The Osceola times., 1886-07-10
Communicated. I
OscKoLA, ARK, July 8, 1886.

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OsCEoLA, ARK, July :, 1886.
EDITOR OscEoLA TINES: Please
allow me space in the columns Of
the TINES to say few words in re-
ply to a letter in the Little Rock
Gazette, of date, June, 25th, signed
Robt. Dean, in which he misreprc-
sents the subject he has attempted
to write about. 1t is only in juslii-
cation to Prosecuting Attorney, w.
Is. Edrington, aud the special jury
in the Z. X. Trout case, that desire
to reply to Mr.. Deans letter; as to
what he says about myself individu-
ally, ] merely consider the source.
Everybody in Mississippi County
knows who and what Mr.. Dean is.
As to how came to be appointed
special officer to summons special
ljury to try Z. X. Trout, the facts are
these: When the Judge discharged
Mr.. Speed, the special officer who
was then waiting upon the court, he
told thaoPposing counsel to get to-
geiher and agree on some one to
summon tho jury and he would ap.
point whoever they agreed upon.
Mr.. Edrington said he was willing
for the Coroner to be appointed; Mr..
Trout seriously objected, and cane
to me and requested me to accept
the appointment aud summon the
Jury; refused, giving him my rea-
sons; he then tried several other par
ties, and they refused. He then
came back to me and insisted that |
should summon the jury, aud | final
ly consented, the attorneys all agree
ing; and when Judge I. L. MGoycrn
swore me in MS special officer, he in
structed me 10 sun"non n jury that
| would be willing to be tried 10y if
was in Trou,'s place, which did.
| summoned thirty five as good, So
Der aud honest jurymen as Mississip-
pi county, or any other county, can
: afford, and the jury was called in. |
was complimented by Mr.. Bacchus,
who was clerk for four years, and by
|, Mr.. ii. X. McVeigh, the present clerk
who said it was as good jury as
they ever saw in that Court house.
But Mr.. Dean would have the peo,
lple believe, from his letter in the
Gazette, that .th" jury was composed
, Of anything but honest men.
, A word as to the Butler whisky;
; Dir. Dean tries to make it appear
, that | tried to keep the officers from
, attaching the Butler whiskey, which
, is not true. turned everything
there was in my possession over to
Mr. Tappan, the Deputy U. s. Mar
shal, but the men engaged in loading
the goods in the wagons, while no
one WAS looking, put half barrel of
Peach Brandy and case of ] dozen
bottles Of Rye whiskey under my
kitchen, aud when Calvin Boose, one
of the men that Mr.. Tappan had
loading the goods, told me it was
there, ! had him 10 put it back in my
meat house, and notified Clarence
Butler of the fact, that he might
, make such disposition Of it that he
saw proper. Mr.. Dean says that
Trout made demand OF me for the
remainder of the Butler goods and
to keep Trout from searching for
I them, | promised to deliver them by
the time Trout could get wagon.
A bigger falshood was never utter
ed from the lips of man. never
promised to deliver anything, but
told him he was welcome to search
, anywhere about my place he pleased.
Mr.. Dean says he will have n barrel
of fine Brandy on exhibition at the
Court house, free of charge: Bob, |
think the people have already seen
too much Red Liquor, and its effect,
on exhibition at the Court house, but
it don't seem to have been exactly
free by the way your gang have to
hustle around to raise money to make
the annual settlement. Bob, ] have
case Of fine old Rye whiskey that
will be on exhibition at my house
until after the first Monday in Sep
tember, when l and my friends will
qunff a bumper to the democratic
, majority who by their vote shall say,
, "Bob, retire to Deans Island, the
} home Of your happy childhood" and
, to W. S. Hayes, the democratic NOM
inee, "Come lead US out Of the will
, derncss Of debt, trouble, confusion
{ and saisfortunes in which the pres
lent incumbents have involved us.
Il Respectfully,
Inux l<oyrwrrI