, 1888-03-29
Mrs, Molloy's Reply.
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BAKER CITY. March y.

\ friend has called my attention
to an editorial paragraph conceruluS
me IN your issue Of he l.. b, whIct!
Is untrue i'll every p,rtcuLar, and !
ask that you d. me the JUS Ica i,
grant me :. ace 20 mak" iEc folio"
Iug corrections:
FIrst.-I have had no interview
with any Chicago Reporter
Second. .-I.e charge tlIIt L have
violated t;.e dee @vi-.s OF pablo au'i
private life fJr yrAr- = 81 whl!. pos
ing as an evangelist" canaot ,-e su7
tanned. ] Euv.. dep .sIi!JIa from
every plac, wueG. | A.vs evtr .!vsi
showing my Character 10 %" uulHn
peachaD!e. and uo c.i7I.E,,ei have ,vei
been made against III" ny Gggoc;E
personally aogu .,nt2i with .nr.
rht.u-I was DUI :: ''Iefpntt.J Ia
the recent murder ,ria! III Syringe
field, Mo, which 5tIte,aeIt can De
verified by writing 10 Ju iSe Biaud,
who tried the cora Lee casr, IA
which [ was subpenLed IL IL witness.
His post-oiIice address Is kOlla. Mo.
| would a!sJ refer yo-I 20 in !S' ".
ID. HIhbard. Of Springfield, Mo. who
was formally on III the pros 'cutora
in that case, aud also TO Hen. II. Il.
Howell, and Itathbun, Travers q
RatAbun, attorneys III the ease. fer
continuation OF my statements.
Fourth have never been accused
OF mugd T, a. yuur editorial would
seem to Indicate t. the minds Of
,-,,,. do, .tr,,I 10 Tho ,raiiulf nary
examination. when al effort Maa
made to SOW that L vas au "aic:25-
sorry aftec the fact 10 L murder sup
posed 10 be committed whe: | WAS
800 miles away, N testimony va
produced IL establish the supposed
fact.
Fifth have never had any trial
before the courts in Springfield, Mo.
OF any other place. l have been con.
startly villiiied and maliciously lied
about 10 the sensational newspapers
of this country for over two years
past, and with an injustice which IS
unprecedented they have refused TO
publish ailidavits and depositiOns of
responsible persons which would
have corrected the ander5- iuter-
views with reporters whom L have
never seen put words i'll my mouth
which l have never uttered, and tins
kind of warfare is suppose! to pre-
sent the Justice and chivalry of men
in America toward Il woman whose
sole crime seems to be that she has
advocated the principle of religion
and temperance.
Sixth Silly and sentimental peo-
pie" will not need the protection of
The OregOnidH, nor is an outcry nee
essary in the case for the protection
of society, because L am abundantly
able to disprove to the satisfaction of
all sensible, honest and fair minded
people, every slanderous charge The
newspapers have made against my
character. There are, likewise, many
persons In Oregon of the highest re-
spectability, who have known me
from childhood, and if references
were needed | can procure them by
scores. But no one can complain of
my having imposed upon any com
munity. l have never written to, or
asked any church or people to en-
p!oy me as an evangelist or temper
ance speaker, in all the seventeen
years that l have been engaged in
the work l have gone only where l
have been invited, and l have never
labored in any place where L cannot
to~day go back again.
After the indictment against me in
Missouri had been ''nolled" l asked
Grace Nj. Z. church in Springfield,
of which I was member, to appoint
a committee to investigate the char
yes which the scandalous tongues of
my enemies had made against me.
The presiding elder and pastor re
piled: If the courts of Missouri
have dragged the whole United
States for two years, with a fine net
and sustained no charge against
your character, it would be very silly
for us to attempt any trial We
have no charges against You"
The members of that church and
my pastor have been present in the
farce of a trial through which Cora
Lee was dragged, and heard all the
testimony which could i'll any wise
have reflected upon my character,
and they have commanded me to the
love and fellowship of the Christian
people with whom L may Become as
sociated in my new western home. l
bring a letter to the church in Port
Townsend which asserts that l have
been an acceptable member Of Grace
NJ. E. church in Springfield" and the
Methodists of Oregon and Washing-
ton territory know that it is not the
custom of the Methodist church to
thus comemnd "lewd" and ''im-
noral' persons.
If to be falsely accused and IN
Justly prosecuted is crime which
debars one from citizenship in this
western country the readers of The
Oregonium would like to be so i'll
formed, as would also yours respect
fully, EMMA MOLLO4.