The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-01-01
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To the Editors OF The News:
In the Reading News" edited by
MARY De Zean,'' Is found one account
of the Reading IRE. deem it my duty
70 eomment on the same for the benefit
Of some of your readers who are not
acquainted with the circumstances.
Mary says:
George Colroy says Jack Brantley
has threatened to burn him out and also
kill him before he leaves the place"
Allow me to say here in plain English
that either MARY or George have will
fully lied. If not why did they fail to
establish the fact through the agency of
the witness stand? They had ample op-
portunity while was under arrest for
four days 20 scour the coun-
try for witnesses TO prove the
bold assertion. To be sure he thought
he had taught his son well what to tes-
tify TO land indeed every one believe
thought he had been an apt scholar and
had learned his piece welD. But still
forsOoth 1t did not appear 70 the justice
TO have the desired weight. No doubt
though, they Will say: I'VE would
have had that all right if we had only
been able to keep the case before our
worthy justice"
In regard to the "Infidel Lecturer
Phelps" As they are pleased to call o.
A. Phelps, 9 liberal lecturer, who, he
says, was making Penield's his head
quarters" / would like 70 ask why,
when they were trying so hard TO find
bin, they did not repair themselves
to his sheadquArters' to find him.
Yes ''he began to defend Jack" and
they did not propose to have him de-
tended, and so to have him where be
could do nothing to befriend him, ar.
rested him after she was found"
which was such q difficult matter, after
his presenting himself before them after
hearing there was q warrant for him
Mary says Phelps had borrowed the
Kansas statutes and wss studying law
either to defend himself or Jack. Right
here let me apologize for his being sc
thoughtless as to appropriate to himself
the only copy Of the statutes when L
was so evidently needed by the justice o
the peace. It is no wonder the proceed
lngs on his part were illegal and thu
papers had to be made over again. H
says. too, "the whole townspeople ar
indignant over this fire and the financia
rum OF this firm of enterprising young
men," But never g word, mind you, o
pity for the other parties who lost tn
last place they had on cart
that they could call hom
} and now are left with six small childrel
and no place to live nor nothing witt
which to make another home ever 8
humble. Such sympathy and pity 10
. Messrs. Conrey and Refer Is indee
heavenly. But allow me to say ths
some of the townspeople were just as II
dignant over the fiendIsh and heathenis
8 expressions of some of the Christian {
was about To say bigots) but will Sd
!. brethren while was in the court ROOF
i, and Methodist church with my guar(
o Now in closing let me say hope tbs
these gooo "uoWnspeople VINO R1e anX
e ious TO have the matter Investigated sn
the law executed" will show q little moi
) judgment and reason next time an
r bring the guilty paities to justice, an
net through malice prosecute innOcer
: people, and remember next time that
man is innocent of crime until prove
i guilty, and for that reason should b
treated humanely, and not as your hun
BILE servant was. 1 expected the resul
4 of the trial wonld be noticed by him /
his latest news; but no! he was 8
silent Of the grave. 1t would seem the
! that the good townspeople were not q
; anxious to see justice meted out as the
led people to suppose. But instead. Onl
wanted to vent their righteous wrath o
j. A. BRANTLEY AND FRIENDS.