The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-10-07

when 1t comes to the fRlsehOOd Of con,
Victed felOn.
It is rOw quite apparent that the story
told by the convict Nye about skinnlne
Slater and Mccoy was the spinal column
of Governor FOraker's speech, and the
most frantic efforts are being made to
bolster 1t up. The testimony of Drs
Medberry and 0betz, the demonstrators
of anatomy in the two medical colleges,
to the point that neither Of these men
had been skinned nor mutilated, took
the wind out Of Nye's perjured state
ment.
Medberry is a Republican and Obetz
a Democrat. Neither of them has ever
been III the penitentiary or charged
with any crime. This, of course, was
greatly to their discredlt In the estima-
tion Of the Republican leaders, but
among honest men and women the fact
that man has not been sent to the pen
itentiary is not regarded as an unpar-
| dOnable siD, or a sufficient reason why
his statements should be disbelieVed.
Their concurrent testimony stamped
Nye's affidavit as piece of horrible and
Infamous perjury, and one would nat
urslly suppose that Governor Foraker
would have dropped the thing at once.
But new line Of horror was opened
up with the assistance of the CONNER.
cisl, the State Journal and the newly
converted Dispatch. They came out
simultaneously with story, emanat-
ing, as alleged, from some one In Della.
ware, to the effect that DR.. Montgomery
went to Schanwecker's tannery with q
human skin In q basket and made ar.
rangements for tanning 1t. The Della
ware retailer CT this story went on to
say that he saw the skin In the Vats at
Schahwecker's In process Of tanning.
This was different story than the one
told by Nye, and was spread broadcast
through the Republican press Of the
State. After telling the story they pro-
posed to establish 1t, and Governor For
aker sent out his trusty affidavit taker
to take the affilaVits of the Schanweck-
ers. They said they knew nothing about
the stories, but were very we'll satisfied
that no human hides had been tanned
In their establishment.
But In the meantime hundred Re-
publican papers In Ohio had done all
they could to destroy the business of the
Messrs. Schanwecker, by printing In
conspicuous type the Infamous lie that
they were engaged In tanning human
skins. The SChsnweckers, / believe, are
Democrats, and that was quite sufi
cient prOv0csti0n for the desperate Re.
publican leaders to invent this atrOC-
i0us lie concerning them, and break
down their trade. And this falsehOOd
will no doubt injure them great deal,
for the Republican papers throughout
the State that published 1t will stick to
1t.
But when Governor Forsker's affidavit
taker hunted the thing down, what did
he findp Nothing, except that fore
man In Schanwecker's place said that q
man who gave his name as Montgomery,
came to him and wanted him to tan q
piece Of human skin, which he fatty re-
fused to do. When asked If the skin had
been brought to him In basket, he said
nc, land when asked il he knew DR.. Mont
gomery, he said he did not. This was
found out after the brutal and beastly
falseh0Od against the Messrs. SChan.
wecker had been printed In all the Re-
publican papers In the State, and their
business injured and put under ban.
But what cared the Republican lead
ers and organs for any pjury that
might be inflicted on the MessTs. Schan-
wecker so they could make few votes
for a dying cause? Why, the ssnctity
of female virtue would not stand before
men who would blast honesty aud fair
fame with the upas of penitentiary Der.
jury to make votes. They opened Pan
dOra's box when they invaded the peni-
tentiary and offered pardons and paroles
for sffijavits against Democrats. The
libel and defamation of reputable busi-
ness houses follow only as natural re-
suits. Still viler crimes may be expect
ed to follow.
After taking the affidavit of the fore
man at Schanwecker's which gave the
lie to the story that had been invented,
some Of the organs turn around and say
they we're mistaken as to the tannery,
and charge 1t upon another respectable
business firm In the city.
ALI these new stories grew out Of the
original perjury of Nys, which two
reputable physicians Contradicted.
There was just az much truth In Nye's
story which Governor Foraker embodied
In his speech ss there was In the stories
that he and other convicts told about
Deputy Warden Dean, Drs Gay and
Gunsaulus and other penitentiary offic-
ials under Governor Fosters administers
ti0n. Had Governor Hosdly gone into
the c0nvict-affidavlt business, these men
and others would have sworn that Gay
and GunsaulUs wore slippers made from
the skins Of conVicts, and that Mr. Desn
made 1t a regular business 70 murder
prisoners.
Are these men willing to have the lies
OF cOnvicts stand against them as proven
accusations. RI not, what do they
think Of Governor Foraker's method Of
campaigniOg? 1 have dignihed this
subject with so much notice only
because Governor Foraker and his advis-
ers persist In trying to force the ex-
ploded perjurjes Of convicts upon the
people Of the State.
y
II the worst comes to the worst In the
Republican campaign, and Angel
Francis. Seraph Nye and Cherub Rich
ardson can't lie with sufficient v0lnbil-
ity to meet the awful exigepcies Of the
rase. they ah0u,d hear In MIND thai Eli
Perkins SIP Ives sud is on ~ ~.
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