The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1885-09-01
Darlington Independent, 18th ult.
This is Business.

The following letter, or whatever II
may be called, Was picked up on the
front portico Of Mr.. Mallory's residence
by the hired girl early Tuesday morning
II was written on piece OF pss'eboard
which had composed three sides tf
large match hox. !. e. one intended to
hold about Is OF the small boxes. The
letters we're ''printeG" on with q pen with
an irregular intermixture Of "csps" and
lower case /" We make no attempt to
copy the s,yle of the letters, but simply
give the wording and spelling. 1t reads
90 follows:
B. H. MALLORY 2
Aug. 24th, 1885.
You will be shot. will give you .
few days to make your will. ! mean
What I cay. would of taken your lie
before bat for your family. This will
be done at emmy time after today, Aug
oath. 1856.
OF course there was no signsture.
The psstcboard was folded together
where II bad been broken to make the
corners OF the hox, and on both sides
of the hack were written the address.
B n Mallory" and the words TN
! Haste" in Sc, eral places. The letters
~ere made like print doubtless to dis
suise the hand writing.
This is Q very serious business. and
the matter should be looked into OF once.
Ether some one thinks he is playing a
huge practical joke, or some crank Is 10
our midst who may mean and may do
mischief. Iu either case such threats ss
these should not he treated lightly, and
every effort made to ferret out the au-
thor OF them.
And nov comes the strangest part OF
this mysterious affair, sequel-or pro-
lopue rather--ss It we're, and which
makes II appear as II there were some
thing in It Since Mr.. Mallory hiss re.
ceived this notice rx-pos,wester Samuel
Tschappat has made the statement thai
| be received two OF these notes 81 sSsn
ling prior to the attempt to assassina.e
him which was made not long since, and
90 result OF which he received pisto
shot in the arm. The first one be says
he received Just after he resigned the
pcs mas,ershlp in favor OF Mr.. MALLORY
The other one be received just before h'
was attacked and wounded, which oc
currence is already well known. Boil
. ri these epistles we're d:oppet into to-
iron letter box in front OF Mr. Tschap
pats drug store, the first one heing writ
, 'en on brown paper and the second on
on white paper, torn from an ordinar
wiring tablet He also states that IN
style # the lettering oi these two docu
ments are Exactly similar to that It tn
one received by Mr. Mallory, and be bt
.ieves they we're all written by the sam
? person. The first notice gave him tveni
ldsys 10 which to arrange his EARTHLY q
fairs and make preparations for bis ia'
l departure from this mundane epher
n The last one was worded somethin
similar to the one Mr.. Mallory receives
stating that "his time was up" and tn
p he was lisble to be "taken" at any nj
% mt.
Mr.. Tschappst saws he treated Il
i matter lightly and said nothing about
!. thinking some one was irving to play
!, j,ke on him. But the sequel proved
:. to be a very serious joke.
f'l We oulvfb that the perpetrator
these criminal threats and assaults "
he discovered and that he will rece
q the punishment he so richly deserv,
Dr. At anv rate "to he forewarned is foi
m armed" and il the assassin attempts
: put his threat into execution he may q
" foe worthy OF his s'eeI.