The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-01-02

item / had hurriedly written stating
that there were no new developments
in the case that we were yet able to-
give the public; but as soon as our re-,
porter had time to follow up a start
ling clew which he had run across, wei
thought we would be able to furnish
our readers a piece of news concerning
the affair which would create more in
terest than anything yet printed. This
/ wrote on the strength of the note we
had received from McCarley when he.
asked for the money due him. We were
not little mystifed at our failure to.
hear anything from him as we had ex-!
pected; but we supposed the next day
would explain the cause of his leaving
US in the dilemma he did. Such was
the case and the letter. q late mail
brought US follows:
les ROUTE HOME, Sept 4, 1852.
"DEAR P-I played the Mercury scurvy
trick. have no apologies to make, though,
as necessity knows no law but my CON
science is yet in such state of preservation
that feel must explain the Welby matter,
fully and save you any further trouble that
1t would otherwise cause you. The first two
weeks l worked for you could get onto moth
ing but five-line items, and, as you are aware,
/ hardly made enough to pay my board. /
had to have money, and so concocted that
elopement of Welby's daughter out of the.
whole cloth-an artistic, journalistic lie, which,
at this distance appears to me only as right
good joke. | put up at a little saloon THE.
dull-minded proprietor of which gave me all
the information | needed about the family
about square from the W residence, and
here | evolved the thing out of my mann
moth brain in little back room, which left
only once day to throw my MS on the lawn
at Welbys. They are all in Vermont, where
they have been all summer, and, as we gave
no names, they.Will be no worse for the pleas
ure and profit they have unconsciously yield
ed me.
II got my money o. k. yesterday, and when
this reaches you will be fast lessening the
distance between N and the paternal roof
with kindest regards to yourself and all the
boys, and trusting you will forgive me for the
trick / have played you, I bid - and the
Mercury a Joyous, last ia ia!
MCCARTNEY
No language of mine can adequately
describe the anger and CONSERVATION
which the reading of this epistle caused
in the Mercury Office. No one SO thor
oughly appreciates artistic lying as a
newspaper man; but when carried to
the extent McCarley's genius had car
ried this, it was more even than ouI
blunted sensbilities could stand, and I
would certainly have given up the
keenest pleasure to have stood by and
seen some horribly severe punishment
inflicted on him for the trouble and
modification he had caused us. Suffice
it to say the Mercury died peacefully
about two weeks after the departure Of
our brilliant friend. The assignee
had one mournful meeting with the
creditors, and. with all the earnestness
of man who feels that on his is the
side of a mighty truth, convinced them
of the utter impossibility of paying even
one per cent, with assets consisting en-
tirely of blasted hopes. Our great SEN
sation was not mentioned again after
the paragraph referred to above APP
peared, and the momentary prominence
we had gained through it was followed
by jeers and boots from rival journals
and the public; in few short days to
buy copy of the Mercury came to be
looked upon as an objectionable crims
against society, and as it sadly babe
this unappreciative sphere adieu, at
least in the eyes of its projectors, the
last remaining hope for the worlds sal
walton was gone forever.-R. Parsons,
IN Detroit Free Press.