Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-10-13
WE COME AT HIM AGAIN.
SOME AFFIDAvITs FOR j. WI.
LEY SHOOK.
1t IL Sworn to That Mr.. shook
said He Aided MIR. E:wart I'm Pre-
pairing That Force Bill speech
and Had to Work to Get Him to
Deliver II.

| From staff correspondent.
PIGEON RIVER. HAYWOOD CouNTy)
October 10, 1901
Mr.. J. Wiley Shook, who recently as
sumed control of the Western Farme,
and Mechanic as editor, took occasion il
the first issue Of that paper under hi.
management, to comment upon my report
of the discussion between Crawford and
Ewart at Burnsville, in a way that is
calculated to cause people unfamiliar
with the facts to believe that Mr.. Craw.
ford had no authority deserving he pub.
credit of the public, for the
statement that he (Shook) had
had said that he had aided in preparing
Ewart's speech against the Lodge elec.
tion bill, and that Ewart never would
have delivered the speech if he lShook)
had not urged him to do so.
In order that the public may know Just
what authority Mr.. Crawford has for
this statement, furnish herewith some
of the auI hority, which think sufficient
to convince any one that Mr. Shook did
make the statement attributed to him.
Shook has denied absolutely, in a tele-
gram to Mr.. Ewart from Washington,
under date of September 23d. that he
made any such statement.
Below s the certificate of Mr., H. p.
Haynes, the father-in-law of Shook. II
will just say hat Mr.. Haynes is as hon
orable and highly esteemed gentleman as
resides in Haywood county:
MR.. HAYNES CERTIFICATE.
CLYDE, HAYwooD COUNTY, N. c.
September 22. 1890
certify that ]. Wiley Shook, when he
was at home in August last, told me
Hon. ii. G. Ewart did not want to de- |
liver a speech against the force bill, be-
cause he feared it would injurc him in his |
district, but he Shook said he told Ew- |
art It was the very thing that would |
help. him, and he Shook helped him to |
get 1t up, and that Ewart wanted to
back out, but that he (Shook) urged him |
to make it, and that after it was made |
Ewart said he feared he had ruined him
self. But after the papers came out he
was pleased with the result. Ewart
told Shook he had kept him right one
time. Shook told Others in Clyde the
same thing. II. =. HAYNES.
Witness: II. n. WELLS, NJ. ID.
AND HERE'S ANOTHER ONE.
The following certificate from Walter
Z. Moore, an attorney at Webster, n. c.,
not only coroboratcs Mr.. Haynes, but
ter, and therefore shows that the state
mcnt made bv Shook in the presence OF
MIR. Haynes was absolutely correct.
MR.. MooRE's CERTIFICATE.
WEBSTER, n. c., Sept. 90, 1890.
This is to certify that L. w. Gambler,
who was at the time rooming with J
Wiley Shook and II. c. Shook, at Wash
ington, told me that said Shook helped
Ewart prepare his speech, and that Ew-
art did not want to make speech upon
the Lodge bill then pending in congress.
WALTER L. MOORE.
Shook claimed in the Farmer and Me-
chanic not only that he had made no
such statement as Mr.. Haynes attribu. |
ted to him, but insinuated that Mr.. |
HAYNES statement was unworthy OF be- |
lief because he had not sworn to It. Since
MIR. Shook seemed to want athdavits,
the following was voluntarily made ana
handed to Mr.. Crawford. Mr.. Osborne
is a resident Of Clyde, Mr.. Shocks home,
and is a man in whom every one has con-
iidence. aud whose veracity is above sus
picion:
MR.. osBoRNE's AFFIDAVIT.
"A. G. Osborne. of the county of Hay
wood. and state of North Carolina, do
hereby certify that ]. Wiley Shook, of the
same county and state, did tell me. in the
presence OF others, that he, ]. w. Shook,
did spend several nights in preparing the
speech OF H.G. Ewart in incongrcss against
the election law. and also that it was
with great difficulty that they got Ew-
art to deliver the speech after il was pre-.
pared. And he, ]. w. Shook. also said
that when Ewart came out OF the
house aud met him, he said: "Shook
YOU have ruined me in my district" and
Wiley said: Put the blame on me, am
able to bear it,
lSigncdl 49, osborne.
Sworn To and subscribed before me this
October \, 1890. j. l.. BELL,
Clerk of the superior court OF
IsEAI.l Pennsylvania county.
Does MIR. Shook wish more atfidavits! !