St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-21
EDITOR CUTTING TELLS HIS
OWN STORY.

following card was handed to the
press to-day by Cutting, and is til,
FIRST explanation OF the whole stor,
of the Cutting trouble:
Gas see from the various news
papers that have been handed me
that the impression is almost gen
ernl that the trouble l have goi
into with the Mexican authorities
is the ontgrowth of mud.slinSins
match between two rival editors,
desire. in justice to myself, to OK
plain, through your columns, the
whole cause Of my difficulties with
the man Medina, ut whose instance
I was arrested. For four years
have worked and done business in
Ell Pnso. BY hard knocks and the
assistance Of friends l gathered to-
gether sufficient money to start the
Daily Bulletin. II twenty eight COL
umn advertising sheet, in last De-
cember. On Feb. / ha.i an offer
from DIR. A. V. Dagneri and his
father-in-law. Invocenti Ochoa, to
sell him half interest in my print
ing material, move the same to
Paso del Norte. and start large
weekly. half Spanish and half Eng
fish. l accepted. aud OH March
we issued tie first number OF Ell
Centine!a. Previous to this, in
1883 and 1884. Mr.. Ochoa was the
owner OF Ell Progressista, a Spanish
weekly published in Paso del Norte
with his cousin Medina as editor.
or this venture Mr.. Ochoa told me
subsequently. to quote his own
words. Medina proved to be dead
beat and swindled me out of over
$4,000 in these two yeare.' SO Mr..
Ochon closed the Office and sold the
material to parties in chihuahua.
Well aware Of these facts. it was
ono OF the sale stipulations l had
with Ochoa and Dngneri that Me-
dina should i'll no case. way or
shape be connected with the paper
in fact or i'll name. Before we had
issued the second number OF FL
Centinela, out lie comes in II flaming
prospectus, saying that he was
about to revive the old I'rog,sssista.
aud urging its old patrons not to
pat-onize our paper. but wait n
week or two until his office woul.l
arrive, etc.
"ro make n long story short,
three -uch prospect,tses were issued
by Medina dnrinS March anil
April. To NIL Of them 1 pnid no
attention i'll my English depart
meat OF FL Centinela. About th.
middle Of May there was issued
t'ur-pugs prospectus. this time Of
the Reuista International, with Me-
dina us editor and business man.
ager. hacked by unlimited capital
This prospectus called forth the ar
ticle for which I was arrested. /
inserted in my English depal tmeni
OF FL Centiaeta about twe.,ty lines,
AS follows:
1--we have the only job and
newspaper oriiit in Pnso del Nortc
The proposed Spanish publications.
by Medina are myths, and design
ell to injure our Legitimate business.
Medina has not pound of type,
and not dollar to buy any with
''Such was the tome of the twenty
lines devoted to Medina and his
fourth prospectus. l was simply
protecting my Legitimate business
against one whom l considered a
fraud. ! did just what any news
paper man would do under the
This was the lie
f'.mation for which was compelled
TO make IL retrnc ion bSfore the |
Mexican Judge. but not until three
weeks hai passed. Then Mr.. Dig
neri. who wns The responsible edit |
or-the Mexican law requires one |
OF the proprietors of newspaper
to be at the heal as responsible.
party-the editor who Eas 10 bG
jnlled i'll cases similar 10 mine, was
notified to appear in court Ind
make the retraction, but l object
ed. I was alone responsible. II
had any objections to my
notice OF him, l was the one for
him to demand retraction from.
The next day was arrested. and.
following Ochoa and Dagneri's all
vice. signed the retraction. But
my American blood was UP, and
crossing to FL Pasn. l reiterated i'll
he lei Paso Herald my original ns-
sertions, and Baid il Medina wanted
satisfaction a la american, l would
rive him all he wanted. and ut any |
lime and place, etc: ami my incar-
hore il the result.
A. X. CUTTING.
jail. Paso del No,te, dug. Is, 1856.