Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-12-29

sire to state the facts in detail On
November ~ you Informed me that
you had instructed Messrs. Angel 4
Sullivan to prepare the necessary pa.
pers for me to sign, and that when
completed and aign<d you would ad.
vance mo the $500. I called at the
efice Of Angel / Sullivan on Monday
morning, whom the papers were pre-
sented for my signature. refused
to sign. You thea informed mo you
would send on both documents, Il
having prepared paper | Was willing
to sign,) to Mr.. Palr er, aud if he was
satisfied with the paper was willing
to sign, thar you would then renew
your offer. You also stated, that to
save my time you would ask for 70.
ply by wire. l agreed to your doing
50. l may here state that you re-
marked that my refusal to sign would
not debar me from joining the men in
your undertaking to purchase their
claims, but that it would only
affect my claim for money advanced
te Mr.. Palmer. On Wednesday
morning, Esd inst, | asked you not to
send the papers to Mr.. Palmer, as !
had decided not to withdraw the
charges had made against M. Pal.
mer. On more mature reilec-
ton | regret having 20
done, and would now be
pleased to accept your offer and
sign the notice of withdrawal Of said
charge which you had prepared and
which refused to sign.
ea Very respectfully yours,
"a THOMAS VENARD.
On receiving the foregoing letter
from Mr.. Vcnard, l instructed my
agent to pay the $4,000 ON ven.rd
signing copy Of the very retrsction
drawn up by Mr.. Angel, and previ.
ously submitted to Mr.. Ravens, aud
which venard had previously refused
to sign. The retraction is AZ follows:
/, Thomas Venard having made a
criminal complaint before the Pro.
bate Court, against Cecil Is. Palmer,
believing at the time OF making said
complaint that the transactions be-
tween Cecil d. Palmer and myself
rendered him amenable to criminal
prosecution, but since making that
complaint. and upon further investi.
cation, ! have been fully convinced
that Mr.. Palmer was in no way guilty
of any criminal act toward me, and
that the attempted prosecution of him
by me on criminal charge was Who'll
~ groundless, and l deem it but Just
and rightly due to Mr.. Palmer and
his friends that should retract that
accusation, and do whatever is in my
power to remove the stigma have
unwittingly placed upon his reputa-
ton in making said charges.
[Signed] THOMAS VExARD.
You will please observe that Mr..
Venard states:
"On Wednesday morning, the 25th
inst, | asked you not to send the pa
pers to Mr.. Palmer, as / had decided
not to withdraw the charge had
made against Mr.. Palmer"
On the afternoon of the same day
Mr.. Ravens came here and in my alb
sence, and without, in any way, giving
me notice, made most unjust'fiable
and libelous statement in the presence
of Messrs. G. A. Mccormick, j. II.
Harris, r. l.. Ogilvie and others. The
following is the substance of the
statement referred to. You will
please note that it is signed by the
three geatlemen named:
BELLEVUE, Idaho, Dec. 20, 'S5.
We, the undersigned, hereby af'
6rm that on Wednesday, Dec. %
1885, at the city of Bellevue, in GU,
several presence, and publicly, G. l.,
Ravens asserted that he intended tc
withdraw from the committee ap.
pointed to adjust the Affairs of the
Minnie Moore mine, for the reason
that Nj. Carmichael, as he asserted
had squareIy broken his word by re-
fusing to settle with one Thomas We.
nard upon the terms, and in the man
ncr, in which he (Carmichael) had
agreed to do. He further asserted
that he (Havens) was solicited to ac'
on said committee for the sole pur.
pose Of using his influence to secure
Venard's acceptance OF the proposed
settlement, aud that he had done sc
in friendly manner, and having &C
complished what was desired in tina,
direction, he felt that Mr.. Carmi.
chaeVs breach of good faith in refus.
ing to fulfill the contract of settlement
with Venard was personal aifront t.
him (Havens) which he did not pro
pose to quietly endure. and many
other assertions of similar import re-
garding Mr.. Carmichael's lack OF in
tegrity. J. II. <HARRIs,
R. L. OGlLvIE,
G. A. McCoRNIcK