The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-04-05
INCIDENTS OF THE DAY.

John Frey's Good Work-The Result of q
Campaign Card.
Early in the day a man who is known to
the police as "Scar-faoed Charley" went to
vote at the First precinct In the First ward.
He had been registered, but some one who
knew him Was positive he had been in the
city only twenty days. His vote was regis
tered. John Frey, who was looking after
heard of the matter and started after the
man. He followed him to the White
House, went in and arrested him and took
him to the county jail. whore he WAS left in
charge of Sheriff Jefferis' deputies. Frey's
GOODNESS in going into the While House to
make an arrest was commented on all over
town.
Late on Sunday night the republicans
had u card printed which purported to be a
pledge from Mayor Curtin that, il elected,
he would not appoint any saloon keeper to
Office. Warren De Camp, q well known
advocate Of temperance, was given as
authority for the statement. The card was
a barefaoed forgery and intended TO infu-
enoe some saloon keepers. 1t failed of its
object, as NO one to whom it was handed
believed that Mr.. Curtin would seleot Tom
Graham to be the medium Of such q mes
snee. Seeing that it had failed another
card was soften emo, out Yesterday morning IN
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Graham, made affidavit Of having heard De
Camp make the statement that MIR. Curtin
had pledged himself in that respect. De
Camp hunted up Clark, and after demon
strating to him that he was a liar, he pro-
ceeded to demonstrate to the affidavit
maker that il was, not safe to use other
peoples names in such matters. He struck
CLARK several tlmes, damaging his eounte-
nance, and was proceeding to in1iot further
injury, when the police interfered and ar
rested both men. Their friends gave
bail for them. De Camp makes the fol-
''Inasinuoh an I attained a certain degree
of notoriety during Yesterdays excitement,
I think Justice to myself and my friends
demands a brief statement of the facts. I
am not q politician n have no personal
interest in the result of the present cleo
have. that is, n desire for good government.
Thu embodiment and notoriety that I WAS
dragged into Yesterday Was not of my own
choice. On tho contrary, / knew nothing
of the statement or card that was being
circulated containing n pledge fiom Nj.
the force if he was elected, and giving ms
az authority that he had made such pledge.
until about nine O'clock in the forenoon,
al / was walking over toward the Four
teenth precinct polling. place to vote. !
met I'M acquaintance who asked if / was
the AukuOE OK tue CAIu tuNb OOIe NY uHm6
and was being circulated on Main street.
I told him ] had mot hoard of it, and at
once turned around and went back to Nam
street and to Mr.. Cu,tin's store, whore l
found him and told him Of my total
Ignorance of the whole affair. He said then
that he had not believed ut any time that l
was tho author of it. l at onoe wrote out IL
denial of the lie and forgery and had 1000
copies printed and circulated through
out the city. Tn challenge
contained in tho denial brought out the
real author of the lie. This man, under
the pressure of the wnrd-workers, reiterated
and aworo to tho lie he had written and
forged my name to in the early part OF the
day. This WAS also extensively circulated,
but l knew nothing about it until
about two p. M. when Judge Iottsn
found mo at the assessors office. where I
WAS at work, Hs showed me Clark's state
msnt and affidavit. | then remembered n
conversation I had with Clark a few days
ago. He asked me who ] would vote for for
mayor. l told him Curtin. He wanted to
know why, and answered.: because ] have
elected mayor he will not appoint saloon
men to ofioe.' Clark said that was all
bosh, for Mike Mulkern told him he had
been promised the office of marshal by Cur
tin II elected, and that ended the oonverss-
tlon--and in that he found material enough
70 manufacture n pledge from Mr.. Curtin
TO tho prollhisionista and my nttost to the
met. We'll, l founa him aud branded him
with the lie and u few slight tokens of re-
ms:abrance. havc known Mr.. Klein
sahmidt and MIR. Curtin both since ! was n
boy, and esteom them both M gentlemen,
but that Main street. saloon gang IL II dis