Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-11
Unjust Attacks on Sheriff Scriv-
mar

Unjust Attacks on Sheriff Soriv-
ner.
Lee Scrivner, the present Sheriff I
OF this county. has been made the /
subject of several unjust attacks since /
his election last fall and though be
has never said one word TO US on the /
subject, the HERALD Ou It's own mo-
ton, enters its earnest protest against /
these unfair criticisms of good man /
and officer. The last KirWIn Chief /
contains this:
Ed CHIEF: How is ihisg We are reliably in
/ formed that our sheriff, Lee ScFivner, has gone
/ into the race horse business, he matched race
\ with c. NJ MCGUIRE the other day then resorted
70 MS oiu IGllchs' Went SacA on tne pest friends
he had and thrOWed the money TO the other fellow
/ but what more could we expect from man who
/ haa been as dOqblefaced rs he has in politics,
/ when he wants help he goes to the old soldiers
but IL he has anything TO let out he gives t to the
Democrats and kids If he has TO go tn saloon to
{ lind them. We have been waiting to see those
fellows come out and they have come and we are
/ "atchin& them. W. admire a true man but de-
nOunce an migrate of any party. REPUBLICAN.
Now we aIe informed by reliable
parties that the above contains but
one grain of truth and that IS that
MIR. Scrivner owned one of the horses
and naturally feels a pride in his
horse as would anybody under like cir
cumstances, but all the other charges
and insinuatiOns are false. The in
! situations made against the sheriff
because of the escape of the three
! young men from iail are unfOunded
and very unjust toward that officer.
The facts are that Jailer COWen
/ thought it would be inhuman TO lock
up five men In q little cage who were
I0b7 1Trr4,+
pressivelY hot nights so he gave them
liberty inside the jail walls. The
men tore up the floor, got into the
basement and escaped through the
coal shute. Sheriff SCrivner was not
in any manner responsible for this &C
cIdent; neither in fact is Mr.. COWen
censurable. No humane officer would,
such a night as the one they escaped,
have confined prisoners accused of
petty Ofense in the cage to swelter
there in the intense heat.
People ought to be reasonable and
fair in passing judgment upon pub
lie officers as well as private individ-
uals
Lee Scrivner was an old soldier; he
has long been a respected citizen Of
this county and the HERALD believes
that he is a generous, big-hearted,
honest man and an officer who is con
scentiously trying to faithfully dis
charge his duty. We do not deny
the right of correspondents to criticize
public officers, but we do most IN
hesitatingly declare that their criti-
cisms, so far, of Lee Scrivner, have
, not shaken our faith in the honor and
integrity of the man.
NOTE-Since the above was put in
type we have had a personal inter
view with Mr.. Scrivner. He informs
us that in regard to the horse race re-
ferred to Mr.. Kirk came and borrow
ed his horse. He loaned him the an
Imal. Kirk ran the horse on his own
responsibility. He (Scrivner) wagered
no money and IN fact had nothing
l whatever to do with the race He
. purchased the animal as a specul8-
ton and not to run him in races. He
3 further informed us that the author
of the slanderOus article in the CHIEF
is w. j. Palmer his former deputy at
Kirwin whom he discharged for reas-
Ons satisfactory to himself, and who
1 ! is now his personal enemy.
AS to the escape Of the three pris-
l. Oners alluded to it was no fault Of the
officers. Judge Bertram, after inves-
: tigation, pronounced the jail very IN.
. safe and exOnerated the officers from
t all blame because of said escape.