The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-02-10
A SENSATION KILLED.
a Leading Democratic Edito
Makes a Manly Retraction.
CHAIRMAN KEE TELEGRApHs
Tho lntclIigenccri Tha, There Is M
Foundation For u Certain News.
paper Artiele slanderins Con:
Tho Writgr Iscpudiatcs 1t.

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Tho Tvcor,,. v.,,.v u.,,. ,,.,.r., :!
:. ,,', MI s.' aa'''",1 .'e"s' puolishe'
'" L'kihs' thiS STATE, last week printed
sensation purporting to give the details O.
"a mean plot Of the lR.nubl;c,, man
a,ero ~ ,ot n.,o.aio ~ .,v... I..
S TS., ~ ~ neee"'' NV NV away ''om .
oaaflcstoh III tine TO save deneralGoh'',
pending the vote on the gubernatorial
contest, The article from the N,v, ia rc.
,ro,ro.1 ho,,w ,,.o.l.. ,..;.,. 49,,
. ~ ess"'' WIN .e'c'
grams 70 tue lNrktLidEScERi from Mr.kee
himself, Starkc L. Baker, I. p. r. Brown,
who were involved in III. ma,,sr and
,bai, s,i,t,, dtf,h.,1M.n.' a,a,.,., -" -. :
WV '''o' " wy 4'e"'' s'"'np!hs the
Mhole sehsalioh us canard. 1t will be
observed that Editor Triplctt, OF the
Ne,rs, makes n manly retrac,ion ~ tho
chor1o. ~ ,,o;noJ /, ~, ,a,t..a, >.
"s'' so"'",n,u ~ ,iis eu''otai'' and IL
IS to he hoped that the Democratic pa.
pers that have been led into publishing
the story will have tho fairness IN nr;r,
,ho....ao.;tu ro,,a..,.~..n.. W t"'
onos.; uu sv.'s.''o' fo'o"'"s ID 'Ae aftlcle Ill
4uGs'.oh 4Ms Ill.
Non, Is"n Hann Ta,,d w de.eas jus.lce ellnc 10
'ssr,,,;. ~. .u!I uesuay eSehIns that, LOT
Ht@senns .l'vkets a.'u pasehess OF pur'
,"s vS.' stals nI;,; ",'Hoai rlva. III 1me MS
~! y. poi'.lte .' La .,aIs county me IN,
sI.'sa..ou naIsa , y, 'aie Is.tlnpaeu nii9ery OF
ne.ssa'e LINT, y. aiafion couhty,py me
oU,i...Ie na.e ,io, 'ue ooin. assembly lea
w. p.ot'1h W 9Tuppooe tu"t WV ou tIe
ropJ.s l, " sns Jouies. .;ii oo'l!i.s,ee wou!u
o.1, ~. ne iGatnso i. MI; ~ 'nu h!uu'e VI tnis
meuA W ia.ef. anls gaVe the hepuoh-
oaI @inht turn na' M f,vorip vo H"pe nometnlag
''Tn. 4 nsn. susm W ,suil.ns AZ; uennrai uon.
"a. te''JcraI asI 'nisus uie or oa chi.ea nome
ny ny Wy % uea.u =, p anelhoet Oh his ia'nliy.
tne Iorces ~ never,y coucseisu ana mt
I''Iop t'aI happy pau u! bringing w.. nee,
Me'vsai' ,"nvs lio iin,,od 'e county, away, ana
.eare the atieaseG' aellaaasu democrats
known 1tha. Mrs Koe % had ~ hsam ""'
sick for several dnys md ,hat
Mr.. Kee must know OF it. Mr. Kee's
powerful influence among his colleagues
is fully known, Ms is, also, his devotion
to his family. DR.. iokum and Mrs.
hee both gave out the word that his
presence at home was not imperative,
but this could not deter those bent ON
defeating right and justice iu restoring
to q most dastardly method to accom-
plish their devil,sh purpose. "A prom.
lnent young Republican, who las been
recognized by the Harrison adminis,ra.
ton to the extent OF 4 splendid position
IN the Revenue Service in this State
undertook to carry out the plan. He
Was in this city Tuesday aud sent d teie.
gram to MIR. kee, with Dr.. Hum Yo-
kum's name signed, urging him to come
to his wife ut once. This would have
brought him IRON Europe, though he
were about to receive the crown OF the
German Empire. Bat somebody evil
dently took in the situation, for tho fol-
lowing telegram was received the same
=. "CuARLEsroS, w. VA. Feb. t.
az. J. Trip,an. ElEius. VIA. -
"Ask y, yok,,, 3, Eao ,n,..
home. Answer quick.
~ ''B, +. BUTCHER.
"Nlr Triplett didn't see DR.. Yokum
because il was then dark. and the road
to Beverly, owing to darkness. was utter.
" impassable, but lie did see a gentle.
man or two from there who gave us the
statements from DR.. Yokum and Mrs.
Kee, as given above, and this intelli.
gence was wired. However. the renort
came mn Tuesday and was aionted Sin