Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-10-03
Truth Crushed TO Earth VIII
Rise Again.

In a former article under the above
| heading, we made certain charges respect
ing the award of diplomas at the two last
| Fairs, and at the same time challenged
Mr.. Williams to a contest before competent
judges.
Mr.. Williams, in his very short article
published a few days ago, does not deny
the charge We make, that at the Fair of
1889 there We're no judges appointed but
claims he had a diploma granted by the
Association for the year 1889, and adds,
Il have the premium for 1890 after the
Association directors meet"
Before 1889 we were not in the business
and cannot speak of the means employed
by Mr. Williams to gain diplomas, but
we know how he obtained his diploma
in the year 1889, and how he tried to
obtain it in 1890. We again charge that
there were no judges appointed on pianos
and organs in 1889, that any diploma
granted Mr.. Williams for that year was
| traudulently obtained.
| This year the same party who helped to
| perpetrate the fraud last year again under
| took to secure diploma for Mr.. Williams.
| Since our last article was written the
| directors of the Association have had a
meeting. The matter of granting a di-
ploma for pianos and organs was fully in
veStigated, and we are authorized to say
| that they ignore the action of the so called
| judges and refuse to grant Mr.. Williams
a diploma. They find the appointment Of
/ the iud -eS was unauthorized and was made
without consulting the officers of the As
| sociation; that they We're not even appoint
| ed by Mr.. Troutman, who had charge of
| that department of tGe fair, but by his as
sistant VIM. Ensminger.
We refer any one doubling the above
statement to the directors of the Associa-
tion. who so kindly permitted us To use
their names. In support of the charge we
make, as TO the manner of obtaining the
| diploma of 1889, he following affidavit will
| speak for itself:
STATE OF PENN'A.
Co. OF BUTLER,
Before me, the subscriber, Notary Pub
! lie in and for said county, personally came
John K. Grieb and Il. j. Lamb. of the firm
Of Grieb & Lamb, piano and organ dealers,
of l20 South Main street, Butler Pa, who
being duly sworn according to law, depose
and say:
That on SeptemberS s. 1890, William Ems
minger, in a conversation with US, stated
that at the fair of 1889 he had charge of
| Floral Hall; that there were no Judges ap-
pointed on pianos and organs; that he
| (Ensminger) simply had given Mr.. Will
liams some red ribbon, which Williams
displayed on bis Instruments to make
believe he had been awarded the same,
all OF which they state to the best of
their knowledge and belief
J. Il. GRIEB,
r. J. LAME.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 1st
day of October, A. D. 1890.
FRANK koHLER,
Notary Public.
1t is the duty OF the people in charge of
the several departments to return the
books to the Secretary of the Association,
and we know he (Ensmingerl marked Mr.
Williams for diploma and that the Sec
retary, believing everything straight,
granted the diploma.
Is it not time that the manner of obtain
ing these diplomas should be crushed TO
earth. NEVER to rise again,
Respectfully submitted
GRrgB & LAMB.