The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-04-11
DIAMOND DRILL CORES.
SHORT NOTES GATHERED IN BY sPRY DRILL
s~a@A>.sa-. REPORTERS.


was first started, has always led AN
honorable and upright life he has none
but friends In the better element and even
the lower element respect him because OF
his goodness. About three weeks ago
Mr. Morrison announced himself as n
candidate Tor the office OF supervisor.
fiis friends took him right up and his
chances Tor election were bettering every
day. Up Co the day before election IL
was known that either he or Mr.. Roberts
must withdraw to save the town from n
government that did not promise well,
80 like the man OF honor that he IL, he
pulled out OF the race. Early Monday
morning the reader can imagine the sur
prise of Mr. Morrison and his friends
when the following circular appeared on
the streets
Is he Honest or Not2 Mr. william II Morri.
son makes great pretensions Of being faithful
servant OF the people, and Is candidate for
supervisor Of the township oi Crystal Falls
II he Is as honest as he pretends 20 be why
does he not explain what was done with the two
hundred and sixty-iyc dollars taken out. by
him, from the pocket OF dead Swede, named
Ole uleson, at the Hollister mine. as he himself
testihes In THE DIAMOND DRILL OF August A,
vorERs Note this inquiry. and let the pro
posed candidate answer u fairly and squarely,
or let him be condemned as unfit TO serve an
American Constituency.
the fact that Mr. Morrison was likely TO
get the Swede vote, and il was thought
the bit OF dirty work would swing il.
One Of the circulars was placed in MIR
Morrison.s hands by the Democratic
candidate FOR supervisor MIR. Morrison
talks briily ON the subject AZ follows:
Editor THE DIAMOND DRIIaL The above lie.
Ing statement WAS circulated last election day
by ID. Zimmerman, candidate for the Office Of
supervisor and owner OF printing Office. Had
he signed his name 20 the dirty pamphlet would
consider Il beneath my dignity 20 make "a reply
but as be did not, but rather like "A coward,
WAS trying TO stab me ia the back, am Obliged
20 reply by simply stating what l did in the
beginning OF this that 10 II % deliberate lie aud
can prove II by showing proper receipts for all
and any moneys and goods that ever came into
my hands and belonging 20 the unfortunate
ScaIidina vian who died Ia the camp of which
was foreman | will prove this In court when
the proper time comes, and VIII endeavor 20
force him 90 retract As 90 the man himself
need not say word Everybody knows him
everybody knows bis character aud standing Ia
this community and can Judge for themselves.
w. II. MORRISON
The facts leading up Co such an out
rageous accusation are here reproduced
from The DIAMOND DRILL Of August g.
1888
Ole Oeson. a miner working at the IIollister
mine, about three ahd one half miles north east
of the city, suicided by placing the muzzlc of q
eun ON hts right cheek aud pulling the trigger at
about two O'Clock Tuesday afternoon. capt
William N Morrison who has charge 81 the
llline, wa~ interviewed and gave substantially
the Following version OF the horrible affair" Tie
man, who was quiet and peculiar sort oi a
fellow, hns been employed for some time cutting
wood for the engine house. on Tuesday morning
told him 10 cut some wood for the boarding
house aud he went about the work going on Of
the trail a little way and falling tree which he
sawed Into stove lengths ana then taking n 10
the house split n. He continued this work All
morning aud appeared for diuurr, Ol which he
a. III AL b4
sat reading until the one O'Clock whistle sound
I'd. when he emerged from the house with my
rifle, - 1910 Marlin, on his shoulder. went to
his work. Myself and the miners had gone on
ahead of him. Al two O'Clock heard the report
oi "A gun and wondered who was hunting la the
locality The engine house aud boarding house
are about sixty Eve rods apart and the sound
came FROM The direction OF the boarding house
! dropped my work aud started to ascertain
the cause OF the shot aud when about midway
between the two buildings or Just outside Of the
clearing about the mine. came upon the body
Of a man lying upon his face aud when ! came
mp Go the body fearful sight met my gaze
There lay Oieson, dead, the entire upper portion
Of his head was gone, the right eye was torn out
aud the interior oi the skull exposed The gun
was still in his hand | can see no way by which
an accident ~ that nature could possibly hap.
pen and the jury could do nothing but render a
verdict oi wiliiul suicide. Oieson had worked
for me over year and was quiet and indus
tuous aud not drinking man. aud went 20
town only when he hid TO lie was ~ town
last Saturday night and purchased considerable
clothing ] found S2O5 in his pocket aud he has
money coming Go him. lie was the last man
from whom should look FOR Am act Of that
kind"
That X what Mr.. Morrison testifies.
He did take take the money aud with
portion OF IL paid Oleson's funeral ex-
penses and turned the balance over 90
the superintendent ~ the mine, SD. Hol-
lister, Sr., and has the receipt Go show
therefore. Such an attempt at political
senss,tioualsm should never have been
commenced ON such a man az 'ir. Morri-
son, that wis a mistake that some oi
the bum element OF Crystal Falls will ~
grct before they get through with the
thing The circular was not politics. nor
was IL even sInart but IL was a piece of
dirty work that makes every honest man
in town blush and il WAS expected that
the move would make votes for the man
who ordered il printed did IL? Well, il
don't look much like it. The diamond
DRILL ~ sorry to bc Obliged Co let people
know that CRYSTAL Falls contains per-
sons who will stoop 60 such dirty, dis
pisablc, degrading rottennes M that.
Had any Of the men who got out that
circular found OleHons money the
chances are that the town would have
had 60 bury the man mud mo- one would
ever have known whether Oleson had
S265 cor fifteen cents, that is the class oI
people who prute their fitness 60 serve
AN American constituency. Rats. The
DIAMOND lRuI has always heretofore
borne with these people and covered
their acts thnt the outside world might
not hear uf them, but this last break il
too rotten TO be covered, It's stencil will
come out.