's Fossil
Correspondent

a Clean cur, convincing AhhNHN :" w"
Rarlngs oflhe Etepository's Fossil
Correspondent,
In the DAILY DEMOCRAT of laSt satnr.
day your MaasillOn correspondent caused
10 be published simply as q matter OF
news In connection with our May0ralty
muddle, the following;
"BOwman, the Republican Mayor,
stated to ex'MayOf Young and MARSHAL
Vending that no regretted the course
no had pursued In usnrplng the once OF
Mayor for the purpose OF organizing the
COnneIl on Wednesday night, ami Ia OK
planatlOn Of his action, said that under
Influences which he could not resist,
had bean brought TO bear on him against
hls own convictions in tho premises"
Replying TO this the correspondent OF
tho Repository denounced " ~ ~ tissue
OF ialaehOOds' and "lies manufactured
out Of the whole cloth" IL was then
auggaated on our part that tho matlbr NJ
iaeue might be settled by Mayor Bow
man denying the report under hla
signature, The gentleman had pun
liahed In yesterdays Repository the Iol'
lowing!
II most omphatlcally deny having said
10 ex- Mayor XOung that uaurped the
chair, ana chat aid IL under influences
| could not resist and contrary 70 my
better Judgment Marshal Wendli0g
was present aud will bear me out ~ my
statement" Sc, BOWMAN.
Then follow0 Marshal Wendllggb
statement.
"rhe expressions imputed 10 have
been nude by Mayor Bowman were
never made I'm NY hearing"
ADAM WENpLlNG, Mafahnl. =
OF course the DEMOCRAT correspondent
has no cause for complaint IN Bowman
publishing his statement, H8 we fp-
qUegted 10. But, a. we were Hntiallod as
iO the truth OF Onr report OF B0Wlnan'A
admissions, ana realizing thatihoY were
OF the most damaging character, III wac
no. expected thut he would calmly sub
NIT 10 having them 20 10 lbe public
without dnuial Lggt night cNMHyOr
Young furnished us the loIl0Wlng,
with The single exception tlhl ihe
word usurp was not used Mayor Bow
men used the same ideas ami Nul5ttnl,-
ally the same language, OK reported
above by tho DEMOCRAT CORES oudeu,
10 ma nUd VA the hearing Oi MarHhal
Neuillug, q, M YOUNG, '
Ia addition to Mr. Young'H statement
o pr0miupnJ attorney who rgquasla us|
not I1 use his nametu thp controversy
aay8 TINT Marshal vending admitted
IN hls presence last Saturday nlRI That
Bowman had expressed substantially
tho ideas, ana il almost ine same l.n
gunge, as attributed 70 him byyum cor
ro3pou enl,
With this wN ara content lu legye tDp|
matter 20 the public for iis WrtlcL
one word 80 the fossil Repository cor
respondent. We have no dlUeui8iuu
with him, nor never viii have, uo mat
ter what he may say OF Nv personally
on otherwise
10 wnq expected that 90 ioaal oD pt-
tempt would be- made log night loI
break the deadlock tn the Come l. bu,
the four Republican munbtH WHO
deny that the clerk holds 1y'r Ih0thr
year Mems Cons, Oyor.ou, Roy pod
Russell, did not pnt In an appearance,
ana consequently less thgn % quorum
could not no anythlaR.
IN % crowd OF people yesterday 0f,er
noon your correspondent stopped oyer
aud watched Coroner Lelnlugpr exam
Inc one OF the saddest cases of ulclhe
which has come 10 his knowledge, The
victim Of death, by his own hand vas
MonU.ort koiler, aged Is years, Il siu
dent at Wooster University aud son Of
Rev isaiul N, Keller pastor OF lhe
Lutheran church ut W0ostor The deed
was committed about three milos west
OF this city, uear Tho W. u w. n Railroad
track From all that can bp learned tue
net was done on Tuesday Might B lHe
body was seen lying with the nrgd under
a lot Of feneerOlls piled up ln th0 shape |
OF u Y on Wednesday; n9ain In Che sam
p0AitiO0 on Thuradny, ana again mo-
ticed yesterday morning by emplo es of |
the railroad company, the uNln was
et0pped, and what was thought 10 have |
been some follow sleeping0Il the oilects |
Of n spree, was found 10 be- The young |
man named, cold In death.
He was neatly attired IN new suit Of |
clothes, hat aud 0yerc0at, AZ hia feet |
lay q revolver with two chambers empty, |
aud nDOn examination II was found |
that one Of tho bullets had pierced his |
heart, Judging by the fact that the |
weapon was NJ his feet II ls probable
thar II was discharged as ho stood crest |
and dropped from his grasp an ho fell |
forward on his face-tho position lo |
~aa lyingin when found. In bis pockets
were Sl,32 In money, box Of cartridges,
hook, silk handkerchief
and other articles,
About eight or ten years ago Che father
Of the dead boy was tho Lutheran
preacher at West Brookl0ld, and two
lncles, Freeman aud Clark Gaddis, are
residents OF that village The two latter
relatives, with his aunts, were at the
scene Of the auiclde aud one Of them
said 10 your correspondent that the lad
was unusually bright, hard student,
aud had no vices tle could give no
cause for the rash act except to suppose
that the boys mind had become affected
from u too close application 10 hts
books and that he had expressed him
self as wanting TO quit school aud learn
u trade because study had become dis
tasteful TO him.
After the Coroner's Inquest the body
was taken to the residence OF his grand.
mother 40 Brookaeld and to-day viii be
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