Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1890-06-12
The Police Officer Makes a
Statement to the Public.
WIN. HAPE, HUSBAND OF THE LADY
WHO CLAIMED TO HAvK BEEN
IHsuLTED, ExoNERATKs
POLICEMAN D0BYNs.
sworn Statement from Mrs. Csllie G. Orr
Denying that She Sent . Note to
Dobyns-The Whole Thing
Scheme to Injure
the Oficer.

To the Public:
MEXICO, Mo-, June 81 want to
make a statement concerning the af-
fair in which am unfortunately in
volved, and about which an article
appeared in yesterdays LEDGER.
About three weeks ago Irwin
Caldwell brought me note pur-
porting to come from lady, whose
name did not appear in the note,
but who Caldwell said was Mrs.
Hape. The note said the writer
wanted to gee me on business, and
would tell me something to my in
terest if / would call at her house.
l then wrote a few lines on a
piece OF paper, which 1 gave to
Caldwell, in uhichII said if she
wanted to see ms she could do SO
at any time as I.pas passing.
Last week I received another
note from the same darkey, Cald-
well, and which he said was sent me
by the same lady and saying that
she had not got to see me accord
ing to promise, but that William
was going to st. Louis and she
wanted to see me before he went.
This note 1 did not answer.
I went to her house last Monday
evening about Z O'Clock and asked
her what business she had with
me. She said she had none.
I asked her then what she had
been writing to me for.
She said she had not written to
me.
I said then probably 1 had been
misinformed, and that would in
vestigate the matter and find out
about it. 1 told her that this
darkey had brought me two notes
which he said she had sent me.
She denied sending me any
notes.
l told her l would see the darkey
| about the matter, and that I was
very sorry it had occurred, and
that I would do all in my powe,
to straighten the matter up.
| She seemed to be very we'll con-
tented with this and I turned
around and left her.
The next morning Mr.. William
Hape went with me and saw tn.
darkey, who said that the notes
were net from Mrs. Hape; that ]
was mistaken, but from a lady
down 'on the corner" named Mrs
Orr. That seemed to satisfy Mr.
Hape, and he said it was clrearly
q mistake and that we weuld dlo]
the matter and say no more abou
it. Herewith is published the al
fdavit of Mrs. Orr, which speak
J for itself:
Il STATE OF Missouri, COUNTY O.
AUDRAIN.-Mrs. Callie G. Orr
being duly sworn on her oath
states that she never had, at an
time, written or caused to be writ
ten to Mr.. J. p. Dobyns, for hei
self or any one else, note, lette
or paper on any subject or for an.
purpose whatever. She further
more swore that she had never sen
! q note to any person whatever b
one Irwin Caldwell, colored, bette
known as "Wick- Wack."
3 Mrs. CALLIE C. ORR.
8 Subscribed and sworn to befor
: me, this 5th day of June, 1890.
Il JOHN w. HOWELL,
Notary Publ
= TMy commission as Notary wi
9 expire the Sd day of Nov, 1893. ]
This is all I know OF this matte
: I never insulted the lady nor il
;. tended to do 80. I was led I'M
9 q trap without suspecting it.
n went, as / ought to have done,
6 response to a lady's request. WI
6 wrote and sent me the notes
O do not know. l only know that
b intended no wrong to anyone, ar
II this is full and fair statement ,
+ the whole matter.