Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-09-10
PUNISHED BY POOL.
"El Mahdi" Handled Without
Gloves.
MIR. FRENCH CARRIES A NOTE Ann
GETS AN ANSWER.
FL Mahdi Dare not Give His Name.

We publish at his request the let
ter OF Jas. B. Pool, of Wilson Town
snip, IN answer to the anonymous
letter signed "El Mahdi," heretofore
published in the Intelligeneer under
the former management. Who this
anonymous writer is can only be in
ferred from the parties participating
In the matter. One thing is certain,
AMI that is hat Gel Mahdi' lives not
in Sailing Township, where his letters
are dated from, but within the corpo-
rate limits of the city of Mexico, and
that he is a liar goes without saying.
We did at one time offer space in
the LEDGER to the Greenbackers free
for a campaign, but it was when they
were without q paper and talking of a
fusion between the Greenbackers and
Republicans. There are plenty of
Democrats here who know that this
space was offered in the LEDGER as a
Democratic scheme to prevent this
fusion. But the Greenbackers were
too sharp to be caught in such a trap,
and that is sl there is. As they an
swered at the time it was offered
"they did not want to put a thing in
the LEDGER and have the wind
knocked out of it in another column
of the same issue" If this anony-
nous letter writer will look over the
recent numbers of the LEDGER he will
find some very pertinent remarks on
the character of q man who will stoop
to the low business of telling lies on
a man under cover of a nomd de plume.
Just as the eowardly assassin shoots
from ambush so does the coward
make attacks under cover of anony-
nous names. "El Mahdi'' referred
to Mr.. Pool for the truth of his state
ments. MIR. Pool has given him the
truth; now let it rest.
To the Editor of the Ledger.
NORTH WILSON, Sept. Z, 1856
We notice in the Itelligencer of
August % that GEL Mahdi'' had ap-
peared again, this time wanting to
know ''who had led He must
be very ignorant if he did not know
at the start ''who had lied" Now let
us notice "Mahdi" a little. In the
first place he made the charge that
Bob White had proposed when the
Greenback party vas first organized
to sell one-half interest in the LEDGER
to said party, then finally to come
over hook and line. "Mahdi'' then
referred to us for the truth of the
matter. Not knowing anything about
any such proposition we pronounced
it false and do yet. In his last COM
munication he gets away up and says
If we deny it that he will bring for
ward the affidavits of good men to
prove that II did make the statement
I met Mr.. White on the street and
he offered me his paper Or proposed
to let us have one page or more"
This is false. Now let him come
with his affidavits. 1 would like to
know who his witnesses are if I can
not find out who he is. There can't
be much man about him anyway.
Now for the truth of the matter.
MIR. Ike French, father Of DR.. French,
came to my house about the 21st of
August and brought a note from Mr..
Mounts, wanting to know if l was the
author Of the article over my sigma
ture in the LEDGER dated August II.
I answered that Twas and it was
solid. I then told Mr.. French
in our conversation just what
did occur between Mr.. White and
myself on the streets of Mexico.
About two years after the Greenback
party vas organized we were trying
to purchase the Republican paper at
Mexico and met Mr.. White. He
asked me if we had got US a paper
yet. I told him we had not. He
then remarked to me, ''If you fellows
don't get a paper you "a have the
use of one.fourth of the LEDGER when
you have any publishing that you
want DONE" I told Mr.. White I
would see about the matter. This
was no secret; it was a public mat
ter. White never requested any Sc
crecy in the matter whatever. Now
I will right here say that Bob White
never to my knowledge made any
proposition to sell in part or whole or
come over to the Greenback party in
any way, nor did he ever hint such a
thing to me. Now, Mr.. Editor, we
are done for the present. 1 hope I
have done nc n any injustice. As 1
said before, this is not my fight nor
did 1 want anything to do with it,
but stMahdi' has drawn me into it in
self-defense. Now I am in hopes he
is satisfied, but if he is not and wants
to come again will he come in his own
name? We hope he will, then we will
know who to talk to; but if he will
not come out openly like a man but
continues lurking in his dark haunts,
then we will be compelled to call him
by his proper name, bounce and con.
sign him to the everlasting torments
of the vermin of his kennel.
Yours, ETC., JAMES B. Pool.
Eorryrr n;uror