Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-28
MR.. EMERY'S ANSWER
To the Charges Made Against Him
During the Oil Excitement.
SOME INTERESTING STATEMENTS.
Colonel Mcclure Very Certain That Della
mater Will be Beaten.
POLITICS THROUGHOUT THE STATE
SPECIAL rELzeRAx TO THE DISPATCH,

SPECIAL TELEeRAM TO THE DrspArcHy
PoTTsvILLE, October 27-Ex-Senator
Lewis Emery, Jr., tonight made the follow
ing personal statement over his own sig
nature:
The Philadelphia Press, October %, pub
lished story concerning myself. garbled from
the court records of Mexican county, which I
desire to refute. When one Lenhart examined
the records he was warned by the Recorder, as
I well as Mayor Loyal Ward, not to confound
two cases, in one of which ! was the defend
ant and the other the prosecutor. This the
Press correspondent did not heed, but delber-
ately, and believe maliciously falsihed and
distorted the facts, SO as to make it appear
that had been implicated in plot to blow up
an oil rig with powder. 1t is only fair to me
that this should be set ar1ght
1t was a common thing in the lower oil coun-
try for operators to get into quarrels over
leaseholds, and the taking of property.or rather
leaseholds. by forcible entry was frequently re-
sorted TO. In the case in which was convicted
of SO entering upon leasehold with four 9TH
ers and fined 81, $50 was fighting for my own
property and after years of litigation over this
same property. being twice in the Supreme
Court, recovered $4,000 in 1888, thus estab-
lisning my original right to forcibly enter upon
the property.
JUST TURNED AROUND.
In the other case, wherein gunpowder was
used was the prosecutor, and the powder was
used or to be used against my property. This
was clearly stated to the correspondent before
he wrote his letter to the Press. The follow
ing letters and documents, from honorable
men concerned in both cases. and some of
%hom whom, . were wiitqlly misquoted, will show
clearly the unreliabiity of the printed corre-
spondence. When Judge Loyal Ward, now
Mayor OF the city of Bradford, saw his state
ments in the Philadelphia papers he wrote
denial and correction to the Philadelphia In
qutrer, but that paper would not publish it.
On October "a he wrote to me the following
statement:
powder and the attempt to blow up the rig was
had, Mr.. Emery was the prosecutor against the
cerned in, nor accused of attempting to blow up
rig as the Inquirer or Press correspondent
time. further stated to the correspondent that
did not consider it very serious case, and SO
Woua e let the the as # the me but that
lSigned], LOYAL WARD.
AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT.
Copy of transcripts:
commonwealth VS. Lyman Cross Peter j. Ken
nedy John DeGalier, Charles Walker. Zenas
Foot.
Warrant issued January 1a 1887, on oath of
Lewis Emery, charging the said defendants with
having on or about January 81. 1887. feloniousIy
and wilfully placed and thrown gunpowder
around or near certain oil rig or derrick, erected
by the said Emery; also charging the said defend
bTo@rS Se se bo Fame e da m Rowns
PENDANTS plead not guilty. Case continued until
February p. After hearing the proof, de-
PENDANTS each held in the of 500 each that they
will appear at the next Court of Quarter sessions,
and not depart without leave. j. Eginston held
in his own recogniZance in the of SiOO that he
shall appear at the next court and not depart.
L. Emery held in the sum of $50 that the said
Eginston shall appear at the next court at smeth3
r lanT nfn pntu I'D
to February sessions. 1877. | certify that the
above is true copy of the proceedings had on my
docket. Witness ny hand and seal this 23d day
of February, 1877. LOYAL WARD, J. p.
STATEMENT FROM ATTORNEYS.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
We, the undersigned attorneys at law of Brad
examined the records OF the courts of McRean
county, and that these records show that the ac-
tion brought by the Commonwealth. No. 27 Sep
Ira Hanks Jared Mattison and L. A. Goodwei
for forcible entry and detainer, was for entering
upon 81 acres of land, part OF lot No BAL Kings
county, Pa. That the said records show
an ejectment brought by Lewis Emery,
same 81 Of land OF said lot 34l, in said Brad
ford township. That while there was conviction
of defendants in said forcible entry and detainer
case, yet the plaintiff. Lewis Emery DR.. received
in settlement OF the ejectment case brought for
the same land from the defendants in said eject
ment case the sum of $1,000 for his title to the
said land.
This case was tried by us as ATTORNEYS for Mr.
Emery and the full terms of the settlement made
are filed in the records of said case at No. a. De-
cember term, 1876.
These statements can be readily verified by any
fair-minded person who Is willing to take the
Court House Ill Snethport.
ELLioTT. JACK & ROBERTS,
Per Roberts.