Telegram-herald., 1890-10-25
VALENTINES FAKE
Charles = Poster Post. of Lansing
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TIE L&nsiag stAte Republican pub
llshes the following slgnlno&nt letter
from tee present oonlR&ader Of ChzFles
I. Poster Posi-, No ~, 81 LAnzng
10 the Eaitsr II the LzAsing ksFuellosa
nEAs sak-I aal receiving lettess
from Gr2nd Army comssaes. Of hleh
Tue following Z . specimen.
ScHooLCKAFT, Alch-. Oct 20, lS9o
CommsndeE Il Charles 2. fozler Post. No A.
L&aslag. Mica;
DEkR slK-i see that your posi-.
Charles I. Foster, No. A. occupied
rooms near Il rooms rented ~ JAules
NJ. Turner, ia less, and the Posi- aad
Monlan's Relief Corps naa 10 leave Their
ball On account OF tue insults Noa re-
ceiyed from the inmates Of the house
OF al least / SAN such statement la
print Please give ne the truth Ia re-
gard 10 the matter.
Yours very respectfully IA y {. a l..
J. r. BAKKR.
Now, IS cannot undertake "a reply
separately 10 ali such letters / have re
ceived, aud snail probably hereafter
receive, and II | dia | could n0I say
the trouble 10 ascertain whether they
were comrades IA good standing, than
! can through the medium OF the tress,
with your consent / viii avail myself
OF little space IN your eOlums 20 make
reply 10 al questions that have been
put 70 me 10y those claiming 20 be my
comrades, with regard 10 certain COM
municauOn OF COmraoe Valentine that
4 -. . sl. ~.
INST.
Charles T. Foster Post did not have
10 yacate It's room on account Of a
woman of questionable character ocen-
pying rooms IN the building; the woman
vacated. The post did not receive any
insult from James NJ. Turner. who was
acting ss agent of the building for the
collection Of the rent. James NJ. Tur-
ner did not rent the rooms 10 the wO-
man; they we're rented 10 her 10y the
owner OF the building, VINO also rented
TO the post. | have examined the rec
ords of our pest and while ! cannot
state what they do contain, unless
have as little regard as has Comrade
Valentine for an Obligation taken with
upllfted hands, think ] am permitted
10 say what they do not contain. They
do not SHOW that any such report was
ever made, as he says there was, by
any committee appointed 20 call upon
Mr.. James NJ. Turner and interview
him regarding woman of question
able character occupying rooms over
our post room.
Thinking that our records might not
b. as full SIS they should be, l have
called upon members Of the post, who
were present at the time the subject
came up, and l can not find any one
who say they remember that any such
report was msde as claimed by Com
rade Valentine.
| have also inquired of Comrade
James III. Baker IA letter will reacn
hlm at Harrison, Clare county, Mich. J.
who called upon Mr.. Turner on behalf
of the post. AS to what Mr.. Turner
said TO him, and he told me that Mr..
Turner said that IL be, Baker, knew
anything against the character of the
woman, 10 do what was necessary 10
have her removed from the building,
and he would stand by MIN. ] may
also add that 1t grieyes the members OF
my post to have Mr.. Turner's charac-
ter and good name questioned by a
member of the post; and especially 10
have it done falsely; for Charles 4.
Foster Post has no better or more lib
eral friends than James NJ. Turner and
his most estmable wife. When We
need assistance, as we often do,
for memorial day or for a banquet or
for anything else, we 90 10 tnen with
out dread or fear of a refusal or a
grudging git. which is worse, for We
never got either from them, as. / am
sorry to say, We do from some others,
and as G.. A. X. boys have their friends
and stand by them, as they do by each
other, and as cOmrade has made the
charge, they will. know. permit me TO
say what ! would just as gladly say for
Hon. Q. II. Barnes II his character was
attacked 10y a comrade, for he il
another of our good friends That
what Comrade Valentine says against
the character of James NJ Turner Is
not true.
| viii also ask comrades II il would
not be IN line OF duty for C0mrade Val
entlne TO repeat 70 himself certain i'm
precstlon that be has so often, as chap
lain of the post, repeated 70 others with
great force and solemnity2
W L. RED.
Commander of Charles I. Poster
Post. No. Al, Department Michigan q.
A. X.