The advocate., 1890-12-31
REPUBLICAN, JOURNALISTS CALUMNIAT-
ING NOBLE WOMEN.

ish gloe, copied the following from
the Lyndon Graphite, and, true TO it's
inherent instincts, sought 10 bring
obloquy upon one Of the fair cam
paigners for the peoples cause with
voice and pen.
Mrs Lease stated here last Thursday that she
was the daughter OF an old soldier, that her
father died In AndorgOnyllo prison and that she
had two brothers In the union army. A gentle
man living in this county came here-eighteen
miles from hOme-lust 10 500 II she was the
daughter OF man for whom he worked on a
farm In Ohio at the breaking out OF the war, and
who had married man by the name OF Lease.
lie met her on the street, recognized her and
called her by name. She turned when no called
10 her and put out her hand, saying "Why,
that's Nes. Wilkins" Mr.. wilkins questioned
her few moments, asked her about her father
and brother, TO which she gave evaslve answers.
Mr. Wilkins knew her. her father ana her
brothers In Ohio worked for he iather-ln-law AZ
the breaking out OF the war, and no says that
her father, whom she says died In AndersOnville
prison, was a rank cOpperhead, and that he Of
iered him (Wilkins) SlB per month advance on
wages n no (Wllkns would stay out Of the union
army; and that her brothers were small boys
and could not have been soldiers, Mr.. wilkins
resides at Scranton, thia county, and when he
aCCOsted Mrs. Lease the other day no did 80 In
the presence OF Witnesses one OF which was a
comrade from his own regiment
Mr.. George Hoover, editor Of the
Burlingame Times, deemed il in Or
der to write q letter, Of which the fol-
lowing is a copy:
THINKS OFFICE
BURLGNGAME, November 30, i80O
To NeIs Wahtus Scranton, Kan.
DEAR sm:-Wlll you please inform me ms 10
the correctness OF the enclosed from the columns
OF the Grdphic2 do not desire TO uphold any
person who sails under false cOlors. II Mrs.
Lease Is not union soldiers daughter and the
sister Of two boys who lost their lives In lighting
for tile cause OF the unon will take great pleas
ure in branding her as fraud.
Thereupon the following very In
teresting letter was received by Mr..
Hoover, in response TO his epistle:
SCRANTON, Kansas, December /, 1890.
TO tbe Editor Of Tho Times.
Your note OF inquiry came TO hand to-day In
regard 10 the conversation between Mrs. Lease
and myself will say that there is no truth In
the article printed In the Usage County Graphic
on November 27th. / win give just what passed
between Mrs. Lease and myself, / met Mrs.
Lease ln the parlors OF Sam Blacks hotel. In
reaching my hand 10 her, said
"Mrs Lease, believe? NV name is Wilkins"
She said "HOw do you do, Mr.. wilkins, Mel
son Wilklns7 / see you wear soldiers badge.
What regiment were you in?"
informed her that my regiment was the
Third Ohio Cavalry and asked; "Are you the
wife Of John Lease2"
"NO, married Charles Lease" then asked
her where Charles Lease was and she said in
illinois Then asked II John Lease and Charles
Lease were brothers, TO which she replied
mo relation that know OF; do not know
John Lease
then said; my reasons for asking you this,
Mrs Lease, are that was partially raised by
John Leases father"
That Is the exact conversation between Mrs.
Lease and myself, as near as can give it, My
veterans badge, given mo by the state Of Ohio,
was on the lapel Of my coat at the time had the
conversation with Mrs. Lease, on which my full
name appeared Inher speech here at Scranton
on Saturday evening Mrs. Lease gave me q rak-
ing over (as the boys call it) She said she had
been informed OF what she quoted since she
came here The quotation is as follows;
"Is Mr., wilkins here2 II so wish him to
make himself known. / have learned since
came TO Scranton that Mr.. Wilkins says dare
not meet him and deny certain allegations that
he can make that am not the daughter Of
dead union soldier, nor the sister Of two brave